Category: Fires and Firefighters

Lahaina Fire Settlement is Caught up in Legal Fight With Insurers

Insurers that paid claims in Maui say a deal unfairly keeps them from recouping their own losses.
Ka, Lone Soldier of New York’s Underground Rap Scene, Dies at 52

The rapper, whose name was Kaseem Ryan, was known for self-producing 11 albums while also a maintaining a career with the New York Fire Department.
Inside Detroit’s Newlab, a Hub for Mobility Startups in Henry Ford’s Hometown

Entrepreneurs once flocked to Motor City to build cars. Now, they’re building its mobility future.
How Espace Aygo Transformed a Derelict Brussels Townhouse Into a D.I.Y. Wonderland

How a collective of artists turned a crumbling Brussels building into their own creative playground.
Silicon Valley Wants to Fight Fires With Fire

How some high-tech entrepreneurs are trying to use new forms of technology to solve the problem of mega-wildfires in the age of climate change.
Silicon Valley Wants to Fight Fires With Fire

How some high-tech entrepreneurs are trying to use new forms of technology to solve the problem of mega-wildfires in the age of climate change.
A Mercedes-Benz Fire Jolts South Korea’s E.V. Transition

The government is aggressively promoting electric cars. But a dramatic blaze in an underground lot has left some potential buyers worried about safety.
‘A League of Their Own’ Grandstand Destroyed in Fire

The field and wooden grandstand in Ontario, Calif., were the backdrop for the 1992 movie about a women’s baseball league.
Jack Russell, Great White Singer and Survivor of Nightclub Fire, Dies at 63

At a show in 2003 with his “Jack Russell’s Great White,” a pyrotechnics display ignited a fire that killed 100 people, including the band’s guitarist.
Samsung Recalls 1 Million Stoves That Started 250 Fires and Killed Pets

Thirty models of Samsung stoves were part of the recall over fires started by accidental contact.
Explosion Reported at Jose Cuervo Tequila Factory in Mexico

The explosion occurred on Tuesday in the city of Tequila, near Guadalajara. The scale of the damage was not immediately clear.
Tech Outage Hits 911 Lines in Alaska and Arizona

Emergency call lines were operating in most major cities, but the authorities in Oregon, Alaska and Arizona said some of their systems had been hit by the outage.