By Derek Gatopoulos | Associated Press KRYO PIGADI, Greece — Skimming over miles of hills blackened by wildfires west of Athens, Fire Lt. Col. Ioannis Kolovos readies his elite fire crew crouched inside a helicopter. The 10-member group from the 1st Wildfire Special Operation Unit bristles with tools needed to hold back fires: chainsaws, specialized … Read more
Developing | In Indonesia, a massive blaze erupts at a military ammunition site, firefighters struggle to extinguish fire Indonesian firefighters were on Saturday struggling to extinguish a massive fire that broke out at a military ammunition facility just outside the capital city, media reported. There were no fatalities in the incident in Bekasi, on the … Read more
Two men were killed in a raging Brooklyn apartment building fire Sunday evening, according to authorities. Flames ripped through part of the four-story building at 159 Bay 29 Street around 6:45 p.m. — prompting 60 firefighters and first responders to rush to the scene, the FDNY said. Smoke-eaters got the blaze under control in about … Read more
You could get high off the fumes alone. An illegal cannabis operation went to pot when it caught fire in Los Angeles over the weekend, sending massive plumes of smoke across the city and five firefighters to the hospital from burning sulfuric acid. The two-story industrial building in the Central Industrial District went up in … Read more
