Wednesday, February 1, 2017

2017 - JAN - Spotlight Stories



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-01 - Ferry ship 'Zahro Express' bursts into flame near coastal North Jakarta (Indonesia), 23+ killed, 17+ injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20170101-56598-IDN
http://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2017/16651/passenger-vessel-fire-near-jakarta/
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/nation-world/world/article124046744.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-boat-idUSKBN14L0SX
http://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0101/842067-indonesia-boat-fire/
http://www.dw.com/en/deadly-fire-engulfs-indonesian-tourist-ferry/a-36966887
http://news.sky.com/story/five-dead-in-tourist-boat-fire-off-indonesia-10713927
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/01/23-dead-after-ferry-catches-fire-in-indonesia.html
http://kxan.com/ap/23-dead-after-ferry-catches-fire-near-indonesias-capital/
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/world/2017/01/01/ferry-catches-fire-indonesia-killing-least-23/96056558/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/01/23-dead-17-missing-after-indonesian-ferry-catches-fire/96056592/
http://www.efe.com/efe/english/portada/23-dead-17-missing-in-indonesia-boat-accident/50000260-3137848
http://www.epa.eu/disasters-photos/transport-accident-photos/boat-fire-accident-in-north-jakarta-photos-53191320
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indonesia-ferry-fire-at-least-23-dead-after-flames-engulf-vessel-off-tourist-island-a7504196.html

Quote: "Twenty three people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday after a fire ripped through a boat carrying nearly 250 people to islands north of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, the city's search and rescue agency said. The Zahro Express caught fire shortly after leaving Muara Angke port in North Jakarta."

2017-01-01 - Two yachts destroyed by fire while docked at marina in coastal New Rochelle (New York), 1 injured:
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/new-rochelle/2017/01/01/one-person-injured-new-rochelle-marina-fire/96059066/
http://www.lohud.com/videos/news/local/westchester/2017/01/01/video:-firefighters-battle-boat-fire-new-rochelle/96059038/
http://patch.com/new-york/newrochelle/man-injured-2-boats-damaged-new-years-day-fire-new-rochelle-marina
http://www.newrochelletalk.com/content/marina-fire-new-rochelle-injures-2-three-boats-burn
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/01/01/One_person_injured_in_New_Rochelle_marina_fire/
http://snewsi.com/id/17146331214/Video-Firefighters-battle-a-boat-fire-in-New-Rochelle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxKJJtUNHiQ

Quote: "A New Year's Day fire at the New Rochelle marina destroyed two boats and left one person injured."

Note: These are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd boats/ships to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-01-01 - Passenger bus goes up in flames before 5 AM and kills man at depot in Ranebennuru (India):
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/589417/guard-found-dead-inside-charred.html
http://www.nyoooz.com/hubli/699300/security-guard-charred-to-death-at-north-western-road-transport-corporation-depot

Note: This is the 1st bus to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-01-01 - RV bursts into flame and kills man at 6:15 AM while parked in Rudyard (Michigan):
http://upbreakingnews.com/2017/01/01/chippewa-county-fatal-fire-officials-probing-tragic-new-years-morning-fatal-fire-in-eastern-upper-peninsula-one-of-numerous-fire-calls-early-new-years-day-2017/

Quote: "Around 6:15 a.m. ET New Year’s morning, numerous fire departments were called to an engulfed RV located on a seasonal road near Rudyard, MI. The seasonal road is said to be off West H-40 near Lawlor Auto Body at 15066 W. H-40 outside Rudyard."

Quote: "Officials believe the victim is a male. Its unclear if an autopsy will be ordered, but sounds unlikely because a local funeral home was reportedly sent to get the body. This is the fourth person to died in a Upper Peninsula fatal fire in two weeks – plus more than a dozen homes have been destroyed by fires since snow flew."

Note: This is the 1st RV to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-01-01 - Public restroom explodes and collapses in Shaanxi Province (China), 1 killed, 7 injured:
http://aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/1-dead-7-injured-in-public-restroom-explosion-in-china/717980
http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/182512/1-dead-7-injured-in-public-restroom-explosion-in-china
http://www.mylook.co/turkey/5923817/1-dead-7-injured-in-public-restroom-explosion-in-china
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nation/Toilet-explosion-kills-1-injures-7-in-Shaanxi/shdaily.shtml

2017-01-01 - Underground fire hits Oaks Mall in Gainesville (Florida):
http://www.gainesville.com/news/20170101/hot-start-to-new-year-with-underground-fire

2017-01-01 - Landfill erupts in flame, fire gets huge, village destroyed, in Baol (Senegal), 3 killed:
http://globalrec.org/2017/01/02/a-massive-fire-in-mbeubeuss-landfill-senegal/

Quote: "The Mbeubeuss garbage dump has again caught fire. In 2012, the village of Gouy-gui experienced a similar fate as raging flames caused significant damage. But this Thursday, December 22, 2016, the fire caused enormous devastation and, in the unanimous opinion of waste pickers, both male and female, such a disaster fire has not seen since they started working in the dump in 1968. The entire village of Baol, the second and largest area of the dump site, was consumed."

2017-01-01 - Landfill fire breaks out at 3 AM in Vellalore (India):
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/major-fire-in-vellalore-garbage-dumping-yard-flames-doused-117010100511_1.html

2017-01-01 - Two cars destroyed by fire, four more damaged, while parked in underground carpark in Feltham area in coastal London (Britain):
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/LatestIncidentsContainer_feltham-underground-car-park-fire.asp

Quote: "Four fire engines and 21 firefighters and officers were called to a fire in an underground car park beneath a block of flats on Highfield Road in Feltham yesterday evening. The fire destroyed two cars and left four others damaged. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus led ten people to safety and around 80 others left the building before the Brigade arrived."



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-02 - Man found burned to death in burned-out car at home near Petersboro (Utah):
http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/local/article_df2e3e3a-d20f-11e6-a472-1b339088a8b5.html
http://news.hjnews.com/allaccess/victim-in-petersboro-car-fire-identified/article_34408100-11d6-592b-b872-f1eb813388f0.html
http://www.sltrib.com/news/4777409-155/police-identify-man-whose-body-was

Quote: "Two weeks after the discovery of a badly burned body in a car near Petersboro, the Cache County Sheriff’s Office said they believe the man’s death was accidental, but the cause of the fire and the cause of death remain unknown at this time. In a Jan. 3 press release, the Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as 47-year-old Clint Yonk of Petersboro. His body was discovered in a vehicle on private property Sunday, Dec. 18. Investigators said then that the fire was not actively burning when it was found."

2017-01-02 - Passenger plane hit by smoke and loss of pressure, plane makes emergency landing in coastal Jacksonville (Florida):
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/01/03/odor-pressurization-problems-hit-american.html

Quote: "A passenger told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth that the plane was flying through a storm, the oxygen masks dropped, and that he could smell smoke."

Note: This is the 1st aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-01-02 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes and alarms people in Southington and Wolcott  (Connecticut):
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Police-Investigating-Reports-of-Loud-Bang-Explosion-in-Southington-409322915.html
http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2017/01/02/mysterious-boom-heard-in-southington-and-wolcott/
http://www.wfsb.com/story/34165795/origin-of-mysterious-bang-that-rocked-southington-area-remains-unknown
http://www.sott.net/article/338522-Mysterious-boom-shakes-homes-in-Connecticut
http://www.centralctcommunications.com/newbritainherald/article_a2fcd83a-d15c-11e6-94ed-dfbf1b0652a4.html

Quote: "Authorities investigated a loud bang after residents reported the noise shook homes in the Southington, Wolcott and Cheshire areas, but found no explanation. Southington police said they received between 30 and 40 calls reporting a loud explosion around 10:30 a.m. Many of the calls came from the southwest part of town. Both the police and fire departments responded to investigate the calls, but found nothing out of the ordinary."

2017-01-02 - Underground fire breaks out on Cornhill Street in coastal Annapolis (Maryland):
http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/annapolis/ph-ac-cn-annapolis-underground-cable-0104-20170103-story.html
http://www.baltimoresun.com/ph-ac-cn-annapolis-underground-cable-0104-20170103-story.html

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

2017-01-02 - Recycling center hit by fire, 75 tons of recylables burn, in coastal London (Britain):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20170103-56618-GBR
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/LatestIncidentsContainer_brentford-recycling-fire.asp
http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/brentford-fire-live-updates-firefighters-12394077
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2520244/more-than-70-firefighters-in-london-tackle-fire-at-recycling-plant-as-smoke-billows-across-city/

2017-01-02 - Wildfire rages above coastal Valparaiso (Chile), dozens of homes destroyed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20170103-56616-CHL
http://kxan.com/ap/forest-fire-destroys-homes-in-hills-above-chilean-port-city/
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=235&sid=42757883&title=forest-fire-destroys-homes-in-hills-above-chilean-port-city
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/massive-fire-burns-at-least-100-homes-in-valparaiso-chile_us_586b064be4b0eb58648a3e06
http://www.sott.net/article/338467-Huge-wildfire-burns-100-homes-in-Valparaiso-Chile
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38493113



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-03 - Woman's clothes ignites while cooking, woman burns to death, in Bennington (Vermont):
http://www.mynbc5.com/article/79-year-old-bennington-woman-killed-in-apartment-fire/8540221
http://www.wcax.com/story/34185279/bennington-woman-killed-in-apartment-fire
http://cbs6albany.com/news/local/state-police-woman-killed-in-bennington-fire

Quote: "Investigators said Morrill's shirt caught fire while she was cooking on the kitchen stove. She may also been experiencing a medical event when her shirt caught fire, officials said. That medical event may have hampered her ability to put the fire out before it was too late."

2017-01-03 - Lawn equipment business destroyed by explosions and fire in Grandview (Missouri):
http://www.kctv5.com/story/34176664/large-fire-following-multiple-explosions-inside-grandview-business
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/fire-and-explosions-rock-kc-area-neighborhood/635674433
http://www.kake.com/story/34176882/explosion-sparks-fire-in-kansas-city-suburb
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article124400029.html

Quote: "City officials confirmed to KCTV Tuesday night there were several explosions inside a lawn care business, including a first 'massive' one. It was strong enough to blow out the windows of seven homes and 19 apartments in the area."

2017-01-03 - Recycling center damaged by fire on Riverdale Road in Greensboro (North Carolina):
http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/local/overnight-fire-at-recycling-center-in-greensboro/381878394
http://myfox8.com/2017/01/04/building-damaged-after-overnight-fire-at-greensboro-recycling-center/

2017-01-03 - Salvage yard erupts in flame in the wee hours in Woodhaven (Michigan):
http://www.wxyz.com/news/crews-battle-large-fire-in-woodhaven-salvage-lot
http://www.yahoo.com/news/large-fire-automotive-salvage-lot-110832660.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H9y0slOePM

Quote: "Crews are battling a large fire in an automotive salvage lot in Woodhaven. We're told the salvage lot is located on Hayden Drive."

