Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: 2016 - OCT

Category: Fires And Explosions

2016-10-01 - Man burns to death in burning pickup truck at home in Ringgold (Georgia):
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/33295077/catoosa-co-so-dead-man-found-in-burned-car
http://www.chattanoogan.com/2016/10/1/333162/Man-Found-Dead-In-Burned-Vehicle-In.aspx
http://newschannel9.com/news/local/man-found-dead-in-burned-car-in-catoosa-county

2016-10-01 - 160 RVs and RV trailers destroyed by massive inferno before 2 AM at business in coastal Highbridge (Britain):
http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2016/highbridge-caravans-fire-01-10-16.php
http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2016/highbridge-caravans-fire-video-01-10-16.php
http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/story/2016-10-01/huge-fire-damages-160-caravans-in-somerset/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3817241/More-100-caravans-worth-1million-destroyed-fire-rips-dealership.html
http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/highbridge-caravan-fire-cause-of-giant-inferno-at-centre-is-undetermined-say-fire-service/story-29770687-detail/story.html
http://fastnewsuk.org/bristol/2016/10/02/68553-fire-crews-from-across-bristol-and-somerset-tackle-huge-blaze-at-highbridge-caravan-centre.html

Quote: "A fire ripped through a caravan centre in the middle of the night and firefighters are still tackling the blaze this morning (October 1). More than 60 members of the public called the emergency services as the fire spread through the site on Bristol Road, in Highbridge, and gas cylinders started to explode. It has been confirmed by Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service more than 160 caravans have been destroyed in the blaze."

Note: This is where I dislike the term 'caravan', since it's used interchangeably for RVs (touring caravans), RV trailers (caravans) and mobile homes (static caravans). But this place sells RVs and RV trailers and both are visible in the images, so I'm sure some of each went up in flames. So, I'm just gonna call it 40 RVs, or one fourth of the total, which seems like a reasonable and probably even conservative estimate. So these are the 415th through 454th RVs to burn in 2016...

2016-10-01 - Boat, RV, dump truck, pickup truck and carport destroyed by fire near Forest Grove (Oregon):
http://katu.com/news/local/fire-destroys-carport-south-of-forest-grove
http://www.nwcn.com/news/local/neighborhood/2-alarm-fire-destroys-carport-and-vehicles-near-forest-grove/328197638

Quote: "Firefighters called in extra forces when the carport on Southwest Speaks Drive went up in flames. It was close to a house, barn, and ship. A dump truck, boat, RV, pickup and more were destroyed."

Note: This is the 1284th boat or ship to burn in 2016 and this is the 455th RV to burn in 2016...

2016-10-01 - RV bursts into flame on I-77 near Bluefield (West Virginia):
http://www.bdtonline.com/news/rv-fire-snarls-traffic-on-i/article_13297608-8825-11e6-89a7-2782cd8accb6.html
http://www.wvva.com/story/33295254/2016/10/Saturday/rv-fire-slows-traffic-on-i-77-in-mercer-co
http://www.bdtonline.com/news/rv-fire-snarls-traffic-on-interstate/article_022ce85e-884c-11e6-9056-17605e275256.html
http://www.navbug.com/article202577940/rv_fire_snarls_traffic_on_interstate_77.htm
http://snewsi.com/id/16441063721

Note: This is the 456th RV to burn in 2016...

Category: Variety Pack

2016-10-02 - Update on mother and child found dead in SUV on highway in Osceola County (Florida) - killed by hydrogen sulfide:
http://www.wesh.com/news/medical-examiner-confirms-suspected-cause-of-deaths-in-turnpike-mystery/41939954
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/woman-girl-died-inhaling-hydrogen-sulfide-coroners-article-1.2817657
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-latifa-lincoln-dead-hydrogen-sulfide-20161004-story.html
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/autopsies-mother-toddler-found-on-florida-turnpike-killed-after-hydrogen-sulfide-inhalation
http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/ny/kings-county/new-york-city/woman-girl-died-after-inhaling-hydrogen-sulfide-coroners-say_7001065
http://snewsi.com/id/16441209424

Quote: "After months of intensive investigation on the vehicle at the medical examiner’s office in Orlando, Asst. Medical Examiner Dr. Gary Utz told WESH 2 he suspects mother and daughter died of hydrogen sulfide intoxication, likely as the result of a defect in the car’s battery. 'It’s unprecedented,' Utz told WESH 2 Monday. 'I haven’t been able to find another case.'"

Note: Their deaths were originally mentioned in the 2016-06-02 update. The SUV was scrapped, so I doubt they'll ever be able to test the battery, but I doubt it was the battery anyway, seeing as there have been numerous 'odor incidents' and incidents involving hydrogen sulfide in Florida AND if it had been the battery then the people who handled the SUV probably would've noticed when they started falling over dead too. This woman probably had the SUV windows open or the AC or heat was running and a little cloud blow over them while they were driving and knocked the woman and her child dead. You just can't count on driving around and not being gassed to death these days. That problem will get waaaaaay worse though...

2016-10-02 - Underground electrical explosion blows manhole cover off, which hits car, in coastal Swansea (Massachusetts):
http://wpri.com/2016/10/02/swansea-manhole-causes-hours-long-power-outage/

Quote: "Swansea police and fire officials were called to the scene of a manhole explosion on Swansea Mall Drive Sunday night. The manhole struck a vehicle driving by, causing damage to the car, but no injuries were reported."

2016-10-02 - Underground electrical explosion and fire blows manhole cover off, ignites pavement, in Leek (Britain):
http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/live-streets-cordoned-off-due-to-underground-pavement-fire/story-29771139-detail/story.html
http://www.briefreport.co.uk/news/live-streets-cordoned-off-due-to-underground-pavement-fire-4439529.html
http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/faulty-equipment-in-manhole-blamed-for-leek-underground-fire/story-29773486-detail/story.html
http://www.briefreport.co.uk/news/live-streets-cordoned-off-due-to-underground-pavement-fire-4439529.html

2016-10-02 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire at 6:26 AM, pile of scrap cars burns, in East Tilbury (Britain):
http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/i6269/
http://www.yourthurrock.com/two-hour-battle-to-extinguish-car-fires-in-east-tilbury/story-29770741-detail/story.html

2016-10-02 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame in Laverton North (Australia):
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/factory-fire-in-laverton-north-triggers-smoke-warning-20161002-grtc5t.html
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/more-than-40-firefighters-battle-blaze-at-laverton-north-recycling-depot/news-story/cf20e75db970ff8ff9574a24d63aca91
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/more-than-40-firefighters-battle-blaze-at-laverton-north-recycling-depot/news-story/cf20e75db970ff8ff9574a24d63aca91

2016-10-02 - At least 34 school buses destroyed by fire while parked in bus lot in Hartland (Wisconsin):
https://www.wrn.com/2016/10/massive-fire-destroys-school-buses-in-waukesha-county/
http://www.wrjc.com/news/state-news/school-bus-contractor-loses-34-buses-in-fire/
http://fox6now.com/2016/10/02/video-crews-battling-fire-at-dousman-transportation-company-in-waukesha-county/
http://www.richmond.com/news/ap/article_fc8212ac-d3bb-5fc9-8626-6201142144a0.html
http://www.channel3000.com/news/Large-fire-burns-buses-at-Waukesha-County-transportation-lot/41924964
http://www.cbs58.com/story/33298192/multiple-agencies-responding-to-large-fire-at-a-bus-depot-in-lake-country
http://patch.com/wisconsin/waukesha/photos-video-massive-school-bus-fire-reportedly-burns-entire-fleet-waukesha
http://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/school-bus-fire-dousman-transport
http://www.wsaw.com/content/news/Fire-destroys-dozens-of-school-buses-at-Waukesha-County-lot-395593561.html

Quote: "Upon arrival, it was determined more than 30 school buses were fully engulfed. We're told 35 buses and the bus barn were destroyed by fire."

Quote: "A large fire erupted at a school bus transportation company near North Lake in western Waukesha County on Sunday, destroying 34 buses."

Note: These are the 193rd through 226th school buses to burn in 2016 and these are the 690th through 723rd buses to burn in 2016...

Category: Fires And Explosions

2016-10-03 - Person burns to death when pickup truck and truck camper go up in flames at Washoe Lake State Park (Nevada):
http://www.ktvn.com/story/33308977/crews-respond-to-fatal-car-fire-at-washoe-lake-park
http://mynews4.com/news/local/1-person-dead-after-fire-engulfs-trailer-near-washoe-lake-south-of-reno
http://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Man-killed-in-car-fire-near-Washoe-State-Park-395778131.html
http://newsok.com/article/5520971

Quote: "One person is dead after a truck and a trailer caught fire at Washoe Lake State Park Monday night. Crews responded to reports of the fire just after 9 p.m. at the state park in Carson City. Public Information Officer for Washoe County Sheriff's Office, Bob Harmon says one person was trapped in the trailer."

2016-10-03 - Man found burned to death in fire pit in Chandler (Oklahoma):
http://kfor.com/2016/10/03/lincoln-county-sheriff-investigating-after-mans-body-found-in-fire-pit/
http://www.koco.com/news/authorities-investigate-after-mans-burned-body-found-in-fire-pit/41940378
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/10/03/lincoln-county-sheriff-investigating-after-man-s-body-found-in-f/21491096/

Note: His lower legs weren't burned, but the rest was very charred. That's what you'd expect if someone collapses unconscious or dead while standing in front of a fire pit. A fair number of people have been found dead in fire pits similarly. Hydrogen sulfide adsorbs onto matter, like wood. Then when you burn contaminated wood, the smoke may knock you unconscious or dead, and when you collapse you tend to fall forward, so if you're facing a fire pit, in you go...

2016-10-03 - Recycling center hit by fire, fire gets big, metal burns, in Maidstone (Britain):
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/recycling-plant-evacuated-after-fire-103512/
http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/fire_crews_battle_large_blaze_at_maidstone_recycling_plant_1_4721911
http://www.kentlive.news/live-seven-fire-engines-have-been-called-to-a-huge-fire-at-a-waste-recycling-plant/story-29774348-detail/story.html

Quote: "Everyone had been evacuated from the building before the fire brigade arrived and the flames were found to be in a large storage tower which contained metal."

Quote: "Officers were called to a three-storey building measuring 150 metres x 100 metres in Allington and discovered the fire in one of the site’s large silos, which contain various metals."

2016-10-03 - Metal recycling business hit by explosion and fire in Brookhaven (Mississippi):
http://www.dailyleader.com/2016/10/03/no-one-injured-in-explosion-at-mckenzie-metals/

2016-10-03 - Underground fire breaks out beneath US 57 in Fullerton (California), near the coast:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/lanes-730991-freeway-traffic.html

Quote: "It wasn't immediately clear what started the fire but it appeared to be in an access tunnel in a median, according to Metronet, a fire dispatch service."

2016-10-03 - Underground electrical explosions and fire hit Hackney area in coastal London (Britain):
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/LatestIncidentsContainer_0310201620_hackneyexplosion.asp
http://metro.co.uk/2016/10/03/twin-explosions-rock-hackney-outside-town-hall-6167576/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/central-hackney-evacuated-over-reports-8968367
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/video-news/video-hackney-explosion-manhole-blown-open-in-london-35099714.html
http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/underground_electrical_explosion_closes_hackney_town_hall_and_part_of_mare_street_1_4720230
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3819614/Underground-explosion-sends-huge-plume-smoke-flames-billowing-manhole-Hackney-just-moments-woman-walked-it.html

Quote: "At least two manhole covers are reported to have exploded with flames erupting out of them."

