Officials at Danbury Hospital have set up a temporary emergency room in a parking lot after a plumbing problem caused water damage to parts of the Connecticut hospital. Hospital officials told WFSB-TV that the plumbing issue sent water into parts …
A major fire has caused extensive damage to Riga Castle, the medieval fortress that houses the National History Museum of Latvia. Viktorija Sembele, a spokeswoman for the State Fire and Rescue Service, said Friday that the overnight fire damaged the …
Esther Tauscher stood outside her Staten Island home, leafing through boxes of family photos that had been steeped in storm water. She paused to point out life events – her honeymoon, holding her baby boy in a hospital bed. The …
Students returned to a western Kentucky elementary school after missing a day of classes while officials searched the facility for asbestos. South Heights Elementary School in Henderson welcomed students back on Monday. The Gleaner reported that a search Saturday of …
Irene Sobolov believes the first floor of her house is just that. The federal government and her insurance company say it’s a basement. The semantics, Sobolov has learned, are very expensive. Sobolov and others whose lower-level apartments or businesses sustained …
Police in Urbandale, Iowa, says the city manager’s home has suffered significant damage after someone ran a lawn hose into the residence. City Manager AJ Johnson told police that a person or persons ran the hose through his house on …
A woman escaped a fire that engulfed her West Hollywood, Calif., apartment and authorities say they’re investigating it as arson. Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Mark Savage says investigators tell him the blaze early Sunday was directly related to a …
An apartment fire in northeast San Antonio, Texas, forced 46 people from their residences. The San Antonio Express-News reported that the fired burned through the roof at the complex about 2 a.m. Saturday, damaging the building’s attic and destroying two …
Flooding caused by a water line break has interrupted patient care at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center clinic building. The building was closed for patient care Wednesday after being evacuated Tuesday afternoon due to flooding. Officials say there …
Authorities have blamed an electrical problem for a fire that damaged city offices in the northwest Iowa town of Hull. A state investigator says the problem occurred in an electrical junction box in the building’s rear maintenance area. City Administrator …