2017-01-03 - Garbage truck bursts into flame while parked at waste facility in Shelton (Connecticut):
http://www.ctpost.com/policereports/article/Garbage-truck-catches-fire-in-Shelton-10834254.php
http://fox61.com/2017/01/04/shelton-garbage-truck-fire-knocked-down-on-oliver-terrace/
http://patch.com/connecticut/shelton/shelton-firefighters-battle-garbage-truck-blaze
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/connecticut/shelton-garbage-truck-fire-knocked-down-on-oliver-terrace/
https://www.ctscoop.com/2017/01/04/garbage-truck-catches-fire-in-shelton/

2017-01-03 - Heavy truck goes up in flames while parked inside business in Peterborough (Canada):
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2017/01/03/morning-fire-damages-service-bay-at-winslow-gerolamy-international-dealership-in-Peterborough

Quote: "Smoke damage, while extensive, was isolated to one bay with a heavy truck inside, Peterborough Fire Services Deputy Dhief Chad Brown said."

2017-01-03 - Television bursts into flame at 4:20 AM inside home, fire spreads to home, in Snohomish County (Washington), 1 killed:
http://www.king5.com/news/local/one-person-dead-after-house-fire-in-snohomish/381526724
http://komonews.com/news/local/elderly-man-killed-as-tv-sparks-fire-in-snohomish-home
http://q13fox.com/2017/01/03/fire-breaks-out-at-snohomish-home-killing-elderly-man-inside/
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/komonews/816302432246337536

Quote: "Initial reports claimed the fire was coming from a television inside the home, according to Heather Chadwick with Snohomish Fire."



Category: Variety Pack

2017-01-04 - Hydrogen sulfide hits parts of Moscow (Russia), people sickened:
http://true-news.info/penetrates-into-the-apartment-people-feel-bad-muscovites-panic-of-the-strong-smell-of-hydrogen-sulfide-in-the-city/
http://true-news.info/moscow-residents-complain-of-smell-of-hydrogen-sulfide-smashing-on-the-street-and-in-the-apartments/
http://en.news-4-u.ru/the-moscow-refinery-has-commented-on-reports-of-an-increased-proportion-of-hydrogen-sulfide.html
http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=726098

Quote: "Moscow residents continue to complain of a strong smell of hydrogen sulfide in the air on the street and in the apartment, covered with messages of emergency services. In the MOE does not yet give any comments, and from Muscovites in social networks have already received a few reports that people are starting to become bad."

Quote: "We will remind, the first messages to the community about a strong smell of hydrogen sulfide in the air appeared in the second half of the day Wednesday, January 4th. First, the increased content of substance in the air was felt only on the street, and later, the tenants began to complain, and in a similar situation in their apartments."

Note: This is now at least the third time that hydrogen sulfide has hit Moscow. A huge cloud of hydrogen sulfide hit Moscow in November 2014, mentioned in the 2014-11-10 update. Residents were told to shelter-in-place during that event and soldiers in gas masks were on the streets. Then high levels of hydrogen sulfide hit Moscow again in July 2016, mentioned in the 2016-07-04 update...

2017-01-04 - Person found burned to death in burned-out car at 8:40 AM on Wakefield Forest Road in Wakefield (Australia), near the coast:
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/body-found-in-burnt-out-car-at-wakefield-20170105-gtmfa4.html
http://2nurfmnews.blogspot.com/2017/01/charred-body-found-in-burnt-out-car-in.html
http://www.nbnnews.com.au/2017/01/05/body-found-in-burnt-out-car-in-lake-macquarie/
http://www.mygc.com.au/body-found-ute-burnt-bushland-near-pacific-motorway-nsw/
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/wakefield-body-found-in-burnt-out-car-near-newcastle/news-story/de79a84335f41f9ae02f8449ca5c1f5e

Quote: "Emergency services called out to a routine car fire west of Newcastle made a grisly discovery this morning when they found a body inside the burnt-out vehicle. Police arrived at Wakefield Forest Rd, Wakefield, about 8.40am after reports of a car alight. Officers were inspecting the burnt out vehicle when they made the grim discovery inside."

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

2017-01-04 - Man in his 40s found burned to death in Piparo on the island of Trinidad:
http://www.looptt.com/content/burnt-body-found-piparo

2017-01-04 - Fire engine bursts into flame at 12:45 AM while parked inside fire station in Concord (Massachusetts):
http://www.wickedlocal.com/news/20170104/investigation-continues-into-fire-at-west-concord-fire-house
http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/breakingnews/ci_30703200/fire-engine-likely-totaled-concord-fire-station-blaze
http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_30703200/fire-engine-likely-totaled-concord-fire-station-blaze
http://www.mynbc5.com/article/3-firefighters-escape-blaze-at-massachusetts-fire-station/8560741
http://www.wtae.com/article/3-firefighters-escape-blaze-at-massachusetts-fire-station/8560741
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/01/04/concord-fire-station-fire-chief-mark-cotreau/
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/3_firefighters_scoot_blaze_ins.html
http://whdh.com/news/firefighters-escape-flames-at-concord-fire-station/
http://turnto10.com/news/local/fire-breaks-out-in-mass-fire-station

Quote: "Fire Chief Mark Cotreau said the blaze likely started inside Engine 4, which was parked inside Station 2 during the fire."

2017-01-04 - Underground electrical explosion and fire at 1:15 AM hits Taunton (Massachusetts):
http://wpri.com/2017/01/04/taunton-police-cause-of-manhole-explosion-likely-electrical/
http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/20170104/faulty-underground-cable-causes-explosion-in-taunton
http://snewsi.com/id/17146510413/Faulty-underground-cable-causes-explosion-in-Taunton

2017-01-04 - Transformer explodes and burns near Norwich (New York), 3000 homes go dark:
http://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2017-01-04/25754/Transformer-explosion-cuts-power-to-nearly-3000/

2017-01-04 - Transformer bursts into flame on Ocean Parkway in coastal Ocean Pines (Maryland), blackouts ensue:
http://www.wmdt.com/news/maryland/ocean-pines-transformer-fire-causes-worcester-power-outages/245960010
http://www.delaware1059.com/story/29468-transformer-in-ocean-pines-md-causes-power-outages

2017-01-04 - Palm trees regularly going up in flames along US 101 near coastal San Jose (California):
http://sfbay.ca/2017/01/04/chp-probes-highway-101-palm-tree-fires/

Quote: "Spokesmen from both agencies stressed that they don’t know if fires are being intentionally set and that they have not opened an official investigation, but that they are 'keeping an eye on' the area."

Note: Could be the palm trees are spontaneously igniting. Had lots of towns along the coast in California getting hit by rotten egg odors and hydrogen sulfide in the last few months, and there's surely some odorless methane blowing ashore too, and palm trees have rubbery adsorbent 'skin', so once they adsorb enough flammable gas(es) on their skin, they may burst into flame. Not much different from the incidents involving cardboard/clothing/paper that have burst into flame...



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-05 - RV bursts into flame before 4:30 AM and kills man while parked under bridge in coastal Seattle (Washington):
http://komonews.com/news/local/deadly-fire-beneath-west-seattle-bridge-leaves-1-dead
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Body-recovered-from-deadly-RV-fire-beneath-West-10837098.php
http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/pt/2017/01/body-recovered-from-rv-fire-under-seattle-bridge.html
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/1-found-dead-in-rv-fire-under-west-seattle-bridge/
http://www.westseattleherald.com/2017/01/05/news/one-person-dead-early-morning-rv-fire-under-west
http://lmtribune.com/northwest/body-recovered-from-rv-fire-under-bridge/article_b789ce92-fbb5-51e2-9907-dd351b762501.html
http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/34191308/body-recovered-from-rv-fire-under-seattle-bridge
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/01/05/Body_recovered_from_RV_fire_under_Seattle_bridge_t/
http://www.wopular.com/body-recovered-deadly-rv-fire-beneath-west-seattle-bridge
http://westseattleblog.com/2017/01/death-investigation-after-rv-fire-in-sodo/
http://www.king5.com/news/deadly-rv-fire-under-west-seattle-bridge/382376447
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/komonews/817027021167435776

Quote: "Seattle firefighters extinguished a deadly RV fire under the West Seattle Bridge early Thursday morning. One person inside the RV was found dead, Alice Kim, spokeswoman for the Seattle Fire Department, said. The blaze occurred at around 4 a.m. under the Spokane Street Viaduct near an area lined with vans and campers where people are known to sleep overnight."

Note: This is the 4th RV to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-01-05 - Woman, 58, found on fire at school in coastal Southold (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/northfork/woman-found-fire-southold-school-critical-condition
http://patch.com/new-york/northfork/female-severely-burned-southold-high-school-field-police
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/woman-found-on-fire-in-southold-field-in-critical-condition-1.12872700
http://suffolktimes.timesreview.com/2017/01/72601/police-woman-severely-burned-outside-southold-high-school/
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/01/06/Police_Woman_found_on_fire_in_Southold_field/

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

2017-01-05 - Oil rig erupts in flame at 2:30 AM in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_update&edis_id=FR-20170105-56647-USA
http://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2017/16711/oil-production-platform-fire-louisiana/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/coast-guard-fire-burns-on-oil-platform-in-gulf-of-mexico/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/01/05/gulf-of-mexico-oil-platform-louisiana/96191288/
http://whnt.com/2017/01/05/coast-guard-fire-burns-on-oil-platform-in-gulf-of-mexico-4-rescued/
http://www.richmond.com/news/national-world/ap/article_3eb41162-0b83-5d9b-bd63-ed1c1a158a9e.html
http://www.khou.com/news/nation-now/coast-guard-fire-burns-on-oil-platform-in-gulf-of-mexico/382364202
http://www.ksat.com/news/national/coast-guard-fire-burns-on-oil-platform-in-gulf-of-mexico
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/coast-guard-fire-burns-oil-platform-gulf-mexico-44568660
http://www.salon.com/2017/01/05/coast-guard-fire-burns-on-oil-platform-in-gulf-of-mexico/
http://www.wwltv.com/news/offshore-platform-fire-under-investigation/382642178
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/01/oil_platform_fire_coast_guard.html

2017-01-05 - Oil well site rocked by explosion and fire near Belfield (North Dakota), 1 killed:
http://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Oil-field-worker-killed-in-well-site-fire-in-Belfield--409840025.html
http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/north-dakota/4192980-south-heart-man-dies-treater-house-fire
http://www.jamestownsun.com/news/state/4193033-body-found-after-nd-well-site-fire
http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/body-found-after-north-dakota-well-site-fire/article_40db9ed8-860b-5ed9-aff3-217e9983a19d.html
http://www.jamestownsun.com/news/state/4193647-nd-man-found-dead-western-nd-oil-field-accident

Quote: "One man is dead after a fire destroyed a treater shack on a well site Wednesday afternoon. The well site is 11 miles north of Belfield and 7 miles west of Highway 85. The Billings County Sheriff's Department says the worker's body was discovered after the fire was extinguished. First responders got a call about an explosion 15 minutes before the call about the fire."