Quote: "So apparently the ground under Hackney Central is on fire and there are flames exploding from manhole covers."

Category: Other Stories Of Interest

2016-10-04 - Hydrogen sulfide blowing over neighborhoods in the Shadow Creek area in Pearland (Texas):
http://www.fox5dc.com/news/national/209444898-story
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/us-world-news/209438170-story

Quote: "The TCEQ declined an invitation to speak with FOX, but sent a copy of its 12-page report released in August, citing extremely-high levels of hydrogen sulfide in the air. Hydrogen sulfide is a colorless gas often described as having a foul odor similar to rotten eggs."

Quote: "Tammy Norris is the mother of two children who has lived in the Shadow Creek subdivision since 2012. She loves her home but says a mysterious foul odor, reeking of rotten eggs, has permeated through her neighborhood. 'The smell is so bad that physically, you don't want to take it in, like you know in your head it has to be something bad,' says Norris."

Quote: "'Sometimes in the house, it smells like gas is leaking or something,' describes Wallace."

Note: That's right, people are confusing the smell of hydrogen sulfide with the smell of mercaptan which is added to natural gas to give it an odor. So if you smell a 'gas leak', you may actually be getting poisoned by hydrogen sulfide...

2016-10-04 - Arctic methane gas emissions have significantly increased since 2014:
http://www.sott.net/article/330155-Researchers-find-significant-increase-in-Arctic-methane-gas-emissions
http://siberiantimes.com/ecology/others/news/n0760-arctic-methane-gas-emission-significantly-increased-since-2014-major-new-research/

Quote: "'The area of spread of methane mega-emissions has significantly increased in comparison with the data obtained in the period from 2011 to 2014,' he said. 'These observations may indicate that the rate of degradation of underwater permafrost has increased.'"

Note: Feedbacks are kicking into higher gear now. The more methane that spews, the hotter it will get, which will cause more methane to spew, which will make things even hotter, which will make yet more methane spew, and so on and so on. We'll be long gone from this planet - voluntarily by leaving or involuntarily by dying - long before just this one aspect of the ongoing extinction event has reached its apex...

2016-10-04 - Abnormal fall Arctic warmth intensifies, September 2016 probably another record hot month globally:
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/10/03/abnormal-fall-arctic-warmth-intensifies-september-2016-probably-another-record-hot-month-globally/

2016-10-04 - Great Pacific Garbage Patch much worse than originally estimated:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/great-pacific-garbage-patch-aerial-survey-ocean-cleanup_us_57f2c33be4b01b16aafe80a5

Quote: "The first aerial survey of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch shows that the amount of debris swirling in the North Pacific has been 'heavily underestimated,' the expedition group said."

2016-10-04 - Three volcanoes erupt simultaneously in the South Sandwich Islands:
http://www.livescience.com/56379-three-volcano-eruptions-nasa-satellite-photo.html
http://www.sott.net/article/330224-Volcano-triplets-spotted-erupting-on-the-South-Sandwich-Islands

Quote: "Three active volcanoes simultaneously erupting and unleashing giant plumes of smoke were spotted by a NASA satellite as it passed over a remote archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean."

2016-10-04 - Volcano Kliuchevskoi erupts on the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/10/strong-eruptions-of-ubinas-volcano-peru-kliuchevskoi-russia-video-pictures.html

2016-10-04 - Category 4+ Skullstorm Matthew hits Haiti and Cuba, heads to the Bahamas, may hit Florida as a Category 5 storm:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TC-20161005-55301-HTI
http://strangesounds.org/2016/10/hurricane-matthew-skull-monster-haiti-video-pictures.html
http://sputniknews.com/us/20161001/1045911698/hurricane-matthew-jamaica-united-states.html
http://www.sott.net/article/330054-Florida-declares-state-of-emergency-as-category-4-Hurricane-Matthew-approaches
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/10/hurricane-matthew-leaves-catastrophic.html
http://www.sott.net/article/330153-Eleven-dead-after-hurricane-Matthew-causes-catastrophic-damage-in-Haiti
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/10/hurricane-matthew-hits-haiti-and-cuba.html
http://6abc.com/news/hurricane-matthew-leaves-10-dead-in-haiti/1541097/

Quote: "Southern Haiti, lashed relentlessly by Hurricane Matthew, was cut off from the rest of the country Tuesday after a bridge collapsed, authorities said. The road, Route Nationale 2, leading to and from La Digue Bridge is the only one linking the capital Port-au-Prince to the southern peninsula, which has been hardest hit by the deadly storm that has triggered floods and forced thousands to flee in the poorest country in the Americas."

Note: Batten down the hatches! We don't have any hatches?! To the hatch store!

Category: Fires And Explosions

2016-10-05 - Man found on fire in field in Flagstaff (Arizona):
http://myradioplace.com/news/person-on-fire-and-semi-versus-pedestrian-crash-in-flagstaff/

Quote: "Crews arrived to find a 10-th of an acre on fire with someone lying in the center of the flames. He says a firefighter quickly hiked to the victim and carried them to safety. The person was transported to Flagstaff Medical Center with burns over 20% of their body."

2016-10-05 - F-16 fighter jet bursts into flame and crashes at airbase in Israel, pilot ejects but dies, 1 killed:
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/10/05/487816/israeli-warplane-crash-pilot-gaza
http://jpupdates.com/2016/10/05/breaking-israeli-plane-crashes-killing-pilot/
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israeli-Air-Force-pilot-killed-in-F-16-crash-469462
http://www.timesofisrael.com/as-deadly-jet-crash-probed-asymmetric-flying-seen-as-possible-culprit/
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.745980

Quote: "An Israeli fighter jet pilot has died after his plane crash-landed while returning from a bombing raid on the besieged Gaza Strip. The warplane caught fire on Wednesday while approaching the landing strip located at the Ramon air base in the Negav desert."

Note: This is the 110th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...

2016-10-05 - Metal recycling business hit by fire in Sterling (Illinois):
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/10/05/firefighters-contain-yet-another-cimco-fire/ajp3o3s/

2016-10-05 - Scrap yard hit by fire, pile of scrap cars burns, in Kington (Canada):
http://www.thewhig.com/2016/10/05/crews-respond-to-scrapyard-fire
http://www.kingstonregion.com/news-story/6896397-multiple-vehicle-fire-at-scrap-yard/
http://www.ckwstv.com/2016/10/05/scrap-fire-on-macadoos-lane/

2016-10-05 - More than 300 cars go up in flames before 6:05 AM at auto salvage yard in Keady (Ireland):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-37571557
http://www.4ni.co.uk/northern-ireland-news/220218/over-300-cars-destroyed-in-fire-at-breakers-yard

2016-10-05 - Recycling center heavily damaged by fire in Henderson (Tennessee):
http://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/local/2016/10/05/fire-breaks-out-recycling-center-chester-co/91629728/
http://www.wbbjtv.com/2016/10/05/recycling-plant-catches-fire-sending-black-smoke-air/

2016-10-05 - Stack of pallets goes up in flames at 6:17 AM, fire damages two homes, near the Santa Clara River in Saticoy (California):
http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2016/10/04/crews-responding-fire-saticoy/91532836/

Quote: "The blaze started in a stack of pallets and spread to two nearby single-story homes, officials said."

Category: Variety Pack

2016-10-06 - Four naked person incidents occur in one night in coastal Seattle (Washington):
http://komonews.com/news/local/reports-of-naked-people-keep-seattle-police-busy-overnight
http://www.zennie62blog.com/2016/10/06/reports-of-naked-people-keep-seattle-police-busy-overnight-komo-news/

Quote: "KOMO's Denise Whitaker, who was passing through the area on her way back to the station from covering an unrelated story, said the man was lying in the street flailing his arms and legs in a bizarre way. Medics arrived soon afterward. They strapped him into a gurney and put him into an ambulance."

Quote: "The KOMO News team occasionally hears scanner reports of naked people in public - but this may be the first time there have been four in one night."

Note: Also see the apartment building that was damaged by explosion and fire in Seattle on this day...

2016-10-06 - Helicopter breaks apart after explosion then crashes and burns in Lino Lakes (Minnesota), 2 killed:
http://www.kare11.com/news/2-confirmed-dead-in-helicopter-crash/329713366
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/multiple-fatalities-likely-in-minnesota-helicopter-crash/
http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/4132046-two-killed-lino-lakes-helicopter-crash
http://www.minnpost.com/glean/2016/10/two-victims-bodies-recovered-lino-lakes-helicopter-crash
http://kstp.com/news/emergency-situation-lino-lakes-sunset-avenue-main-street/4284371/
http://www.crookstontimes.com/news/20161007/2-people-confirmed-dead-in-minnesota-helicopter-crash
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4131623-two-confirmed-dead-minnesota-helicopter-crash
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/10/06/fatal-helicopter-crash/
http://www.fox9.com/news/210086823-story

Quote: "Sommer says those near the scene reported hearing a loud 'pop' or 'explosion' before seeing the helicopter's blade stop turning and the helicopter fall from the sky. Officials say based on the amount of debris and its placement, it seems the helicopter was breaking apart as it fell from the sky."

Note: This is the 111th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...

2016-10-06 - Underground fire breaks out in subway system in coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/smoke-subway-tunnel-forces-rush-hour-evacuation-train-article-1.2819865
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Smoke-L-Train-Subway-Bedford-FDNY-396154801.html
http://www.amny.com/transit/l-train-service-resumes-after-manhole-fire-mta-says-1.12413340
http://pix11.com/2016/10/06/smoke-in-brooklyn-subway-tunnel-l-train-service-suspended/
http://patch.com/new-york/upper-west-side-nyc/passengers-forced-c-train-72nd-street-because-smoke

Quote: "Smoke pouring out of the L train tunnel between Brooklyn and Manhattan seriously injured a firefighter and forced commuters off rush hour trains Thursday morning, officials said. The smoke condition, sparked by a small fire in a room five levels below the street, was reported at 9:20 a.m. between the Bedford Ave. station in Williamsburg and the First Ave./14th St. station in Manhattan."

2016-10-06 - Recycling center hit by fire in coastal Portsmouth (Virginia):
http://wavy.com/2016/10/05/crews-respond-to-fire-at-rds-recycling-facility-in-portsmouth/
http://pilotonline.com/news/local/fire-breaks-out-at-portsmouth-recycling-facility/article_c09743c7-2d15-5577-9145-95b2e711f031.html

Category: Fires And Explosions

2016-10-07 - Man found dead in burning pickup truck near the Columbia River at Columbia Park in Kennewick (Washington):
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/crime/article107283667.html
http://keprtv.com/news/local/police-no-signs-of-foul-play-in-investigation-of-fiery-truck-body-found
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/crime/article106802207.html
http://www.kvewtv.com/article/2016/oct/07/body-discovered-kennewick-car-fire/
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/state/washington/article106808672.html
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article106808672.html
http://610kona.com/one-person-dead-following-truck-fire-kennewick-park/
http://www.khq.com/story/33344728/body-found-in-burning-truck-in-kennewick
http://keprtv.com/news/local/police-body-found-after-truck-erupts-in-flames-on-columbia-park-trail
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Body-found-in-burning-truck-in-Kennewick-9951454.php

Quote: "Kennewick police say they do not suspect foul play in the death and truck fire that erupted off Columbia Park Trail Friday."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. Not very surprising, considering how many people have been found dead in the Columbia River, not to mention the people who've dropped dead NEAR the Columbia River...

