- Technology Blog
- By Horia Despa
- August 15th, 2015
Nokia Phone Fights Admirably Against Hot Nickel Ball
Maybe the next step to destroy a 3310 would be with a nuke
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- August 12th, 2015
Watch: Surfer Literally on Fire Rides Massive Wave
This stunt is not for the feeble-hearted
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- August 10th, 2015
NASA Releases View of Wildfires in Alaska As Seen from Space
Well over 700 fires have been reported in Alaska this season
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 24th, 2015
Watch: How to Start Rainbow-Colored Fires at Home
Because run-of-the-mill orange flames are so last year
- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 24th, 2015
Man Trying to Burn Used Toilet Paper Sparks 73-Acre Wildfire
He didn't want to simply throw the paper away and litter
- Sci Pry
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 8th, 2015
Small Town in Pennsylvania Has Been on Fire for over 5 Decades Now
The fire started in 1962, hasn't been put out yet
- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 19th, 2015
They Make Students Run Through Fire in China
Worry not, they are never in any real danger
- Green
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 11th, 2015
Oil Spills into Hudson River After Nuclear Plant Explosion Near NYC
For the time being, local authorities are clueless about how much oil worked its way into the Hudson River
- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 16th, 2015
Man Trying to Kill Bedbugs Sets Car on Fire, Ends Up in Hospital
The man doused the rental vehicle's interior with industrial alcohol and then made the mistake of lighting a cigarette
- Green
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 2nd, 2015
Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico Catches Fire, the Flames Kill 4
Another 16 people were injured and 302 had to be evacuated, details Mexican state-owned petroleum company Pemex
- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- March 28th, 2015
Cops Set 3.3 Tons of Marijuana on Fire, Entire Neighborhood Gets High
In fact, the cops were the only ones who didn't get high, seeing how they put on masks before starting the bonfire
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- March 9th, 2015
Woman Making Tea Burns £20,000 (€28,000 / $30,000) Cash
The 35-year-old woman hid the money in a wood-burning stove and forgot all about it, started a fire to make tea
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- February 7th, 2015
How to Put Down Ship Fires: Give a Robot a Micro-Flyer Drone - Video
CMU researchers create a little helper for SAFFiR
- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- December 29th, 2014
Man Smokes Crack While Hooked to Oxygen Mask, Nearly Burns Down Hospital
Police officers say the man, whose identity remains a mystery, got the crack cocaine from one of his buddies
- Mobile World
- By Alexandra Arici
- December 9th, 2014
Samsung Galaxy Ace II x Battery Explodes for No Good Reason, Causes Fires
Student was sleeping with her back turned to the phone
- How to
- By Laura Sinpetru
- November 28th, 2014
Freaky Friday Mystery: Why Water Puts Out Fire
In case this little mystery keeps you up at night, here is why firefighters use water to put out fires
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 11th, 2014
Historians Manage to Read Magna Carta Badly Burnt in 1731 Fire
To make head and tail of the document, specialists resorted to a technique known as multispectral imaging