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Plane lands safely in Russia after undercarriage catches fire

By Ceri Roberts, May 19, 2013

A Boeing 737 landed safely at Vnukovo airport near Moscow yesterday, even though the landing gear was on fire. Sky News reports that the aircraft, operated by UTair, was carrying 139 passengers,...
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Fire destroys 35 buses at depot in Cornwall

By AOL Travel, May 13, 2013

A huge fire has destroyed 35 buses in Cornwall - a third of the Western Greyhound company's entire fleet. The blaze broke out at 1am on Monday morning at Summercourt near Newquay. No injuries...
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Britney Spears and her sons shelter from wildfire at Four Seasons Hotel

By Ceri Roberts, May 05, 2013

Britney Spears and her two young sons have been forced to leave their home in Calabasas, California and move in to the nearby Four Seasons Hotel, in order to escape the threat of the...
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Firefighters tackle hundreds of grass fires covering '70 football fields' in Wales

By AOL Travel, Apr 05, 2013

All of Wales' three main firefighter services have been busy tackling around 250 grass fires in the last week, from Anglesey to the South Wales valleys. The biggest, covering 30 to 35...
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British father seriously injured after fire rips through Spanish holiday home

By AOL Travel, Feb 26, 2013

A British man is critically ill in hospital after a huge fire ripped through his holiday home in Benidorm, Spain, reports Europa Press. The unnamed 34-year-old man and his son were lucky to...
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Man sets himself on fire at Rome airport

By AOL Travel, Feb 15, 2013

There was chaos at Rome's main airport on Thursday after a man set himself on fire. An 18-year-old African immigrant, believed to be from the Ivory Coast, poured a canister of fuel over...
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Video: Jet skier saves the day as boat catches fire on lake

By AOL Travel, Feb 01, 2013

A quick-thinking man put his jet ski to good use when he came to the rescue of a boat that caught fire on Lake Buffalo, in Victoria, Australia. Dean Linic, 23, was enjoying lunch with his family...
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Video: Footage emerges of Turkish Airlines plane catching fire mid-air

By AOL Travel, Jan 29, 2013

Shocking footage has emerged of the Turkish Airlines plane that was reportedly struck by lightning last week. MSNBC reports that the camera footage was taken by a passenger on board the...
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