A dump truck caught fire in Hong Kong’s shopping district of Causeway Bay on Thursday, resulting in dark smoke billowing across a busy street. Photos posted online in the afternoon showed that a truck on Paterson Street was on fire, producing a large column of black smoke that drew a crowd of onlookers. The fire…
More than 20 dogs and cats have been killed after a malfunctioning air conditioner sparked a fire in a Hong Kong village. The blaze broke out at about 3.50pm on Wednesday at a tin-sheet structure in Sheung Yau Tin Tsuen in Yuen Long, off Long Ho Road. Firefighters deployed a jet and a breathing apparatus…
More than 20 dogs and cats have been killed after a malfunctioning air conditioner sparked a fire in a Hong Kong village. The blaze broke out at about 3.50pm on Wednesday at a tin-sheet structure in Sheung Yau Tin Tsuen in Yuen Long, off Long Ho Road. Firefighters deployed a jet and a breathing apparatus…
Hong Kong authorities will conduct their first counterterrorism drill overseen by the city’s leader on Thursday afternoon, featuring a live broadcast and the largest-ever public participation, the Post has learned. A source revealed on Monday that more than 500 government officers would participate in the exercise, with 200 members of the public observing and taking…
Portland, Ore. — Authorities in Oregon are trying to extinguish a fire burning in one of the world’s tallest trees, near the state’s southern coast. The Doerner Fir, a coastal Douglas Fir tree over 325 feet tall and estimated to be over 450 years old, has been burning since Saturday in Coos County in Oregon’s…
crash on US-90 in southwest Houston. (HFD/Courtesy) A tanker truck driver was killed Saturday morning after a fiery crash on U.S. 90 Alternate at Fondren, according to the Houston Fire Department. As of 2:30 p.m., southbound lanes of U.S. 90 at Fondren remain closed and are expected to stay shut down for two to four…
LIGONIER — Fashion Farm Restaurant, a longtime dining favorite in Ligonier, was destroyed by fire late Monday night. Ligonier Fire Chief Jeremy Weaver said his department was paged at 11:06 p.m. and firefighters arrived at 11:11 p.m. at the scene on Lincolnway West. Firefighters encountered a large fire burning in the rear of the restaurant…
The Crooked House pub, much-loved in the local community, was gutted in an arson attack before being bulldozed two days later in August 2023, the site has been left to rot 11:09, 07 Aug 2025Updated 11:09, 07 Aug 2025 The UK’s wonkiest pub was ‘left to rot’(Image: PA) The location of Britain’s wonkiest pub has…
Volunteer fire departments in need of more volunteers – CBS News Watch CBS News Nearly 70% of the fire crews working in departments across the country are volunteers, according to the National Fire Department Registry. Tom Hanson reports on how that safety net is shrinking due to a growing volunteer shortage. Source link
Four members of a family, including a six-year-old boy, were rushed to hospital after being pulled from a burning flat in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok district late on Thursday. Firefighters found three of them – a man in his eighties, one in his forties and the boy – unconscious in the flat in an old…