A Miami defense lawyer’s pants burst into flames Wednesday afternoon as he began his closing arguments in front of a jury — in an arson case. Stephen Gutierrez, who was arguing that his client’s car spontaneously combusted and was not intentionally set on fire, had been fiddling in his pocket as he was about to address jurors when smoke began billowing out his right pocket, witnesses told the Miami Herald.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald

More than 10 percent of Iowa firefighters were granted national certifications over a four-year period despite failing exams at a state academy, authorities said Wednesday, as hundreds more were notified of the testing errors. The Iowa Department of Public Safety informed 739 firefighters in 94 departments this week that they should not have been granted certifications by its Fire Services Training Bureau, the agency said.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: U.S. News & World Report

A Miami defense lawyer’s pants burst into flames Wednesday afternoon as he began his closing arguments in front of a jury — in an arson case. Stephen Gutierrez, who was arguing that his client’s car spontaneously combusted and was not intentionally set on fire, had been fiddling in his pocket as he was about to address jurors when smoke began billowing out his right pocket, witnesses told the Miami Herald.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald

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Wednesday evening Spokane Valley firefighters responded to a reported house fire a 7222 E. Boone Ave. Crews arrived at a vacant single story house just after 5 p.m. and found smoke coming from the eaves of the house. Firefighters called for more units to respond and quickly extinguished the fire. No injuries were reported.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2017 9:01:40 PM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane