Roughly 100 firefighters are battling a rooftop blaze in central London. The fire at a ten-story building being refurbished on The Strand sent smoke billowing throughout the area. Officials said Tuesday no injuries have been reported. The building was evacuated. …
An avalanche slammed into a popular backcountry hotel on the west side of Montana’s Glacier National Park, filling some rooms with snow. Sperry Chalet officials say the risk of another slide is preventing a full damage assessment, but they believe …
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 hit western Turkey on Thursday, and there were reports of casualties and damaged buildings in one town. The Istanbul-based Kandilli Observatory said the quake in Kutahya province occurred at 23:15 p.m. (2015GMT) …
A powerful thunderstorm may have spawned a tornado that caused a building collapse in northeast Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the Fire Department received a report of a collapse of a large section of roof at a beer distributor …
Marion County has hired a lawyer to deal with the insurance company for the unsafe Courthouse Square building in Salem. The county’s risk division manager, Mina Hanssen, says it’s likely the claim on the building will end up in litigation. …
A fire feeding on soybean oil at a frozen food plant sent flames soaring through the roof Monday and created a towering plume of smoke that was seen for miles around the eastern Los Angeles suburb. About 150 firefighters from …
Two historic hotel buildings in downtown Seminole have been destroyed by fire. Seminole emergency manager Ernest Willis says a blaze began about 11:15 p.m. Saturday in the Grisso building and then spread to the Worth building next door. Fire Chief …
Vermont fire investigators say the blaze that heavily damaged an historic building in downtown Brattleboro was most likely started by an electrical malfunction. But officials aren’t sure where the fire started in the Brooks House on Sunday night. Brattleboro Fire …