NORTHGLENN, Colo., July 30 (UPI) -- A Colorado woman and her daughter were using a candle to light their home when the flame spread, setting the house on fire, officials said.

MIAMI, July 8 (UPI) -- A fire on a cargo ship in the Miami River flared up again Monday sending massive amounts of smoke over the Florida city.

BLOOMINGDALE, Fla., June 3 (UPI) -- Emergency responders in Bloomingdale, Fla., said it took them 3 1/2 hours to free a 15-year-old boy who became wedged while climbing a tree.

ATLANTA, May 14 (UPI) -- About 700 guests at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in downtown Atlanta were forced out of their rooms by a fire followed by a chlorine leak.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Fire officials in Louisville, Ky., said a blaze at a BASF Corp. plastic products plant triggered multiple small explosions, but no injuries were reported.

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Four injured Southern California firefighters showed heroism in their failed attempt to rescue a trapped man and his son, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Sept. 17 (UPI) -- "Snakes on a Plane" met fire in the hole when heat from a Florida warehouse fire broke cases holding several snakes and they escaped.

NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Five workers at a shipyard in Virginia were injured Saturday by a small fire on the guided missile cruiser Leyte Gulf.

KENDALL, Fla., Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A high-rise fire on the fifth floor of a building in Kendall, Fla., forced residents to abandon their apartments Friday morning.