2017-01-05 - Recycling center damaged by fire shortly after midnight in Chattanooga (Tennessee):
http://newschannel9.com/news/local/fire-damages-chattanooga-business
http://www.wdef.com/2017/01/05/chattanooga-firefighters-battle-early-morning-blaze-at-republic-services/
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/34187929/fire-damages-chattanooga-business

2017-01-05 - Chemical factory devastated by massive blaze at midnight in Kolkata (India):
http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20170105/3027105.html
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-four-firemen-injured-dousing-fire-at-kolkata-chemical-factory-2289452
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/three-firemen-injured-dousing-fire-at-kolkata-chemical-factory-117010500084_1.html
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/et-tv/madhyamgram-massive-inferno-at-chemical-factory-injures-3-firemen/videoshow/56348422.cms
http://www.india.com/news/india/kolkata-massive-fire-breaks-out-at-a-chemical-factory-2-firefighters-injured-watch-video-1741300/
http://www.newsnation.in/india-news/video-four-fire-fighters-injured-while-dousing-massive-fire-in-chemical-factory-near-kolkata-airport-article-156602.html

2017-01-05 - Transformer bursts into flame in underground parking garage at office building in Clayton (Missouri):
http://fox2now.com/2017/01/05/clayton-office-building-evacuated-after-underground-fire/
http://latestnewsheadlines.ddns.net/news/clayton-office-building-evacuated-after-underground-fire
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/clayton-office-building-evacuated-when-transformer-catches-fire/article_226b35a3-49df-5af3-a986-95c98d49205f.html

Note: Same as the various underground electrical fires except it occurred inside a building instead of inside a manhole. This is the closest underground electrical fire to occur near me, though there have also been some in downtown St. Louis near the Mississippi River, but this was even closer...



Category: Variety Pack

2017-01-06 - Hydrogen sulfide leaking from landfill in coastal Escambia County (Florida):
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2017/01/06/elevated-sulfide-levels-rolling-hills/96265784/
http://weartv.com/news/local/heavy-rains-cause-erosion-at-rolling-hills-facility

Quote: "Recent weather has eroded the soil cap at a controversial Wedgewood landfill and released elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide, according to an Escambia County news release."

2017-01-06 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes and rattles people in Hermiston (Oregon):
http://www.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20170106/boom-rattles-windows-around-hermiston-friday-afternoon

2017-01-06 - Pile of rubbish burns and explodes, shakes homes, in Yate (Britain), near the coast:
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/firefighters-called-to-loud-explosion-and-fire-in-yate-near-bristol-on-friday-evening/story-30037980-detail/story.html

Quote: "Most residents reported hearing and feeling and loud explosion, but others said they saw a bright flash in the sky. Many took to Facebook and Twitter to find out what was going on, with some describing hearing the explosion as 'terrifying'."

Note: Sooooo...sky rubbish? Hey, maybe that'll be the next excuse the authorities use. 'Dude, was that a frost quake?!' 'No, man, I saw a flash of light in the sky so it must have been sky rubbish!'

2017-01-06 - Industrial plant explodes and burns at the coastal Port of Santos (Brazil):
http://www.joc.com/port-news/south-american-ports/port-santos/explosion-deals-santos-shippers-disruption-again_20170106.html

2017-01-06 - Underground electrical fire ignites mulch fire near auto dealer in Valencia (California), near the Santa Clara River:
http://www.hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-latest-news/underground-fire-sparks-mulch-near-valencia-car-dealership-181390

2017-01-06 - Electrical substation damaged by transformer fire near Grand Bay (Alabama), near the coast, blackouts ensue:
http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2017/01/transformer_fire_in_south_alab.html
http://www.newsdump.com/article/transformer-fire-in-south-alabama-leaves-200-residents-without-power
http://www.newsrt.us/news/transformer-fire-in-south-alabama-leaves-200-residents-without-power-1860348.html
http://newstral.com/en/article/en/1052266737/transformer-fire-in-south-alabama-leaves-200-residents-without-power

2017-01-06 - Tractor factory devastated by huge blaze at 3 AM in Pilling (Britain), near the coast, nobody there:
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/homes-evacuated-and-roads-closed-after-blaze-rips-through-tractor-factory-1-8320319
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/homes-evacuated-and-roads-closed-after-blaze-rips-through-tractor-factory-1-8320319
http://www.rockfm.co.uk/localnews/huge-fire-at-tractor-business-in-west-lancashire/
http://www.uknews.ws/news/pilling-fire-large-blaze-at-industrial-estate-in-lancashire

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

2017-01-06 - Scrapyard erupts in flame in coastal Kailua-Kona (Hawaii):
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/fire-breaks-out-scrapyard-kailua-kona

2017-01-06 - Scrapyard hit by fire, three vans and six cars burn, in Nottingham (Britain):
http://www.nottinghampost.com/scrapyard-fire-closes-a612-daleside-road-for-most-of-friday-afternoon/story-30036788-detail/story.html
http://www.briefreport.co.uk/news/scrapyard-fire-closes-a612-daleside-road-for-most-of-friday-afternoon-4662915.html

Quote: "A spokeswoman for Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service said: 'We were called to reports of lorries on fire at a scrapyard. It emerged that this was actually three vans and six cars on fire.'"

2017-01-06 - Chilean navy releases footage of UFO spraying unknown chemical in the sky:
http://www.rt.com/viral/372824-ufo-video-declassified-chile/
http://www.newsweek.com/chilean-navy-id-mysterious-aircraft-caught-video-539786
http://www.sott.net/article/338768-Chilean-Navy-declassifies-inexplicable-UFO-footage-after-2-year-investigation

Quote: "Described by the captain as a 'flat, elongated structure' with 'two thermal spotlights-like discharges that did not coincide with the axis of motion,' the object can be seen discharging a chemical plume at approximately eight minutes into the video."



Category: Variety Pack

2017-01-07 - Man, 50, town councilman, burns to death in burning car on Arlington Avenue in coastal-ish Kearney (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2017/01/foul_play_not_suspected_in_kearny_councilmans_deat.html
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2017/01/authorities_investigate_body_found_in_kearny_car_f.html
http://hudsoncountyview.com/prosecutor-kearny-councilman-giordanos-body-recovered-from-car-fire/
http://www.rlsmedia.com/article/body-found-burning-car-kearny

Quote: "Foul play is not suspected in the death of Councilman Jonathan Giordano, who was found dead inside a burning car on Saturday, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office announced. Giordano, 50, was one of two council members representing the town's second ward, having taken office in 2015."

Note: About 500 feet from the sea. Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2017-01-07 - Hydrogen sulfide killing fish in Lake Averno (Italy):
http://strangesounds.org/2017/01/hydrogen-sulfide-kills-fish-lake-averno-signs-of-an-imminent-eruption-campi-flegrei.html
http://www.leggo.it/news/italia/lago_averno_moria_pesci-2181316.html
http://marygreeley.com/?page_id=43885

Quote: "Lake Averno is situated in the Campi Flegrei volcanic field. Today, hydrogen sulfide present in the waters killed hundreds of fish in the lake. Is that a sign of an imminent eruption of Campi Flegrei? Hundreds of dead fish were found along the shores of Lake Averno in the volcanic field of Campi Flegrei. Next eruption? via Leggo. Today, you will only hear talking about this sudden and strong smell of sulfur around the shores of the lake of Averno, the historical door to the underworld according to Romans."

Quote: "This would be due to the presence of hydrogen sulfide in the water that comes from the volcanic activity below the water surface – emission of fumaroles releasing the strong smell of sulfur."

Note: The bacteria and archaea that produce hydrogen sulfide do grow around volcanic vents, so if Campi Flegrei is pushing lava closer to the surface, then bacterial mats will start growing wherever the water temps rise, there's little or no oxygen in the water, and there's biomatter (like dead fish) or methane present. The story says maybe it's a natural event, as if that means it's of no concern. The Permian-Triassic extinction event - the Great Dying - was a natural event too, and it wiped out most oxygen-using life on this planet. The same thing is happening now. Maybe your toe tag will end up with the words 'natural event' on it, but dead is still dead...

2017-01-07 - Underground fire breaks out at hospital in Dhaka (Bangladesh):
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2017/01/07/fire-at-bsmmu/
http://businessnews24bd.com/fire-at-bsmmu-hospital/
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=431192

2017-01-07 - Transformer bursts into flame near intersection in Southampton (Massachusetts):
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/southampton_transformer_catche.html
http://www.follownews.com/southampton-transformer-catches-fire-no-power-outages-reported-2d8z3
http://newstral.com/en/article/en/1052304465/southampton-transformer-catches-fire-no-power-outages-reported

2017-01-07 - Track fire lights up the night sky in the wee hours in Shepperton (Britain):
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/shepperton-station-fire-residents-shocked-12421252

2017-01-07 - Five small planes and hangar go up in flames at airport in Statesville (North Carolina), $1 million in damage:
http://www.statesville.com/news/statesville-regional-airport-hangar-fire-causes-m-in-damage/article_3b0e79b8-d526-11e6-9bfd-5762e98a2057.html
http://www.fox46charlotte.com/home/227761979-story
http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/hangar-on-fire-at-statesville-airport/383464276
http://www.wcnc.com/news/hangar-caught-on-fire-at-statesville-airport/383560224
http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/local/hangar-on-fire-at-statesville-airport/383515755
http://www.wbtv.com/story/34207623/fire-reported-inside-hangar-at-statesville-airport
http://www.kplctv.com/story/34207623/fire-reported-inside-hangar-at-statesville-airport

Quote: "Statesville Fire Chief Gary Styers estimated that nearly $1 million of damage occurred to the building and five planes housed in the hangar."

Note: These are the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-01-07 - Three heavy trucks go up in flames at 4 AM while parked at business in Perrysburg (Ohio):
http://www.cleveland19.com/story/34206003/three-trucks-catch-fire-in-perrysburg
http://www.wtol.com/story/34206003/three-trucks-catch-fire-in-perrysburg
http://snewsi.com/id/17146666180/Three-trucks-catch-fire-in-Perrysburg

Quote: "A fleet of trucks erupted in flames early Saturday morning in Perrysburg. Several fire crews responded to the fire that broke out at around 4 a.m. on Fremont Pike Road. 'While we were en route, dispatch contacted us back and let us know we had three trucks on fire,' said Troy Township fire chief Randy Woodruff."