2016-10-07 - Man burns to death in burning car in coastal Milford (Connecticut):
http://connecticut.news12.com/news/police-no-foul-play-in-death-of-man-found-in-burning-car-1.12434857
http://patch.com/connecticut/milford/body-found-inside-burning-vehicle-milford
http://wtnh.com/2016/10/08/body-found-inside-burning-car-in-milford/
http://fox61.com/2016/10/08/body-found-in-burning-car-in-milford/
http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-milford-fatal-car-fire-20161008-story.html
http://www.milfordmirror.com/65894/dead-body-found-insider-burning-car-in-milford/
http://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/police-investigating-body-found-in-burning-car-1.12424951
http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20161008/milford-firefighters-find-body-in-burning-car
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Body-Found-Inside-Burning-Car-in-Milford-Fire-Officials--396406311.html
http://connecticut.news12.com/news/milford-firefighters-discover-body-found-in-burning-car-on-milford-point-road-1.12425218
http://www.ooyuz.com/geturl?aid=13473576

Quote: "Authorities are investigating after a body was found inside a burning car in Milford Friday night, according to the fire department. Fire officials said firefighters responded to a reported car fire at 1 Milford Point Road around 10:30 p.m. When crews arrived on scene they found a passenger car fully involved in fire near the Connecticut Audubon Society Building."

Quote: "Milford police say the death of a man whose body was found inside a burning car appears to have been an accident."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2016-10-07 - Passenger plane hit by 'boom' and engine fire at airport in Calgary (Canada):
http://www.660news.com/2016/10/07/air-canada-flight-bound-toronto-aborts-take-off-small-engine-fire/
http://globalnews.ca/news/2991188/really-loud-boom-passengers-describe-aborted-take-off-of-air-canada-flight-to-toronto/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/air-canada-takeoff-in-calgary-aborted-after-engine-problem-1.3797406

Quote: "Holy shit that was terrifying. Don't know what's happening. Big boom sound as we tried to take off. Shaking."

2016-10-07 - Small plane hit by smoke and fire, makes emergency landing in Grove (Oklahoma):
http://www.newson6.com/story/33342420/emergency-landing-interrupts-father-son-flight-from-okc-to-chicago

Quote: "The two people in the Cessna 172 declared an emergency after they saw smoke in the cabin from an electrical fire."

Note: These are the 112th and 113th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...

2016-10-07 - Scrapyard hit by major fire, truck and scrap burns, in Darlington (Britain):
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14790093.VIDEO__Massive_fire_at_derelict_scrapyard_in_Darlington/
http://www.latest-news-headlines.eu/article/smoke-from-scrapyard-blaze-in-darlington-can-be-seen-for-miles/2332336
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14790093.WATCH__Under_control___huge_scrapyard_fire_in_Darlington_is_successfully_tackled_by_firefighters/

Quote: "The body of an articulated lorry was involved in the blaze."

Category: Fires And Explosions

2016-10-08 - Man, 50, found dead in burning car on Lawler Avenue in Skokie (Illinois), near Lake Michigan:
http://abc7chicago.com/news/body-found-in-burning-car-in-skokie-identified/1561076/
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/210632518-story
http://abc7chicago.com/news/body-found-in-burning-car-in-skokie/1547166/
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/10/09/body-found-in-burning-car-in-skokie/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/body-found-in-burning-car-in-skokie/
http://www.championnews.net/?p=334931
http://patch.com/illinois/skokie/dead-body-found-burning-car-over-weekend

Note: Another day, another charred corpse in a burning car...

2016-10-08 - Dick's Sporting Goods store damaged by fire at Coastal Grand Mall in coastal Myrtle Beach (South Carolina):
http://wbtw.com/2016/10/08/fire-reported-at-dicks-sporting-goods/
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/33347561/crews-respond-to-fire-in-dicks-sporting-goods-in-myrtle-beach
http://cbsumter.com/wwhm933oldskool/2016/10/08/crews-respond-to-fire-in-dicks-sporting-goods-in-myrtle-beach/

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2016-10-08 - Home destroyed by fire in the wee hours on Atlantic Avenue in coastal Pawleys Island (South Carolina):
http://www.southstrandnews.com/20161008/161009913/pawleys-island-home-destroyed-by-fire-early-saturday
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article106906782.html

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2016-10-08 - Multiple homes destroyed by fire on Ocean Boulevard in coastal Myrtle Beach (South Carolina):
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article107031277.html
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article107032172.html
http://www.wistv.com/story/33348590/firefighters-arrive-on-scene-of-massive-cherry-grove-fire
http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/local/massive-fire-destroys-condos-near-myrtle-beach/331482621
http://abc11.com/news/huge-multi-building-fire-in-north-myrtle-beach/1546426/
http://www.wlox.com/story/33348590/5-buildings-destroyed-no-lives-lost-in-large-cherry-grove-fire
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/huge-fire-burns-during-hurricane-in-south-carolina/

Quote: "The buildings are right on the ocean, so they were under mandatory evacuation orders."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2016-10-08 - Apartment building damaged by fire on South Dunes Drive in coastal Pawleys Island (South Carolina):
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/33347273/emergency-responders-having-difficulty-reaching-structure-fire-at-litchfield-by-the-sea
http://wbtw.com/2016/10/08/fire-reported-at-litchfield-by-the-sea-firefighters-struggle-to-respond/
http://wpde.com/news/local/crews-responding-to-fire-at-marsh-villas-in-litchfield-roads-flooded-firetrucks-blocked
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article106938187.html

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

All of those South Carolina fires broke out as Hurricane Matthew's arms were sweeping ashore from the ocean. There are 5 trillion pounds of flammable methane dissociating off the East Coast. When hurricanes pass that way, their arms may sweep any methane or hydrogen sulfide off the surface of the ocean, push it ashore and ignite fires and/or cause explosions. The same thing happened farther north with Hurricane Sandy in 2012 when its arms swept in off the ocean...

Category: Variety Pack

2016-10-09 - Hydrogen sulfide sickens people in coastal Goleta (California):
http://www.noozhawk.com/article/county_officials_investigating_source_odors_in_western_goleta
http://www.keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/foul-smell-in-goleta-causing-concern-among-residents/110847474
http://www.independent.com/news/2016/oct/10/west-goleta-hit-nauseating-odor-sunday-morning/
http://article.wn.com/view/2016/10/11/Agencies_Investigating_Release_of_Hydrogen_Sulfide_in_Goleta/
http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=176071

Quote: "A host of county agencies are investigating a foul smell in Goleta which may be originating from a water drilling operation. Complaints started pouring in over the weekend from the Winchester Canyon and Ellwood Beach areas. Some residents said the air smelled like a sewer or 'rotten eggs'. Others said it smelled like sulfur. There are also reports of a few people becoming sick from the stench."

Quote: "On Monday, officials began investigating two potential sources: An agricultural water well, and the Venoco oil and gas facility."

Note: Or maybe it's just blowing in off the ocean. Anyone investigating that possibility? Noooo...

2016-10-09 - Update on man who burned to death in burning pickup near the Columbia River in Washington - no foul play:
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/crime/article107283667.html
http://keprtv.com/news/local/police-no-signs-of-foul-play-in-investigation-of-fiery-truck-body-found

Quote: "Kennewick police say they do not suspect foul play in the death and truck fire that erupted off Columbia Park Trail Friday."

2016-10-09 - Update on man who burned to death in burning car in coastal Milford (Connecticut) - no foul play:
http://connecticut.news12.com/news/police-no-foul-play-in-death-of-man-found-in-burning-car-1.12434857

Quote: "Milford police say the death of a man whose body was found inside a burning car appears to have been an accident."

2016-10-09 - Person found dead in burning pickup truck on Sabine Street in Longview (Texas):
http://www.news-journal.com/news/2016/oct/10/residents-neighborhood-where-body-found-burning-tr/
http://www.news-journal.com/news/2016/oct/09/longview-police-investigating-after-body-found-bur/
http://www.easttexasmatters.com/news/local-news/body-found-inside-burnt-car-longview-police-investigating
http://www.kltv.com/story/33351667/longview-police-investigating-body-found-inside-burning-car
http://www.ktre.com/story/33351667/longview-police-investigating-body-found-inside-burning-car

Quote: "While extinguishing the fire, firefighters noticed a body inside the truck. Police were called. Longview Fire Marshal Johnny Zackary said Monday the fire did not appear to have been intentionally set, but the case remains under investigation."

2016-10-09 - Man burns to death in burning car in coastal Halls Head, Mandurah (Australia):
http://www.esperanceexpress.com.au/story/4216194/one-dead-in-mandurah-car-fire/
http://www.mandurahmail.com.au/story/4216194/one-dead-in-mandurah-car-fire/
http://www.coastlive.com.au/person-dies-in-halls-head-car-fire/

Quote: "A man is understood to have perished in a car fire in Mandurah on Sunday evening. Fire crews were called to the incident in Hall Park, Halls Head about 7.30pm with the vehicle engulfed in flames when they arrived. Firefighters brought the blaze under control within 15 minutes. Police were called to the fire and a forensic zone was set up. On Monday a police spokesperson said the man’s death was not being treated as suspicious."

2016-10-09 - Small plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing near Sterling (Alaska):
http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2016-10-09/plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-sterling-pilot-unhurt

Quote: "A cockpit full of smoke forced a pilot to make an emergency landing near Sterling on Sunday."

2016-10-09 - Military helicopter bursts into flame and crashes in Baghlan Province (Afghanistan), 8 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20161009-55362-AFG
http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20161009/afghan-army-helicopter-crashes-in-north-afghanistan-8-dead
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/10/09/eight-killed-in-afghanistan-army-helicopter-crash.html

Quote: "One helicopter was on the ground while a second was patrolling in the air above, when 'suddenly a technical problem caused the helicopter to catch fire and hit the ground,' Waziri said."

Note: These are the 114th and 115th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...

Category: Variety Pack

2016-10-10 - Helicopter bursts into flame after landing at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/no-one-injured-after-helicopter-catches-fire-mccarran-international-airport

Quote: "A helicopter caught fire just after landing at McCarran International Airport late Monday, an official said. The fire started about 8:50 p.m. in the helicopter’s engine shortly after landing at Sundance Helicopters, a tour company housed in a hangar that sits on the west side of airport property at 5596 Haven St., dispatch logs show."

Note: This is the 116th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...

2016-10-10 - Scrapyard hit by pallet fire in coastal Bognor Regis (Britain):
http://www.bognor.co.uk/news/video-scrap-yard-fire-being-treated-as-suspicious-1-7621206

Quote: "The scrap yard is believed to have contained a considerable number of pallet boxes which caught fire, the fire service says."

