As depicted in a 1991 Hollywood thriller, a backdraft is a serious matter if a fire ever breaks out inside a building. Fire needs oxygen to burn and actually sucks air toward it, creating a windstorm ...

As birds migrate through Wisconsin, there are rising concerns about the spread of H5-N1, also known as avian flu.

NHS England Chief Nursing Officer Duncan Burton said the NHS was acting after seeing an 'unusually early spike of cases' ...

A 20-year-old woman in Osan, South Korea turned a simple pest control attempt into a deadly tragedy when her makeshift flamethrower killed a cockroach and her neighbor. A 20-year-old woman in Osan, ...

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SANTA CRUZ — Less than a year after the Moss Landing Power Plant fire, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill strengthening safety standards for the development of new battery storage facilities across ...

Federal environmental officials received two reports of an oil sheen threatening Lake Pontchartrain — possibly from the Smitty's Supply fire in August — but say they haven't found oily runoff that far ...

McKENZIE BRIDGE, Ore. (KTVZ) -- More than 300 firefighters have brought the lightning-sparked Foley Ridge Fire east of McKenzie Bridge to 58% containment, allowing officials to lift Level 1 evacuation ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Governor Laura Kelly signed a proclamation on Wednesday, Sept. 24, for Fire Prevention Week in Kansas. According to the Kansas Fire Marshal’s social media post, the focus of Fire ...

Jefferson City-based Bee Seen Signs will continue business after the fire on Aug. 29 that left its facility deemed a total loss. The president of Bee Seen Signs, Mike Ely, said none of the trucks were ...

With the Brandywine Hundred Fire Company and its apparatus and staff as a backdrop, Delaware Governor Matt Meyer on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, signed a pair of bills into law supporting the state's ...