2017-01-07 - Truck bursts into flame while parked in grain elevator, fire spreads, feed mill destroyed, in De Witt (Nebraska):
http://journalstar.com/news/local/waldo-genetics-loses-feed-mill-in-fire/article_2190d4c6-de68-5701-ba55-aba2f5e60439.html

Quote: "Linda Gibbs, Chief Executive Officer at Waldo Genetics, said that 20-25 people were gathered for a holiday party when they began to smell smoke. They called the fire department at 7 p.m. when they realized a truck inside of the elevator had caught fire. "



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-08 - RV trailer goes up in flames at 3 AM and kills man on Killingsworth Street in Portland (Oregon):
http://katu.com/news/local/man-dies-in-overnight-camper-trailer-fire-in-northeast-portland
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/1-dead-in-ne-portland-camper-trailer-fire/383612397
http://koin.com/2017/01/08/fire-destroys-ne-portland-mobile-home/

Note: Appears to be an aptly-named street!

2017-01-08 - Underground electrical explosion and fire blow manhole cover off in Norwich (Britain):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-38549583
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norwich_s_dereham_road_partially_re_opened_following_electrical_explosion_1_4840789
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/it_s_not_what_you_expect_when_you_re_popping_to_tesco_to_buy_bananas_couple_describe_shock_after_treading_on_exploding_manhole_1_4840991

2017-01-08 - Transformer explodes and burns on Arbor Lane in Winnersh (Britain):
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/road-closed-winnersh-after-transformer-12423573
http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/15009758.High_voltage_transformer_explosion_shuts_road/

2017-01-08 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing at airport in Cahokia (Illinois), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article125285729.html
http://fox2now.com/2017/01/08/cockpit-smoke-forces-dallas-stars-plane-back-to-airport/
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/01/08/dallas-stars-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-st-louis/
http://927thevan.com/news/articles/2017/jan/08/stars-plane-makes-emergency-landing-smoke-in-cockpit/
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/texas/article_63a6de02-e8cf-5921-94c6-aae4ee16e2fc.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hockey/cockpit-smoke-forces-dallas-stars-plane-back-airport-article-1.2940214
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/cockpit-smoke-forces-dallas-stars-hockey-team-plane-back-to/article_3588ef34-90c3-52d1-b150-031153bec75e.html

Quote: "A plane carrying the Dallas Stars hockey team was forced to return to a St. Louis-area airport because of smoke in the cockpit. The Belleville News-Democrat reports the Boeing 737 took off at 11:52 a.m. Saturday from the St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, but turned around within five minutes."

Note: This is the 7th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-01-08 - Deadly fire destroys mobile home at 3:01 AM in Lafayette (Louisiana), 1 killed:
http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_4fa2923e-d5ed-11e6-9250-0fda0563837c.html
http://www.katc.com/clip/13015074/family-searching-for-answers-after-fatal-fire-that-killed-a-lafayette-woman
http://www.cajunfirst.com/news/local-news/update-victim-killed-in-mobile-home-fire-identified/637347101

Quote: "The mobile home and the occupant’s vehicle sustained heavy fire damage."

Note: Vehicle igniting is probably what caused this fire and killed the owner. Since all vehicles are now randomly-igniting firebombs, parking a vehicle near your residence can easily get you killed nowadays, since by the time fire alarms go off inside the home, escape routes may already be engulfed in flames. Then you're trapped and you die. The wee hours are when the atmosphere cools and contracts, which will push any methane and/or hydrogen sulfide in the air above closer to the ground, making fires, explosions and animals and people sickening and/or dying more common during those hours...

2017-01-08 - Deadly fire destroys home shortly after 1 AM along Three Mile Pond in China (Maine), 1 killed:
http://www.centralmaine.com/2017/01/08/homeowner-killed-in-china-house-fire/
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/01/08/man-dies-in-china-fire/
http://www.wmtw.com/article/man-killed-in-early-sunday-morning-fire/8575040
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/plow-truck-driver-discovers-deadly-fire/383602309

Quote: "A local man is dead following a house fire early Sunday morning in China. The body of Randall Luck, 65, who lived alone at 13 Washington Boulevard, on Three Mile Pond, was found by firefighters outside his burning home, according to Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety."

Note: He made it outside so could be it was the smoke that killed him. That's always been possible, but now hydrogen sulfide is blowing around and adsorbing onto matter, like homes and cars and wood and trash and clothes, so the smoke from ANY fire may be contaminated now, and thus far more lethal than it ever has been in the past. That's why people have been toppling over into fire pits and dying - whatever they were burning in their pits had been contaminated. The best way to tell if something has been contaminated is to burn it and breathe some of the smoke. If you don't die then it was okay...

2017-01-08 - Brush fire rages out of control near coastal Perth (Australia):
http://www.ibtimes.com.au/perth-fire-threatens-homes-properties-emergency-warning-issued-1539272
http://www.smh.com.au/wa-news/perth-fire-homes-and-lives-under-threat-by-vicious-blaze-in-upper-swan-20170108-gtnyso.html
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/bushfire-in-upper-swan-east-of-perth/news-story/5cc97d3aa541dedba32ac42f698f3944
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/upper-swan-bushfire-families-evacuate-homes-at-2am/news-story/cd9d6dad64a0ad3ef4191d63d880b3d2

Quote: "As many as 100 firefighters are attempting to contain a bushfire that continues to burn through Upper Swan, in Perth’s northeast. An emergency warning has been issued for people in Great Northern Highway, Copley Road, St Albans Road, the Swan River and surrounding areas in the southern and eastern parts of Upper Swan in the City of Swan."



Category: Variety Pack

2017-01-09 - RV trailer goes up in flames and kills man just after 6 AM along the Columbia River near Portland (Oregon):
http://katu.com/news/local/man-found-dead-in-trailer-fire-along-columbia-river
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/KATUNews/818551673895391232

2017-01-09 - Chemical factory rocked by explosion in Felda (Florida), 1 injured:
http://www.winknews.com/2017/01/09/1-injured-in-hendry-county-chemical-explosion/
http://www.fox4now.com/news/injury-reported-in-plant-explosion-in-hendry-county
http://www.nbc29.com/story/34214580/1-injured-in-explosion-at-felda-chemical-plant

2017-01-09 - Underground electrical explosion and fire hits Buckingham Street in Aylesbury (Britain):
http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/firefighters-at-scene-of-aylesbury-electrical-cable-blaze-after-callers-report-hearing-an-explosion-1-7763934

2017-01-09 - SUV bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads to pickup and car, in Richmond Hill (Georgia), near the coast:
http://savannahnow.com/bryan-county-now-news/2017-01-09/fire-damages-three-vehicles-richmond-hill

Quote: "In addition to the Expedition, a GMC pickup truck and Ford sedan were damaged. The cause of the fire is unknown."

2017-01-09 - Pickup truck bursts into flame at 4:25 AM while parked at duplex, fire spreads, duplex heavily damaged, in Green Bay (Wisconsin):
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2017/01/09/four-homeless-after-truck-fire-ignites-duplex/96338786/
http://fox11online.com/news/local/green-bay/green-bay-duplex-fire

Quote: "Firefighters received a call at 4:25 a.m. for the fire at 1719 Beech Tree Drive, according to a Green Bay Metro Fire Department news release. The fire started when a truck in the driveway burst into flames. It quickly spread to the duplex and into both attics, partially collapsing the roof."

2017-01-09 - Barge worker has 'medical emergency' on barge on the Delaware River near Pennsauken Township (New Jersey), medevac'd off:
http://6abc.com/news/coast-guard-responds-to-medical-emergency-on-barge/1694296/

Quote: "The Coast Guard and other emergency crews responded to a barge along the Delaware River off the coast of Pennsauken Township for a medical emergency. Crews were called to the vessel around 3:30 p.m. Monday. Officials say a worker on the barge suffered a medical emergency."

2017-01-09 - Woman, 71, has breathing problems on cruise ship near coastal Melbourne (Florida), medevac'd off:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Carnival-Ecstasy-8711344.html
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2017/01/09/cruise-ship-passenger-airlifted-melbourne/96337426/
http://www.floridatoday.com/videos/news/local/2017/01/09/cruise-ship-passenger-airlifted-carnival-ecstasy/96364668/

2017-01-09 - Man has heart problems on fishing ship near coastal Ouessant (France), medevac'd off:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Fv-Ksora-I300618.html

Quote: "A Cayman helicopter of the Lanvéoc-Poulmic air base medevaced a crew member of the 'Ksora' off Ouessant on Jan 9, 2017, around 7 p.m., who was suffering from chest pain. Fearing a heart attack, the Navy intervened to transport the man to the hospital La Cavale-Blanche in Brest."



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-10 - RV trailer goes up in flames and kills person at 3:30 AM near Opry Mills in Nashville (Tennessee):
http://www.wsmv.com/story/34222533/1-person-killed-in-camper-fire-at-nashville-campground
http://www.newschannel5.com/news/1-killed-in-camper-fire-near-opry-mills
http://wkrn.com/2017/01/10/one-person-dead-in-camper-fire-in-donelson/
http://rvdailyreport.com/owner/tn-one-dead-in-camper-fire-at-nashville-koa/

2017-01-10 - Person found burned and dead in wooded area in Fayetteville (Arkansas):
http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2017/jan/10/body-found-in-south-fayetteville-201701/
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/jan/10/burned-body-found-university-arkansas-property/
http://www.4029tv.com/article/burned-body-found-on-ua-property/8584839
http://www.nwahomepage.com/news/breaking-news/police-investigating-burned-body-found-in-south-fayetteville/638864103

Quote: "A severely burned body was found Tuesday morning on University of Arkansas property in the south part of town, Fayetteville police Sgt. Craig Stout said. A man called police at 7:42 a.m. after finding the body near 1650 S. School Ave., according to a police dispatch record. Stout said police investigated before turning it over to university police. The body was in a wooded area known to be where homeless people camp on university property, according to the record."

2017-01-10 - 20 transit buses destroyed by fire at 1:10 AM while parked at Ozark Regional Transit in Springdale (Arkansas):
http://www.fox16.com/news/local-news/explosion-fire-destroys-20-buses-in-springdale/638809887
http://5newsonline.com/2017/01/10/ozark-regional-transit-makes-contingency-plans-after-fire-destroys-20-buses/
http://www.thv11.com/news/local/20-transit-buses-destroyed-by-fire-in-springdale/384764247
http://www.4029tv.com/article/fire-crews-on-scene-of-a-bus-explosion-at-ozark-regional-transit/8580779
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/114955/fire-destroys-nwa-transit-systems-buses
http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/34228007/20-transit-system-buses-destroyed-in-northwest-arkansas-fire
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/jan/10/early-morning-fire-destroys-20-buses-springdale/
http://www.arkansasmatters.com/news/kark-4-today/springdale-bus-fire/638802397
http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2017/jan/10/fire-destroys-20-ort-buses-20170110/
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/20-transit-system-buses-destroyed-in-northwest-10848032.php
http://katv.com/news/local/20-transit-system-buses-destroyed-in-northwest-arkansas-fire

Note: These are the 20th through 39th buses to burn in 2017...

