Fire officials say an explosion at a door manufacturer in central Wisconsin scattered debris a half mile away, but the timing of the incident prevented any serious injuries. A large pressurized vessel at Marshfield Door Systems exploded Monday about 3:20 …
An overnight fire and explosion destroyed a Hispanic grocery store in a central Indiana city. Anderson firefighters needed more than three hours early Tuesday to put out the blaze that destroyed the Esmeralda grocery near the city’s downtown. Assistant Fire …
Rolls-Royce and Qantas have reached a settlement over an Airbus A380 engine explosion last year that forced a jet with 469 people on board to make an emergency landing and grounded much of the airline’s fleet. Qantas said the out-of-court …
A fire at a southern Louisiana chemical plant was being allowed to burn down Wednesday before firefighters approached to put it out and investigators went inside to search for a cause. Tuesday afternoon’s explosion and fire at the Multi-Chem Corp. …
Officials in Pennsylvania say a powerboat was having mechanical difficulties before exploding near a yacht club on Lake Erie, killing one person and injuring nine others. Erie Chief Fire Inspector Guy Santone tells the Erie Times-News that the boat’s operators …
A fire at a Caryville’s Thunder Mountain Fireworks store shut down part of Interstate 75 and forced about 100 neighbors to temporarily evacuate. Caryville Fire Department Cpt. Brad Smith described the fire to WVLT-TV, saying, “If you can picture a …
An oil spill and a small explosion have caused limited damage – but no further radiation leaks – at the crippled nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, the plant operator said Tuesday. Workers at Fukushima Dai-ichi plant found an oil …
“The disaster at Upper Big Branch (UBB) was manmade and could have been prevented had Massey Energy (Massey) followed basic, well-tested and historically proven safety procedures,” according to the Governor’s Independent Investigation Panel’s 113 page report. This finding directly opposes …
Federal and state arson investigators were trying to determine what caused a fire and explosion at a Nashville ammunition store that killed the shop’s owner. The Tennessean reported that firefighters discovered the body of 42-year-old Kenedy Rojas inside the Well …
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is being hit with another lawsuit related to last year’s deadly pipeline explosion in San Bruno. The complaint was filed in San Mateo County Superior Court last week by a representative of James Franco, who …