Fire broke out at an oil refinery in northwestern Russia on Sunday, resulting in deaths and injuries, local officials said. The regional governor said the fire was not caused by a Ukrainian drone strike and investigators opened a criminal case on suspicion of negligence. RUSSIA NOT ‘BLUFFING’ WITH NUCLEAR THREATS AS BIDEN GREENLIGHTS LIMITED MILITARY STRIKES, MEDVEDEV SAYS The fire …
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A lobster-themed monster truck performing for a crowd clipped an aerial power line, toppling several utility poles and sending two people to hospitals, police said. Others suffered minor injuries. The Topsham Fairgrounds was hosting the monster truck event on Saturday when a vehicle dubbed the Crushstation bounced up a ramp, went airborne and hit the power line. Video showed people …
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A pilot survived after his helicopter crashed Saturday afternoon in a fiery accident in New Hampshire. According to the New Hampshire State Police, the helicopter plummeted into the wooded line at a residential property at approximately 12:45 p.m. in Danbury. Authorities said that the initial investigation revealed that the pilot lost control. 4-YEAR-OLD AMONG 5 DEAD IN FIERY SOUTH CAROLINA …
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A wind-driven wildfire in Tracy, California, burned 11,000 acres and forced many residents to evacuate on Saturday. The Corral Fire was first reported around 2:30 p.m. east of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Site 300. It reached nearly 11,050 acres, with 13% containment, at 11:30 p.m., California Fire said on its website. Residents east of Highway 580 between Corral Hollow Road …
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A U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) aircrew came to the rescue of seven adults and one child, after their boat capsized 36 miles west off of the Boca Grande, Florida, coastline on Saturday. Officials with the U.S. Coast Guard Southeast said in a press release that the boaters reported that their 28-foot boat capsized and was sinking off the coast of …
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Traumatized survivors of the massive landslide estimated to have buried hundreds in Papua New Guinea have been slow to move to safer ground as the South Pacific island nation’s authorities prepare to use heavy machinery to clear debris and risk triggering another landslide, officials said Thursday. Government and army geotechnical experts on Thursday were examining the stability of the massive …
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Five people, including a 4-year-old, were killed during a fiery three-vehicle crash near the southern South Carolina coast, authorities said Thursday. The South Carolina Highway Patrol said a BMW was traveling south Wednesday night on a road on St. Helena Island when the driver tried to pass a Toyota pickup also traveling south. The BMW collided head-on with a Honda …
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Kitchen disasters of all types can happen to anyone. Maybe a meal that’s being prepped on the stove suddenly goes up in flames. Maybe all the food cooked in the microwave tastes off somehow. FOOD FIGHT AT RESTAURANT RUNS DEEPER FOR FAMILY THAN JUST ONE NIGHT OUT: ‘THINK CAREFULLY’ Or maybe oil from a container has leaked onto stone counter …
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Lava continued to spurt from a volcano in southwestern Iceland on Thursday but the activity had calmed significantly from when it erupted a day earlier. The eruption Wednesday was the fifth and most powerful since the volcanic system near Grindavik reawakened in December after 800 years, gushing record levels of lava as its fissure grew to 2.1 miles in length. …
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A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims skidded and rolled into a deep gorge on a mountainous highway in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday, killing at least 21 people, officials said. Health official Akhnoor Saleem Khan said 35 passengers were injured in the accident and some of them were in serious condition. The crash happened in the Jammu region when the bus plunged …
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