Out of the frying pan: Motorists who brew fuel from cooking oil are burning down the houseEDMONDS, Wash. — Trying to live green and beat high gasoline prices, some enterprising Americans are turning cooking oil into biodiesel in their garages. Problem is, some of these do-it-yourselfers are burning down the house. Out of the frying pan: Motorists who brew fuel from cooking oil are burning down the houseEDMONDS, Wash. — Trying to live green and beat high gasoline prices, some enterprising Americans are turning cooking oil into biodiesel in their garages. Problem is, some of these do-it-yourselfers are burning down the house. Those seriously hurt in Australian wildfires to receive up to $71,000 in assistanceSYDNEY — People severely injured in the deadly wildfires that tore across southern Australia in February will receive up to 100,000 Australian dollars ($71,000) in assistance, the government announced Wednesday. Fire damages country music legend Jimmy Dean’s Va. home; 3 firefighters injured, singer unhurtVARINA, Va. — Country music legend Jimmy Dean and his wife escaped a fire that heavily damaged their house in Virginia, authorities said Tuesday. Plane smashes into Fla. home, splitting it in half; 80-year-old pilot dies in crashPlane splits Florida home in half; pilot dies OAKLAND PARK, Fla. — A small plane sputtered and dove into a house shortly after taking off from a local airport Friday morning, slicing the home down the middle into two charred pieces. The pilot was killed. |