Loose tiger kills man at SF Zoo; Raw video of IA restaurant fire; Chasing fire engines
Tiger kills one, injures two others at San Francisco Zoo
A Christmas Day outing at the San Francisco Zoo turned deadly when a tiger escaped, killing one man and injuring his two friends. It is the same tiger that mauled a zookeeper last year. Image above is from CNN.com.
IA restaurant burns to the ground while they were fixing Christmas Dinner
The restaurant in Balltown goes back six generations. As workers fixed holiday meals at Breitbach’s Country Dining, they heard an explosion in the basement. Everyone got out, but the business is gone. Click the image above to see raw video.
You don’t just have to worry about the idiots who pull in front of your fire truck
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Gee, why not chase the fire truck. And we’ll video this brilliant move and show everyone. From London.
Firehouse challenge — WARNING: This is not for the queasy
From Lehigh County, PA, a contest to see who can drink a gallon of whole milk in an hour without puking or going to the bathroom. Please heed the warning above and don’t watch the video if you are easily offended by language or can’t take the sight of grown men emptying the contents of their stomachs. You have been warned. Remember, I don’t shoot them or post them. I just find them. Now that you have been warned three times, if you really want to see what passes for firehouse fun, you can click here (just don’t complain to me).
Something a lot nicer
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Life of an American Fireman, 1903 (above) is one of four films from that era we compiled to provide a little holiday cheer. In case you missed it, click here.
Our other holiday feature was the critique of a very old 2-alarm fire that keeps growing (the critique, that is). In case you missed that, click here.
First look at a new rig
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The caption says Nic’s Uncle Jim is responsible for possibly getting this young one hooked.
