Today: September 16, 2024
Today: September 16, 2024

Fire

Americas|News|Travel

9 injured, dozens of flights canceled or delayed after fire breaks out at JFK Airport

9 injured, dozens of flights canceled or delayed after fire breaks out at JFK Airport

9 injured, dozens of flights canceled or delayed after fire breaks out at JFK Airport
Crime

Woman charged with arson for allegedly setting historic Berwyn home on fire, police say

Woman charged with arson for allegedly setting historic Berwyn home on fire, police say

Woman charged with arson for allegedly setting historic Berwyn home on fire, police say
News|World

Fire in Vietnam's capital kills at least 56 when it engulfs an apartment building

Authorities say a fire in a nine-story apartment building in Vietnam’s capital has killed at least 56 people, including at least four children, while an additional 37 people are being treated for injuries

Fire in Vietnam's capital kills at least 56 when it engulfs an apartment building
Environment|News

Fire at Michigan paper mill closes roads, residents told to shelter in place while air monitored

Residents near a northern Michigan paper mill that caught fire Wednesday have been told to shelter in place until Thursday afternoon as environmental officials continue monitoring local air quality

Fire at Michigan paper mill closes roads, residents told to shelter in place while air monitored
News|Political|World

At least 13 people were killed at a nightclub fire in Spain’s southeastern city of Murcia

At least 13 people have been killed when a fire broke out in a nightclub in the southeastern Spanish city of Murcia

At least 13 people were killed at a nightclub fire in Spain’s southeastern city of Murcia
News|World

A big fire at a police headquarters in northeastern Egypt injures at least 38 people

Egyptian authorities say a huge fire that broke out in a police headquarters in northeastern Egypt has injured at least 38 people

A big fire at a police headquarters in northeastern Egypt injures at least 38 people
News|Political|World

Officials say 2 are still missing after a Spanish nightclub fire killed 13. The club lacked a permit

Authorities in the southern Spanish city of Murcia say two people believed to have been in a nightclub where 13 others died in a fire are still missing

Officials say 2 are still missing after a Spanish nightclub fire killed 13. The club lacked a permit
Business|News|World

A blast at an illegal oil refinery site kills at least 15 in Nigeria, residents say

Residents say an explosion and fire at at an illegal oil refinery site in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region has killed at least 15 people

A blast at an illegal oil refinery site kills at least 15 in Nigeria, residents say
Business|Environment|News

Lahaina residents deliver petition asking Hawaii governor to delay tourism reopening

Residents from fire-stricken Lahaina are petitioning Hawaii's governor to delay his plans to reopen a portion of West Maui to tourism starting this weekend

Lahaina residents deliver petition asking Hawaii governor to delay tourism reopening
News

2 Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies in critical condition after fire in mobile gun range trailer

Two veteran Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were seriously hurt when a fire broke out inside a trailer serving as a mobile shooting range north of Los Angeles

2 Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies in critical condition after fire in mobile gun range trailer
Business|News|World

Fire tears through a parking garage at London's Luton Airport, and 5 people have been hospitalized

A massive fire has torn through a newly built parking garage at one of London’s international airports

Fire tears through a parking garage at London's Luton Airport, and 5 people have been hospitalized
Business|News|World

London's Luton Airport reopens after major disruption caused by a parking garage fire

London’s Luton Airport has reopened after a vehicle fire spread through a newly built parking garage and caused the partial collapse of the structure

London's Luton Airport reopens after major disruption caused by a parking garage fire
News|Political|World

South Africa begins an inquiry into a building fire that killed 76 people in Johannesburg in August

An inquiry has opened into an apartment building fire that killed at least 76 people in South Africa in August and laid bare the deep problems of poverty and neglect in parts of Africa’s richest city

South Africa begins an inquiry into a building fire that killed 76 people in Johannesburg in August
Business|News

Toyota is not advising people to park recalled RAV4 SUVs outdoors despite reports of engine fires

Toyota is not advising owners of 1.9 million recalled RAV4 SUVs to park them outdoors, even though U.S. safety investigators have four complaints about engine fires that can start with the vehicles’ ignitions turned off

Toyota is not advising people to park recalled RAV4 SUVs outdoors despite reports of engine fires
News

Los Angeles criticized for its handling of homelessness after 16 unhoused people escape freeway fire

A fire that erupted in storage yards beneath a Los Angeles freeway has renewed attention on the city’s inability to protect the thousands of homeless residents living in such perilous locations

Los Angeles criticized for its handling of homelessness after 16 unhoused people escape freeway fire
Business|News|Political|World

Fire at a coal mining company building in northern China kills 26 and injures dozens

A fire in a coal company building in a northern Chinese city has killed 26 people and injured at least 38

Fire at a coal mining company building in northern China kills 26 and injures dozens
News

Los Angeles freeway damaged by arson reopens ahead of schedule

A section of a freeway running through downtown Los Angeles that had been heavily damaged by fire earlier this month reopened on Monday, weeks ahead of initial forecasts, city officials

Los Angeles freeway damaged by arson reopens ahead of schedule
Business|News|World

Pakistani shopping mall blaze kills at least 10 people and injures 22 others

Pakistani police say a blaze has killed at least 10 people in a shopping mall

Pakistani shopping mall blaze kills at least 10 people and injures 22 others
Environment|Health|News|World

A wildfire in Australia on the outskirts of Perth destroys at least 2 homes and injures 2 people

Officials say a wildfire burning out of control on the outskirts of the Australian west coast city of Perth has destroyed at least two homes and injured two men

A wildfire in Australia on the outskirts of Perth destroys at least 2 homes and injures 2 people
Business|News|Political

A lithium-ion battery fire in a cargo ship's hold is out after several days of burning

The U.S. Coast Guard says a lithium-ion battery fire on a cargo ship is out after days of burning off the coast of Alaska

A lithium-ion battery fire in a cargo ship's hold is out after several days of burning
News|Political|World

A probe into a Guyana dormitory fire that killed 20 children finds a series of failures

A government commission in Guyana tasked with investigating a fire that killed 20 children at an Indigenous boarding school last year has found multiple errors and systematic failures

A probe into a Guyana dormitory fire that killed 20 children finds a series of failures
Business|News|Political|World

A fire in China's Jiangxi province kills at least 39 people, state media says

Chinese state media say at least 39 people died and nine others were injured when a fire broke out at a commercial building in southeastern Jiangxi province

A fire in China's Jiangxi province kills at least 39 people, state media says
News|Political|World

Gas explosions in Kenya's capital send smoke rising over homes and injure 29

Authorities say gas explosions at an industrial building in Kenya’s capital sent a plume of fiery smoke rising over homes and injured at least 29 people

Gas explosions in Kenya's capital send smoke rising over homes and injure 29
News|Political|World

Kenya's president blames corruption and incompetence for fire tragedy and wants officials prosecuted

Kenyan President William Ruto says corruption and incompetence among officials allowed the operation of an illegal liquid petroleum plant in a residential area

Kenya's president blames corruption and incompetence for fire tragedy and wants officials prosecuted
News|Political

Investigators focus on suspect in Philadelphia area fire and shooting that left 6 dead, 2 hurt

Investigators looking into a fire outside Philadelphia that left six members of a family dead suspect they were killed by a relative who lived with them

Investigators focus on suspect in Philadelphia area fire and shooting that left 6 dead, 2 hurt

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