2016-10-10 - Butterflies mysteriously disappearing in the UK:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/10/record-low-number-of-uk-butterflies-a-shock-and-a-mystery
http://www.sott.net/article/330692-Record-low-number-of-UK-butterflies-a-shock-and-a-mystery

2016-10-10 - Four residential buildings collapse in coastal Wenzhou (China), 22+ killed:
http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/1011/c90882-9125196.html
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/10/asia/china-building-collapse/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/world/asia/china-wenzhou-building-collapse.html
http://www.wsj.com/video/building-collapse-kills-at-least-22-in-eastern-china/1527AACF-93D0-4C1A-AA3A-EB5A23AE4297.html
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=AC-20161010-55366-CHN
http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/1010/c90882-9124659.html
http://www.rt.com/news/362199-china-collapse-buried-dead/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3832101/Parents-pay-ultimate-sacrifice-save-little-girl-Chinese-mother-father-dead-shielding-daughter-rubble-collapsed-building-child-survives.html

2016-10-10 - More ancient climate-changing methane-producing archaea and bacteria discovered:
http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/10/scientists-find-new-climate-change-culprits
http://www.nature.com/articles/nmicrobiol2016170

Category: Fires And Explosions

2016-10-11 - Europa Center damaged by roof fire in Berlin (Germany):
http://www.rt.com/news/362352-berlin-europa-center-fire/
http://www.dw.com/en/fire-breaks-out-at-berlin-europa-center-tower/a-36014615
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-europa-centre-fire-firefighters-tackle-blaze-at-landmark-a7355691.html
http://hosted2.ap.org/AKJUN/2e515285f07040df999bd6b670db791c/Article_2016-10-11-EU--Germany-Fire/id-47f09d5792c94c679b5ccc92f96fae11

2016-10-11 - Underground electrical fire hits Wantage (Britain), 1000 homes go dark:
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14793187.UPDATE__Fire_brigade_called_to_smoking_road_after_power_cut_that_hit_1_000_homes/

2016-10-11 - UPS delivery truck bursts into flame on street in coastal Urbanna (Virginia):
http://www.ssentinel.com/index.php/news/article/ups_truck_burns/

Quote: "This was the second vehicle fire near Cooks Corner in four days. On the morning of October 6, near the Buoy 8 boat broker, a mini-van caught fire and was a total loss."

2016-10-11 - Two cars destroyed by fire while parked at home on 132nd Avenue Northeast in Spicer (Minnesota):
http://www.wctrib.com/news/local/4134513-spicer-fire-melts-two-vehicles

2016-10-11 - Car bursts into flame while parked at Meijer in Englewood (Ohio):
http://www.whio.com/news/crews-put-out-car-fire-englewood-meijer/B1vey8xjmbC9GdozXezYMM/
http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/news/crews-put-out-car-fire-at-englewood-meijer/nspTY/

2016-10-11 - Car bursts into flame while parked near restaurant on Bathhurst Road in Orange (Australia):
http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/4222429/police-investigating-vehicle-fire-on-bathurst-road-photos/

2016-10-11 - Car bursts into flame while parked at cattle market in Melton (Britain):
http://www.meltontimes.co.uk/news/car-catches-fire-in-car-park-of-busy-melton-cattle-market-1-7623447

2016-10-11 - Davy Jones museum destroyed by fire at 2 AM in Beavertown (Pennsylvania):
http://abc27.com/2016/10/11/snyder-county-fire-destroys-davy-jones-landmark/
http://www.islandpacket.com/entertainment/celebrities/article107430812.html
http://www.bradenton.com/entertainment/article107430812.html
http://wjactv.com/news/local/fire-destroys-landmark-of-monkees-singer

Note: 'Hey hey, here's a fire, burnin' down this street. Could be a zombie, the very next guy you meet!'

Category: Other Stories Of Interest

2016-10-12 - Five people sicken and hallucinate at 3 AM from unknown cause in coastal North Bend (Oregon):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20161013-55417-USA
http://keyetv.com/news/nation-world/ore-hospital-er-quarantined-after-multiple-people-start-hallucinating
http://katu.com/news/local/unknown-illness-spreads-from-woman-to-deputies-and-hospital-staff-in-coos-county
http://kval.com/news/local/unknown-illness-spreads-from-woman-to-deputies-and-hospital-staff-in-coos-county
http://www.sott.net/article/330960-Unknown-contaminant-causes-hallucinations-spreads-to-deputies-everyone-quarantined

Quote: "Five people fell ill from an unknown hazardous material that appears to be spreading by contact and causing hallucinations, the Coos County Sheriff's Office said."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. Wee hours and right on the coast. Sounds possible that this was hydrogen sulfide that had adsorbed onto matter, like someone's clothing, thus the people being sickened and hallucinating after contact. Adsorption is a property of gases, where they 'stick' to matter. When this occurs with hydrogen sulfide, you won't smell it, detectors won't detect it, and since it's invisible you won't see it either. But I bet if they had laid some lead acetate around, particularly on the clothing worn by the affected people, then they would have seen it react and change color...

2016-10-12 - Hundreds of banded watersnakes slither across road in the wee hours in coastal Sarasota (Florida):
http://www.nbc-2.com//story/33372849/snakes-on-a-road-hundreds-slither-onto-sarasota-boulevard

Quote: "Although officials are unsure why the snakes ended up there, one theory is they may have been seeking warmth from the blacktop."

Note: Or maybe they were FLEEING something, like something in the water...

2016-10-12 - Lightning strikes have killed 100 people in Cambodia in 2016 so far, nearly 100 cattle killed too:
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30761/lightning-kills-100--injures-101-this-year/
http://www.sott.net/article/330910-Lightning-has-killed-100-in-Cambodia-in-2016-so-far-nearly-100-cattle-deaths-in-addition

2016-10-12 - Lightning strike kills 21 cows in Ashige (Nigeria):
http://www.informationng.com/2016/10/lightning-kills-21-cows-nasarawa.html
http://www.sott.net/article/330956-Rare-medium-or-well-done-Lightning-bolt-kills-21-cows-in-Nigeria

2016-10-12 - Hurricane Nicole, now a Category 4 storm, heads toward Bermuda:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3835634/Extremely-dangerous-Hurricane-Nicole-pummel-Bermuda.html
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/tropical-storm-nicole-gains-momentum-en-route-to-bermuda/73052
http://www.sott.net/article/330926-Extremely-dangerous-Category-4-Hurricane-Nicole-to-pummel-Bermuda
http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/us/ap/bermuda-braces-for-hit-from-nicole-a-cat-hurricane/article_7ecd063c-7fad-51e5-a0b3-ca269c935120.html

Quote: "Heavy wind and rain began battering Bermuda late Wednesday as the British territory braced itself for Hurricane Nicole, which became a major Category 4 storm as it tracked toward the tiny island in the northern Atlantic Ocean."

2016-10-12 - Hurricane Nicole delays next US cargo mission to space:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/hurricane-nicole-delays-next-us-cargo-mission-space-213717473.html

2016-10-12 - Heavy rain set to hit the Bay Area (California):
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/First-Bay-Area-rain-this-fall-could-uproot-trees-9966631.php

2016-10-12 - Four-thousand-mile river of moisture could dump 2 feet of rain on the Pacific Northwest:
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/10/12/four-thousand-mile-long-river-of-moisture-could-dump-2-feet-of-rain-on-the-pacific-northwest/

2016-10-12 - A million people in need of humanitarian aid in Haiti after apocalyptic damage from Hurricane Matthew:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/10/1-million-haitians-in-need-of.html

2016-10-12 - Flooded North Carolina farms are likely littered with drowned livestock:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/10/11/flooded-north-carolina-farms-are-likely-littered-with-drowned-livestock/

Category: Variety Pack

2016-10-13 - Hydrogen sulfide hits coastal South Laguna (California):
http://www.orangecountysun.com/index.php/sid/248579915
http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/tn-dpt-me-1014-lb-laguna-terrace-smell-20161013-story.html
http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/ca/orange-county/south-laguna-homeowners-plagued-by-gas-smell-identified-as-hydrogen-sulfide_7164300
http://www.ooyuz.com/geturl?aid=13554978

Quote: "South Coast Water District crews this week detected traces of gas in a South Laguna neighborhood where residents have reported foul odors for months. However, the source of the gas is still unknown. On Monday afternoon, the district, responding to a resident's phone call, discovered hydrogen sulfide at Laguna Terrace, a manufactured-home park at 30802 S. Coast Hwy. that sits across from the Montage resort."

Quote: "Monday's finding adds a chapter to a saga that has frustrated Laguna Terrace residents, some of whom say they have noticed the stench for at least a year. They have reported odors emanating from sinks, toilets and air conditioning vents."

Note: Hydrogen sulfide just hit coastal Goleta too, about 150 miles WNW of South Laguna, mentioned in the 2016-10-09 update. Here's a Google Maps link that shows both areas...

2016-10-13 - Hydrogen sulfide injures five workers at coastal Sture Terminal near Bergen (Norway):
http://petroglobalnews.com/2016/10/five-injured-by-h2s-at-statoils-sture-terminal/
http://www.oilvoice.com/n/Statoil-reports-injuries-at-the-Sture-terminal/f88aa124c161.aspx

2016-10-13 - Mysterious explosion rattles people in Edgewood in Kenton County (Kentucky):
http://local12.com/news/local/reported-sonic-boom-rattles-edgewood
http://www.sott.net/article/331026-Loud-boom-heard-over-several-blocks-in-northern-Kentucky

Quote: "Police say they still aren't sure what caused a loud boom in Kenton County Wednesday night."

2016-10-13 - RV and cars go up in flames and kill person at business in coastal St. Augustine (Florida):
http://www.fox30jax.com/news/local/person-dies-after-rv-cars-catch-fire-in-st-augustine/456924181
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/person-dies-after-rv-cars-catch-fire-in-st-augustine/456924154
http://staugustine.com/news-local-news/2016-10-14/body-found-burned-rv-after-firefighters-fight-st-augustine-blaze
http://www.news4jax.com/news/florida/st-johns-county/st-augustine/1-found-dead-after-rv-several-vehicles-catch-fire
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/st-augustine/body-found-inside-burned-out-rv-in-st-augustine/335903978
http://rvdailyreport.com/international/body-found-in-burned-rv/
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/ActionNewsJax/786746770625851392
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/wjxt4/786756358611824640
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a8LDrvhiaU
http://snewsi.com/id/16441831487

Note: This is the 469th RV to burn in 2016...

2016-10-13 - Garbage can explodes at 1:30 AM outside home in coastal Barnegat (New Jersey):
http://oceancountyprosecutor.org/barnegat-trash-can-explosion/
http://987thecoast.com/local-news/police-investigating-trash-can-explosion-at-jersey-shore/
http://6abc.com/news/garbage-can-explodes-outside-ocean-county-home/1553087/
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/federal-state-officials-investigate-trash-can-explosion-in-barnegat/article_6ee0dad6-15e5-570b-b6ee-8129b865e2b4.html

2016-10-13 - Underground electrical fire breaks out on Mottershead Road in coastal Widnes (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/black-smoke-coming-from-access-cover-in-widnes

2016-10-13 - Power plant damaged by explosion and fire in Robertson County (Texas):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20161014-55432-USA
http://www.12newsnow.com/news/local/explosion-reported-at-oak-grove-power-plant/335887519
http://www.kcentv.com/news/local/explosion-reported-at-oak-grove-power-plant/335879117
http://www.khou.com/news/local/texas/explosion-reported-at-oak-grove-power-plant/336055775
http://www.wbtv.com/story/33388129/power-plant-explosion-in-robertson-county

2016-10-13 - Electrical substation heavily damaged by fire in Dipayal Silgadhi (Nepal):
http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nea-substation-dipayal-catches-fire/

2016-10-13 - Transformer bursts into flame at substation in Pinetown (South Africa):
http://www.ecr.co.za/news-sport/news/probe-underway-into-klaarwater-substation-fire/

Category: Other Stories Of Interest

2016-10-14 - Obama issues executive order pertaining to possible catastrophic 'space weather event':
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/10/13/executive-order-coordinating-efforts-prepare-nation-space-weather-events
http://www.sott.net/article/331209-New-Executive-Order-points-to-devastating-space-event-unprecedented-government-response-and-publics-lack-of-preparedness

Quote: "In the latest Executive Order signed by Barack Obama, the President calls for coordination between various government agencies including the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland security should a major 'space weather event' come to pass.

