Tag: Fires
Police: Alabama fire hydrant plant worker kills 2, wounds 2
ALBERTVILLE, Ala. — A worker at a fire hydrant plant in Alabama pulled out a gun and began firing early Tuesday, killing two people...
US West swelters in record-busting heat, risking wildfires
PHOENIX — Dangerous, record-busting heat spread across the U.S. Southwest on Tuesday and into parts of Utah, Montana and Wyoming as a dome of...
Illinois chemical plant explosion, fire prompt evacuations
ROCKTON, Ill. — An explosion at a chemical plant in northern Illinois sparked massive fires that sent flames and huge plumes of thick black...
Wildfires blaze in Siberia, Russian Far East
MOSCOW — Russian emergency workers fought wildfires burning Sunday on more than 550 square kilometers (212 square miles) of territory mostly in Siberia and...
Indiana man convicted in twin sons’ 2014 house fire deaths
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Lafayette man has been has convicted in his twin 3-year-old sons' house fire deaths more than two years after a...
Gary woman to be resentenced in fire deaths of 2 children
CROWN POINT, Ind. — A Gary woman whose prison sentence was thrown out on appeal in a 2018 apartment fire that killed two of...
Automakers face a threat to EV sales: Slow charging times
DETROIT — If the auto industry is to succeed in its bet that electric vehicles will soon dominate the roads, it will need to...
Data recovered as ship with chemicals sinking off Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Experts recovered the data recorder of a fire-ravaged ship carrying chemicals that is slowly sinking off Sri Lanka’s capital, as...
Police: Attempted arson attack on synagogue in Germany
BERLIN — Police are appealing for witnesses after a man allegedly tried to set fire to a synagogue in the southern city of Ulm...
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument closes due to fire
SILVER CITY, N.M. — The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument in southwestern New Mexico is closed to the public while crews conduct a burnout...