Category Fire Alert

Chemical Fire At Soap Factory Prompts Evacuations In Amityville, New York, USA

A chemical fire at a soap factory promoted a major hazardous materials situation in Amityville, Long Island Tuesday.   The fire broke out late Tuesday afternoon at the AlPak Soap Company, at 175 Dixon Ave., officials told CBS2.   Workers…

Severe heatwave causes wildfires in Spain and Portugal

More than 1,350 residents have been evacuated in Spain as a wildfire spread through a pine forest amid a lingering heat wave.   Five villages in the Aragon region were evacuated as flames devoured hills that are 230 miles northeast…

Fire engulfs chemical plant in Waller County, Texas, USA

A fire at a chemical plant Saturday night lit up the sky northwest of Houston and led to a shelter-in-place order for nearby residents.   Twelve fire departments responded to the fire at the Flowchem facility located on FM 529…

Lightning strikes a family house and bursts into flames in Braintree, Essex, UK

Lightning caused Darren Hobson’s home to burst into flames A father whose home was struck by lightning says the ceiling collapsed on one of his children’s bedrooms minutes after the family fled the house.   A bolt struck the roof…

Massive Chemical explosion at the Petroleum Center injures 7 with 2 in critical condition in Nebraska, USA

An explosion and fire at a northeast Nebraska petroleum distribution center left seven people injured Wednesday, two of them critically, officials said.   The explosion happened at Sapp Bros. Petroleum in West Point, about 70 miles northwest of Omaha, General…

Chemical explosion at a factory kills 4 in South Korea

An explosion at a chemical factory in the South Korean port city of Ulsan has killed four people, an official at the city’s fire department has told CNN. Two people remain missing following the incident.   Fire department officials initially…

Thousands Evacuated After Derailed Train Hauling Chemicals Catches Fire in Tennessee, USA

A train car carrying chemicals derailed and caught fire around midnight in Maryville, Tennessee, displacing up to 5,000 people, authorities said.   The CSX train was traveling from Cincinnati to Waycross, Georgia, when the fire broke out, Kristin Seay of…