Washington DC fire kills 4-year-old boy
A 4-year-old boy has died in a southeast Washington apartment fire, and 5 other people were injured. The child died Friday night after being rescued from the burning building. 2 other children also were injured, along with two adults. A firefighter was seriously burned. D.C. fire department Battalion Chief Terry Reynolds says a family was [...]
Australia Wildfire Burns 35 Houses
Wildfire on the edge of a major Australian city has burned 35 homes. There are no reports of injuries. The Western Australian Fire and Emergency Services Authority says the fire raging Sunday on the eastern outskirts of the state capital Perth has destroyed 35 houses and other homes are under threat. The authority says residents [...]
Iraq plane crash, killing all 7 people on board
A small plane crashed on take-off from an airport in northern Iraq, killing all 7 people on board, officials said. The plane went down on the runway moments after takeoff from the city of Sulaimaniya in Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region on Friday. The cause of the crash was likely a technical fault and weather [...]
Dunkin Donuts turns to everyday Joes (Video)
Dunkin’ Donuts launched a multimillion-dollar national marketing campaign yesterday that features everyday Joes drinking its iced and hot coffee drinks. The new campaign, which includes print, TV, and digital ads, is the chain’s latest effort to one-up its biggest rivals, Starbucks and McDonald’s, in the java wars. The ads mostly feature everyday people who were [...]
Hot Air Balloon Crash, killing 2 people
A hot air balloon has crashed near a bowls club in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, killing two people. Avon and Somerset police said that the incident happened at around 9.30am. Emergency services were alerted at 9.47am. Sarah Allen from Avon Fire and Rescue told Sky News that when firefighters arrived at the scene, the blaze was [...]
The news is good!
I generally stay away from bad news. I mean the titles from the Internet and the newspaper, I read the "good" means. You know, good articles, such as firefighters, the boy who was thrown out of the building caught on fire. All that sounds like someone is helping someone or is there a happy ending. [...]
Chicago Fire Department 2 fighters Killed
2 firefighters were killed, four firefighters were reported in serious-to-critical condition, and ten firefighters were reported injured in stable condition after a wall and roof collapse just after 7:00 a.m. CST. Firefighters responded to a routine fire at a vacant one-story commercial building at 1744 East 75th Street, and were inside searching for homeless occupants [...]
Provo Tabernacle Fire destroys historic Utah building (Video)
A massive fire broke out Friday morning at the Provo Tabernacle. It started around 2:45 a.m. at the junction of Center Street and University Avenue in downtown Provo. Both streets were closed as fire crews battled the blaze. At one point, witnesses reported seeing flames coming out of all the windows. The roof of the [...]