Last week three people in Tamworth called 999 as a chip pan fire destroyed their kitchen late at night.

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What to make of luminous insects that seemed at night a "flame of fire"?

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Above, the extended family lives in a subdivided floor with a communal living space in which a fire burns for cooking by day and heat at night.

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At night, by the light of a fire out in the open, Pereda whiled away the time recounting adventures that had taken place exclusively in his imagination.

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The Bay Bridge lights will fire up nightly at dusk and turn off at 2 a.m. every night until 2015.

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If you are among those in the line of fire, a good home insurance plan that includes windstorm coverage should help you sleep better at night.

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The fire service originally proposed shutting Windsor Fire Station from 20:00 to 08:00 because it only averaged three calls a week at night.

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