2017-01-10 - Two underground electrical fires, one in the morning and one in the evening, black out part of the business district in Poughkeepsie (New York):
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20170110/underground-fire-knocks-out-power-in-city-of-poughkeepsie-business-district
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2017/01/10/fire-knocks-out-power-street-lights-city-business-district/96389394/
http://www.twcnews.com/nys/hudson-valley/news/2017/01/10/poughkeepsie-underground-fire-power-outages.html
http://patch.com/new-york/midhudsonvalley/power-outages-poughkeepsie-central-business-district-tuesday
http://eastdutchess.dailyvoice.com/news/fire-causes-power-outages-in-poughkeepsie-central-business-district/695777/
http://snewsi.com/id/17146817789/Underground-fire-knocks-out-power-in-city-of-Poughkeepsie-business-district
http://hudsonvalleynewsnetwork.com/2017/01/10/poughkeepsie-firefighters-working-underground-fire/
http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2017/January/10/Pou_undergroundFire-10Jan17.htm

Quote: "Hundreds of City of Poughkeepsie residents and businesses were left without power Tuesday after underground fires, more than 8 hours apart, darkened traffic lights, interrupted some Dutchess County services and forced Central Hudson to recommend that residents in one part of the city seek shelter overnight."

2017-01-10 - Coal power plant damaged by explosion and fire in Aberdeen (Ohio), 6 injured:
http://www.rt.com/usa/373251-ohio-power-plant-explosion/
http://www.wlwt.com/article/explosion-with-injuries-reported-adams-county-plant/8582576
http://local12.com/news/local/explosion-at-dpl-power-plant-in-adams-county
http://www.rt.com/usa/373251-ohio-power-plant-explosion/
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/six-injured-explosion-plant-ohio/lQnDWvKmMfkNAn1WI8JCIP/
http://www.sott.net/article/339228-Five-injured-in-Ohio-power-plant-explosion-second-plant-explosion-in-Tri-State-area

Quote: "Workers and people who live near the DP&L plant, J.M. Stuart Generating Station, are grateful no one is dead as they try to figure out what caused the ground-shaking explosion. It could be heard and felt for miles. 'My fiance and I both heard this loud explosion and the windows started shaking,' Jessica Updyke said."

Quote: "This is the second explosion at a plant in the Tri-State area today. At around 11am local time a sugar silo exploded at a Perfetti Van Melle plant in Erlanger, Kentucky."

2017-01-10 - Refinery damaged by explosion in coastal Kochi (India), 3 injured:
http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/3-injured-in-explosion-at-kochi-bpcl-refinery.html
http://www.india.com/news/india/blast-in-kerala-explosion-reported-in-kochi-refinery-3-injured-1750483/
http://metrovaartha.com/en/2017/01/10/2-injured-in-explosion-at-bpcl-kochi-refinery/

2017-01-10 - Oil and gas facility damaged by fire on coastal Jurong Island (Singapore):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20170111-56722-SGP

2017-01-10 - Recycling center hit by garbage fire just after 1 AM in Depew (New York):
http://www.wkbw.com/news/broadway-back-open-after-overnight-garbage-fire

Quote: "Broadway, in Depew, is back open Tuesday, after a fire at Twin Village Recycling. Firefighters spent almost two hours at the plant, when some garbage caught fire just after 1:00 a.m."



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-11 - Helicopter carrying New York's Governor Cuomo hit by smoke, helicopter makes emergency landing at Stewart Airport (New York):
http://auburnpub.com/blogs/eye_on_ny/cuomo-ok-after-helicopter-makes-emergency-landing/article_b8244a78-d84a-11e6-ad53-eb4748817519.html
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20170111/new-york-gov-andrew-cuomos-helicopter-makes-emergency-landing-at-stewart-airport
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2017/01/11/cuomos-helicopter-makes-emergency-landing/96462302/
http://www.timestelegram.com/news/20170111/cuomos-helicopter-has-to-make-emergency-landing?rssfeed=true
http://www.wdtimes.com/news/national/article_93cddac8-fdf5-5ed4-8dae-07c508077b3a.html

Quote: "James Allen, the governor's communications director, said the incident occurred shortly before 4 p.m. The helicopter carrying Cuomo, two aides and the governor's security detail filled with fumes that smelled like smoke, according to Allen. The helicopter made an emergency landing at Stewart Airport in Orange County."

Note: This is the 8th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-01-11 - Truck factory rocked by explosion in Dodge Center (Minnesota), 6 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20170112-56729-USA
http://www.startribune.com/explosion-rocks-dodge-center-truck-manufacturing-firm/410419025/
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/01/11/dodge-center-business-explosion/
http://kimt.com/2017/01/11/explosion-reported-in-dodge-center/
http://www.fireengineering.com/ap-news/2017/01/11/6-people-injured-in-explosion-at-minnesota-truck-plant.html
http://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/photos-explosion-at-mcneilus-truck-mfg-in-dodge-center/collection_1bc8b808-d831-11e6-a821-ff4d5cd6bf15.html

2017-01-12 - Gas station explodes and burns at 1 AM in Pasig (Philippine Islands), 20+ injured:
http://www.rappler.com/nation/157957-injured-fire-gasoline-station-pasig-city
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/595331/news/metro/fire-hits-lpg-refilling-station-two-gas-stations-in-pasig-city
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/861289/23-hurt-in-pasig-city-blast-blaze

2017-01-11 - Refinery damaged by fire on the coast in the UAE:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/11/fire-strikes-abu-dhabi-national-oil-company-refinery.html
http://www.newschannel6now.com/story/34235679/fire-strikes-abu-dhabi-national-oil-company-refinery
http://www.hickoryrecord.com/entertainment/fire-strikes-abu-dhabi-national-oil-company-refinery/article_7f2be568-48e9-5e1b-b478-0b9eb76cbc64.html

2017-01-11 - Around 600 homes destroyed by fire shortly before 4 AM near fish port in coastal Navotas (Philippine Islands):
http://www.thestandard.com.ph/news/metro/226387/fire-guts-600-houses-at-navotas-fishport.html
2017-01-11 - Landfill erupts in flame at 5:45 AM near Balderton (Britain):
http://www.nottinghampost.com/fire-breaks-out-at-nottinghamshire-landfill-site/story-30048220-detail/story.html
http://www.briefreport.co.uk/news/fire-breaks-out-at-nottinghamshire-landfill-site-4672714.html
http://nottinghamshire.localroundup.co.uk/article/2053757/isaacashe-published-fire-breaks-out-at-nottinghamshire-landfill-site/
http://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/nottingham/isaacashe-published-fire-breaks-out-at-nottinghamshire-landfill-site/
http://www.newsdump.co.uk/news/fire-at-landfill-site-south-of-newark

2017-01-11 - Landfill hit by huge fire near two rivers in Bartica (Guyana):
http://guyanachronicle.com/2017/01/11/massive-fire-erupts-at-bartica-dumpsite

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

2017-01-11 - Recycling warehouse destroyed by fire at 2:30 AM in Islandia on coastal Long Island (New York):
http://abc7ny.com/news/cause-of-sanitation-building-fire-in-suffolk-county-to-be-determined/1696884/
http://patch.com/new-york/hauppauge/firefighters-battling-building-fire-islandia
http://longisland.news12.com/news/arson-investigators-probe-massive-jet-sanitation-fire-in-village-of-islandia-1.12933548

2017-01-11 - Recycling center damaged by fire just after 1 AM in coastal Bronx (New York):
http://nypost.com/2017/01/11/firefighters-injured-battling-blaze-at-recycling-facility/
http://abc7ny.com/news/recycling-plant-on-fire-in-bronx/1696858/
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/FDNY-Fights-Warehouse-_Stubborn_-Fire-in-the-Bronx_New-York-410360085.html

2017-01-11 - Recycling plant erupts in flame in Passaic (New Jersey):
http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/2017/01/11/passaic-firefighters-battle-blaze-paper-recycling-plant/96440480/

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Trash-related facilities such as recycling centers and landfills will burn hard too, as hydrogen sulfide is absorbed into flammable absorbent materials like wood, paper, cardboard, straw, hay, dried brush, generic trash, clothing, cotton, wool."



Category: Variety Pack

2017-01-12 - Update on the two women and 3 children found dead on the Santa Ana Pueblo (New Mexico) - no clear cause of death:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/FBI-No-clear-cause-of-death-for-women-daughters-10857064.php
http://www.koat.com/article/americans-in-rural-areas-hit-harder-by-leading-causes-of-death/8596249
http://www.alvareviewcourier.com/story/2017/01/13/regional/fbi-no-clear-cause-of-death-for-women-daughters-found-dead/6749.html
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/briefs/fbi-no-clear-cause-of-death-for-women-daughters-found/article_66bbba66-7489-5b3c-a35e-7dfd8df6827d.html

Note: Hydrogen sulfide disappears quickly in the environment and inside bodies, and they definitely didn't do these autopsies fast enough to catch it...

2017-01-12 - Hydrogen sulfide blowing off landfill onto homes in East Orlando (Florida):
http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/local-news/228811833-story

Quote: "The problem goes back years, when construction trash mixed with trash from homes. It created a build-up of hydrogen sulfide gas, which stinks."

Quote: "Over the last couple of days, many Orange County residents have been crying foul over the odors coming from the county's landfill. Officials say they're aware of the problem and working hard to fix it. People living in the Randal Park neighborhood, in East Orlando, describe the smell like this: 'It smells like rotten eggs,' says John Tice, a Randal Park Resident. 'Diarrhea,' says Michael Carlucci, another Randal Park Resident. They're worried about smells coming from the Orange County Landfill, just a few miles north of the community."

2017-01-12 - Hydrogen sulfide kills worker, injures 2 more, at refinery in coastal Ciudad Madero (Mexico):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4115196/Mexico-state-oil-company-Worker-killed-refinery-accident.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/mexico-pemex-refinery-idUSL1N1F302B
http://sputniknews.com/latam/201701131049545635-pemex-blast-kills-injuries/

Quote: "Petroleos Mexicanos says in a statement that the employee came in contact with a release of toxic hydrogen sulfide while doing maintenance work. Two others were injured and were in stable condition Thursday."

