Mar 24, 2017

20,000 evacuated after Ukraine military ammunitions depot catches fire

Jin Kim 0 Comment World disaster, fire, missile, Ukraine

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One of Ukraine’s largest ammunition depots caught fire Thursday, sending large-caliber artillery rounds flying around the region.

Around 20,000 were evacuated in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region near the border with Russia. A 25-mile area around the depot has been closed for flights.

There was a fire at the same arsenal in 2015, but the military managed to quickly put it out before munitions detonated. The depot held about 138,000 metric tons of ordnance.

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Nov 15, 2016

Burning illegal weapons in Kenya

Matt Bracken 0 Comment Africa fire, guns, Kenya, Nairobi, weapons

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5,250 illegal weapons were burned by Kenyan police in Ngong, near Nairobi, on Nov. 15, 2016. The weapons consisted of both confiscated and surrendered firearms that had been stockpiled over almost a decade and were destroyed by police as a message to the public to surrender others.

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Aug 4, 2016

More than two dozen wildfires burn in the West

Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Weather California, fire, Oregon, wildfires

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Officials say more than two dozen large wildfires are burning in the West on Thursday. A stubborn wildfire north of Big Sur near California’s Central Coast has grown after burning for nearly two weeks in steep, forested ridges. More →

May 20, 2016

Fire engulfs abandoned restaurant on California pier

Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Nation, Weather California, fire, Los Angeles, pier, Seal Beach

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Firefighters contended with a fire burning on the Seal Beach pier in Seal Beach, Calif. on Friday, May 20, 2016. The blaze erupted early Friday at the end of the long wooden pier southeast of Los Angeles. Smoke was pouring out of holes in the roof, much of which had collapsed. The restaurant has been closed since 2013.

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May 13, 2016

9,000 flee from massive tire fire, toxic fumes

Jin Kim 0 Comment World fire, Madrid, sesena, Spain

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Fearing health risks from vast, toxic smoke clouds, Spanish officials ordered nearby residents to wait out the fire elsewhere.

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May 5, 2016

Forest fires rage in Fort McMurray, Alberta

Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun, World Canada, fire

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Vehicles were abandoned on the highways leading from the raging forest fires in Fort McMurray. Neighboring Alberta communities have banded together to offer support in the form of food, water and gasoline.

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Mar 16, 2016

D.C. Metro shuts down for 29 hours with less than a day’s notice

Jin Kim 0 Comment Maryland fire, metro, metrorail, paul wiedefeld, shutdown

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Metrorail has shut down service Wednesday, March 16, with less than a day’s notice for emergency inspections of the system’s third-rail power cables.

Metro’s General Manager Paul Wiedefeld made the decision to shut down for 29 hours following a recent fire. The precautionary measures aim to prevent incidents like last year’s fatal fire.

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Dec 31, 2015

Fire breaks out in Dubai hotel on New Year’s Eve

Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun, World Dubai, fire, New Year's Eve

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A fire broke out in a residential building near Dubai’s massive New Year’s Eve fireworks display. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire near the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest skyscraper at 828 meters (905 yards).

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Nov 3, 2015

Northern Lights, Election Day, All Souls Day | Nov. 3

Steve Earley 0 Comment Daily Brief, World all souls day, autumn, baseball, Buddhism, Charlotte, China, disasters, Election, England, fall, fire, fog, foliage, France, Germany, Iowa, kansas city, Mexico, Michigan, migrants, Missouri, MLB, mnf, monday night football, NFL, North Carolina, northern lights, Philadelphia, religion, Romania, Tibet, trees, Turkey, weather, world series

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The day in photos around the world.

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Sep 1, 2015

India floods, El Salvador Fireball Festival, Van Gogh museum sunflower labyrinth | Sept. 1

Steve Earley 0 Comment Daily Brief, World amesterdam, art, Battle of Waterloo, disasters, El Salvador, England, festivals, fire, fish, fishing, floods, flowers, France, Hungary, India, Japan, Lebanon, London, migrants, military, murals, Netherlands, Olympics, Russia, sunflowers, Swaziland, Tokyo, Turkey, Ukraine, van gogh, Vladimir Putin, water

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The day in photos around the world.

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