For two weeks, soldiers with chain saws felled every tree in sight. Firefighters laid down a pipe to a nearby lake and pumped 100 gallons of water every minute, around the clock, until the surface of what is known as Fire No. 3 was a muddy expanse of charred stumps. And still the fire burned on. ... read more >>
Archive for the ‘Fires/Injuries’ Category
Past Errors to Blame for Russia’s Peat Fires
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Death by fire in the gulf
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
The open ocean, 12 miles from ground zero of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the gulf is hovering between life and death. The large strands of sargassum seaweed atop the ocean are normally noisy with birds and thick with crustaceans, small fish and sea turtles. But now this is a silent panorama, heavy with the smell of oil. ... read more >>
The open ocean, 12 miles from ground zero of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the gulf is hovering between life and death. The large strands of sargassum seaweed atop the ocean are normally noisy with birds and thick with crustaceans, small fish and sea turtles. But now this is a silent panorama, heavy with the smell of oil. ... read more >>
Moment teenager dangled baby girl out of a fifth-floor window as fire and smoke engulfed their apartment
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
This is the horrific moment a baby girl was dangled out of a fifth-floor window by a teenage relative as they were trapped by fire. Terrified Vanessa Scott, 18, thought holding her 7-month-old cousin Zaniwah Alexandra out of the window would help her get air to breath. Neighbours in New York’s Bronx looked on in terror as the tot swung in the air – and the teenager screamed: ‘Please catch my baby! I don’t want to die!’ ... read more >>
This is the horrific moment a baby girl was dangled out of a fifth-floor window by a teenage relative as they were trapped by fire. Terrified Vanessa Scott, 18, thought holding her 7-month-old cousin Zaniwah Alexandra out of the window would help her get air to breath. Neighbours in New York’s Bronx looked on in terror as the tot swung in the air – and the teenager screamed: ‘Please catch my baby! I don’t want to die!’ ... read more >>
Transformer Explodes, Blasting Fire Into the Air
Friday, February 12th, 2010
A transformer beneath a sidewalk exploded in a roar of flames and smoke on Thursday, charring the light stone face of an office building and showering debris over a half-block stretch of Avenue of the Americas. The authorities said that no one was injured. The blast erupted shortly before 11:30 a.m. in front of an electronics store at 641 Avenue of the Americas, an eight-story building between 19th and 20th Streets in Chelsea. Witnesses reported that they had smelled smoke for a couple of hours — and that for at least half an hour before the rumbling explosion shook the building, flames had danced along the sidewalk. ... read more >>
A transformer beneath a sidewalk exploded in a roar of flames and smoke on Thursday, charring the light stone face of an office building and showering debris over a half-block stretch of Avenue of the Americas. The authorities said that no one was injured. The blast erupted shortly before 11:30 a.m. in front of an electronics store at 641 Avenue of the Americas, an eight-story building between 19th and 20th Streets in Chelsea. Witnesses reported that they had smelled smoke for a couple of hours — and that for at least half an hour before the rumbling explosion shook the building, flames had danced along the sidewalk. ... read more >>
Mother dies despite daughter’s attempts to save her in second fatal Brooklyn fire in three days
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
A beloved Brooklyn mom died in a smoky blaze Monday despite her daughter’s desperate attempt to save her. Flames and dense smoke closed in on Sandra Lubin’s fifth-floor apartment in the Bayview Houses in Canarsie just after 6 a.m. Her daughter, Jessica, frantically tried to reach her mom. ... read more >>
A beloved Brooklyn mom died in a smoky blaze Monday despite her daughter’s desperate attempt to save her. Flames and dense smoke closed in on Sandra Lubin’s fifth-floor apartment in the Bayview Houses in Canarsie just after 6 a.m. Her daughter, Jessica, frantically tried to reach her mom. ... read more >>
Young man gets five years in death of Hudson’s Bay High teacher
