fire - Page 3

A top Chinese government propagandist, former Global Times editor Hu Xijin, lamented the censorship of information related to a deadly fire at a Beijing hospital this week – then rapidly deleted his social media post and replaced it with an innocuous post calling for police to investigate the incident.

Police warned people in Hamburg, Germany, to close their windows on Sunday after a large fire sent chemical-laden smoke over the city.

Three people were rescued by an unnamed good Samaritan after a fire broke out on a sailboat in Alabama on Sunday afternoon.

A 50-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman died while a girl was hurt during a hot air balloon ride Saturday near a historic site outside Mexico City.

An Indiana man who worked as a pizza delivery driver has been awarded a Carnegie Medal for rushing into a burning home to save five children inside.

A Brooklyn man became a hero on Friday afternoon as three children were trapped in a burning building.

A man identified as Mohammed Abbkr has appeared in court on attempted murder charges for setting men on fire outside mosques in London and Birmingham.

One in four college faculty members says they are very or extremely likely to self-censor in academic publications, and over one in three do so during interviews or lectures, according to a survey sponsored by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). This means that self-censorship among college faculty is far more prevalent than it was during the McCarthy era.

A couple in Southeast Portland, Oregon, said Tuesday that a fire originating from an abandoned home next door, occupied by squatters, nearly spread to their property.

A middle school teacher saved a man who uses a wheelchair from a vehicle just before it was engulfed in flames in Manchester, Connecticut.

Ford Motor has been forced to suspend production on its electric F-150 Lightning pickup due to a battery fire.

Firefighters and employees rescued more than 100 dogs after a fire broke out in doggy daycare in Seattle, Washington, last week.

A woman living in Paris who allegedly set a fire to “annoy” her neighbour is on trial this week after the fire spread, killing ten people. 

The engine on a flight from Thailand to Moscow went up in flames while trying to takeoff a runway on Saturday.

A daring Amazon delivery driver braved flames to help rescue a dog from the back of a burning vehicle in Merced, California, last week.

An art instructor is suing Hamline University for not renewing her contract after she showed a medieval depiction of Islam’s prophet Muhammad in class. Incredibly, the university’s response to student complaints was that “respect for the observant Muslim students in that classroom should have superseded academic freedom.”

More than 1,000 supporters of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) have sent letters to Hamline University protesting the school’s decision to fire an art professor who showed an image of Islam’s prophet Muhammad in class.

A fire at a Wisconsin Dairy Plant resulted in melted butter entering a storm sewer system and ultimately spilling into an adjacent canal.

A suspect is in custody for allegedly setting a 117-Year-Old Portland church on fire Tuesday. 

A Secret Santa in Idaho had a big surprise for a family who lost everything during a recent fire.

Orlando police released body camera footage Monday of officers working to rescue three women from a burning apartment complex.

The Stroitrakt shopping mall in Balashikha, a suburb of Moscow, caught fire on Monday morning. More than 100,000 square feet of the mall was damaged in the blaze, and at least one person was injured, according to the Russian Emergencies Ministry.

A Chicago homeless man, known as the ‘Walking Man,’ has died nearly seven months after he was set on fire while sleeping on the street.

A retired Chicago teacher who spent time in prison for setting a fire outside a bar a few years ago has reportedly not learned his lesson.

Leno was taken to the Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles, California, after suffering a serious injury stemming from a car fire that burned the left side of his face, according to sources with direct knowledge who spoke to TMZ.

A New York City apartment fire left 38 people injured, including two critically, and five seriously. The blaze was caused by a lithium-ion battery linked to a micro-mobility device, according to the New York Fire Department (FDNY).

Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) successfully resuscitated a cat found inside a burning apartment.

Arkansas State Police (ASP) troopers deployed a stun gun on a suspect following a recent motorcycle pursuit and the result was not what they expected.

President Joe Biden again exaggerated the story of his 2004 house fire on Tuesday, explaining to firefighters at an event the devastation to his home caused by a lightning strike.

The College Republicans student group at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) claim their event featuring New Hampshire congressional candidate Karoline Leavitt (R) was restricted due to the speaker being deemed “controversial.”

Fans of the University of Kentucky Wildcats football team went wild in Lexington on Saturday after a big win.

Fire officials say they are seeing progress in battling the Mosquito Creek wildfire in Northern California, but thousands of homes still remain threatened. 

A 14-year-old girl has been arrested in connection with a fire that occurred at a Walmart in Peachtree City, Georgia, on August 24.

An outing turned dangerous for several people whose vessel went up in flames Saturday on the Hudson River.

A Maryland couple is lucky to be alive after their dog’s barking awoke them from a life-threatening situation.

A store in Mayabeque, Cuba, boasted of rewarding first responders for helping extinguish the largest fire in the history of the nation with a meager supply of chicken, deodorant, soda, and cooking oil this week – basic goods that have for decades been considered luxuries for many suffering under communism.