2016-10-14 - Volcano Colima erupts in Mexico, unknown light spotted as it erupts:
http://strangesounds.org/2016/10/mysterious-light-ufo-colima-volcano-eruption-video.html

2016-10-14 - Rare tornado hits Oregon as the Pacific Northwest braces for more extreme weather:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-northwest-idUSKBN12F003
http://www.sott.net/article/331123-Rare-tornado-hits-Oregon-as-Pacific-Northwest-braces-for-more-extreme-weather

2016-10-14 - Drones capture devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew in North Carolina, death toll hits 26:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-carolina-discovery-raises-hurricane-matthew-us-death-toll/
http://www.rt.com/usa/362709-nc-hurricane-matthew-flooding-rivers/
http://www.sott.net/article/331027-Drones-capture-devastation-caused-by-Hurricane-Matthew-in-North-Carolina
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article108121597.html

2016-10-14 - Millions of farm animals in North Carolina killed by Hurricane Matthew:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/hurricane-matthew-killed-millions-animals-north-carolina-article-1.2831057
http://www.sott.net/article/331143-Floodwaters-from-Hurricane-Matthew-drown-millions-of-farm-animals-in-North-Carolina

2016-10-14 - Flooding washes coal ash out of basin along the Neuse River (North Carolina):
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article108321377.html

2016-10-14 - Drought hits Catalina Island (California):
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/drought-on-catalina-island-pushes-residents-to-extreme-measures/

2016-10-14 - Drought hits South Africa, dam levels drop, water rationing may begin:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/south-africa-faces-water-rationing-dam-levels-drop-132359237.html
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2016/10/13/South-Africa-faces-water-rationing-as-dam-levels-drop-after-drought
http://in.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-drought-water-idINKCN12D1U3
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/TimesLIVE/787007680036671489

2016-10-14 - Sheep born with six feet in Jinan (China):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/see-mutant-sheep-born-six-9042449
http://www.sott.net/article/331067-Signs-and-portents-Sheep-born-with-six-feet-as-deformed-limbs-erupt-from-front-leg

Category: Fires And Explosions

2016-10-15 - Man found dead in burning car in coastal New Orleans (Louisiana):
http://www.wdam.com/story/33399152/body-found-inside-burning-vehicle-in-new-orleans
http://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/news/article/Body-found-inside-burning-vehicle-in-New-Orleans-9973762.php
http://www.ktbs.com/story/33399152/body-found-inside-burning-vehicle-in-new-orleans
http://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Body-found-inside-burning-vehicle-in-New-Orleans-9973762.php
http://www.newschannel6now.com/story/33398652/body-found-inside-burning-vehicle-in-new-orleans-east
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/15/body-found-inside-burning-vehicle-in-new-orleans/
http://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Body-found-inside-burning-vehicle-in-New-Orleans-9973762.php
http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/la/orleans-parish/new-orleans/body-found-in-burned-car-on-lake-forest-blvd-nopd-reports_7170850

2016-10-15 - Speedboat bursts into flame near coastal West Halmahera Regency (Indonesia), 4 killed, 41 injured:
http://sputniknews.com/asia/201610161046384318-indonesia-boat-incident-fires/
http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2016/10/15/055812498/Speedboat-Catches-Fire-in-West-Halmahera-4-Killed
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/10/16/passengers-still-missing-in-halmahera-boat-accident.html
http://snewsi.com/id/16441958436/Passengers-still-missing-in-Halmahera-boat-accident
http://article.wn.com/view/2016/10/16/Passengers_still_missing_in_Halmahera_boat_accident/
http://www.antaramaluku.com/berita/35450/four-persons-killed-as-their-boat-catches-fire
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-10/16/c_135757934.htm

Quote: "At least four people were killed and 41 others were injured when a speedboat was caught fire in West Halmahera on Saturday (15/10) at 2:45 local time. The speedboat named Bintang Fajar was departing from Jailolo seaport in West Halmahera was bound for Ternate."

Quote: "On September 15, a tourist boat exploded off the Indonesian island of Bali, killing one tourist and injuring dozens more."

2016-10-15 - Ferry ship 'Pride of Burgundy' hit by fire when van bursts into flame on cardeck in coastal Dover (Britain):
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/fire-on-ferry-car-deck-104158/
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Pride-Of-Burgundy-9015254.html

Quote: "A ferry’s car deck had to be cleared when a van on board caught fire. The vehicle’s driver and passenger noticed smoke coming out of all its sides when the Pride of Burgundy docked at Dover this morning."

2016-10-15 - Four boats destroyed by fire at Paradise Marina in coastal Fort Myers (Florida):
http://www.gofundme.com/paradise-marina-boat-fire-2uj6qng
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/33400935/fires-burn-through-families-boats-in-north-fort-myers-marina
http://www.winknews.com/2016/10/16/several-boats-caught-on-fire-in-fort-myers-marina/
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/winknews/787503797945962497

Quote: "Families are without a home following a late Saturday night fire at the Paradise Marina. Investigators continue to search for answers on the cause of four boats that caught fire. Witnesses say they heard fire crackling which prompted them to call the North Fort Myers Fire Control District, who rescued one woman from the marina waters. 'I head popping, like fireworks,' said David Miller. Miller lives on a boat across from where the vessels went up in smoke. He says he saw the fire skip from boat to boat catching each ablaze."

2016-10-15 - Boat bursts into flame, burns and sinks, near coastal Bainbridge Island (Washington):
http://komonews.com/news/local/good-samaritan-saves-owner-from-burning-boat-on-bainbridge-island
http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2016/10/boat-catches-fire-sinks-in-eagle-harbor/
http://news3lv.com/news/nation-world/good-samaritan-saves-owner-from-burning-boat-on-bainbridge-island
http://www.bainbridgereview.com/news/397194751.html
http://ban.jo/News/US-Canada/20161015/Boat-Fire-Erupts-In-Bainbridge-Island-WA-Bainbridge-Island/
http://www.breakingnews.com/item/2016/10/15/photo-boat-on-fire-off-winslow-wharf-in/
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/komonews/787353415580020737

2016-10-15 - Boat bursts into flame at Battery Park Marina on Lake Erie in Sandusky (Ohio):
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/Fire-and-EMS/2016/10/15/Boat-fire-in-Sandusky-Bay.html
http://ban.jo/News/US-Canada/20161015/Boat-Fire-Erupts-Near-Marina-In-Lake-Erie-OH-Lake-Erie/
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/oh-erie/boat-explosion-sends-smoke-billowing-into-the-air-at-a-sandusky-marina
http://socialfeed.info/video-watch-as-a-boat-sends-plumes-of-black-smoke-into-the-6489142
http://snewsi.com/id/16441934444

Note: These are the 1316th, 1317th, 1318th, 1319th, 1320th, 1321st, 1322nd and 1323rd boats or ships to burn in 2016...

2016-10-15 - Apartment building(s) under construction destroyed by massive fire in Gilbert (Arizona):
http://www.azcentral.com/videos/news/local/gilbert-breaking/2016/10/16/92182468/
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/gilbert/large-fire-column-of-smoke-spotted-in-gilbert
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/local/chandler/article_d655b65c-934f-11e6-8f80-df4b9a281700.html
http://ktar.com/story/1317235/3-alarm-fire-gilbert-apartments-construction-catch-fire/
http://www.cbs5az.com/story/31801188/slideshow-massive-fire-at-gilbert-apartment-complex
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/85395359/Massive-fire-at-US-apartment-block-lights-up-the-night-sky
http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/firefighters-put-out-gilbert-apartment-fire/article_b3b66a4c-ebc9-53a4-b5f3-3ba397ab325b.html

Category: Variety Pack

2016-10-16 - Man mysteriously suffers memory loss on charter boat off Oregon Inlet near coastal Nags Head (North Carolina):
http://wtkr.com/2016/10/16/coast-guard-helps-man-suffering-from-memory-loss-on-boat-off-oregon-inlet/
http://wavy.com/2016/10/16/coast-guard-medevacs-man-from-boat-off-of-oregon-inlet/

Quote: "The U.S. Coast Guard helped transport a man to the hospital from a charter boat 44 miles north-northeast of Oregon Inlet on Sunday. The request for help came from the charter boat Tuna Fever after the man was reportedly suffering memory loss."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2016-10-16 - Man has seizure on fishing boat in the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston (Texas), medevac'd off:
http://abc13.com/news/coast-guard-rescues-man-100-miles-off-galveston-coast/1560178/

Quote: "The U.S. coast guard got the call on Sunday night of a man on a fishing boat suffering from seizure-like symptoms. The coast guard found the boat about 100 miles southeast of Galveston."

2016-10-16 - Some updates on the five people who mysteriously started hallucinating on the coast in Oregon:
http://www.sott.net/article/331306-Oregon-ER-quarantined-after-strange-case-of-contagious-hallucinations
http://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/outside-the-box/transmissible-hallucinations-outbreak-contagious-psychedelic-infection-puts-oregon-hospital-hazmat-quarantine/

2016-10-16 - Woman found burned to death in Delhi (India):
http://www.pressreader.com/india/the-times-of-india-new-delhi-edition/20161017/281603829990523

Quote: "A woman’s charred body was found in the forested area of southeast Delhi’s Sarita Vihar on Sunday afternoon. Police suggest she could be married as some ornaments were found on her body."

Quote: "Police suspect that someone burnt the body at the spot itself."

Note: So they think someone killed her and left a bunch of stuff, possibly jewelry, possibly identifiable, on the body? Not too likely. Probably just another person bursting into flame and burning to death...

2016-10-16 - Huge fire destroys the entire village of Kishtwar (India), 500 animals killed:
http://www.kmsnews.org/news/2016/10/16/mysterious-fire-destroys-50-houses-in-kishtwar.html
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/fire-destroys-almost-entire-village-in-kishtwar-116101600498_1.html
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/jammu-fire-destroys-all-houses-in-kishtwar-village-500-animals-killed-3086820/

Quote: "One of the remotest villages in Jammu & Kashmir was razed to the ground on Saturday night as a fire killed at least 500 animals in cattle sheds and destroyed every home."

2016-10-16 - Electrical substation explodes and burns at 1:30 AM, nearby courthouse erupts in flame, in Brookville (Pennsylvania):
http://wjactv.com/news/local/substation-explosion-causes-electrical-fire-at-jefferson-county-courthouse
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Police-Substation-Blast-May-Link-Courthouse-Fire-397324621.html
http://www.indianagazette.com/news/police-courts/officials-link-blast-to-courthouse-fire,50017229/
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20161017_ap_f9a5dcd02ebb4e9fb3fdefc474c7a666.html

Category: Fires And Explosions

2016-10-17 - Person found dead in burned-out pickup truck near Herscher (Illinois):
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/death-investigation-in-burnt-out-truck-near-herscher/article_cda557c0-24c7-5381-b4d0-2a77428d04ec.html

Quote: "Kankakee County Sheriff's police are investigating the death of a person whose remains were found in a burnt out pickup truck Monday morning about three miles south of Herscher. The vehicle was discovered by a passerby next to an old corn crib on South 13000W Road near West 7500S Road, police said."

