Officials have found a new facility for Tulsa, Okla., students whose school was destroyed in a fire Wednesday morning. The Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences says classes will be held Thursday at Sequoyah Elementary School. Tulsa Public Schools offered …
Explosions might have preceded a fire in a grandstand at the Shelby County Fairgrounds in Indiana. Shelbyville Fire Chief Tony Logan says his department received reports early Saturday of a couple of explosions in the area of the fairgrounds about …
Officials say explosions and a fire at one of the world’s largest petrochemical industrial estates have killed 12 people and injured more than 100 others in eastern Thailand. The blasts Saturday forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 people living …
Explosions at a firework factory in Thailand have set off fires at its four warehouses and forced nearby residents to flee. Workers were not on duty at the factory when it started Tuesday evening. Police Lt. Col. Panachai Satthawut said …
ExxonMobil Refining and Supply Co. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for violations – 20 serious and two other-than-serious – for exposing workers to possible fires and explosions, …
An early-morning fire at a farmers’ cooperative union prompted a brief village evacuation over concerns that the fire could reach chemicals in the burning plant, Sheboygan County authorities said Wednesday. The fire was reported at Adell Cooperative Union in Adell …
One of three workers injured after a series of explosions at a propane company in south-central Kansas has died, authorities said Wednesday. The Butler County Sheriff’s Department identified the Global Propane employee who died as Jeffrey Burnham, 40, of Wichita. …
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey is asking the Department of Energy to help officials investigate migrating methane gas as the likely cause of two house explosions in northwestern Pennsylvania. A state police fire marshal says he can’t yet pinpoint that as …