Backup power and full water tanks should be required in face of wildfire, lawmaker says
A Ventura County lawmaker is proposing new wildfire resilience standards that would require water providers to ensure full ...
The Independent19d
Room heaters sold on Amazon recalled due to potential fire hazard
Vornado VH2 heaters recalled on January 16 due to potential fire hazards and electrical risks (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) “Vornado is voluntarily recalling certain VH2 Whole Room ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation19d
Program: Pressure on PM over anti-Semitic attacks
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.
NBC Bay Area19d
Crews battle 3-alarm fire at San Jose apartment complex
Firefighters are battling a three-alarm blaze at an apartment complex in San Jose. The fire was reported at 1:55 p.m. Wednesday at a two-story apartment complex on the 2400 block of Los Gatos ...
WGRZ19d
Amherst Central Fire Office responds to Ellicott Creek living room fire
AMHERST, N.Y. — The Amherst Central Fire Alarm Office had received a 911 call for a living room fire on Tuesday around 9 p.m. A fire had been reported in an Ellicott Creek multi-family homes ...
LAist19d
Hughes Fire in Castaic now 56% contained with rain in the forecast
Firefighters continue to make progress in containing the massive Hughes Fire that broke out Wednesday near Castaic Lake, growing to more than 10,000 acres and forcing mass evacuations. Around ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat20d
Tasting room on Sonoma Plaza damaged by explosion, fire
Sonoma Valley Fire District Chief Stephen Akre said that firefighters received a call about an explosion at the Corner 103 Tasting Room at 103 West Napa Street around 2:22 a.m. Fire crews arrived ...
The Mirror20d
Kartalkaya fire: 76 holidaymakers dead as fire tears through hotel at popular ski resort and four arrested
A fire raged through a 12-storey hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey during a school holiday, killing at least 76 people. At least 51 people were injured in the fire at the Grand ...
KTTV20d
San Diego 'Friars Fire' fully contained after burning near Fashion Valley mall
The "Friars Fire" broke out in San Diego County Tuesday afternoon. The flames started near the Fashion Valley mall. Crews quickly contained the fire at approximately three acres. SAN DIEGO - As ...
KTLA20d
Brush fire threatening homes near Fashion Valley Mall knocked down
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Fire crews were busy battling a brush fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon off of Friars Road near the Fashion Valley Mall. The brush fire was first reported just after ...
CBC.ca20d
Fire destroys historic building in downtown Orillia
Crews from Orillia Fire and neighbouring fire departments work to put out a structure fire that broke out at the corner of Mississaga Street and Peter Street in Orillia’s downtown on Tuesday ...