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Tennessee Fireworks Superstore Explodes Two Days After July 4th
Andy Cush · 07/07/14 09:33AMA fireworks outlet in Tennessee self-destructed shortly after the biggest day of the year for colorful explosions in the sky, exploding and burning to the ground in one last sad display before the long wait until New Year's Eve.
Philadelphia Rowhouse Fire Kills 4 Children, Displaces 42 People
Dayna Evans · 07/05/14 08:30AMTaylor Berman · 06/05/14 08:40AM
At least 34 people, 23 of them firefighters, were injured early Thursday morning during a five-alarm fire in Staten Island. The FDNY rescued 11 people, including six children; two other children escaped the blaze after their father threw them from one of the burning building's windows to neighbors below.
Tom Scocca · 02/21/14 10:38AM
Who will fight the fire when the firetruck catches on fire? The firefighters from the firetruck (plus three more trucks and engines), with fire extinguishers. "This is one of these things you always hear about, but don't expect to happen," deputy fire chief Kurt Gerfin of Schenectady told the Daily Gazette.
The UK's National Archives Are On Fire
Dayna Evans · 02/15/14 10:24AMA fire broke out at the National Archives in Kew, London this morning at about 12:30 GMT/7:30 EST. The building is home to over 11 million British treasures, a host of which can be viewed here, and the source of the flame has not yet been revealed. According to the Archives' Twitter, no one has been injured and all documents remain intact, though the fire is still being fought by over twenty firemen.
76,000 Pounds of Ribs Burn in "Wonderful" Smelling Truck Fire
Taylor Berman · 01/27/14 04:17PMMmm, What a Nice Warm Fire
Hamilton Nolan · 01/03/14 11:51AMFirefighters Battle Flames on Famous New Jersey Boardwalk
Lacey Donohue · 09/12/13 05:45PMEndless Bummer: Hellfire Season Burns Forever
Ken Layne · 08/26/13 12:13PMUp in the High Sierra of Yosemite National Park today, a monstrous wildfire is racing through 200 square miles of dense piney forest. The "Rim Fire" is only one of about fifty major wildfires across the American West today, but everyone has at least heard of the majestic Yosemite Valley with its glacier-carved Half Dome and summer traffic jams of vacationers seeking waterfalls and hamburgers, so this is our official Natural Disaster of the week.
In Case You're Wondering What That Pillar of Smoke in the Flatiron Is
Max Read · 07/31/13 10:17AMFlorida Man Set A $500,000 Fire In An Attempt To Become A Firefighter
Gabrielle Bluestone · 07/23/13 07:35PMMax Read · 07/05/13 09:15AM
Chemical Plant Explosion in Louisiana, Multiple Injuries Reported
Maggie Lange · 06/13/13 10:05AMAn explosion at a chemical plant in Louisiana this morning has injured many—though no reports of fatalities as of yet. Hazmat units are attending to the accident at Williams Olefins Chemical Plant in Geismar, Louisiana. The plant churns out 1.3 billion pounds of ethylene and 90 million pounds of propylene per year. The industrial area is a little over 50 miles northwest from New Orleans, 30 miles southeast of Baton Rouge.
Vicious Wildfires Tear Through Colorado, Threatening Thousands
Maggie Lange · 06/13/13 08:01AMA group of wildfires threaten thousands of residents throughout Colorado and hundreds of inmates from an area prison. The fires have destroyed nearly a hundred homes and nearly seven thousand people have evacuated the area. Officials report that 2,300 homes are directly threatened by the flames. About a thousand prisoners had to be transported from an area prison, mainly as a precaution, as moving prisoners is a long process.
Cord Jefferson · 05/31/13 04:35PM
Wildfires Across California Force Hundreds of Evacuations
Max Read · 05/03/13 07:05AMTwilight Star Ashley Greene Loses Dog in Apartment Fire
Caity Weaver · 03/22/13 06:15PMRestaurant Explodes in Street Inferno, Injuring 16
Max Read · 02/20/13 08:06AMA huge natural gas explosion—"like an earthquake," one witness said—burned a Kansas City restaurant to the ground yesterday evening, injuring 16, some critically, and leaving one person unaccounted for. Authorities believe a contractor working near JJ's Restaurant, a three-decade institution overlooking Kansas City's iconic Country Club Plaza, hit a natural gas line, and people reported a strong odor of gas in the area—so strong JJ's employees cancelled reservations, shut down the kitchen, and asked patrons to leave the restaurant—hours before the 6 p.m. explosion shattered nearby windows and sent shockwaves nearly a mile through the city. One woman is still missing, and Kansas City police are using cadaver dogs to search for her. Some 100 fire fighters responded to the four-alarm fire; it was under control by 8 p.m. [Kansas City Star | KCTV]