2017-01-12 - Unknown chemical odor emanates from the River Clyde in Rutherglen (Scotland):
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/mystery-surrounds-chemical-odour-rutherglen-9597074
http://rwstory.com/dailyrecord/mystery-surrounds-chemical-odour-rutherglen-river-clyde
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/01/12/Mystery_surrounds_chemical_odour_in_Rutherglen_at_River_Clyd/

2017-01-12 - Volcano Krakatoa rumbling and quaking in Indonesia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20170113-56753-IDN

2017-01-12 - Hospitals overflowing with patients needing medical care in the UK:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=UEV-20170113-56756-GBR

Quote: "Crisis has ensued at UK's NHS with more than 23 hospitals having called a BLACK ALERT on account of overcrowding of patients so much so that the said hospitals can no longer guarantee patient safety and provide their full range of normal services. Hospitals have declared a black alert - the highest level, which means they cannot cope with the number of patients - while others are on 'red alert', which means they are under 'extreme pressure'. Unable to cope with the sheer number of patients, Struggling hospitals have been forced to take highly unusual steps in order to manage a surge in demand for care."

Note: So first there was a spike in dying in the UK, mentioned in the 2016-03-14 update, which resulted in the funeral industry posting some hefty profits. And now the hospital system in the UK is overloaded with people needing medical care. More people dying, more people sickening, on an island nation...

2017-01-12 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits the Waimea River and the Wai-iti River (New Zealand):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20170113-56739-NZL
 


Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-13 - Man burns to death at home in Amityville on coastal Long Island (New York):
http://abc7ny.com/news/man-dies-after-erupting-into-flames-inside-amityville-house/1685886/
http://trueviralnews.com/one-dead-after-fire-breaks-out-in-long-island-home/
http://pix11.com/2017/01/04/one-dead-after-fire-breaks-out-in-long-island-home/

Quote: "An investigation is underway on Long Island after a person who somehow caught fire was found dead in a fire Wednesday morning. The fire broke out at about 10 a.m. in a house on Jefferson Avenue between Broadway and Campbell Street in Amityville. Family members told Eyewitness News that Hector Arcos was visiting his girlfriend at the home, and the two -- along with another family member -- were sleeping in the house when the fire started. Olga Robertson said her sister told her that Arcos was engulfed in flames. 'He was sitting in his bed in flames,' Robertson said."

2017-01-13 - Underground electrical explosion and fire blacks out part of Waterbury (Connecticut), blackouts ensue:
http://www.wfsb.com/story/34255748/manhole-fire-closes-part-of-street-in-waterbury
http://wtnh.com/2017/01/13/east-main-street-closed-after-underground-explosion-in-waterbury/
http://www.rep-am.com/news/news-local/2017/01/13/explosion-rocks-downtown-waterbury/
http://snewsi.com/id/17147043296/East-Main-Street-closed-after-underground-explosion-in-Waterbury

Quote: "It looked like fireworks, but then you could see fire and flames coming from the ground. As the Fire Department came and tried to shut the streets down, you could see, they wouldn't even go next to it, that's how bad it was, it kept exploding and exploding."

2017-01-13 - Underground electrical explosion hits El Segundo (California), blackouts ensue:
http://www.dailybreeze.com/general-news/20170113/underground-vault-explosion-in-el-segundo-knocks-out-power-closes-sepulveda
http://patch.com/california/culvercity/underground-electrical-vault-explosion-causes-outage-closes-sepulveda

2017-01-13 - Electrical substation damaged by explosion and fire in Blaxland (Australia), blackouts ensue:
http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/4403654/explosion-at-blue-mountains-substation-leaves-5500-without-power-for-second-time-in-a-week/?cs=7
http://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/4399377/residents-asked-to-limit-electricity-usage-after-blaxland-substation-fire/

2017-01-13 - Transformer bursts into flame on Route 190 in Somers (Connecticut):
http://www.journalinquirer.com/towns/somers/transformer-fire-shuts-down-route-in-somers/article_581e4650-d9fe-11e6-b264-5bc83d13a945.html

2017-01-13 - Seven transit buses destroyed by fire at 1:30 AM while parked at bus depot in Detroit (Michigan):
http://www.wxyz.com/news/large-fire-at-ddot-bus-terminal-on-detroits-east-side
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2017/01/13/ddot-fire-bus/96530334/
http://www.rt.com/usa/373534-fire-explosion-detroit-bus-terminal/
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2017/01/13/fire-detroit-bus-terminal/96530718/
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/fire-breaks-out-at-ddot-facility-on-detroits-east-side
http://www.thehour.com/news/article/Large-fire-damages-bus-terminal-in-Detroit-no-10855160.php
http://927thevan.com/news/articles/2017/jan/13/explosions-and-fire-erupt-at-detroit-bus-terminal/
http://cbs6albany.com/news/nation-world/detroit-firefighters-battle-massive-fire-at-bus-terminal
http://patch.com/michigan/detroit/detroit-bus-service-delays-possible-after-huge-terminal-fire
http://www.sott.net/article/339505-Reports-of-explosion-fire-at-DDOT-bus-terminal-sustained-significant-damage-in-Detroit-Michigan
http://www.firehouse.com/video/12294735/huge-fire-breaks-out-at-detroit-bus-garage
http://95kqds.com/news/articles/2017/jan/13/explosions-and-fire-erupt-at-detroit-bus-terminal/
http://wwmt.com/news/state/fire-rips-through-bus-depot-in-detroit
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-michigan-bus-idUSKBN14X11V
http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/228905676-story

Quote: "According to DDOT, the fire started in the engine of a parked bus. The garage inside was filled with 20 buses, and DDOT said they only lost 7 buses because workers began moving them to save them."

Note: These are the 46th, 47th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 51st and 52nd buses to burn in 2017. Twenty transit buses just went up in flames at 1:10 AM while parked at a bus depot in Springdale (Arkansas) too, mentioned in the 2017-01-10 update...



Category: Variety Pack

2017-01-14 - Hydrogen sulfide found in the water at beach area in coastal Playa del Carmen (Mexico):
http://www.riviera-maya-news.com/water-samples-show-playa-beaches-not-contaminated/2017.html

Quote: "According to a release issued by City Council, the Department of Environment carried out a tour of the area taking eight water samples and found the presence of hydrogen sulfide which is being generated by the natural decomposition of organic matter. The smell has been particularly troublesome to beachgoers and business owners in that area as the smell of sewage has been detected as far away as Shangri-La beach, some 300 meters away."

2017-01-14 - Colony of cat-rat chimeras found in home in Lethabong (South Africa):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/strange-creatures-appear-half-rat-9612652
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2599199/bizarre-half-rat-half-cat-creatures-discovered-stuck-behind-familys-kitchen-cupboard/
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/578106/Rats-invasion-cats-family-home

Quote: "Strange creatures that appears to have a cat’s head and rat’s body has apparently been discovered by a terrified family who called their local church leader to kill them. The animals were found in a house in Lethabong, Rustenburg, in South Africa."

Note: Those are genetic chimeras, a combination of two species. As methane and hydrogen sulfide react away the UV protection in the atmosphere and turn the Sun whiter, the Earth is being hit by more UV, which damages DNA/RNA. It appears Mother Nature has a trick - which humans have replicated in labs - where holes in DNA/RNA are filled with genetic information from another species. We do it in labs with retroviruses, so it is my working hypothesis that Mother Nature also uses viruses to blend species in an effort to 'patch up' genetic damage. Not every species will be able to be blended with any other species. Birds and mammals have different genetic structure, and I haven't seen a bird-mammal chimera yet, so that looks unlikely or impossible. But lizard-human, cow-human, wolf-human, pig-human, cat-rat, fish-human, anything like that - all possibilities which could appear anywhere at any time now.

As this extinction event progresses, we're extremely likely to see all kinds of new lifeforms, and sometimes there will be enough to form a breeding colony and establish a new species. Some of these could be extremely dangerous to humanity, like human-lizard chimeras which reproduce via parthenogenesis, needing only one individual for reproduction, and which have hands and near-human (or better) intelligence. If such a species gains a foothold, they could rapidly raise armies and they would not be likely to be friendly to humans. On the plus side, this means that even if humans go extinct (extremely likely), fragments of our DNA may yet live on, embedded in other new species that arise, species which may have a much better chance of surviving this extinction event than we do...

2017-01-14 - Volcano Lopevi erupts on Lopevi Island (Vanuatu):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20170114-56762-VUT

2017-01-14 - Magnitude 6.1+ earthquake strikes in the ocean near the Fiji Islands:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/754116/Earthquake-6-2-magnitude-Fiji-Pacific-Ring-Of-Fire-tsunami-damage
http://www.sott.net/article/339575-6-1-magnitude-earthquake-hits-near-Fiji
http://sputniknews.com/asia/201701141049587057-fiji-earthquake-coast/

2017-01-14 - Large motorcycle collection and garage destroyed by fire at home in Naples (New York):
http://13wham.com/news/top-stories/large-motorcycle-collection-destroyed-by-garage-fire
http://www.mpnnow.com/news/20170114/south-bristol-garage-fire-destroys-motorcycle-collection
http://newyorknews.press/2017/01/14/south-bristol-garage-fire-destroys-motorcycle-collection/
http://www.roccitynews.com/news/south-bristol-garage-fire-destroys-motorcycle-collection/
http://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/local-news/entire-motorcycle-collection-lost-after-garage-fire-in-south-bristol/640576499

Quote: "A private collection of collectable motorcycles was lost after a garage fire Friday night in Naples. The fire took place at a residence on South Gannett Hill Road around 10:30 p.m. Ontario County Sheriff’s deputies said the fire was called in by a passerby."



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-15 - Person found dead in burning car in carpark at leisure center on John Street in Rooty Hill (Australia):
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/the-standard/police-investigate-a-body-found-in-burning-car/news-story/9c54c33a952317233019b2c691539a1d
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/body-found-in-burning-car-at-rooty-hill-leisure-centre-20170116-gtsipv.html
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/police-investigate-a-body-found-in-burning-car/news-story/afdd6011f9fba9a2cacc655330deb19b
http://www.news.com.au/national/crime/police-investigate-a-body-found-in-burning-car/news-story/afdd6011f9fba9a2cacc655330deb19b
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/police-investigate-a-body-found-in-burning-car/news-story/afdd6011f9fba9a2cacc655330deb19b
http://www.theage.com.au/nsw/body-found-in-burning-car-at-rooty-hill-leisure-centre-20170116-gtsipv.html

Quote: "Police have confirmed there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death."

Note: Excellent, no crime, just another person burning to death unsuspiciously in a vehicle...

