Hong Kong, blaze
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Hong Kong mourns 128 victims of a catastrophic fire at the Wang Fuk Court complex. With 200 people missing, authorities arrested 11 suspects amid corruption investigations. Residents previously raised alarms over fire risks.
LANCASTER, Calif. - A large fire, reportedly started by a propane truck, sparked Friday afternoon in Lancaster . Firefighters responded to a yard in the 42500 block of North Eighth Street East around 2:30 p.m. Apparently, several hundred propane tanks were engulfed in flames.
In just a few short hours on Wednesday afternoon, what began as a small fire on the first floor of an apartment building swelled into a raging inferno that consumed seven high-rise towers on a Hong Kong public housing estate.
Authorities have said that sticking styrofoam boards to windows during the Wang Fuk Court renovations had worsened the blaze. They believe the materials were not up to safety standards and have arrested three men connected to the renovations on suspicion of manslaughter. The contractor could not be reached for comment.
DERBY — Firefighters extinguished a blaze at Roseland Apizza in Derby on Thanksgiving, according to the Derby Fire Department. The Fire Department was dispatched to the area of Hawthorne Avenue and Talmadge Street around 6:22 p.m. Thursday and found a shed behind the pizzeria on fire, the department said in a Facebook post .
Fire crews were dispatched to the 6200 block of Sulphur Springs Road in Washington Township for what was initially reported as a basement fire Friday evening. A resident of the home attempted to put the fire out,
Frantzia Fleury, 49, and Pojanee Fleury, 42, were attempting to guide their father out of the home after the fire erupted around 5 p.m. Thursday on quaint Mosswood Avenue near Tremont Avenue in
After a massive blaze burned through their nursing home, the senior residents and staff of American House in Southgate, Michigan gave back to the heroes who saved their lives.