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1. A cold snap along eastern Australian has fire authorities worried after eight house fires break out in NSW alone.

A strong sub-Antarctic air front has caused a wide-spread cold snap over two-thirds of Australia. However, fire authorities across the nation are concerned for people’s safety after many are unsafely using their heaters or indoor fires to keep warm.

In just NSW alone, eight house fires were reported causing eight people to be rushed to hospital, says Fire and Rescue NSW.

In many cases, the incidents were caused by power-boards being overloaded, unsafe indoor fireplaces, or for one family, using an outdoor cooking device to heat the inside of their home. F&R NSW Superintendent, Ian Krimmer, has warned people to keep all belongings and persons a metre from any heater, and “don’t, under any circumstances, bring outdoor equipment into the home, they produce deadly carbon monoxide gas.” Few people know that house fires are most common during cold weather.

Fire and Rescue teams are urging all people to check their smoke alarms, to not overload power points or power boards and call triple zero (000) if a fire does occur.

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5. A dead racoon has been beautifully memorialized in Toronto.

Following just one tweet at about 9am on Thursday about a dead racoon in downtown Toronto, masses of people people have organised a beautiful makeshift memorial to remember the – unknown – raccoon.

The memorial included a small picture of the raccoon, and sympathy notes from passers-by. Twelve hours after the tweet was first posted, heaps of flowers and candles were lit for the animal.

One person wrote, ““Sleep well, my sweet prince, people love you and remember you,”. If you have a news tip, you can email us at news@mamamia.com.au.

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