Category: fire

8 Dead in Oklahoma House Fire, Homicide Investigation Underway

Eight family members died in a house fire in Oklahoma on Oct.27 and police are now investigating the incident as a possible homicide, officials have confirmed. The blaze was first reported at around 4 p.m. in a quiet residential area of Broken Arrow, a city in the northeastern part of Oklahoma and the largest suburb of Tulsa. Police spokesman Ethan Hutchin said…


Where’s That Fire? (1940)

A hapless fire crew is given the ultimatum: put out a fire successfully or else be sacked. They fail miserably, and their ancient fire engine is stolen by criminals attempting to steal the crown jewels from the Tower of London. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature…


Park Outside: Kia Recalls SUVs Again for Risk of Engine Fire

Kia is telling owners of nearly 72,000 older Sportage small SUVs in the United States to park them outdoors and away from structures after getting reports of more engine fires. It’s the second time that Sportages from the 2008 and 2009 model years have been recalled due to fire risks that apparently can start near…


HK Firefighters Find 13 Cats and 1 Dog in Coma in Village House Fire

A village house in Hong Kong caught fire on Oct. 24. Firefighters arrived at the scene and found 13 cats and 1 dog, all asphyxiated and were confirmed dead despite efforts to resuscitate them. The police said in a report on Oct. 25 that a fire broke out on the ground floor of a village…


Uganda: Dorm Fire at School for the Blind Kills 11 Girls

MUKONO, Uganda—A fire at a boarding school for blind students killed 11 children in a rural community just outside Uganda’s capital, Kampala, the school’s administrator, and police said Tuesday. “One of our dormitories caught fire and burnt at around midnight. The matron made an alarm,” Francis Kinubi, the school’s founder, said. “This was one of…


Police: 6 Who Died in Wisconsin Apartment Fire Had Been Shot

HARTLAND, Wis.—The six people found dead after an apartment fire in a southern Wisconsin village last week had been shot in an apparent case of murder-suicide, according to police. The bodies of a couple and their four children were found early Friday after firefighters were called to their burning apartment in Hartland. Ten of the…


Indonesian Passenger Boat Carrying 240 Catches Fire; 14 Dead

JAKARTA, Indonesia—A passenger boat carrying 240 people caught fire Monday off southern Indonesia, killing 14, rescue officials said. The KM Express Cantika 77 was headed to Kalabahi from Kupang in East Nusa Tenggara province when it caught fire. It was carrying 230 passengers and 10 crew members, officials said. The cause of the fire was…


Victims of Fatal Wisconsin Fire Identified as 2 Adults, 4 Children

HARTLAND, Wis.—Authorities have identified the six people who died in an apartment fire in southern Wisconsin as two adults and four children. All six lived together in one apartment of the four-unit building in Hartland, police said in a statement Sunday. The adults who died were Connor McKisick and Jessica McKisick. The children were identified…


Brothers Killed in Italy as Fire Rips Through Flat

Three young brothers died and four other people were injured in a fire that broke out Friday night in an apartment in Catanzaro, Calabria. According to firefighters, a family of seven people lived in the apartment, including the three young sibilings, 12, 14, and 22, who died inside the apartment and were found by firefighters…


Fuel Truck Crash Sparks Huge Fire in Mexico, Hundreds Evacuated

MEXICO CITY—A huge blaze erupted in central Mexico on Thursday when a fuel tanker truck crashed into an overpass by a rail line, scorching homes, engulfing the area in thick smoke and leading to a mass evacuation, but there were no fatalities, authorities said. Video footage of the fire on social media showed a cargo…