An Illinois mother was charged about three months after an apartment fire killed all five of her children, officials said. Sabrina Dunigan, 34, was charged with endangering the life or health of a child at her home in East. St. Louis, Illinois, prosecutors said, according to KSDK. The charges were filed in connection to an…
Illinois Mother Charged in Apartment Fire That Killed All 5 of Her Children
Fire in Indian Hospital COVID-19 Ward Kills 11 Patients
NEW DELHI—Eleven patients died Saturday after a fire broke out in a hospital’s COVID-19 ward in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, police said. There were 17 patients in the ward in the city of Ahmednagar where the fire started, said police Inspector Jyoti Karkade. The remaining six patients are in stable condition, she added….
Illinois Woman Charged in August Fire Deaths of Her 5 Kids
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.—A woman has been charged with child endangerment in the August fire deaths of her five young children, who she allegedly left in a southwest Illinois apartment without adult supervision. Sabrina Dunigan, 34, of East St. Louis, faces five felony counts of endangering the life/health of a child in St. Clair County,…
Ship Fire Out, but Search Continues for Lost Containers From Vessel Off B.C.’s Coast
VICTORIA—A fire that burned for nearly a week on the container ship anchored off Victoria’s waterfront has been put out. A statement from Danaos Shipping Co., the manager of the MV Zim Kingston, says the specialized marine service company it hired will begin the cleanup operation on the ship. The statement says the same firm…
Large Fire in Major Oil Refinery in Kuwait
A fire erupted on Monday at a major oil refinery in Kuwait, the state-owned oil company said, reporting that some workers suffered from smoke inhalation and other light injuries. The blaze at the key Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery along Kuwait’s Persian Gulf coastline north of its border with Saudi Arabia did not affect the electrical…
At Least 46 Dead, 41 Injured in Taiwan Fire
At least 46 are dead after an extremely fierce blaze in Taiwan. Sparked inside a 13-story building, it’s the island’s deadliest fire in years. Netizens accuse Chinese authorities of inciting murder. The authorities are offering a higher reward for one criminal suspect’s body than for clues about his whereabouts. LinkedIn is leaving China. The social…
Forests in Southern California Reopening Tonight
ARCADIA, Calif.—The Angeles National Forest will end its forest closure order tonight at 11:59 p.m., one week past the expiration of the California regional closure, authorities said. The forest will also lower its fire danger level from Critical to Extreme, which continues to ban any use of any open-flame or certain spark-emitting equipment, according to…
‘Extremely Heart-Wrenching’: 75 Dogs Killed in Fire at Texas Pet-Boarding Center
Seventy five dogs were killed in a blaze at a Texas pet-boarding company on Saturday night, officials said. Georgetown Fire Chief John Sullivan told reporters in a press briefing on Sunday that by the time fire crews responses to 911 calls, the smoke at the Ponderosa Pet Resort had made it impossible for any animals…
Los Angeles Fire Department Captain Burned in Explosion Sues Businesses, Building Owner
A Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) captain is suing a downtown vape shop and its building owner for negligence and hazardous activity after he was severely burned in an explosion last year. Firefighters were responding to a fire that broke out in the warehouse in May 2020 when the building exploded in a 30-foot-wide ball…
UK Wholesale Energy Prices Soar After Power Grid Hit by Fire
A fire has caused a power link between the UK and France to be shut off, leading to a jump in wholesale electricity prices. The National Grid said its site at Sellindge in Kent was evacuated on Wednesday morning following the fire. The blaze and planned maintenance means the Interconnexion France-Angleterre (IFA) interconnector will be…
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