While Republic already uses detection systems at recycling facilities, batteries sometimes slip through. If undetected, a forklift can run over a small battery and start a fire, Vander Ark told AFP.

Crews were on scene conducting a search for residents when one firefighter, Fire Apparatus Engineer Kevin Skinner, reported feeling unwell and was escorted to a paramedic unit nearby. Shortly ...

5, officials said. Kevin Skinner, a 56-year-old fire apparatus engineer from Fallbrook, fell ill shortly before 5 a.m. Fellow firefighters immediately performed life-saving measures and he was ...

Picture: Cork City Fire Brigade An investigation is underway after several waste collection trucks and a car were destroyed by fire in an industrial estate on the outskirts of Cork city.

Although the base price of the 2025 GMC Sierra’s Pro 2WD work truck trim seems reasonable, like the other full-size affordable pickup trucks the Sierra Pro 2WD is exclusively meant to be a bare ...

A huge fire that erupted at a clothing market in Ghana’s capital Accra has destroyed hundreds of livelihoods and businesses. The fire at Kantamanto Market – one of the world’s largest ...

Jamie Waffle says it was a "very tragic" end to 2024 in Windsor, Ont., and start to his role as the city's new fire chief. He officially took over Jan. 1, on the heels of two fatal fires to close ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Dozens of people were rescued and evacuated after a fire broke out at a large commercial building in the ...

HENRIETTA, N.Y.— In light of the recent Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas, News10NBC spoke to a local fire department about their preparedness for electric vehicle fires. According to the ...

A fire that broke out early on New Year’s Day in Barangay Camp 6, Tuba, Benguet killed one person, injured two others, and destroyed 26 homes. Damage to property was estimated at P37.5 million. The ...

NEIGHBORS ABOUT HOW THEY’RE COPING WITH THIS TRAGEDY. THIS IS WHAT’S LEFT OF A SOMERSET HOME AFTER A NEW YEAR’S DAY FIRE. I’M STILL A LITTLE EMOTIONAL STRUCK. YOU KNOW, IT’S EVERY TIME I ...