At least 16 U.S. food processing plants have been destroyed or damaged by fire since November 2021, leaving some to worry that the national food supply is under attack. But food industry experts are not concerned, saying the fires are unrelated. To put it in perspective, the United States had 38,821 food and beverage manufacturing…
Despite String of Fires, Manufactures Confident Food Supply Is Secure
17 Dead in Russian Military Research Facility Fire Last Week
MOSCOW—At least 17 people have died in last week’s fire at a Russian military research facility, authorities said Monday. The regional government in Tver, a city about 180 kilometers (112 miles) northwest of Moscow, said that so far only five of the victims had been identified. The blaze at the Central Research Institute for Air…
Fire Forces Evacuation of Dorm at Texas University, 3 Hurt
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas—Three people were injured when a fire broke out early Wednesday at a residence hall at a Texas university, officials said. The fire happened shortly before 6 a.m. at a student housing building at Prairie View A&M University, about 45 miles northwest of Houston. The school said the dorm was evacuated and all…
Mexico’s Pemex Says Fire Under Control at Salina Cruz Refinery
April 19, 2022
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MEXICO CITY—Mexican state oil company Pemex said on Saturday that it had brought under control a fire at its Salina Cruz refinery in the southern Oaxaca state without any injuries to personnel. The fire, which started on Friday, had engulfed a gasoline storage tank, sending a dense plume of black smoke billowing from inside the…
India Factory Fire Kills 6, Hospitalizes 13 With Burns
HYDERABAD, India—Fire raged through a pharmaceutical factory after an explosion in southern India, killing at least six workers on night shift and burning 13 others, police said Thursday. The fire broke out due to a chemical reactor leaking monomethyl nitric acid—used for manufacturing several types of polymers—which caused an explosion on Wednesday night, Police Officer…
Most of Those Injured in Fire That Destroyed Building in Vancouver out of Hospital
Efforts are underway to find housing for displaced residents of a rooming hotel that has been reduced to a shell by fire in Vancouver’s Gastown neighbourhood. Flames broke out in the 110-year-old building before noon on Monday and the fire department said the roof of the four-storey brick structure had collapsed within hours. Shops, restaurants…
Five People in Hospital After Fire in Residential Building in Vancouver: Chief
Five people were taken to hospital and officials were trying to account for everyone who lived in a building that caught fire Monday in Vancouver’s Gastown neighbourhood. Officials didn’t know the status of all the residents of the four-storey building and they were looking for “upwards of a handful,” said fire Chief Karen Fry, adding…
Fire Destroys Northern California Home Depot Store
SAN JOSE, Calif.—A weekend fire gutted a Home Depot store in the San Francisco Bay Area, sending up a huge plume of smoke and prompting orders for some nearby residents to shelter in place, authorities said. The five-alarm blaze in South San Jose erupted around 5 p.m. Saturday and took about six hours to contain…
‘Absolutely Tragic’: Three Children, Two Adults Dead After Brampton, Ont, House Fire
Three children and two adults died in an early-morning house fire in Brampton, Ont. on Monday, as firefighters risked their lives to battle the flames, a fire chief said. Brampton Fire Chief Bill Boyes said local fire crews were met with heavy smoke and flames when they arrived on the scene of the fire at…
11 Dead in Fire at Scrap Warehouse in India
A major fire in a scrap warehouse killed at least 11 people and injured four others Wednesday in India’s southern city of Hyderabad, police and officials said. Police said 15 laborers were sleeping in the shop when fire caused by a short-circuit broke out, trapping the people inside. The laborers were from the eastern state…
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