January 22, 2021
BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — A fire in an Alaska village burned a plant that served as the community’s only source of clean, running water, leaving residents waiting for a delivery of water by plane. Alaska State Troopers said the fire …
January 22, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A group of protesters carrying signs against President Joe Biden and police marched in Portland on Inauguration Day and damaged the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Oregon, police said. Some in the group of about …
January 8, 2021
BOWDON, Ga. (AP) — A historic Georgia church was “engulfed in flames” Monday and officials believe the fire was intentional. The Carroll County Sheriff’s office said fire crews responded to Smith Chapel Methodist Church in Bowdon and found the 100-year-old …
January 4, 2021
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Chaunda Lee walked through her Louisville home Sunday afternoon for the first time since Christmas Day, when a fire destroyed nearly everything inside. Stepping over broken glass and ashes littered across her porch, Lee carried with …
December 11, 2020
BADALONA, Spain (AP) — Firefighters in northeastern Spain found three bodies in an abandoned industrial complex occupied by migrants and other squatters that caught fire and partially collapsed, while ongoing emergency work assisted by sniffer dogs and drones on Thursday …
December 7, 2020
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Seven contractors were injured, four critically, when a storage tank at a petroleum facility in Texas exploded after catching fire Saturday morning, according to fire officials. The fire began about 10 a.m. near a crude oil …
December 4, 2020
WASHINGTON — Hyundai Motor Co is recalling 129,000 U.S. vehicles for an engine issue that can increase the risk of a fire, U.S. regulators said Friday. The recall covers some 2015-2016 Veloster, 2012 Santa Fe, 2011-2013 Sonata Hybrid, and 2016 …
November 16, 2020
DETROIT — General Motors is recalling nearly 69,000 Chevrolet Bolt electric cars worldwide because the batteries have caught fire in five of them. The company said Friday that it doesn’t know yet what’s causing the fires, but engineers are working …
November 12, 2020
OAKLAND, Calif. — The City Council on Tuesday agreed to pay $399,000 to settle the last lawsuit over a 2016 fire at an illegally converted warehouse dubbed the Ghost Ship that killed 36 people. The city doesn’t acknowledge any wrongdoing …
November 2, 2020
HANNA CITY, Ill. — This all started, this passion for collecting U.S. military-related memorabilia, when Jerry Lance was 6. That was 53 years ago. “I got my dad’s Navy uniform, and I was hooked on the military after that,” Lance …