New York Home’s Design Eyed in Fire Fatal to 3 Students
Authorities say the structure of a nearly century-old Hudson Valley home where three people died in a fire last weekend may have contributed to the speed at which the blaze spread. Fire officials in...
View ArticleLandlord: West Virginia House Had Detectors Before Fire
The landlord of a Charleston, W.Va., house where nine people died in a fire says eight smoke detectors were installed several months before the deadly blaze. Delores Shamblin of Mammoth tells the...
View ArticleLightning Blamed for Deadly West Texas House Fire
Investigators believe a lightning strike caused a West Texas house fire that has claimed the life of a woman. Menard County Sheriff Buck Miller says 63-year-old Clara Porter was dead at the scene,...
View ArticleRefinery Blast Kills 26 in Venezuela
A huge explosion rocked Venezuela’s biggest oil refinery and unleashed a ferocious fire on Saturday, killing at least 26 people and injuring more than 80 others in one of the deadliest disasters in...
View ArticleFire at German Workshop for Disabled Kills 14
Fourteen people were killed and eight injured Monday when a fire broke out at a workshop for disabled people in Germany’s Black Forest region, authorities said. Scores had to be rescued from the...
View ArticleLawsuits Settled Over Minnesota B&B Fire That Killed 6
Wrongful death lawsuits have been settled over a New Ulm, Minn., bed and breakfast fire that killed six people last year. A Brown County judge approved a request Monday to keep the settlement amounts...
View ArticleFirefighters Will Hand Out Free Smoke Detectors After Deadly Georgia Fire
Firefighters plan to hand out free smoke detectors in the neighborhood where four children were killed in a fire at their duplex in Conyers, Ga. Rockdale County spokeswoman Tonya Parker tells The...
View ArticleFire at Illegal Market In India Kills at Least 19
A fire broke out at an illegal six-story plastics market in the Indian city of Kolkata early Wednesday, killing at least 19 people, police said. The blaze, which started before 4 a.m., was likely...
View ArticleMissouri Mom Sues Landlord Over Fire That Killed 3 Kids
A Springfield, Mo., woman is suing her former landlord over a fire that killed her three children. The Springfield News-Leader reports that Violet Watson is asking in excess of $25,000 in damages in...
View ArticleRepairs Requested Before Fatal San Francisco Public Housing Fire
A mother who died with her 3-year-old son in a fire in in their San Francisco, Calif., public housing unit apparently had requested that her smoke detectors be fixed two weeks earlier. The San...
View ArticleOmaha Councilman Says City Code Flaws Exposed After Deadly Fire
An Omaha city councilman says a boardinghouse fire that killed two people has exposed flaws in the Nebraska city’s codes. City building inspection and fire officials have been meeting to discuss...
View ArticleOwner of Maine Building Where 6 Died Faces Legal Action
The owner of an apartment building where six people died in a fire faces legal action by Portland officials for safety code violations at another building he owns. Gregory Nisbet failed to bring his...
View ArticleDeadly Fire Reveals Wealthy Man’s Secret Underground Tunnels
The wealthy stock trader took elaborate steps to conceal the network of tunnels beneath his house in this Washington, D.C., suburb. Even the young man helping him dig them didn’t know where they were....
View ArticleWash. D.C. Man Sued Over Deadly Fire in Secret Tunnels Under Home
A wealthy stock trader’s negligence led to a deadly fire that killed a young man who was helping him build a network of tunnels for a bunker beneath a suburban Washington, D.C., home, a lawsuit...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Vaccine Production Unaffected by Deadly Indian Fire, Company Says
NEW DELHI — The Serum Institute of India, the world’s biggest vaccine maker, said on Thursday that production of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine would not be affected by a deadly fire at its...
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