Tag: fires

NASCAR Announces Rule Changes Ahead of the Kansas Auto Race

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GT Cole Custer heads into the road pits with a shot at Number 41. The Sanctions Authority made some changes to the rulebook prior to the trip to Kansas Speedway. Cup Series teams will have to use new coatings on the breaker plates to help address ongoing fire concerns. Swelling coatings that comply with SFI 54.1 (eg, TEMPROTEX F1ER) areThe underside of the lower breaker panels, inside the exhaust hood panels, and the top surface of the rocker box are allowed,” according to the bulletin posted on Sept. 7. He…

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Los Angeles fire devours vacant house

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Fire officials said a massive fire engulfed a vacant home in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. The fire destroyed a two-story Craftsman-style home on S Park View Street in Westlake at about 10 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. More than 130 firefighters were battling to keep the blaze at bay as the flames threatened to ignite a building and daycare center next to the vacant home. It was not clear on Wednesday evening whether anyone was injured in the fire. .

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Brigham Young University student fermenting rocket fuel causes massive explosion

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A Brigham Young University student was fermenting homemade rocket fuel on a stove in a dorm when the mixture suddenly exploded into a huge “fireball,” according to campus police. The explosion caused by the faulty experiment set off fire alarms and sprinklers in the Heritage Halls at around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, flooding parts of the building, BYU . police said. Campus police and the Provo Fire Department responded to the scene. “The flame from the explosion engulfed the walls and ceiling around the stove and the intense heat disabled the…

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One passenger has been found, 11 are still missing

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CORFU, Greece – Firefighters battling a blaze on a ferry sailing from Greece to Italy discovered a survivor on the stern of a ship still ablaze on Sunday, raising hopes that other missing passengers could be found alive, the Greek coast guard said. Rescuers were able to take at least 281 of the 292 passengers and crew to safety after a fire broke out in the Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia early Friday, but 11 people are still missing, according to the coast guard and the ferry operator. Firefighters have been trying…

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Funeral scheduled for fallen FDNY firefighter Jesse Gerhard

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A date and funeral have been set for the New York State Defense Forces firefighter who died a day after fighting a wildfire in Far Rockaway. Jesse Gerhard, 33, is held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the funeral of Frederick J. Chappe and Sons in Islip. The funeral service will take place at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in Bay Shore. Gerhardt’s Awakening Ceremony will take place on February 22 from 2 pm to 4 pm and from…

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A Felicity Ice ship full of luxury cars caught fire, passing in the Atlantic Ocean

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That’s a lot of burnt rubber. Thousands of Porsche, Audi, and Lamborghini cars were stranded aboard a burning, unmanned cargo ship in the mid-Atlantic on Thursday. The crew of the 650-foot Felicity Ace was evacuated from the transport ship to a hotel in the Azores, as the ship was located 100 miles from the Portuguese archipelago, According to the country’s army. None of the 22 sailors was hurt. Officials said the ship was still burning and billowing out with clouds of white smoke while a Portuguese navy ship was checking…

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Marijuana grows in Los Angeles and the operations building catches fire

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A marijuana-growing building was on fire in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, a report said. The fire started at 7:20 p.m. and flames were seen billowing across the roof of the building located on 57th Street, he said. Footage obtained by CBS LA. LAFD said a car caught fire near the building before the flames spread to the building. There were no reports of injuries. .

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Ohio man cut off the head of an adopted mother, and set her on fire

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An Ohio man was arrested for allegedly killing his adoptive mother, beheading her and then setting her on fire because he said the Holy Spirit told him she was the devil. Lionel Justin Gore, 34, admitted to killing his mother, Diane Gore, inside her home in New Matamuras on the Ohio and West Virginia border last Saturday, telling authorities after his arrest: “I cut her head off and set her on fire.” The horrific crime took place in front of Gore’s six-year-old nephew, Marietta Times reports. The victim’s body was…

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The vandal set fire to the Pulse Memorial Nightclub

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A wheelchair vandal has been caught on camera setting fire to a memorial in Orlando for the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre. The organization that runs the memorial, the onePulse Foundation, released the footage taken on October 12 at a Facebook share On Saturday, trying to identify the suspect. The foundation urges anyone who knows the vandal to contact Orlando Police. Surveillance footage of a man in a wheelchair setting fire to the Pulse massacre memorial. Facebook social networking site The fire at the Orlando Fire Memorial.Facebook social…

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Nearly $15,000 stolen from burned-out NYC apartments

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Police sources said Sunday that thieves stole $15,000 worth of electronics and jewelry from a Bronx housing project shortly after the building caught fire — killing a 6-year-old boy, seriously injuring his father and displacing residents. Aiden Hayward and his 32-year-old father were found unconscious in a driveway on the 19th floor of 303rd Street East 135th in the Mitchell Homes of New York City Friday evening. Aiden, who suffered from smoke inhalation, was taken to Harlem Hospital but was not rescued. Police said his father, who also suffered from…

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