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1 person has died and another is hurt after a fiery tanker truck crash in Colorado
DENVER (AP) — One person died and another was hospitalized after a vehicle crashed into a tanker truck carrying fuel on Colorado's main east-west highway near Denver on Thursday, sending up a fireball and a huge plume of black smoke, authorities said. The crash happened on the...
United Airlines says it has regained some privileges that were suspended after problem flights
CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines said Thursday that federal regulators are letting it resume planning for growth after they imposed restrictions on the airline following a series of flight mishaps earlier this year, including an engine fire and a tire falling off a plane. United said...
Fire at a residential building in Germany leaves 3 people dead and 2 with grave injuries
BERLIN (AP) — A fire at a residential building in western Germany left three people dead and two others with life-threatening injuries Thursday, authorities said. The blaze broke out during the night in a kiosk that was part of the building in Duesseldorf and spread to the entrance...
Fire threat eases near Canada's oil sands hub, but a long, hot summer looms
The threat from a wildfire near Canada's oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, appeared to be easing on Wednesday, a day after it forced thousands of residents to evacuate and stirred memories of a damaging blaze nearly a decade earlier. Favorable winds were expected to push the...
Shopping complex fire inflicts tragedy on Vietnamese community in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Nguyen Van Son struggled to hold back tears as he stood outside the vast burnt carcass of a shopping complex that was engulfed in flames three days earlier in Warsaw. The 42-year-old Vietnamese trader had his entire livelihood inside — unsold clothing in...
A fire at a marina in Croatia destroys 22 boats, causes huge damage but no injuries
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A fire early at a marina in northwestern Croatia early Wednesday destroyed 22 boats and caused huge damage but no injuries. An investigation was underway to determine what caused the fire at the marina in Medulin, a small town on the Istrian peninsula that's...
Report: Welding at water slide caused huge fire in Sweden that killed one person
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A welding operation sparked a huge fire in February at a water park that was under construction at one of Sweden’s biggest amusement centers, causing the death of one person, a newspaper reported Wednesday. “When welding the water slide, a fire...
Canadian wildfire smoke chokes Upper Midwest for second straight year
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted health warnings across the Upper Midwest and Montana for the second year in a row. Fires raging in British Columbia and Alberta have filled the skies with haze over parts of Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and...
A plane with 3 aboard lands without landing gear at an Australian airport after burning off fuel
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A light plane with three people aboard landed safely without landing gear Monday after circling an Australian airport for almost three hours to burn off fuel. The pilot, Peter Schott, and his passengers, a 60-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman, walked...
Fires used as weapon of war in Sudan destroyed or damaged 72 villages last month, study says
CAIRO (AP) — Fires resulting from the fighting in Sudan destroyed or damaged 72 villages and settlements last month, a U.K.-based rights group said Monday, highlighting the use of fire as a weapon of war in the conflict in the African country. Investigators from Sudan Witness, an...
