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Lamonta Stroud, 18, left, stands outside his home across the street from the scene of a house fire that killed four children, including an infant, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, in Conyers, Ga. Stroud said he ran into the duplex, smashing windows and pleading with the children to come to a bathroom and escape. "I just started hitting windows, breaking windows, screaming 'come to the bathroom, I can get you all out,'" Stroud recalled. "There really wasn't that much I could do. I tried." (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Smoke alarm crisis: Conyers fire a wake-up call

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - The tragic deaths of four African-American children who lost their lives in a house fire last week should be a wake-up call for families to have working smoke alarms, says a group of fire and public safety experts....
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Reba Roberts, the mother in critical condition after a house fire. Four of her children died in the fire. (Courtesy of WXIA)

4 children die in Georgia house fire

John Newland, NBC News
CONYERS, Ga. - Authorities say four children ranging in age from 8 months to 9 years old, one girl and three boys, died in a house fire late Tuesday night...
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Player sets house on fire with marijuana blunt

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Kevin Ellison, 25, reportedly set his house on fire Thursday with a marijuana blunt. He told authorities he did it because 'God told him to'...
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Officials at Six Flags in Texas would not allow Michael Green on any rides, because he has no hands

Man without hands barred from roller coaster

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DALLAS - When he was just a 15 months, Michael Green was badly hurt in a house fire which left him without hands...
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