Authorities say a major fire has erupted at Croatia’s main oil refinery, causing injuries to four firefighters. The fire hit one of the storage tankers in the 60,000 barrel-a-day refinery co-owned by Hungary’s MOL and Croatia’s state INA oil and …
Frisco police are investigating what caused a fire at one of the buildings at the Frisco Historic Park and Museum. Town officials say a passing driver noticed flames around 7 a.m. Sunday and called for help. Firefighters extinguished the flames …
Fire officials say a blaze at a home in Laurel was intentionally set. The fire was reported about 2:25 a.m. Thursday on Marvil Drive. Smoke was showing where firefighters arrived. The home was not occupied at the time of the …
Angry, drunken fans ran wild after the Vancouver Canucks’ 4-0 loss to Boston in the decisive Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals, setting cars and garbage cans ablaze, smashing windows, showering giant TV screens with beer bottles and dancing …
Fire swept through a family’s home that appeared to have no working smoke detectors early Thursday, killing a couple, their two children and two other children who were sleeping over after a cookout, officials and a neighbor said. Firefighters arrived …
Prosecutors are telling jurors that although there were regulatory shortcomings, three construction company supervisors’ actions are to blame for two firefighters’ deaths at a condemned ground zero building. Prosecutors began their summation Wednesday in the manslaughter trial stemming from the …
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. …
The pilot of a Goodyear blimp screamed “I crashed the airship” before it burst into flames, a passenger who leapt to safety says. Photographer Joachim Storch told media that the blimp – The Spirit of Safety – missed its designated …
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. …
A Pennsylvania man who set a fire that damaged three houses then fleeced contractors by pretending to own the homes has been ordered to prison. The Morning Call of Allentown reports 19-year-old Jonathan Figueroa was sentenced Monday to three to …