2016-10-17 - Chemical plant rocked by explosion and fire in harbor area in Ludwigshafen (Germany), 2+ killed, 6+ injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20161017-55486-DEU
http://www.wsj.com/articles/basf-says-two-people-killed-in-blast-1476773228
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37676974
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/17/explosion-at-german-chemical-plant/
http://www.dw.com/en/at-least-two-dead-two-missing-and-several-injured-after-explosion-at-basf-facility-in-ludwigshafen-germany/a-36061474
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-explosion-ludwigshafen-basf-chemical-factory-complex-missing-dead-injured-investigation-a7365516.html
http://www.sott.net/article/331319-Four-injured-several-missing-as-fire-engulfs-factory-of-German-chemical-manufacturer-BASF
http://www.rt.com/news/363001-fire-chemical-factory-germany/

Quote: "Flames and a cloud of smoke could be seen in a harbour area in the north of the town, where oil and gas tankers supply the plant."

2016-10-17 - Deadly fire rips through hospital in Bhubaneswar (India), near the coast, 19+ killed, dozens injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20161018-55498-IND
http://www.yahoo.com/news/official-death-toll-23-hospital-fire-eastern-india-190511095.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-37685985
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/official-death-toll-23-hospital-fire-eastern-india-42864719
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/fire-breaks-out-in-icu-ward-of-bhubaneswar-hospital-1475447
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/world/asia/bhubaneswar-india-hospital-fire.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/19-dead-in-Bhubaneswar-hospital-fire-short-circuit-suspected/articleshow/54907811.cms

2016-10-17 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, several vehicles burn, in West Valley City (Utah):
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=41885905&nid=148&title=crews-douse-junkyard-fire-in-west-valley-city
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865664981/Junkyard-fire-burning-in-West-Valley-puts-up-thick-smoke-plume.html
http://www.w3livenews.com/2016/10/18/Fire-in-RV-salvage-area-in-West-Valley-City-fills-sky-with-smoke/4290772
http://fox13now.com/2016/10/17/large-fire-blocking-roadways-in-west-valley-city/
http://gephardtdaily.com/local/junkyard-fire-west-valley-city/

Quote: "Fire crews arrived at the yard and found a number of items ablaze, including several vehicles, Larsen said. The yard appeared deserted, and firefighters immediately began dousing the flames, he said."

2016-10-17 - As many as 20 transformers burst into flame in coastal Los Angeles (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/10/17/transformer-fires-knock-out-power-throughout-la/
http://mynewsla.com/life/2016/10/17/transformer-fires-leave-14000-dwp-customers-without-power/
http://931jackfm.cbslocal.com/2016/10/17/transformer-fires-knock-out-power-throughout-la/
http://www.theopendaily.com/local-blogs/transformer-fires-knock-out-power-throughout-la
http://article.wn.com/view/2016/10/17/LADWP_transformer_fires_leave_thousands_without_power_9/

Quote: "There were as many as 20 transformer and utility pole fires early this morning, LADWP spokesman Michael Ventre said."

2016-10-17 - Transformer bursts into flame in coastal Beachwood (New Jersey):
http://patch.com/new-jersey/tomsriver/traffic-alert-route-166-closed-beachwood-sheriff

2016-10-17 - Two dump trucks destroyed by fire just after 4 AM while parked at business in German Township (Ohio):
http://wdtn.com/2016/10/17/2-dump-trucks-catch-on-fire-in-germantown/
http://www.whio.com/news/local/dump-trucks-catch-fire-german-township/vnITW0ZW2ZRgwgYqUlp8GI/
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/dump-trucks-catch-fire-german-township/vnITW0ZW2ZRgwgYqUlp8GI/
http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/news/local/2-dump-trucks-catch-fire-in-german-township/nsrpQ/
http://www.dolphnsix.com/news/1495703/dump-trucks-catch-fire-german-township

Category: Fires And Explosions

2016-10-18 - Mysterious explosion, flash of light and smoke alarm people in Thatcham (Britain):
http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/home/19565/boom-what-on-earth-was-that-mystery-noise-sparks-online-debate.html
http://www.sott.net/article/331611-Earth-shattering-boom-flash-of-light-in-Berkshire-UK-sparks-online-debate

2016-10-18 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane diverts to Willard Airport in Savoy (Illinois):
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-willard
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-10-18/plane-diverted-willard-airport.html

Quote: "A plane was diverted to Willard Airport on Tuesday afternoon after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit."

2016-10-18 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing at airport in Gander (Canada):
http://www.heraldnet.com/news/smoke-in-cabin-diverts-lufthansa-747-to-gander-newfoundland/
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/10/19/lufthansa-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-canada-after-smoke-detected.html
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/lufthansa-flight-to-orlando-makes-emergency-landing

Quote: "German airline Lufthansa said a jet headed from Frankfurt to Orlando made an emergency landing in Gander, Newfoundland after the crew detected smoke in the cockpit."

Note: These are the 117th and 118th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...

2016-10-18 - Bathroom explodes at Hyde Park Bank in Hyde Park, Chicago (Illinois), 1 injured:
http://hpherald.com/2016/10/17/man-injured-by-toilet-explosion-in-mens-bathroom-in-the-hyde-park-bank-building/

Quote: "A man bleeding profusely from his lip ran down the hallway in a panic on the fifth floor of the Hyde Park Bank building around 9 a.m., according to bank security officers. The man was seeking help for the injury he sustained when one of the toilets in the men’s bathroom exploded. The maintenance staff at Hyde Park Bank,1525 E. 53rd St., who are investigating the situation, said they do not yet know the cause of the explosion but have ruled out any terrorist or other malicious attacks on the building."

2016-10-18 - Chemical factory explodes and burns in Hyderabad (India), 1 killed, several injured:
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2016/oct/18/explosion-in-chemical-factory-leaves-one-dead-1529232.html

2016-10-18 - Landfill erupts in flame in the wee hours in Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.cbs5az.com/story/33415973/landfill-fire-fills-skies-in-phoenix-with-smoke
http://www.azfamily.com/story/33415973/landfill-fire-fills-skies-in-phoenix-with-smoke
http://newstimeglobal.com/2016/10/landfill-fire-fills-skies-in-phoenix-with-smoke/
http://snewsi.com/id/16442079898

Quote: "Phoenix-area residents were waking up to smoky skies Tuesday morning. Our news helicopter flew over a fire at the Salt River Landfill on Beeline Highway near Gilbert Road on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian community."

2016-10-18 - Wildfire breaks out in Aliso Canyon near Porter Ranch (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20161019-55520-USA
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/100-firefighters-battle-blaze-los-angeles-area-42901009
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/10/19/100-firefighters-battle-blaze-in-los-angeles-area.html
http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20161019/porter-ranch-fire-that-burns-283-acres-now-fully-contained
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fire-porter-ranch-20161018-snap-story.html

Quote: "The Los Angeles Times reports that Southern California Gas Co., which operates the natural gas storage facility where a damaged well spewed methane for four months and displaced thousands of residents, confirmed that the fire was burning at the site."

Category: Fires And Explosions

2016-10-19 - Car bursts into flame and kills person on Route 77 in Utah County (Utah):
http://www.sltrib.com/news/4486551-155/person-found-dead-after-utah-county
http://www.wopular.com/person-found-dead-after-utah-county-car-fire
http://news25.my-homeip.com/news/person-found-dead-after-utah-county-car-fire
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/utah/person-found-dead-after-utah-county-car-fire/
http://snewsi.com/id/16442212757

Quote: "A person died after a car fire in Utah County on Wednesday night. The person, whose sex was unknown, was driving alone on State Route 77 about 6:30 p.m., said Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Todd Royce. Investigators are unsure what precipitated the incident, but the sedan ended up on the side of the road and was engulfed in flames. There were no signs of a collision."

2016-10-19 - School bus bursts into flame near school in Columbia (South Carolina):
http://wach.com/news/local/students-safe-after-school-bus-fire-in-irmo-wednesday-morning
http://www.wistv.com/story/33424940/no-injuries-after-dutch-fork-elementary-school-bus-catches-fire
http://www.wistv.com/story/33432635/school-officials-investigating-elementary-school-bus-fire
http://www.wltx.com/news/local/elementary-school-bus-catches-fire/338159728
http://www.swlexledger.com/single-post/2016/10/19/Lexington-Richland-School-District-Five-bus-destroyed-by-fire
http://cbpeedee.com/wdkd/2016/10/19/no-injuries-after-dutch-fork-elementary-school-bus-catches-fire/
http://counton2.com/2016/10/19/students-evacuate-burning-bus-in-time/
http://www.thestate.com/news/local/article109121767.html

2016-10-19 - School bus bursts into flame at Power Center Academy High School in Memphis (Tennessee):
http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/33429293/fire-destroys-school-bus-at-memphis-high-school
http://wreg.com/2016/10/19/school-bus-bursts-into-flames-outside-memphis-school/
http://ban.jo/News/US-Canada/20161019/School-Bus-Fire-Erupts-In-Memphis-TN-Memphis/
http://www.localmemphis.com/news/local-news/school-bus-catches-fire-in-hickory-hill
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/33429293/fire-destroys-school-bus-at-memphis-high-school

Note: These are the 237th and 238th school buses to burn in 2016 and these are the 776th and 777th buses to burn in 2016...

2016-10-19 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on road near coastal Dalgety Bay (Scotland):
http://wpcluster.dctdigital.com/thecourier/fp/news/local/fife/301731/bus-catches-fire-near-kirkcaldy/
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/fife/301731/bus-catches-fire-near-kirkcaldy/
http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/passengers-unhurt-as-fife-bus-catches-fire-1-4263263

Quote: "A bus has caught fire on a Fife road. Emergency services were called to the Orrock Quarry road between Kirkcaldy and Dalgety Bay shortly before 7.30pm. All passengers escaped unharmed."

2016-10-19 - Transit bus bursts into flame on road in Bandapalle (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/rtc-bus-catches-fire/article9241985.ece
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/rtc-bus-catches-fire/article9241984.ece
http://www.worldtvnews.co.in/?p=102150

2016-10-19 - Passenger bus bursts into flame at depot in coastal Singapore:
http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/bus-catches-fire-along-choa-chu-kang-road-no-reported-injuries
http://www.allsingaporestuff.com/article/bus-caught-fire-bus-stop-along-choa-chu-kang-road
http://yoshi.today/bus-catches-fire-along-choa-chu-kang-road-no-reported-injuries/
http://forums.edmw.xyz/index.php?threads/bus-catches-fire-along-choa-chu-kang-road-no-reported-injuries.36762/

Quote: "A bus caught fire at a bus stop in front of the Choa Chu Kang depot. A witness said that an explosion was heard. Flames and thick smoke soon followed. Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) deployed a fire-engine and the fire-fighters put out the fire."

Note: These are the 778th, 779th and 780th buses to burn in 2016...

Category: Variety Pack

2016-10-20 - Mysterious explosions shake homes in Gooding (Idaho) and in Siskiyou County (California):
http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?ID=2469&category=Environment

2016-10-20 - As radioactive landfill continues burning, groundwater contamination found off-site, in Bridgeton (Missouri):
http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/state-finds-increased-groundwater-contamination-bridgeton-landfill#stream/0
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/state-identifies-new-groundwater-contamination-at-and-surrounding-bridgeton-landfill/article_f0446341-8449-541e-add0-bd35ad0d5bcf.html

Quote: "Based on sampling conducted at the site, the state found 'statistically significant evidence of contamination' affecting groundwater at and around the landfill."

