An intense four-alarm fire scorched through a large warehouse in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Friday morning, shooting a column of thick black smoke into the sky. The massive inferno ignited inside an industrial building just southeast of Newark Liberty International Airport just before 5:30 am — with smoke billowing as far as Staten Island, where locals … Read more
It’s a different kind of light show in the sky. Fire-prone cities across the US are opting to trade fireworks for high-tech drones this Fourth of July to deliver a light show void of fire safety concerns. Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall was among many officials in dry areas around the country who decided … Read more
Smoke from the Canadian wildfires has traveled across the Atlantic Ocean and reached Europe as part of the worst fire season in history for the northern forests, officials say. The smoke that left New York City covered in an orange smog earlier this month was spotted arriving in the United Kingdom on Monday, with pictures … Read more
The Issue: Large quantities of smoke from Canadian wildfires that spread over the East Coast this week. As a Californian, I give all in New York City and beyond the line from “Die Hard”: “Welcome to the party, pal!” (“Blame Canada,” June 8) We’ve had the same problem with wildfires for years. The cause is … Read more
A construction worker died and another went missing after a massive 5-alarm fire erupted at a North Carolina work site Thursday morning. The 5-alarm blaze broke out at about 9 a.m. inside an under-construction apartment building in Charlotte’s affluent SouthPark neighborhood, authorities said. The crews rescued 15 workers — including a man stuck on a … Read more
Ohioans who live near where a train filled with hazardous chemicals derailed last week were allowed to return home Wednesday, officials said. The evacuation order was lifted after air and water samples were analyzed overnight and deemed safe, East Palestine Fire Chief Keith Drabick told reporters at a press conference on Wednesday. The Norfolk Southern … Read more
Several neighborhoods were evacuated, and others were told to shelter in place after multiple explosions and a fire were reported at the Symrise Chemical Plant in Brunswick, Georgia, early Monday morning. According to the Glynn County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, emergency crews received a report just before 4 a.m. about a fire at the chemical plant. … Read more
WEED, Calif. — A fast-moving fire in Northern California threatened hundreds of homes Friday and authorities ordered at least 5,000 residents across three communities to leave immediately. Residents of the towns of Weed, Lake Shastina and Edgewood to evacuate after the blaze spread quickly in hot and windy conditions, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said … Read more