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Gordon Patterson was the kind of teacher who made the bashful freshman feel special, the kind who pushed valedictorians to excel, the kind who wanted the best for every student — and Antonio Eugene Cellestine knew that as well as anybody. On Friday, Cellestine, 18, sat in a courtroom dressed in an orange jail jumpsuit, describing his remorse at having killed Patterson, the popular Hudson’s Bay High School technology teacher, and telling the packed courtroom that he got distracted while texting on his cell phone. ... read more >>
Gordon Patterson was the kind of teacher who made the bashful freshman feel special, the kind who pushed valedictorians to excel, the kind who wanted the best for every student — and Antonio Eugene Cellestine knew that as well as anybody. On Friday, Cellestine, 18, sat in a courtroom dressed in an orange jail jumpsuit, describing his remorse at having killed Patterson, the popular Hudson’s Bay High School technology teacher, and telling the packed courtroom that he got distracted while texting on his cell phone. ... read more >>
Cigarette suspicion as man survives sleepout inferno
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
A Kaikohe man is lucky to be alive after a blaze gutted his sleepout. The Kaikohe Fire Brigade was called out just before 2am on Friday, to Tawa St, off Purdy St, where a young man had been asleep in a sleepout attached to a garage when the fire broke out. Senior firefighter Douglas Hall said the garage was well ablaze when the brigade arrived. ... read more >>
A Kaikohe man is lucky to be alive after a blaze gutted his sleepout. The Kaikohe Fire Brigade was called out just before 2am on Friday, to Tawa St, off Purdy St, where a young man had been asleep in a sleepout attached to a garage when the fire broke out. Senior firefighter Douglas Hall said the garage was well ablaze when the brigade arrived. ... read more >>
Fire-safe cigarette law goes into effect
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
A new law that went into effect Jan. 1 mandates that only “fire-safe” cigarettes — marked as FSC for “fire standard compliant” — can be sold in Texas. Fire-safe cigarettes are designed to go out when they are not being actively smoked, reducing the risk of an accidental fire. Lawmakers passed a bill in 2007 requiring that all cigarettes sold in Texas be fire-standard compliant by Jan. 1, 2010, and Gov. Rick Perry signed it into law. Texas is one of 49 states where FSC mandates for cigarettes are in effect or pending. The Texas Department of Insurance is responsible for inspecting, certifying and enforcing the law. ... read more >>
A new law that went into effect Jan. 1 mandates that only “fire-safe” cigarettes — marked as FSC for “fire standard compliant” — can be sold in Texas. Fire-safe cigarettes are designed to go out when they are not being actively smoked, reducing the risk of an accidental fire. Lawmakers passed a bill in 2007 requiring that all cigarettes sold in Texas be fire-standard compliant by Jan. 1, 2010, and Gov. Rick Perry signed it into law. Texas is one of 49 states where FSC mandates for cigarettes are in effect or pending. The Texas Department of Insurance is responsible for inspecting, certifying and enforcing the law. ... read more >>
Fire kills 2 Detroit brothers, woman
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
An early morning fire killed two Detroit brothers and a woman Tuesday, relatives said. Relatives said Tyrone and Marvin Allen, both in their 60s, and Lynn Greer died in the house fire, while the men’s nephew, Ronald Gross, 43, had to jump from a second-story window to escape the blaze, The Detroit News reported. ... read more >>
An early morning fire killed two Detroit brothers and a woman Tuesday, relatives said. Relatives said Tyrone and Marvin Allen, both in their 60s, and Lynn Greer died in the house fire, while the men’s nephew, Ronald Gross, 43, had to jump from a second-story window to escape the blaze, The Detroit News reported. ... read more >>
Few smokers fans of new cigarettes
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
That exchange may never reach the level of the “Tastes great, Less filling” which Miller Lite began using in beer commercials in the 1970s but it may summarize the debate about new cigarettes now mandated in Michigan. Beginning New Year’s Day all cigarettes sold in the state must self-extinguish within a few seconds if left unattended. Forty-nine states now have similar laws. ... read more >>
That exchange may never reach the level of the “Tastes great, Less filling” which Miller Lite began using in beer commercials in the 1970s but it may summarize the debate about new cigarettes now mandated in Michigan. Beginning New Year’s Day all cigarettes sold in the state must self-extinguish within a few seconds if left unattended. Forty-nine states now have similar laws. ... read more >>
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