Note: St. Louis, come for the beer and the Cardinals, stay and grow a third eye!

2016-10-20 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, 100 cars burn, in Marion (South Carolina):
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/33439526/firefighters-battling-multi-car-fire-at-marion-county-used-parts-shop
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article109540042.html
http://wpde.com/news/local/nearly-20-cars-burning-at-used-parts-business-in-marion-county
http://wbtw.com/2016/10/20/crews-battle-10-car-fire-at-case-auto-parts-in-marion/

Quote: "A WMBF News crew on the scene said roughly 100 cars were on fire at the shop. According to Marion Rural Fire Chief Billy Wallace, the blaze started around 3:30 p.m."

2016-10-20 - iPhone7 bursts into flame in car at beach on the South Coast of New South Wales (Australia):
http://www.macobserver.com/news/iphone-7-fire/
http://www.gsmarena.com/iphone_7_explodes_car_catches_fire_in_australia-news-21207.php
http://www.phonearena.com/news/iPhone-7-catches-fire-burns-a-car_id86828
http://mashable.com/2016/10/20/iphone7-reportedly-catches-fire-in-australia/
http://www.grindtv.com/surf/aussie-surfer-says-his-iphone-7-exploded-lit-car-on-fire-as-he-surfed/
http://bgr.com/2016/10/20/iphone-7-exploding-car-fire/

Quote: "The iPhone 7 was sitting under clothes, and in a car parked at the beach..."

2016-10-20 - Methane spewing from the ocean floor at the Cascadia Subduction Zone:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/10/theres-an-enormous-natural-gas-seep-along-the-us-west-coast/
http://www.sott.net/article/331671-Methane-gas-seep-discovered-at-the-Cascadia-Subduction-Zone

Quote: "From British Columbia to Northern California, planet Earth's got a case of the toots. A recent deep ocean mapping survey has learned that a geologically-active strip of seafloor called the Cascadia Subduction Zone is bubbling methane like mad. It could be one of the most active methane seeps on the planet."

2016-10-20 - Passenger plane hit by unidentified 'sweet' odor en route to coastal Los Angeles (California), 20 people sickened:
http://abc13.com/news/odor-causes-health-scare-aboard-plane-at-lax/1565127/
http://www.ajc.com/news/local/passengers-sick-spirit-flight-from-atlanta/wE957y6p3mzmkwHPLNmNNM/
http://www.11alive.com/news/local/passengers-report-feeling-ill-on-plane-from-atlanta-to-la/339305485
http://abc13.com/news/20-passengers-report-feeling-ill-aboard-plane-at-lax;-cdc-on-scene/1565127/
http://patch.com/california/manhattanbeach/passengers-la-bound-spirit-airlines-complained-sweet-odor-made-them-sick
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/10/20/20-passengers-report-feeling-ill-on-atlanta-to-lax-spirit-airlines-flight-none-hospitalized/

Quote: "An unidentified odor caused a health scare aboard a plane at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday, officials said."

Quote: "According to a statement from Spirit Airlines, passengers aboard the plane reported a sweet smell in the mid-section of the aircraft for a brief time but nowhere else on the plane."

Quote: "Earlier, police said approximately 20 people reported feeling ill, and CDC officials were seen boarding the aircraft from the tarmac."

Note: At low concentrations, hydrogen sulfide smells like 'rotten eggs', but at higher concentrations some people say it smells 'sweet' or 'flowery' or like licorice. At VERY high concentrations it smells like...well, nobody knows, because everyone who smells it at very high concentrations dies...

Category: Fires And Explosions

2016-10-21 - Recycling center erupts in flame, fire gets huge, in Ontario (California):
http://www.richmond.com/news/ap/article_6261a30e-9ae0-54f7-9381-4a5edc0f0d71.html
http://www.wdef.com/2016/10/21/recycling-plant-fire-in-calif-burns-out-of-control/
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/10/21/recycling-plant-fire-rages-out-of-control-in-ontario/
http://abc7.com/news/massive-fire-erupts-at-ontario-recycling-facility/1567304/
http://abc11.com/news/massive-fire-erupts-at-california-recycling-facility/1567475/
http://kron4.com/2016/10/21/massive-recycling-center-fire-in-ontario-california/
http://q13fox.com/2016/10/21/massive-fire-burns-at-california-recycling-plant/
http://whdh.com/news/crews-battled-fire-at-california-recycling-plant-friday-night/
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Ontario-Fire-Friday-397988071.html
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/recycling-plant-fire-appears-apocalyptic
http://ban.jo/News/US-Canada/20161021/Massive-Recycling-Yard-Fire-Erupts-In-Ontario-CA-Ontario/
http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20161021/ominous-ontario-fire-plume-visible-for-miles-shared-by-many-on-social-media
http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/us/ap/fire-at-ontario-recycling-center-sends-up-huge-smoke-cloud/article_1e2f5391-ce9c-52fc-9896-141834aa3a55.html

Quote: "The fire erupted Friday afternoon in a sprawling yard of cardboard bales and wooden pallets in Ontario, about 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles."

Quote: "Several trucks in the yard were also engulfed in flames. Several homes across the street from the fire appeared to also suffer some damage."

2016-10-21 - Recycling center hit by fire at 12:45 AM on Wheeler Street in coastal New Haven (Connecticut):
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Firefighters--397883431.html
http://www.wfsb.com/story/33443441/fire-reported-at-recycling-facility
http://wtnh.com/2016/10/21/new-haven-fire-battles-a-blaze-at-all-american-waste/
http://today.myonlineportal.net/news/crews-battle-fire-at-new-haven-recycling-facility

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2016-10-21 - Recycling center erupts in flame on Macdonald Road in Midland (Canada):
http://1041thedock.com/fire-midland-recycling-facility/

2016-10-21 - Recycling center hit by major fire in Tunbridge Wells (Britain):
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/news/smoke-rises-from-recycling-plant-114500/
http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/fire_at_recycling_centre_in_tunbridge_wells_1_4745784

2016-10-21 - Cotton recycling center ravaged by deadly fire in Chakan (India), 5 killed:
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/five-killed-in-fire-at-cotton-recycling-unit-in-chakan-3093948/
http://punjabtimes.com.au/five-killed-in-fire-at-cotton-recycling-unit-in-chakan/
http://www.shortindia.com/the-indian-express-news/five-killed-in-fire-at-cotton-recycling-unit-in-chakan-452613.html
http://newsboss.in/ly/0giwio/Five-killed-in-fire-at-cotton-recycling-unit-in-Chakan

2016-10-21 - Pallet business and muffler shop devastated by massive five-alarm fire at 3 AM in Chicago (Illinois):
http://abc7chicago.com/news/massive-fire-destroys-little-village-pallet-yard/1566229/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/crews-battle-5-alarm-fire-in-little-village/
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/10/21/firefighters-battle-5-alarm-blaze-in-little-village/
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Firefighters-Battle-Roaring-5-Alarm-Fire-in-Little-Village-397891971.html
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/two-chicago-firefighters-are-injured-after-an-early-morning-fire

Quote: "Two Chicago firefighters needed medical treatment after a massive fire at a Little Village industrial park early Friday. The five-alarm fire started around 3 a.m. at a wood-pallet shop near 25th Street and Rockwell and spread to a muffler business, Deputy Fire Cmsr. Mike Callahan said."

Quote: "A viaduct just east of the scene also made it difficult to get an adequate water supply to put out the blaze."

Quote: "Speaking to CBS 2 with the help of a translator, the pallet company owner revealed he is uninsured."

Category: Variety Pack

2016-10-22 - Another hydrogen sulfide odor advisory issued in the Coachella Valley (California):
http://www.pe.com/articles/hydrogen-816607-air-south.html

Quote: "An odor advisory has been issued by the South Coast Air Quality Management District today for the Coachella Valley due to elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide emanating from the Salton Sea."

2016-10-22 - Around 500 undersea methane vents found of the US West Coast:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37706202

Quote: "Another voyage found around 500 new undersea methane vents off the US west coast. This doubles the number of known seeps, bubbling up a powerful greenhouse gas. The gas vents were found by an expedition mounted by Dr Robert Ballard, the man who first located the wreck of the Titanic."

2016-10-22 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing in Little Rock (Arkansas):
http://www.arkansasmatters.com/news/local-news/american-airlines-airbus-makes-emergency-landing-at-lit
http://wreg.com/2016/10/22/american-airlines-flight-from-nashville-makes-emergency-landing-in-little-rock/
http://www.thv11.com/news/local/american-airlines-flight-makes-emergency-landing-at-clinton-national-airport/340170850

Quote: "American Airlines Airbus 319, made an emergency landing Saturday evening at Clinton National Airport. Officials said flight 1134 took off from Nashville at 4:20 p.m.. and was heading to Los Angeles. They said smoke was reported in the cabin and cockpit."

Note: This is the 119th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...

2016-10-22 - Massive scrap metal fire erupts at 11:20 PM at docks in coastal Seaforth, Liverpool (Britain):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20161023-55588-GBR
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-37739207
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2028455/albert-dock-fire-liverpool/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/liverpool-dock-fire-firefighters-battle-9101049
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/huge-dock-fire-rages-through-12062942
http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2016-10-22/fire-crews-remain-at-huge-blaze-at-liverpool-docks/
http://ban.jo/News/Europe/20161022/Massive-Fire-At-Seaforth-Docks-Continues-To-Blaze-In-Liverpool-UK-Halton/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/liverpool-docks-fire-pictures-large-well-developed-blaze-seaforth-docks-a7375601.html

Quote: "Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze at a scrap metal recycling centre at Seaforth docks was reported at 23:20 BST on Friday."

2016-10-22 - Landfill burns on the coast on the island of St. Maarten:
http://www.soualiganewsday.com/component/k2/item/10416-close-windows-and-doors-if-downwind-from-landfill-fire-for-those-with-respiratory-challenges.html

Category: Variety Pack

2016-10-23 - SUV bursts into flame and kills man in coastal Phuket (Thailand):
http://www.thephuketnews.com/russian-diver-dies-after-car-bursts-into-flames-in-wichit-59571.php#fOHoUQeCbD7y6UoS.97

2016-10-23 - Woman, 50, found burned to death in burned car in coastal Piraeus (Greece):
http://www.ekathimerini.com/213115/article/ekathimerini/news/charred-body-of-woman-found-in-burnt-vehicle-in-piraeus

2016-10-23 - RV bursts into flame on the Delaware Memorial Bridge over the Delaware River near Wilmington (Delaware):
http://www.delawareonline.com/videos/news/local/2016/10/24/92674890/
http://6abc.com/news/weed-world-candies-rv-catches-fire-on-delaware-memorial-bridge/1569435/
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/10/weed_world_candies_bus_catches_fire_on_delaware_me.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rv-carrying-marijuana-flavored-edibles-catches-fire-on-delaware-memorial-bridge/
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/traffic/2016/10/23/i-295-northbound-traffic-delayed-following-vehicle-fire/92658190/
http://www.wdef.com/2016/10/23/rv-carrying-marijuana-flavored-edibles-catches-fire-on-delaware-memorial-bridge/
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Weed-World-Candies-Delaware-Memorial-Bridge-Fire-398124981.html
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/NBCPhiladelphia/790368531590291456
http://twitter.com/i/moments/790320195122393091

Note: 'We've got a Code Green on the bridge, all stoners respond!'

