A massive fire late Tuesday ripped through an empty five-story hotel and apartment complex in northwest Oklahoma City that was under construction, fire officials said. There were no injuries reported in the blaze at the construction site, which prompted a “five-alarm response” with more than 80 firefighters on the scene, said Oklahoma City Fire Department…
Fire Hits Russian Embassy in Manila, Employees Evacuated
MANILA, Philippines—A large fire broke out at the Russian Embassy in the Philippine capital, prompting the evacuation of employees and their families but causing no injuries, Russian and Filipino authorities said Saturday. Investigators were trying to determine the cause of the hours-long fire, which started on the second floor of the embassy in the financial…
24 People Hospitalized After Fire Erupts at Rhode Island Rehab Center
At least two dozen patients were transported to nearby hospitals after a fire broke out Thursday evening at a respiratory and rehabilitation center in Rhode Island, authorities said. The blaze, which started at about 9 p.m. at Genesis Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, also displaced about 40 other residents due to water damage from the facility’s sprinkler…
Strangers Join Hands to Move Car so Firetruck Can Pass
These people immediately leapt into action when a car blocked the way of a firetruck.
Family of 6 Escapes House Fire Thanks to Adopted Dog Who Wakes Them: ‘She’ll Never Quite Understand How Grateful We Are’
Just days before Christmas, one Minnesota dad woke in his house to the screams of his eldest daughter outside his bedroom door. He could smell smoke. It turns out, the former National Guardsman, Devin Haegeman, 29, his wife, still enlisted Guardswoman Hannah, 23, and their four kids might not have escaped their burning Nevis home…
Fertilizer Plant Fire Prompts Thousands of Evacuations
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.—An uncontrolled fire raging at a North Carolina fertilizer plant forced the evacuations of thousands of people as firefighters warned early Tuesday that chemicals at the site could cause a large explosion. Authorities drove through neighborhoods and knocked on doors asking residents to leave within a one-mile radius (1.6 km) of the Weaver Fertilizer…
No Cause yet for Vancouver House Fire That Killed Three Family Members
VANCOUVER—The smell of smoke lingered Monday after a house fire in Vancouver killed three members of the same family, including a child, and injured two others. Fire officials have yet to confirm what sparked the flames Sunday. Assistant Chief Brian Bertuzzi confirmed a child under 10 years old, their mother and grandfather were killed, while…
3 Children Killed in House Fire in Rural Nebraska
PIERCE, Neb.—Three children died Saturday when a home caught fire in a rural area of northern Nebraska. The fire broke out just after 3:30 a.m. in the town of Pierce. Three people got out, but a 17-year-old, 15-year-old, and 12-year-old were unable to escape. They were pronounced dead at the scene, Nebraska State Fire Marshal…
Kuwait Death Toll Raised to 4 in Oil Refinery Fire
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—The death toll from a fire at a major oil refinery in Kuwait has been raised to four after two critically injured workers died of their wounds, the Kuwait National Petroleum Company said in a statement Wednesday. The fire, which erupted Jan. 14 during maintenance work at the Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery,…
Forest ‘Resilience’ May Translate to Fewer Trees: Study
January 24, 2022
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Scientists studying forest density in the Sierra Nevada have found that trees there were scarcer but physically larger in 1911 than in 2011, meaning that “resilient” forests could be remarkably thin by today’s standards. “Our findings suggest forests need to be treated more intensively than is often done when just reducing fuels, particularly greater reductions…
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