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...Racing across scrub and farmland, this blaze was no ordinary grass fire. It was one of the fastest-moving ever seen, says South Australian Country Fire Service ceo Euan Ferguson: most of its destructive work was done in just six hours. At the township of North Shields, where teacher Helen Castle was killed, residents jumped into the sea to escape the flames. "We had very experienced fire fighters out there, and the rate of spread of this fire was beyond their comprehension." As it gathered speed, hundreds of fire-fighters and locals risked their lives trying to stop...
...Exit Argentinean police arrested the owner of a nightclub in downtown Buenos Aires after a blaze killed at least 175 and injured more than 700. Interior Minister Aníbal Fernández said that four of the disco's six doors had been wired shut, snaring the mostly young clubgoers in what he called "a mortal trap." Fernandez also warned that the death toll was likely to rise. Thousands of people, many in their teens and 20s, had packed into the Cromagnon Republic disco to celebrate the end of the school year. The Argentinean rock band Los Callejeros...
...just simply ran over them or pushed them down." With the victims reportedly including some babies and toddlers - part of the club was used as a creche - anxious parents searching for their children crowded the city's hospitals and morgues. The fire was South America's worst since a blaze in a Paraguayan shopping mall in August killed more than 400 - a tragedy also blamed on blocked exits. Immigrant Amnesty SPAIN The government approved new regulations on immigration, giving amnesty to any of the country's estimated 800,000 illegal immigrants who can prove at least six months' employment...
...state budgets are tight. For the families of the victims, the economy is the least of their woes. The entire close-knit community is reeling from the loss, and hundreds are turning out for the funerals of their neighbors and fellow hunters. Many of the mourners are wearing blaze orange ribbons. --With reporting by Phil Bourjaily/Iowa City and Marc Hequet/Rice Lake
...Burt Rutan has opened the door to relatively cheap travel to outer space. His creativity exemplifies the blaze of the American spirit...