No timetable for end to fire at Texas chemical facility
Officials said Tuesday that they’re not sure when a two-day-old fire at a Houston-area petrochemicals storage facility will burn itself out, but they are confident that the air quality is…
Iraqi novelist gunned down in southern city
A local police official says an Iraqi novelist has been killed by live fire in the southern city of Karbala. The official says Alaa Mashzoub was gunned down Saturday night…
21 dead, 71 burned in fire at illegal tap on Mexico pipeline
A huge fire exploded at a pipeline leaking fuel in central Mexico on Friday, killing at least 21 people and badly burning 71 others as locals were collecting the spilling…
PG&E seeks to make changes to its board
(Reuters) – PG&E Corp (PCG.N), the electricity provider in the northern California region ravaged by a deadly wildfire, said it was searching for new directors at its holding company and…
Police: Chain reaction caused fiery crash on Brooklyn Bridge
An auto wreck on the Brooklyn Bridge killed one person Wednesday and sparked a fire that engulfed three vehicles and cut off a key New York City artery at the…
SMOKEBOT undergoes a trial by fire
Smokebot is a wifi-controlled robot that can asses the risks in a fire when visibility is very low.… READ MORE … source
Mogadishu firefighters are volunteers working pro bono
In Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, plagued with emergencies, the fire department consists of volunteers who respond to crisis call with a heart of compassion. source
Portuguese firefighters battle to contain blaze and heatwave goes on
Over 700 firefighters are attempting to contain a wildfire in Portugal and a heatwave across Iberia shows little sign of cooling down… READ MORE … source
Fire victims: 2 firefighters, great-grandmother, children
Two young children and their 70-year-old great-grandmother died in the wildfire that swept into the city of Redding with devastating speed, their family said Saturday, and a bulldozer operator who…
Extreme weather deaths in Europe ‘could rise 50-fold’
As swathes of southern and eastern Europe sizzle in a heatwave, scientists have issued a stark warning: extreme weather could kill more than 150000 people a … source