There have been a lot of these strange occurrences lately. Glad everything is OK and that there were no chemicals involved in the fire. I was reading the story about the NY transit workers the other day and it certainly is a mystery. The story about the train in France on a bomb timer was disturbing also. Sounds like a clear case of blackmail.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1088913/posts Explosions rock city of Karbala; at least five killed
KARBALA, Iraq (AP) -- Several explosions were heard Tuesday morning in Karbala, where hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslim pilgrims were marking the mourning festival of Ashoura. At least five people were killed, witness said.
An Associated Press reporter said the streets were in chaos with people running to seek shelter as a series of at least five explosions went off nearly simultaneously after 10 a.m. local time in and around the city, 55 miles south of Baghdad.
It wasn't immediately clear what the targets of the explosions were.