Tag: Fires
8 people dead in building blaze in Latvian capital Riga
HELSINKI — Eight people, some of them foreign nationals, died early Wednesday in a fire at a building housing a hostel that was apparently...
Iraqi medics recount horrors from Baghdad’s hospital inferno
BAGHDAD — It was a night of unimaginable horror as flames engulfed the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital: deafening screams, a patient...
Top-tier management team assigned to New Mexico wildfire
OTERO, N.M. — A top-tier management team and additional tankers and ground crews have been assigned to a wildfire burning in the Sacramento Mountains...
Largest firefighting plane may be sold for COVID-19 response
DENVER — As Western states prepare for this year’s wildfire season, the world’s largest firefighting plane has been grounded and could be converted to...
Witness: Flames rapidly devoured van in deadly Georgia crash
SUWANEE, Ga. — A witness to the aftermath of a fiery van crash that killed six people and injured 10 others says that flames...
Cartel gun battle with armored trucks kills 8 in Mexico
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A raging gun battle between rival Mexican drug gangs near the U.S. border left eight people dead and a string...
Biden plan for cleaner power system faces daunting obstacles
NEW YORK — If the nation is to meet President Joe Biden's goal of cutting America’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end...
At least 6 killed in fiery van crash on Georgia interstate
SUWANEE, Ga. — At least six people died and several others were hurt in an interstate crash in Georgia that left a passenger van...
Iraq’s PM fires key hospital officials after deadly blaze
BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister fired key hospital officials Sunday hours after a fire broke out in an intensive care unit for coronavirus patients...
Police allege man left explosive device at police station
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A 50-year-old man was arrested Saturday for allegedly leaving an improvised explosive device and causing a fire outside the Terre...
