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News Articles: fire

The scene Thursday morning after a BNSF train carrying ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire in the west-central Minnesota town of Raymond. Residents living near the derailment were evacuated in the middle of the night.

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  • National

A train carrying ethanol derails and catches fire in Minnesota, evacuation lifted

Twenty-two cars, including 10 carrying ethanol, derailed west of Minneapolis; four are on fire. The derailment's cause is under investigation.

March 30, 2023
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By:
  • Kaitlyn Radde
An image taken from a video shows ambulances and rescue team staffers outside an immigration center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Tuesday.

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  • World

39 migrants are dead, 29 injured after a fire at an immigration facility in Mexico

At least 39 migrants are dead following a fire Monday in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, just across the U.S. border. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the migrants started the fire out of despair.

March 28, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson,
  • Bill Chappell,
  • and 1 more
Firefighters enjoy a meal from Chops Lobster Bar in Atlanta.

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  • News

Chops restaurant team gives back to firefighters after blaze

The team at Chops Lobster Bar wanted to give back to local firefighters.

December 07, 2022
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By:
  • Sammie Purcell
Emergency personnel work at the site of a fire at the Abu Sefein church that killed over 40 people and injured at least 14 others, in the densely populated neighborhood of Imbaba in Cairo.

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  • Africa

A fire at a church in Cairo kills 41 people and injures 16 others

A fire ripped through a church in a densely populated neighborhood as congregants worshipped, the Coptic Church said. It was one of the worst fire tragedies in Egypt in recent years.

August 15, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Workers of the Cuba Oil Union, known by the Spanish acronym CUPET, watch a huge rising plume of smoke from the Matanzas Supertanker Base, as firefighters work to quell a blaze which began during a thunderstorm the night before, in Matazanas, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022.

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  • Latin America

17 missing, 121 hurt, 1 dead in fire at Cuban oil facility

A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled in the Cuban city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing.

August 07, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Major fire damage fills the interior at the Mountain B pub in the Sattahip district of Chonburi province, about 100 miles southeast of Bangkok, Thailand.

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  • Asia

A fire at a music pub in eastern Thailand kills at least 13

Video circulating on social media showed people fleeing the pub while thick black smoke billowed from the door and then the entrance through which people were escaping was suddenly engulfed in flames.

August 05, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A firefighter protects a sequoia tree as the Washburn Fire burns in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Friday, July 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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  • Environment

Yosemite wildfire threatens grove of iconic sequoia trees

The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park remained closed Saturday as firefighters battled a blaze that threatened the gathering of the iconic trees and forced campers to evacuate.

July 10, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A firefighter works to contain a fire that broke out at the BM Inland Container Depot, a Dutch-Bangladesh joint venture, in Chittagong, Bangladesh, early Sunday.

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  • World

A fire at a depot in Bangladesh has killed at least 49 and injured more than 100

The blaze in the city of Chittagong broke out around midnight Saturday following explosions in a container full of chemicals. The cause could not immediately be determined.

June 05, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A plane drops fire retardant onto the fire on Thursday in Laguna Niguel, Calif.

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  • National

California's coastal fire has destroyed at least 20 homes

The cause of the fire, which stretched about 200 acres as of Thursday morning, remains under investigation.

May 12, 2022
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By:
  • Rina Torchinsky
Wind kicks up dust at the fairgrounds as firefighters meet and confer about the wildfire raging on the other side of the hill behind them just outside of Las Vegas, N.M., on Saturday, May 7, 2022.

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  • National

New Mexico residents brace for extreme wildfire conditions

With the worst of the thick wildfire smoke having blown out of town, residents of a small northern New Mexico city tried to recapture a sense of normalcy amid predictions of extreme fire conditions.

May 08, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
In this photo provided by the National Park Service, fallen trees smolder after a wildfire at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in Arizona, Wednesday, April 20, 2022.

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  • National

Fires hit Southwest, New Mexico's season 'dangerously early'

New Mexico faces a long and potentially devastating wildfire season, said Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, as Southwestern wildfires cause destruction and force people from their homes.

April 24, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A pair of Resource Advisors from the Coconino National Forest record data in Division Alpha as they work to determine the severity of Tunnel Fires impact on the Forest.

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  • National

Southwest fire crews brace for return of dangerous winds

Firefighters are bracing for the return of ferocious winds in the Southwest after a brief reprieve allowed them to attack flames from the air for the first time in days.

April 22, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
In this photo provided by the Coconino National Forest, the Tunnel Fire burns near Flagstaff, Ariz., on Tuesday, April 19, 2022.

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  • National

Wind will be a force to reckon with on Southwest wildfires

Fire managers across the Southwest are reckoning with strong winds that forecasters say could lead to explosive growth in wildfires this week.

April 21, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A plume of smoke from the Winston Weaver Co. fertilizer plant fire drifts west on Tuesday in Winston-Salem, N.C. The uncontrolled fire at the fertilizer plant has forced thousands of people to evacuate the area around the plant.

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  • National

Explosion fears remain as North Carolina fertilizer plant burns for a third day

Winston-Salem officials said there is more ammonium nitrate at the plant that there was at 2013 Texas plant explosion that killed 15 people.

February 02, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
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  • National

Bronx-raised Cardi B offers to pay fire victims' burial costs

"I hope that not having to worry about the costs associated with burying their loved ones will help as they move forward and heal," the Grammy-winning rapper said.

January 19, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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