2017-01-15 - Mysterious explosion, bright light and smoke rattle people at 11 PM across Manchester (Britain):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mystery-white-light-spotted-over-9632503
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/loud-bang-explosion-mystery-salford-12459289
http://www.sott.net/article/339754-What-caused-the-loud-house-shaking-boom-heard-across-Greater-Manchester

Quote: "The cause of a mysterious loud bang heard across Greater Manchester remains unknown. Residents in Trafford , Salford , Urmston , Chorlton and Sale reported hearing the noise at about 11pm on Sunday evening. An image shared shortly afterwards on social media claimed show a large plume of smoke coming from Buile Hill Park, in Salford, which is thought by some to be linked to the sound."

2017-01-15 - Transformer explodes and burns near rail station in coastal South Norwalk (Connecticut):
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Railroad-transformer-explosion-delays-service-10859042.php

2017-01-15 - Landfill fire rages in coastal Dagupan City (Philippine Islands):
http://northboundasia.com/2017/01/16/dagupan-city-dumpsite-blaze-raging-days/

2017-01-15 - Pickup truck and truck repair business destroyed by fire and explosion(s) in Nebraska City (Nebraska):
http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/chief-explosion-fire-leave-nebraska-city-truck-repair-business-a/article_4f95b5f1-cf28-5775-94bb-cefde809a01f.html
http://newschannelnebraska.com/featured-news/viox-says-benefiel-fire-first-pierce-roof-near-south-building/

Quote: "The fire was reported at 10:07 p.m. at Benefiel Truck Repair & Towing a few blocks south of downtown. It apparently originated with a Ford F-450 in an attached building, but exactly why the fire started is not yet known. The Nebraska State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating. The building and its attachments are a total loss, the chief said."

Quote: "Nobody was hurt, but the fire caused an estimated $1.7 million in damage..."

Note: So that's a $1.7 million pickup truck fire...

2017-01-15 - Car bursts into flame while parked in garage at home, fire spreads, home destroyed, in Topeka (Kansas):
http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/firefighters-rescue-two-dogs-sw-topeka-house-fire/
http://ksnt.com/2017/01/15/garage-fire-shuts-down-topeka-intersection/

Quote: "The Topeka Fire Department was responded around 9 p.m. to a report of a car fire inside an attached garage in the 3600 block of SW 15th Street, according to a news release. When fire crews arrived, the two-story wood framed house was engulfed in flames."

2017-01-15 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home on West Street in coastal Weymouth (Massachusetts):
http://959watd.com/blog/2017/01/weymouth-car-fire-sunday-night/
 


Category: Variety Pack

2017-01-16 - Three men gassed to death by hydrogen sulfide in manhole, firefighter injured, in coastal Key Largo (Florida):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20170117-56793-USA
http://www.local10.com/news/3-dead-after-keys-workers-overcome-by-fumes
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/01/16/crews-work-to-free-workers-in-key-largo/
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/01/17/firefighter-who-tried-to-save-key-largo-workers-remains-critical/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/17/firefighter-hospitalized-after-underground-rescue-attempt.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article126799319.html
http://www.bradenton.com/news/state/florida/article126976469.html

Quote: "A law enforcement source told CBS4’s Peter D’Oench this was a chain reaction. One worker went into the manhole and collapsed because of gasses. A second worker went into rescue him and collapsed as well. The same thing happened to a third worker who tried to help him. Ramsay said the men were overwhelmed by a combination of methane and hydrogen sulfide gas coming out of the 15-foot deep hole."

Quote: "A woman who lives near the manhole told Local 10 News that the area has smelled of rotten eggs for the past couple of months."

2017-01-16 - Multiple underground electrical explosions and fires at midnight hit Brockton (Massachusetts):
http://www.wickedlocal.com/news/20170116/it-was-like-bomb-had-exploded-in-downtown-brockton
http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/20170116/it-was-like-bomb-had-exploded-in-downtown-brockton
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/01/16/brockton-manhole-explosions-fire-main-street-national-grid/
http://www.fox25boston.com/news/manhole-explosions-block-off-parts-of-downtown-brockton/484782168
http://www.fireengineering.com/ap-news/2017/01/17/officials-probing-after-several-manholes-explode-in-brockton.html
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/01/16/national-grid-brockton-fire-officials-investigating-manhole-explosions/iCi3B2PtwAWbNRUUBbRzQK/story.html
http://snewsi.com/id/17147157267/National-Grid-Brockton-fire-officials-investigating-manhole-explosions
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/BostonGlobe/820946265236180992

Quote: "Fire officials said a total of six manholes erupted. Responding crews quickly realized they needed back up. 'Fire blowing out of the manhole and a couple manholes dislodged. One got blown a telephone pole away and they called for extra help,' Deputy Fire Chief Brian Nardelli told reporters."

2017-01-16 - Natural gas pipeline explodes and burns near Spearman (Texas):
http://www.newschannel10.com/story/34273558/developing-natural-gas-pipeline-explosion-outside-of-spearman

2017-01-16 - Whitson Bridge destroyed by fire at midnight in Tuscaloosa County (Alabama):
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20170115/whitson-bridge-destroyed-by-midnight-fire
http://www.wbrc.com/story/34264859/deputies-probe-cause-of-fire-that-destroyed-alabama-bridge
http://www.wtvm.com/story/34264578/whitson-bridge-destroyed-by-fire-in-tuscaloosa-co

2017-01-16 - At least 47 Ford Kuga SUVs have burst into flame in South Africa, Ford issues recall:
http://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2017/01/16/one-two-vehicles-catching-fire-not-unusual-almost-50-crazy-says-ombud/
http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/Industry_News/breaking-ford-south-africa-to-recall-thousands-of-kuga-suvs-20170116
http://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2017/01/16/one-two-vehicles-catching-fire-not-unusual-almost-50-crazy-says-ombud/
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-ford-idUSKBN1501OO
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38641489

Quote: "Regardless of the outcome of the investigation into the cause of the Ford Kuga fire in which Reshall Jimmy was killed in December 2015‚ Van Vreden said‚ the other 46 Kuga fires all appear to have started in the engine compartment‚ requiring Ford to take immediate 'appropriate action' within the recall policies of Ford and the Consumer Protection Act."

2017-01-16 - Municipal water smells like sulfur and tastes like sewage in Southgate (Michigan):
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/foul-odor-sparks-worries-about-downriver-water
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/01/13/whats-that-smell-downriver-residents-complain-about-tap-water/

Quote: "Foul odor sparks worries about Downriver water. Residents say water smells like sulfer, tastes like sewage."

Quote: "Residents living Downriver in Metro Detroit are complaining about the water quality, saying their tap water smells like sulfur and tastes like sewage. After testing the water, the Great Lakes Water Authority and individual municipalities said the water is safe to drink, despite the smell. But residents are still leery. Kristina Bacon, of Trenton, is hesitant to drink her own tap water after her cats and dogs got sick last week. '(My) big dog started vomiting and so did (my) little dog, so we said, "No. no. We're switching to bottled (water),"' Bacon said."



Category: Variety Pack

2017-01-17 - Hydrogen sulfide leaking from sewers in coastal Warwick (Rhode Island), smoke test to be performed:
http://warwickpost.com/warwick-sewer-authority-smoke-test-thursday-morning-seeks-odors-source/

Quote: "The mystery cause of odors from sewer lines along Cedar Swamp Road, a long-time source of area residents’ complaints, may soon be uncovered as the Warwick Sewer Authority (WSA) conducts a 'smoke test' of the system there. Janine Burke-Wells, WSA’s Executive Director, said her office has received complaints about odors in the area for the last nine years. In fall of 2011, a sewer line on Cedar Swamp Road, corroded by hydrogen sulfide, collapsed. The corrosive gas, which smells like rotten eggs, also generated complaints from neighbors. Following the collapse, the WSA installed odor control chemicals at three pump stations, removed an obstruction that was causing hydrogen sulfide buildup, adjusted pumping frequencies to prevent stagnant wastes, flushed the lines there, added carbon filters and sent staff to investigate complaints. Those efforts were focused on controlling the odors. Now, 'We would like to prevent the odors, if possible,' she said."

Note: I wonder how many people in this area have dropped dead from heart attacks, strokes and brain aneurysms in the last few years...

2017-01-17 - More than 30 hot springs in Japan found to have dangerous levels of hydrogen sulfide:
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201701170044.html
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/17/national/hydrogen-sulfide-levels-top-limit-33-hot-springs-baths-across-japan/
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/Thoton/820867756694204416

Quote: "The onsen study was conducted after a news report last autumn about a man who was found unconscious at a hot spring in Ashoro, a town in Hokkaido, in October 2014. The man showed signs of hydrogen sulfide poisoning. The case prompted the ministry to call on local governments to measure gas levels at onsen in their jurisdictions."

2017-01-17 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes and rattles people in Mount Holly (North Carolina):
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/neighbors-police-puzzled-by-mysterious-sonic-boom-in-mt-holly/485491318

Quote: "Mount Holly neighbors want to know what was behind a sound that was so loud, it shook houses and left windows rattling throughout town Tuesday night."

Quote: "Another woman who called dispatchers to report the noise said, 'We just had an explosion...It sounded like we were in downtown Fallujah.'"

2017-01-17 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire at 1:30 AM, 25+ cars burn, in Rossville (Georgia):
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/34275318/early-morning-fire-damages-catoosa-county-business
http://newschannel9.com/news/local/fire-burns-dozens-of-cars-at-auto-salvage-shop-in-rossville

Quote: "Investigators are working to determine what sparked a fire that burned more than 25 cars at a Catoosa County business at LaFayette Road and Cloud Springs Road. Captain Tom Lowrance with Fort Oglethorpe Fire & Rescue said the fire started at Randy Bohannon Used Auto & Truck Parts around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday."

2017-01-17 - Tire factory destroyed by massive inferno in coastal Zhongli District (Taiwan):
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3076461

2017-01-17 - Multiple underground electrical explosions blow manhole covers off in coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/manhole-explosions-reported-upper-east-side-fdny

Quote: "Loud booms heard Tuesday night on the Upper East Side were caused by exploding manhole covers, an FDNY spokesman told Patch. Several manholes in the vicinity of East 74th Street and First Avenue were smoking Tuesday night and fire officials believe a few exploded, the FDNY spokesman said."

2017-01-17 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in coastal Beverly (Massachusetts), City Hall evacuated:
http://patch.com/massachusetts/beverly/city-hall-evacuated-potential-manhole-fire
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/01/beverly_city_hall_evacuated_after_fire_releases_toxic_gas

Quote: "Beverly City Hall had to be evacuated along with several other buildings after officials say an underground electrical fire released dangerous amounts of carbon monoxide."

