General Massive Fire Engulfs West Side Warehouse Originally published on Blog Club Chicago NORTH LAWNDALE — A massive fire broke out at a West Side automotive warehouse Thursday morning. At 8:48 a.m., the Chicago Fire Department received a call that the roof of an auto body supply warehouse at 4425 W. 16th St. had gone up in flames. By 10:30 a.m. the […] Written by Anjali Singh December 10, 2020December 10, 2020
General Firefighters Respond To Extra-Alarm Fire, Hazmat In Lawndale Originally published on CBS Chicago CHICAGO (CBS) — More than 250 firefighters battled an extra-alarm blaze Thursday morning at an auto supply warehouse in Lawndale. The fire started around 8:45 a.m. at an auto supply business at 4425 W. 16th St., according to Chicago Fire Department assistant deputy fire commissioner Barry Garr. The first crews to […] Written by Anjali Singh December 10, 2020December 10, 2020
General 2 killed, 2 critically injured in Omaha house explosion Originally published on abc NEWSFire officials say an explosion that leveled a home in Omaha, Nebraska, has left two people dead and two others critically injured OMAHA, Neb. — An explosion that leveled a home in Omaha killed two people and left two others critically injured Tuesday morning, fire officials said. Omaha Fire Department Battalion […] Written by Anjali Singh December 10, 2020December 10, 2020
General Officials: Gas explosion caused house fire in Amarillo Originally published on NEWS CHANNEL10 AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – The Amarillo Fire Marshal’s Office says a gas explosion caused a house fire in Amarillo this morning. Around 11:13 a.m., crews were called to a second alarm fire at a home near South Tyler Street and Southwest 26th Avenue. Crews arrived to find a duplex with […] Written by Anjali Singh December 10, 2020December 10, 2020
General Chemicals present in fire after fatal plant explosion, listed in facility inventory don’t raise red flags by themselves Originally published by Gazette Mail Chlorinated dry bleach and methanol were present in a fire that burned for two hours after a fatal explosion at the Optima Chemical facility on the Chemours Co.’s site in Belle Tuesday night, according to emergency responders. An emergency and hazardous chemical inventory that Optima Belle LLC submitted to the West Virginia […] Written by Anjali Singh December 10, 2020December 12, 2020
General Police: Suicide suspected in Tomball home explosion Originally published by Houston ChronicalOne person is dead after a suspected gas explosion late Wednesday night, according to officials, at a home located at 200 S. Vernon St. shown Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 in Tomball. A Tomball man died Wednesday night in an apparent gas explosion that appeared to be a suicide, officials said. The […] Written by Anjali Singh December 10, 2020December 12, 2020