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VIDEO: Firefighters put out a small shed fire in a Finley mobile home park Tuesday afternoon after the blaze spread to a tree. Benton County Fire District One responded to the scene off Bowles Road around 2 p.m., where crews found a person attempting to put out the burning shed with a garden hose. Firefighters knocked down the flames before it could spread to other buildings.

Fire crews were able to put out the blaze quickly, preventing further damage to the property. The person using the hose to fight the blaze inhaled smoke but rejected medical treatment. “It’s really important to pay attention to burn days. I don’t think any burns were involved with this, but we’re getting some sporadic spring weather, and you don’t know necessarily if the wind is going to pick up,” said Jenna Roberts, PIO with Benton County Fire District One. The cause of the fire remains unknown. The fire district said it does not plan to investigate the incident further.

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VIDEO/PHOTOS: Authorities have confirmed the cause of the “significant fire” that erupted at Viva Energy’s Geelong refinery overnight. The fire broke out around 11pm on Wednesday at the crucial facility, which supplies 10 per cent of Australia’s fuel and 50 per cent of the fuel used in Victoria.

Fire Rescue Victoria said it will stay at the facility “until at least tomorrow due to safety concerns,” after firefighters worked quickly to contain the blaze and prevent it spreading. FRV crews were joined by Viva’s own emergency teams, with Incident Controller Anthony Pearce describing the early stages as “very, very dangerous” with explosions occurring.

Authorities later revealed the fire was caused by a gas leak from a mechanical component. “The gas has then appeared to have ignited,” Mr Pearce said, adding the exact ignition source is still under investigation. Despite the incident, much of the refinery remains operational. “The remainder of the plant still is functioning,” Mr Pearce said, though he noted ongoing activity could still affect the damaged area.

Viva Energy representative Bill Patterson said the plant is running at reduced capacity as a precaution, but continues to produce fuel. “We’re still making petrol, diesel and jet fuel at pretty decent rates… It hasn’t been a very large impact at this stage,” he said.

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PHOTOS: Jeremy Renner is sitting in his Lake Tahoe kitchen in a black baseball cap and a somehow even darker tee, somberly recounting the details of the now-famed incident that left him clinging to life. On New Year’s Day in 2023, Renner was nearly killed on his Nevada property when his 14,000-pound snowcat pinned him on an icy mountain.

The “tragic accident,” as the Reno sheriff would then call it at the time, left the two-time Oscar nominee with over 30 broken bones, a collapsed lung, and a pierced liver that left him in critical but stable condition in intensive care following surgery.

The 54-year-old, probably most famous for playing the Marvel superhero Hawkeye in eight different appearances, was frank when discussing the incident: If it weren’t for the people rushing to help him that fateful New Year’s Day morning, he may very well have succumbed to his blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries.

All paths to his home were blocked (he was initially trying to dig out a family member), and the cascade of emergency responders had to navigate the brutal terrain to keep him alive, from fire departments to paramedics to a Care Flight helicopter, 150 people in total, by Renner’s own count. He spent months recovering, asking a single question: What could he do for the people who saved him?

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