Forest fires have destroyed more than 17,000 hectares in Colombia since November, the authorities said, as the country faces its hottest January in decades. More than 340 fires have been …
OAKLAND — PG&E’s request for a spring increase in rates partly due to wildfire prevention work are poised to propel utility bills past a grim milestone: Charges are slated to …
Five people were killed in Bangladesh after a passenger train caught fire Friday, with police suspecting an arson attack during unrest ahead of national elections boycotted by the opposition. Fire …
Kohei Kirimoto, an eighth-generation lacquerware artisan, walked through the ruins of his century-old workshop in the Japanese coastal town of Wajima on Thursday, concerned only for his missing cats. The …
OAKLAND — PG&E customers are ringing in 2024 by paying a fresh round of skyrocketing electric and gas monthly bills that are rising far faster than the Bay Area inflation …
A passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames. Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed that all …
Just hours before a Christmas toy giveaway and celebration for hundreds of people was to take place there, a decades-old church in Pomona was destroyed in a second-alarm fire early …
A new national emergency response agency may consist of regional response teams that Ottawa can call into action when disaster strikes, Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan said in a recent …
The Director, Enugu State Fire Service, Okwudiri Ohaa, has confirmed the death of a fire officer during a fire incident at the Auto Parts Market, Coal-Camp, Enugu. Mr Ohaa, in …
CABAZON — Firefighters achieved 15% containment of a fast-moving brush fire Saturday in Cabazon that burned at least 65 acres and prompted a brief evacuation warning. The fire was …