Burning paper was pushed through his front door early on Saturday, but smoke alarms alerted the family and they managed to extinguished the blaze with a garden hose.

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In an April riot in Port-au-Prince, Haiti the mob not only spared Digicel stores from its burning and looting but even gathered in front of a few of them and cheered.

FORBES: Babble Rouser

During a 2008 riot in Port-au-Prince, the mob not only spared Digicel stores from burning and looting, but even gathered in front of a few of them and cheered.

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The car itself had its entire front end sheared off, with the burning engine wedged through a gaping hole in the fence.

NPR: Fans Injured When Car Sails Into Fence At Daytona

The entire front end was sheared off Larson's car, and his burning engine wedged through a gaping hole in the fence.

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Elsewhere, the brigade was continuing to deal with a one-mile flame front at Glenelg in the Lochalsh area on Wednesday evening, while a smaller fires was still burning near Castlebay on Barra.

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