One missing in firework plant blaze
One person is unaccounted for after a large blaze broke out at a fireworks factory, police said tonight. Two people were taken to hospital after emergency services were called to "an explosion" and...
View ArticleFire ravages second floor of Massapequa office building
Related media Travel deals Volunteers from five fire departments battled a blaze early Tuesday that ravaged the second floor of an office building in Massapequa, fire and police officials said....
View Article14-Hour Fire Burns Memories at Venice Storage Facility (PHOTOS)
The bad news is that eight firefighters were injured in a 14-hour blaze that roared through a Venice storage facility over the weekend. The good news: The injured first responders sustained...
View ArticleOverturned fuel tanker ignites fire in Boyle Heights
Los Angeles firefighters rushed into a Boyle Heights neighborhood Friday afternoon to contain a tanker truck fire that was threatening nearby homes. The...
View ArticleLondon Bridge closed as fire breaks out at nearby 12-storey building
London Bridge was closed off this evening, after a fire broke out at nearby 12-storey building. The fire reportedly started at 33 King William Street, a block in the capital which is under demolition....
View ArticleTrail maintenance a labor of love
Roy stood by the side of the trail, digging around in a deep, murky pool of water with his hoe. "There's a pipe down there somewhere," he said. "You can see where it comes out on the other side of the...
View ArticleOne person missing after blaze at Stafford fireworks factory
Two people taken to hospital while rescue workers plan to search premises of SP Fireworks as soon as it’s made safe ...
View ArticleRain provides late relief for firefighters
Previous || Next Rain and cooling temperatures late yesterday afternoon brought relief to firefighters tackling a massive scrub fire at Woodside, near Outram, which earlier had threatened homes and...
View ArticleBlaze in govt officials complex Bikes and cars gutted in dawn fire in Sikkim...
Gangtok, Oct. 22: Seven cars and 14 motorbikes were gutted at dawn today in a parking lot blaze inside a Sikkim government officials residential campus. Police and fire...
View ArticleJorabagan factory gutted A STAFF REPORTER Calcutta, Oct. 25: A fire gutted a...
Calcutta, Oct. 25: A fire gutted a garment-printing unit on the terrace of a two-storey building in a congested Jorabagan neighbourhood today, the flames damaging furniture and clocks near the window...
View ArticleFire at Venice storage facility injures eight, causes heavy damage
A fire burned so fiercely through a Venice storage facility over the weekend that it injured eight firefighters and boiled runoff from water sprayed on the blaze. On Sunday, customers were left to...
View ArticleFire crews count cost of Withers blaze
Wither Hills Farm Park tracks are still closed as volunteer firefighters dampen down hot spots after a massive blaze yesterday. The fire gutted seven hectares of dry scrub and pine trees to the south...
View ArticleWeather provides relief for firefighters
Previous || Next Rain and cooling temperatures have brought relief to firefighters tackling a massive scrub fire at Woodside, near Outram, which threatened homes and forced the evacuation of residents....
View ArticleBlenheim blaze ''most likely'' deliberately lit
A huge blaze on the Wither Hills in Blenheim today, which took more than 40 firefighters to contain, was most likely deliberately lit. Marlborough rural firefighters and Blenheim volunteer firefighters...
View ArticleBoys quizzed over Withers blaze
A huge blaze on the Wither Hills in Blenheim yesterday, which took more than 40 firefighters to contain, was most likely deliberately lit. Marlborough rural firefighters and Blenheim volunteer...
View Article5 Firefighters Injured Battling California Blaze
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say five firefighters are injured after battling a large and "extremely hot" fire that engulfed a storage facility in Venice. Los Angeles fire spokesman Erik Scott says...
View ArticleWhat happened when Glasgow School of Art went up in smoke?
The call wasn't met with much concern. Over the years, at the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service's Johnstone command centre, there had been many call-outs to the famous Glasgow School of Art (GSA),...
View ArticleOswego County family's shed burns to ground; fire extends to home
VOLNEY, N.Y. -- A fire Monday evening destroyed a storage shed, then spread to an Oswego County family's home less than 20 feet away, a Volney fire chief said. Firefighters from...
View ArticleBlaze destroys plastic factory A STAFF REPORTER A plastic factory in...
A plastic factory in Hooghlys Dankuni, which was allegedly functioning without adequate firefighting arrangements, was gutted in a blaze on Sunday morning. Twenty-three fire engines struggled for over...
View Article8 firefighters hurt in blaze inside ‘deathtrap’ facility
LOS ANGELES — Eight firefighters were injured battling a massive blaze at a Los Angeles storage facility filled with combustibles...
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