Tag: Fires
Number of damaging fires in Los Angeles homeless camps grows
LOS ANGELES — Fires linked to homeless tents and camps are raising concerns in Los Angeles, where flames claimed seven lives last year and...
Chicago cat fleeing fire survives 5-story jump, walks off
CHICAGO — A Chicago cat may now have eight lives after jumping out of a fifth-floor window Thursday afternoon to escape an apartment fire....
Dump Trump? Kicking him off NYC golf course may not be easy
NEW YORK — Donald Trump has a rich history of fighting back when he’s down and making others pay, and that's exactly how he...
Flames engulfing cargo ship’s remains off Georgia coast
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Fire burned Friday inside the remains of an overturned cargo ship being dismantled on the Georgia coast.
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Albanian tries to set himself on fire at Eid al-Fitr prayers
TIRANA, Albania — A man tried to set himself on fire during prayers for the Muslim holiday of Ei -al-Fitr in the Albanian capital,...
Fire officials aim to squelch blazes fast, avoid megafires
BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. officials said Thursday that they will try to stamp out wildfires as quickly as possible this year as severe drought...
Official says fire at ICU in Egypt hospital kills 2 patients
CAIRO — A fire broke out in an intensive care unit of an Egyptian hospital Wednesday, leaving at least two patients dead, an official...
Danes mull new probe of 1990 ferry fire that killed 159
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish lawmakers agreed Wednesday to set up a task force to look into a 1990 ferry fire that killed 159 people,...
Review: Angelina Jolie leads tense ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’
It would be an understatement to say that Angelina Jolie is put through the wringer in writer-director Taylor Sheridan’s new film “ Those Who...
Kansas man sentenced to life for killing woman, 2 children
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas man who killed his estranged girlfriend and her two children before setting their house on fire was...
