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Puerto Rico National Guard helps fight large landfill fire in US Virgin Islands
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s National Guard was deployed to help fight a large fire at a landfill in the U.S Virgin Islands that has been burning for more than a week and which has forced schools and businesses to close, officials said Friday. Helicopters swooped...
A fire at an Iranian defense ministry's car battery factory has been extinguished, report says
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A fire in a storage area of an Iranian defense ministry's car battery factory north of the capital has been extinguished, state TV reported Friday. The fire happened around midnight in a 2-square-kilometer (about 500-acre) storage area of plastic items in the...
Colorado house fire kills 2 children and injures 7 other people
DENVER (AP) — Two children died and four other people were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a fire late Wednesday night at a home in a Denver suburb, officials said. Investigators don't yet know what caused the fire at the multistory home in a quiet neighborhood...
Illinois man pleads guilty to trying to burn down planned abortion clinic
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A 73-year-old man has pleaded guilty to driving a car into a planned abortion clinic in eastern Illinois and trying to set the building on fire earlier this year, prosecutors said Wednesday. Philip J. Buyno of Prophetstown, Illinois, entered the plea Tuesday to...
Father and son sentenced to probation for fire that killed 2 at New York assisted living facility
NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) — A father and son were sentenced Wednesday to probation after reaching a plea deal for starting a fire that killed a firefighter and a resident at an assisted living facility in suburban New York. Rabbi Nathaniel Sommer, 71, and his 29-year-old son Aaron Sommer...
Explosion in Union Pacific's massive railyard in Nebraska appears accidental, investigators say
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investigators say the blast that prompted evacuations near Union Pacific's massive railyard in western Nebraska last week appears to be accidental, but it's not yet clear what caused it. The Nebraska State Fire Marshal's office is working with the railroad and...
Fire engulfs an 18-story tower block in Sudan's capital as rival forces battle for the 6th month
CAIRO (AP) — An 18-story building in the center of Sudan's capital was engulfed in flames Sunday as fighting between the military and a rival paramilitary force enters its sixth month. The Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower, situated in the center of Khartoum, caught fire...
Arson attacks at schools in Belgium are believed to be connected to a controversial sex ed program
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Friday that he will seek the help of government experts on extremism in the wake of a series of school arsons. Officials believe the attacks are connected to a controversial sexual education school program. De Croo...
Railyard explosion in Nebraska isn't expected to create any lingering problems, authorities say
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska authorities said they don't expect any lingering problems related to Thursday's explosion of a railroad shipping container carrying an acid used to make explosives because the chemical largely burned off and any residue was contained at the scene. No one...
Explosion at world's largest railyard in Nebraska prompts evacuations because of heavy toxic smoke
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An explosion inside a shipping container at the world's largest railyard prompted evacuations in western Nebraska Thursday because of the toxic smoke generated when one of the chemicals aboard caught fire. Around noon, an explosion occurred inside an intermodal...
