No one will face criminal charges following a house fire which claimed the life of a young mother and her nephew in Cork last Easter.

A PETROL bomb did not cause the house fire which claimed the life of a young mother and her nephew in Cork on Easter Sunday.

A fire fuelled by donated clothes ripped through a homeless shelter in north-eastern Texas, killing five residents.

GARDAÍ suspect an arsonist was responsible for a blaze at an old people’s home last night.

FIREFIGHTERS battled the country’s last big blaze in southern Greece yesterday after managing to bring under control hundreds of others that for one week ravaged large parts of the country and killed at least 64 people.

Police in the North say they are treating a fire at a Baptist church in Co Down as suspicious.

I RECENTLY was lent a baby overnight. This baby was distinguished by a sunny disposition and a willingness to give everybody and everything the benefit of the doubt.

Arsonists are suspected of setting alight a community recreation centre, which was badly damaged in an overnight fire in the North, the fire service said today.

An attempt was made to set fire to the home of an SDLP politician in Co Tyrone tonight.

THOUSANDS were evacuated and two major freeways were closed yesterday as flames, pushed by high winds, jumped ridges and roads in California.

Fire has destroyed a gaelic football club building in Northern Ireland.