Texas blaze grows to 2nd-largest in state history
By Sean Murphy and Jim Vertuno | Associated Press CANADIAN, Texas — A cluster of wildfires scorched the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday, including a blaze that grew into one of …
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Texas wildfire grows quickly, threatens Panhandle towns
By Mary Gilbert and Joe Sutton | CNN A massive blaze that’s raging out of control is threatening Texas Panhandle towns and forcing residents to evacuate. The Smokehouse Creek Fire, …
Cheers to being crooked again. Quirky English pub bulldozed after a fire to be rebuilt as it was
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags LONDON — The owners of a quirky 18th century British pub unlawfully bulldozed after a mysterious fire last year were ordered on Tuesday …
I-10 inferno, Caltrans ineptness should end storage program
Here’s a good rule of thumb: Don’t store explosive or combustible material under freeways. Yet, enforcement of this common-sense principal appears a daunting task for the California California Department of …
Four dead, 19 missing after fire destroys residential buildings in Valencia, Spain
A fire has engulfed two residential buildings in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, killing four people and leaving 19 others missing hours after the blaze started. The fire sent …
Nearly all Caltrans under-freeway lease spaces in Bay Area failed fire inspections
An alarming number of storage sites under Bay Area freeway underpasses failed state fire marshal inspections spurred by last year’s devastating blaze that shut down Interstate 10 in Los Angeles, …
Dyson vacuum bursts into flames at NSW Central Coast home
A Dyson has burst into flames in a NSW home. The Dyson cordless vacuum cleaner was charging inside the Swansea unit, on the NSW Central Coast, about 1pm on Sunday …
At least 120 dead in Chile fires as death toll expected to keep rising
Firefighters in central Chile have battled to quell fierce forest fires that have killed 123 people so far and razed entire neighbourhoods, while President Gabriel Boric warned the country faces …
New videos show towers of fire that prompted evacuations after last year’s fiery Ohio derailment
Residents of eastern Ohio can now get an up-close view in newly released videos of the twin toxic towers of fire that forced them from their homes last February after …
Circus animals rescued after truck catches fire on Indiana highway
MARION, Ind. (AP) — A truck hauling zebras and camels for a series of weekend circus performances caught fire early Saturday on a northeastern Indiana highway, prompting a police rescue …