Tag: Fires
Auto industry braces for more chip shortages after fire
NEW YORK — A fire at a plant owned by Japanese chipmaker Renesas could deepen the ongoing global semiconductor shortage that has especially hampered...
Man faces hate crime charge in Florida church arson attack
OCALA, Fla. — A man accused of setting a Florida church on fire last year is facing a federal hate crime charge, prosecutors announced...
Girl, 8, throws mattress from burning home, jumps to safety
CHICAGO — An 8-year-old Chicago girl whose mother was at work somehow managed to toss a mattress from her family's third-story window during a...
Fire festival incidents kill 10, injure hundreds in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran — Mishaps during an annual fire festival in Iran have left at least 10 people dead and hundreds more injured around the...
Owner of boat that burned, killing 34, sells other vessels
LOS ANGELES — The owner of a scuba diving boat that burned and sank off the California coast, killing 34 people, has sold off...
Wildfire burns 20 acres in NW Indiana, sends smoke onto I-65
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. — About 20 acres (8 hectares) in Northwest Indiana burned after flames spread from an open burn pit into surrounding fields fields,...
Fire at French cloud computing firm disrupts websites
PARIS — Numerous companies and websites in France suffered outages and disruptions to services after a fire swept through a cloud computing provider's facility.
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3 migrants die in Greece after fire in abandoned building
THESSALONIKI, Greece — Greece’s fire department says three migrants have been found dead following a fire in an abandoned building in the center of...
Man charged in Indiana bus driver’s strangulation death
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A man has been charged with murder in the January killing of a southern Indiana school bus driver who was found...
Gragson under fire but defiant in return home to Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — NASCAR has a new villain and he doesn't really care what anyone thinks about him.
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