Category Fire Alert

Chemical Plant Fire Strikes At Deer Park, Texas, USA

Shell authorities say they aided douse a discharge that emitted at a plant close to its Deer Park Chemical Plant.   A bit of gear burst into flames at 6:35pm inside one of the gum units at Hexion, an outsider…

Worst wind damage in 20 years causes complete mayhem in parts of New Zealand

Hundreds of homes remain without power after wild winds wreaked havoc across the South Island, downing electricity lines and fanning dozens of fires.   PowerNet chief executive Jason Franklin said he believed the damage caused to the network was the…

Chemical explosion injures 2 in highlands, Hudson valley, USA

A fire destroyed a chemical recovery warehouse early Friday night, injuring two people and bringing out multiple fire departments.   The blaze broke out at 171 Chapel Hill Road at about 5:30 p.m., causing explosions, heavy flames and thick smoke.…

Explosion, gas leak injures six in high-rise near Miami Beach

  Six people, including two firefighters, were injured after an explosion at a high-rise building in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. The blast appears to have originated in the boiler room, and there are reports of a gas leak, according to…