After she was heard singing on a beach at Ullapool, Mumfords' Ben Lovett went on to record and produce her track My Friend Fire.

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The court heard that Proctor had blamed a former school friend for starting the fire but police inquiries showed the boy was "tucked up in bed in Bristol".

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Foster, editor of a small daily in Shenandoah, Pa. who becomes outraged when a coal miner friend dies with his crew, the result of fire-damp (carbon dioxide asphyxiation).

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Meanwhile, Obama came under fire for sermons made by his pastor and long-time friend, the Rev.

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An apartment fire has killed a couple, their two children and a teenage friend in Gennevilliers, a deprived northern suburb of Paris.

BBC: Paris apartment fire kills five in Gennevilliers suburb

Fire investigator Mat Lee told the trial of Mick and Mairead Philpott and friend Paul Mosley the blaze was started in the hallway.

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Another was a young platoon leader severely wounded by enemy fire, who went on to become a great United States Senator: my friend and longtime colleague Bob Dole.

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When the couple split, a former friend of Moore, actress Ally Sheedy - the two women starred in St Elmo's Fire - told US magazine that the marriage had been one of convenience.

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The Philpotts wanted a bigger house, Mr Mosley allegedly told his friend, and Mrs Philpott apparently wrote a suicide note in which she took the blame for the fire, saying she would take the children with her next time.

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