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UN office says Sri Lanka ship fire causes significant damage
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The U.N. representative in Sri Lanka said the sinking of a container ship that caught fire while transporting chemicals off the capital Colombo has caused “a significant damage to the planet” by releasing hazardous substances into the ecosystem. ...
Southwest US states bake, wildfire threatens Arizona towns
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Southwest U.S. continued to bake Saturday, and weather forecasters kept warnings in effect for excessive heat in Arizona, Nevada and desert areas, at least through the weekend. High temperature marks didn’t fall Saturday, but Phoenix reached a...
Several hurt after fire at Atlanta-area apartment complex
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A fire early Saturday at an Atlanta-area apartment complex has left at least nine people injured and displaced nearly 40 people, authorities said. Emergency responders arriving to The Forest at Columbia found people jumping from the Decatur...
Serbian state TV: Explosion again rocks munitions factory
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An explosion rocked a munitions factory central Serbia on Saturday in the second such incident this month, injuring at least three workers, state-run Serbian television reported. A powerful explosion was heard just before 8 p.m. (1800GMT),...
Blaze at Moscow fireworks warehouse injures 4
MOSCOW (AP) — A warehouse holding a reported 15 metric tons (16.5 tons) of fireworks in central Moscow caught fire on Saturday, sending a huge cloud of smoke and a fusillade of explosions over the area. Three firefighters and a warehouse employee were injured and one...
Chicago apartment fire injures several, including 2 children
CHICAGO (AP) — A fire at a Chicago apartment building injured several people, including two children, on Saturday and led firefighters to rescue residents from higher floors, officials said. Two children and three other people were hospitalized after the morning fire on...
Too many wood pellets, too little water contributed to blaze
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The size of wood pellet stacks and low water pressure may have contributed to a spectacular blaze that burned for days in May at a warehouse on the Georgia coast. The Brunswick News reports that Georgia Ports Authority Chief...
Plume of smoke towers as 3 vehicles catch fire in New York
NEW YORK (AP) — Three vehicles caught fire in New York’s Long Island City neighborhood on Friday, throwing up a plume of smoke that was visible from other boroughs. In footage posted on social media, emergency crews can be seen dousing one of the cars with water, and...
Archaeologist optimistic about fate of depot artifacts
MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) — Archaeologist Dianne McCarty hadn’t been inside the burned McComb Railroad Depot for more than five minutes on Monday morning and she was already pulling things out of the ashes. She plucked two plastic HO-scale model train cars — surprisingly...
California wildfire leads campground, zen center to evacuate
BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire burning near California's central coast has forced the evacuation of a campground and Buddhist retreat center, authorities said Friday. The fire began Thursday night in the Los Padres National Forest, about 15 miles southeast of Big...
