Category: fire

One Dead, More Missing After Residential Building Explosion in Jersey

One person has been confirmed dead, two were taken to hospital, and police are looking for around “a dozen” people thought to be missing following an explosion and fire at a block of flats on Saturday in Jersey, one of the UK’s Crown Dependencies. The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday on Haut du Mont…


3 Dead, More Missing After Residential Building Explosion in Jersey

Three people has been confirmed dead on Saturday following an explosion and fire that collapsed a block of flats in Jersey, one of the UK’s self-ruled Crown Dependencies. Three others have been treated in hospital for apparent minor injuries, and police are continuing to search for around “a dozen” people thought to be missing. The…


Police: 3 Dead in Southeast Wisconsin House Fire

MADISON, Wis.—Three people died in a house fire in the southeastern Wisconsin city of Watertown early Friday morning, the fire department said. When police and firefighters responded to a fire shortly after 12:30 a.m. on Friday, they were told that residents were still trapped inside the house, according to a news release from the Watertown…


Major Incident Declared in UK City After Fire Engulfs Multiple Buildings

More than 100 firefighters were called out in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, after a fire broke out overnight at multiple factory units, with authorities declaring it a “major incident.” According to the West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS), fire crews were called to the Horseley Fields area of the city just after 9 p.m. Monday night. One…


SUV Crashes Into Florida Fireworks Store, Sparking Huge Fire

MELBOURNE, Fla.—A Florida man drove his SUV into a fireworks store, sparking a huge fire in a crash that destroyed the building, authorities said. The driver was killed. The 53-year-old driver had rear-ended another vehicle on Monday before plowing into the Phantom Fireworks shop in West Melbourne, igniting rockets and touching off a series of…


Fire on US Aircraft Carrier Injures 9 Sailors; Cause Sought

SAN DIEGO—A fire broke out aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, resulting in minor injuries to nine sailors, military officials said Wednesday. The blaze broke out Tuesday morning as the USS Abraham Lincoln was conducting routine operations about 30 miles (50 kilometers) off Southern California, the Navy said in a statement. “The fire was quickly…


Fire Damages Two-Story Residential Structure in Irvine, 8 Displaced

IRVINE, Calif.—Fire Nov. 27 damaged a two-story multi-family residential structure in Irvine. Eight people were displaced by the fire, according to KABC. Firefighters dispatched at 4 a.m. to the 300 block of Deerfield Avenue extinguished the blaze in under an hour and a half, the Orange County Fire Authority reported. “A mayday was declared during…


At Least 10 Killed in Apartment Fire in Northwest China’s Xinjiang

BEIJING—A fire in an apartment building in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region killed at least 10 people and injured at least nine, authorities said Friday, amid stringent lockdowns that have left many residents in the area stuck in their homes for more than three months. The fire broke out Thursday night in the regional capital of…


4-Alarm Blaze Hits Anaheim Paper Recycling Plant

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Firefighters from Anaheim Fire and Rescue and surrounding communities knocked down a four-alarm blaze at a paper recycling business early Nov. 25. The blaze was reported just before 11 p.m. Nov. 24 in the 900 block of East South Street, Anaheim police Sgt. Shane Carringer told City News Service. First arriving units observed thick…


China Trading Company Fire Kills at Least 38, 4 Detained

BEIJING—Four people have been detained over a fire at an industrial trading company in central China that killed 38 people, reports said Wednesday. The fire Monday was caused by welding sparks that ignited cotton cloth being stored at a facility run by the firm Kaixinda, authorities said. Two of the company’s employees and two from…