Business owners are looking ahead, after a fire in Hanamaulu caused an estimated $1.3 million in damage. The Garden Island reports two police officers were treated for smoke inhalation Friday afternoon, when fire destroyed the Hanamaulu Trading Company. The 116-year-old …
Authorities in Curacao say another person has died from an explosion at a fireworks warehouse, raising the death toll to two victims. Police spokesman Reggie Huggins says seven people were injured in the explosion Saturday at the government-owned building where …
Authorities say fire at Michigan Technological University’s archives that soaked hundreds of boxes of documents may have been caused by a light fixture. WLUC-TV reports that officials at the school in Houghton say, however, that there is no definitive cause …
The company that manages a southwest Missouri apartment building where five people died in a Thanksgiving Day fire had disabled the manual fire alarms in the building about 10 years ago. Rick Schroeder, president of Bell Management, of Joplin, which …
A fire has caused millions of dollars in damage to the historic but newly renovated Michillinda Lodge on western Michigan’s Lake Michigan shoreline. Mlive.com says authorities got word of the fire about 4:30 a.m. Sunday and many area departments sent …
The Manitowoc Fire Department investigating a fire that destroyed an outbuilding at the Wisconsin Cher-make Sausage Company plant. Crews were dispatched when multiple explosions were reported around 4:30 a.m. Saturday. Battalion Chief Ken Cayemberg says the outbuilding was a total …
Bangladesh’s government said Saturday it will give $2,500 to the families of those who died in a garment factory fire last week and $625 to those who were injured. The government’s offer of compensation, announced to The Associated Press by …
The owner of a Bangladesh clothing factory where a fire killed 112 people says he was never informed the facility was required to have an emergency exit, a sign of how far removed the leaders of the nation’s garment industry …
Authorities are investigating after a fire destroyed a historic building in downtown Vinita, Oklahoma. The fire broke out Saturday at the building, which now houses the Hartley Law Firm. Owners say the building is more than 100 years old and …
An early morning fire that destroyed a northeast Kansas grain cooperative also damaged several downtown buildings and warped Union Pacific railroad tracks nearby. KMAN reports the fire at the co-op in St. Marys started around 2 a.m. Friday. Pottawatomie County …