2016-10-23 - RV and home go up in flames at 6:41 AM in Sturgeon Bay (Wisconsin), near Lake Michigan:
http://www.wdor.com/news/news-ticker/sunday-morning-fire-damages-home-garage-rv/
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/door-co/news/2016/10/23/house-rv-fire-sturgeon-bay/92638746/

Quote: "The garage, kitchen, living room, and an RV parked in the driveway are considered lost, the chief said, and the house sustained heavy smoke damage throughout."

2016-10-23 - RV bursts into flame at 11:24 PM while parked at Prairie Island Campground in Winona (Minnesota):
http://rvdailyreport.com/owner/mn-camper-fire-at-winonas-prairie-island/
http://www.winonadailynews.com/news/local/no-one-injured-in-saturday-camper-fire-at-winona-s/article_5580c15d-4e7c-5c08-bbd4-f82603ab7be5.html

Quote: "On arrival they were confronted with an RV engulfed in flames. Two people who had been asleep inside escaped uninjured, but the camper was destroyed."

Note: Right on the Mississippi River. Here's a Google Maps link of the area. These are the 477th, 478th and 479th RVs to burn in 2016...

2016-10-23 - Commercial building under construction destroyed by fire at 5:45 AM in coastal McKinleyville (California):
http://kymkemp.com/2016/10/23/large-commercial-fire-in-mckinleyville/
http://kymkemp.com/2016/10/23/mckinleyville-fire-official-update/
http://lostcoastoutpost.com/2016/oct/23/mckinleyville-gym-under-construction-leveled-major/

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2016-10-23 - Tour bus slams into tractor trailer at 5:17 AM, near Palm Springs (California), 13 killed, 31 injured:
http://ktla.com/2016/10/24/officials-to-give-update-on-tour-bus-crash-that-killed-13-in-desert-hot-springs/
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Fatal-Tour-Bus-Crash-Palm-Springs-Sunday-398099051.html
http://6abc.com/news/at-least-13-dead-in-california-tour-bus-crash/1569299/
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article110014292.html
http://www.kusi.com/story/33456156/palm-springs-news-bus-crash-fatal-semi-truck
http://www.chieftain.com/news/5264255-120/bus-crash-california-palm
http://www.fox28.com/story/33454951/tour-bus-semi-truck-crash-in-california-killing-at-least-7
http://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Multiple-fatalities-reported-in-tour-bus-semi-crash-398113511.html
http://patch.com/california/banning-beaumont/10-dead-i-10-bus-crash-near-north-palm-springs-report
http://www.yahoo.com/news/least-3-dead-tour-bus-truck-crash-california-161921197.html
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=41954562&nid=157

Quote: "The bus, owned by LA-based USA Holliday Bus, had departed the Red Earth Casino in Salton City and was en route to a location in Los Angeles when the crash was reported to CHP at 5:17 a.m."

Quote: "They were not ruling out some type of medical emergency on the driver's behalf, such as a heart attack."

Note: Salton City is located on the shore of the Salton Sea. Yet another hydrogen sulfide odor advisory was just issued for the Salton Sea area too, mentioned in the 2016-10-22 update...

Category: Variety Pack

2016-10-24 - RV fire kills man on 4th Avenue North in Lewiston (Idaho):
http://lcvalley.dailyfly.com/Home/ArtMID/1352/ArticleID/44995/One-Person-Dies-as-Result-of-Motorhome-Fire

Note: This is the 480th RV to burn in 2016...

2016-10-24 - Person drops dead on river cruise ship in Green Cove Springs (Florida), near the coast:
http://www.news4jax.com/news/florida/clay-county/green-cove-springs/police-dead-person-found-on-cruise-ship
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Victory-I-I1875663.html
http://talk1075.com/police-body-found-on-cruise-ship/
http://www.dolphnsix.com/news/1594425/police-body-found-cruise-ship

2016-10-24 - Fish dying in canal in Green Cove Springs (Florida), near the coast:
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/residents-concerned-over-fish-kill-in-green-cove-springs/460277480
http://www.fox30jax.com/news/local/residents-concerned-over-fish-kill-in-green-cove-springs/460282915

Quote: "Laurie and Aaron Browse live a few feet away from the canal that is part of Black Creek. 'All of the fish that I have been feeding for the last two years, it just seems like they are all dead, and there doesn't seem to be any life left in the water,' Laurie said."

Note: So fish dying in Green Cove Springs AND a person dead on a cruise ship in Green Cove Springs...

2016-10-24 - Landfill regularly burning in Kolkata (India), life expectancy plummets:
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/oct/24/difficult-breathe-inside-kolkata-india-rubbish-dump-permanently-fire

2016-10-24 - Cleveland Volcano erupts on coastal Chuginadak Island (Alaska):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20161025-55608-USA
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-alaska-volcano-idUSKCN12O2RD
http://www.sott.net/article/332040-Alert-level-raised-for-Cleveland-volcano-in-Alaska-after-explosion-detected
http://www.yahoo.com/news/alert-level-raised-alaska-volcano-explosion-detected-012707965.html

Category: Variety Pack

2016-10-25 - Man found dead in burning vehicle near Owatonna (Minnesota):
http://www.fox9.com/news/213833458-story
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/10/26/steele-county-death-investigation-burning-car/
http://www.keyc.com/story/33489539/authorities-investigating-after-body-found-in-vehicle-in-owatonna
http://today.myonlineportal.net/news/sheriff-body-found-inside-burning-car-near-owatonna
http://www.southernminn.com/owatonna_peoples_press/news/article_64d022ec-ec04-5911-82fb-30afd24eb15a.html

2016-10-25 - Passenger plane hit by 'toxic fumes', 25 crew members sickened, plane makes emergency landing in coastal Vancouver (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20161025-55618-CAN
http://abc7news.com/news/ba-flight-to-san-francisco-diverted-after-crew-suffer-mystery-illness/1572222/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/10/25/british-airways-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-vancouver-after-crew-members-fall-ill.html
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/6228946-181/british-airways-flight-from-san
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/world/BA-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-Vancouver-with-ill-crew-15956491
http://www.sott.net/article/332107-25-British-Airways-cabin-crew-taken-ill-mid-flight-plane-diverted

Quote: "A pilot from the flight could be heard on an air traffic control radio recording saying he smelled 'toxic fumes.' British Airways would not comment on the recording."

2016-10-25 - F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet lands and bursts into flame in Twentynine Palms (California), pilot ejects:
http://www.kesq.com/news/fighter-jet-crashes-near-twentynine-palms-marine-base/131730814
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20161026-55622-USA

Quote: "The F/A-18 Hornet caught fire shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday near the combat center. Marine First Lt. John Roberts tells CBS Local 2 and KESQ that the pilot ejected without injuries but was taken to a hospital as a precaution. Roberts says first indications were that the plane already had touched down when the accident occurred."

Note: This is the 120th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...

2016-10-25 - More than 900 wildfires burn more than 100,000 acres since October 1st in Alabama:
http://abc3340.com/news/local/over-100000-acres-destroyed-in-alabama-by-900-plus-wildfires-since-oct-1
http://www.sott.net/article/332242-More-than-100000-acres-destroyed-in-Alabama-by-900-plus-wildfires-since-October-1

2016-10-25 - Eleven cars and auto shop go up in flames just before 5 AM in Memphis (Tennessee), nobody there:
http://www.localmemphis.com/news/local-news/auto-shop-in-medical-district-catches-fire-early-tuesday-morning
http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/33470981/firefighters-battle-flames-at-madison-ave-business
http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/clip/12849548/11-cars-damaged-in-auto-shop-fire
http://www.firehouse.com/video/12272948/eleven-cars-damaged-in-tn-auto-shop-fire
http://www.newschannel10.com/story/33470981/firefighters-battle-flames-at-madison-ave-business
http://wreg.com/2016/10/25/blaze-at-firestone-auto-shop-damages-11-cars/

Quote: "Firefighters managed to get everything under control shortly before 6:00 a.m. Local 24 has learned 11 vehicles at the shop were damaged. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, although investigators believe the fire may have started from one of the cars."

2016-10-25 - Several cars and car dealership destroyed by fire near Dixon (Illinois):
http://www.mystateline.com/news/dixon-car-dealership-destroyed-by-fire
http://kwqc.com/2016/10/26/fire-causes-major-damage-at-dixon-il-car-lot/
http://wqad.com/2016/10/26/fire-breaks-out-at-car-dealership-outside-dixon-illinois/
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/10/26/fire-destroys-dixon-auto-sales-office-shop/amgouiq/
http://www.am1460wixn.com/wixn-news/2016/10/26/tuesday-fire-destroys-building-at-dixon-auto-dealership

Quote: "Credit Auto Sales a complete loss, several cars also destroyed."

Quote: "Shipman said they are not sure, but, when the call came to Rural Fire they were told it was a car fire inside the building."

2016-10-25 - Arctic temps rising rapidly:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2016/10/arctic-temperature-anomalies.html

Quote: "Check out these red hot zones, all where the methane deposits are."

Category: Fires And Explosions

2016-10-26 - Car bursts into flame and kills man in Chapraulla, Greater Noida (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/Man-burnt-to-death-as-car-catches-fire/articleshow/55080776.cms

Quote: "A 30-year-old man was charred to death after the car in which he was travelling suddenly caught fire in Chapraulla village of Greater Noida on Wednesday."

Quote: "The doors and windows of the car could not open on time, as it was centrally locked."

2016-10-26 - Passenger plane hit by fire and smoke in Austin (Texas):
http://keyetv.com/news/local/fire-reported-on-board-plane-at-abia-gate
http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/small-fire-reported-on-plane-at-austin-airport/nsx8w/
http://www.statesman.com/news/local/small-fire-reported-plane-austin-airport/JXrWuEshU6MlI7xXu6XwnL/

Quote: "A spokesperson for ABIA says that the pilot of United flight 4532 out of Denver called the tower to report smoke in the cockpit. The plane, a smaller-sized regional jet, landed safely. Passengers were able to disembark via built-in stairs and exit to the terminal. AFD says the fire has been extinguished and there are no reports of any injuries."

2016-10-26 - Passenger plane hit by brake fire, plane makes emergency landing in Sea-Tac (Washington), near the coast:
http://komonews.com/news/local/delta-jet-returns-to-sea-tac-hosed-off-by-fire-engines

2016-10-26 - Small plane hit by engine explosion mid-air, plane makes emergency landing in field in Jasper (Alabama):
http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2016/10/airplane_carrying_taylor_hicks.html
http://www.tmz.com/2016/10/26/taylor-hicks-emergency-airplane/

Quote: "American Idol winner Taylor Hicks said he was shaken when an engine on his private airplane exploded in mid-air on Wednesday, TMZ reported."

Note: These are the 121st, 122nd and 123rd aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...

2016-10-26 - Passenger train fills with smoke in coastal Boston (Massachusetts), 3 injured:
http://6abc.com/news/three-injured-after-mbta-train-evacuated-in-boston/1574688/
http://whdh.com/news/severe-delays-on-orange-line-due-to-disabled-train/

Quote: "Riders on a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority train in Boston were forced to climb out of train car windows this afternoon after smoke filled the air at Back Bay Station, resulting in three minor injuries, according to the MBTA."