2017-01-17 - Transformer explodes and burns at Beach Channel Drive and Beach 92nd Street in coastal Queens (New York):
http://abc7ny.com/news/transformer-explosion-causes-power-line-to-fall-down-in-queens/1707670/

2017-01-17 - Costs of Alberta's Fort McMurray wildfire in Canada almost $10 billion:
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/financial-impact-of-fort-mcmurray-wildfire-reaches-almost-10-billion
http://www.sott.net/article/339959-Costs-of-Fort-McMurray-wildfire-almost-10-billion

2017-01-17 - Two monster trucks, personal vehicles and shop destroyed by fire at home in Medicine Hat (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/3190933/fire-destroys-two-southern-alberta-monster-trucks/
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/fire-destroys-two-southern-alberta-monster-trucks-1791362884
http://www.inews880.com/syn/98/176936/176936
http://www.630ched.com/syn/98/176936/176936
http://www.cjob.com/syn/98/176936/176936

Quote: "Kathy Wills and her husband Ged Barcroft of the Sheer Insanity Monster Truck from Medicine Hat were woken up Tuesday by their dog barking alerting them to the blaze. They lost the shop, tools, personal vehicles and two monster trucks. 'The shop was engulfed in flames,' Kathy Wills said. 'All our blood, sweat and tears for years and years that have gone into it and it’s just all gone.'"

Quote: "The building and most of its contents should be covered but Wills said insurance does not cover the two monster trucks. 'You can’t insure monster trucks,' Wills said."

Note: A monster-ous fire!



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-18 - Two people found dead in burning SUV at 7:23 AM near canal in coastal Naples (Florida):
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/34301596/investigation-continues-into-fatal-collier-county-car-fire
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/34286149/death-investigation-underway-in-naples
http://www.fox10tv.com/story/34295035/authorities-say-2-bodies-found-in-burned-out-vehicle
http://www.winknews.com/2017/01/18/death-investigation-underway-following-car-fire-in-naples/
http://charlottecountycares.com/death-investigation-underway-at-scene-of-naples-vehicle-fire/
http://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2017/01/18/ccso-conducting-death-investigation-following-estates-car-fire/96711138/
http://www.winknews.com/2017/01/19/answers-elusive-after-deadly-discovery-in-collier-car-fire/
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/winknews/821721982148497408
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/NBC2/821791922394013697
http://www.wow.com/video/5880400a1c689973d4f3515c

Quote: "It's parked at the end of the street. It looks like it's parked at the end of the street and just burst into flames."

Quote: "The burned car was towed from the area near a canal at the end of the street shortly before 4 p.m."

2017-01-18 - Woman, 63, musician, found dead in burned-out car near her home in coastal Saquarema (Brazil):
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38681413
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/la-lambada-singer-found-dead-9655948
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/showbiz/article/lambada-singer-found-dead-in-brazil

Quote: "Loalwa Braz, the Brazilian singer best known for the 1980s hit Lambada, has been found dead in a burnt-out car in Brazil. Local police confirmed it was Braz, but the circumstances of her death are unknown. The singer, who was 63, was discovered close to her home in Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro state."

2017-01-18 - Oil tank battery explodes and burns, SUV and occupant incinerated, near Waukomis (Oklahoma), 1 killed:
http://www.newson6.com/story/34293949/garfield-co-sheriffs-office-investigating-fatal-explosion-near-waukomis
http://www.news9.com/story/34293949/garfield-co-sheriffs-office-investigating-fatal-explosion-near-waukomis
http://www.enidnews.com/news/massive-explosion-at-oil-tank-battery-west-of-waukomis-kills/article_b630249e-dde0-11e6-99a4-1704f086bebf.html
http://www.enidnews.com/news/breaking-explosion-reported-at-tank-battery-site-west-of-waukomis/article_b630249e-dde0-11e6-99a4-1704f086bebf.html

Quote: "The unidentifiable victim was found inside a charred SUV and everything had been burned."

2017-01-18 - Underground electrical explosion and fire hits Indianapolis (Indiana):
http://fox59.com/2017/01/18/ifd-ipl-respond-after-explosion-involving-manhole-cover-reported-downtown/
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/locking-covers-prevent-injuries-during-manhole-explosion-in-downtown-indy

2017-01-18 - Car bursts into flame while parked at Walmart, fire spreads to van, in Lake Geneva (Wisconsin), blind dog rescued:
http://www.cbs58.com/story/34302220/blind-dog-rescued-from-car-fire-in-walmart-parking-lot
http://journaltimes.com/news/local/dog-rescued-from-vehicle-fire-in-lake-geneva/article_a1551543-febd-5072-9285-6f546fcf3088.html
http://www.wxow.com/story/34294261/2017/01/19/trapped-dog-rescued-from-van-that-caught-fire-in-lake-geneva
http://www.cbs58.com/story/34294002/dog-pulled-from-burning-van-at-lake-geneva-walmart
http://www.waow.com/story/34296825/trapped-dog-rescued-from-van-that-caught-fire-in-lake-geneva
http://www.wisn.com/article/blind-dog-pulled-from-fire-revived/8617731
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/WKOW/822047000787058688

Note: This dog was lucky someone saw this fire and was able to save it. Children have burned to death in cars in recent times because parents ran inside a home or store or whatever for 'just a minute'. Well, that's all it takes to kill someone trapped in a burning car, and now that cars are randomly-igniting firebombs that can go off at any time, it's extremely risky to leave any living being inside a car, even for a minute. It's also risky to park cars near your residence, since they're going up in flames regularly while parked too, and even if you survive that, you could easily lose your home and everything in it, as many people have...

2017-01-18 - Car bursts into flame while parked in garage, fire spreads, home destroyed, in Park Hills (Missouri):
http://dailyjournalonline.com/news/local/firefighters-battling-blaze/article_992b3a01-17f0-5ab5-ad05-449532a23739.html

Quote: "The initial call was of a car fire, and then amended to a car on fire in a garage. By the time the first firefighters arrived the building was ablaze."



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-19 - Man, 69, drops dead at same time as his pickup bursts into flame in Lexington (North Carolina):
http://www.the-dispatch.com/news/20170119/man-dies-after-vehicle-fire

Quote: "A Southmont man died Thursday morning after a vehicle fire on Greenwood Street. According to a report from the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office, Roy Broadway, 69, appears to have died from an existing medical condition and not from injuries caused in the fire."

2017-01-19 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes in Mount Holly (North Carolina):
http://abcnews.go.com/US/mysterious-loud-boom-reportedly-rattles-homes-north-carolina/story?id=44884926
http://www.sott.net/article/340168-Mysterious-loud-boom-shakes-homes-in-North-Carolina

2017-01-19 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes and alarms people in Canterbury (Britain):
http://www.kentlive.news/noise/story-30067671-detail/story.html
http://www.sott.net/article/340225-Loud-mysterious-bang-that-sounded-like-a-bomb-puzzles-Canterbury-UK-residents

2017-01-19 - Underground electrical fire breaks out at Department of Public Safety building in Austin (Texas):
http://keyetv.com/news/local/underground-transformer-catches-fire-at-north-austin-dps-building
http://kxan.com/2017/01/19/crews-investigate-underground-transformer-fire-at-dps-headquarters/

Quote: "An underground transformer caught fire Thursday night at a Department of Public Safety building in North Austin."

2017-01-19 - Underground electrical fire breaks out at Wincanton Racecourse in Wincanton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=39415&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2017-01-19 - High-rise destroyed by massive blaze, building collapses, in Tehran (Iran), 30+ firefighters killed, dozens injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20170119-56826-IRN
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38675629
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/19/middleeast/iran-tehran-building-fire-collapse/
http://wdtn.com/2017/01/19/30-firefighters-killed-in-iranian-building-collapse/
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/iran-building-collapse-kills-at-least-30-firefighters/
http://wpri.com/2017/01/19/collapse-of-burning-tehran-high-rise-kills-30-firefighters/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-iran-high-rise-fire-20170119-story.html
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/iranian-tv-highrise-tower-on-fire-in-tehran-collapses/485763959
http://www.mynbc5.com/article/collapse-of-tehran-high-rise-on-fire-kills-30-firefighters/8614376
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/19/tehran-fire-firefighters-killed-tower-collapses-iran
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/high-rise-collapses-iran-30-firefighters-killed
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/scores-iran-firefighters-battle-blaze-tehran-building-44877669
http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20170119/iran-30-firefighters-killed-in-collapse-of-tehran-high-rise
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-19/urgent-iranian-tv-high-rise-tower-on-fire-in-tehran-collapses
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/19/30-firefighters-killed-in-high-rise-collapse-irans-state-tv-reports.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/dozens-injured-high-rise-tower-iranian-capital-collapses-article-1.2950087

Quote: "A high-rise building in Tehran engulfed by a fire collapsed on Thursday, killing at least 30 firefighters and injuring some 75 people, state media reported. The disaster struck the Plasco building, an iconic structure in central Tehran just north of the capital's sprawling bazaar. Firefighters, soldiers and other emergency responders dug through the rubble, looking for survivors."

2017-01-19 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire at 4 AM, new heavy tow truck and other vehicles destroyed, in Riceville (Tennessee):
http://newschannel9.com/news/local/crews-fight-salvage-yard-fire-in-mcminn-county-thursday-morning
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/34295262/morning-fire-damages-mcminn-co-business

Quote: "The charred skeleton of one wrecker stands out. Benton says it was his newest one, waiting on inspection to hit the road."

Quote: "This is the second salvage yard fire in the NewsChannel 9 viewing area in three days. On Tuesday, dozens of cars went up in flames at Randy Bohanon Auto & Truck Parts on West Cloud Springs Road in Catoosa County."

2017-01-19 - Three garbage trucks destroyed by fire while parked inside Public Works building in coastal Pensacola (Florida):
http://weartv.com/news/local/fire-officials-investigating-facility-fire
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2017/01/19/fire-reported-public-works-building-escambia/96811698/
http://weartv.com/news/local/crews-respond-to-explosion-in-pensacola

Quote: "The fire happened around 7:50 p.m. Thursday night near Leonard and Palafox streets. Three public works recycling trucks were destroyed in the fire."



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-20 - Woman, 30, burns to death in burning car on Greene Street in coastal Beaufort (South Carolina):
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article128114859.html
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article127750899.html
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article127789624.html
http://fox28media.com/news/local/fire-chief-one-dead-in-beaufort-car-fire-friday
http://www.live5news.com/story/34309269/investigation-underway-after-body-found-in-burning-vehicle-in-beaufort
http://www.newschannel10.com/story/34309269/investigation-underway-after-body-found-in-burning-vehicle-in-beaufort
http://www.wfxg.com/story/34309269/investigation-underway-after-body-found-in-burning-vehicle-in-beaufort
http://www.wtoc.com/story/34309269/investigation-underway-after-body-found-in-burning-vehicle-in-beaufort
http://www.wjcl.com/article/body-discovered-in-burning-car-in-beaufort/8622519
http://beauforttoday.com/news/2017-01-20/update-body-found-burning-car

2017-01-20 - Natural gas pocket explodes in the ground near Tharptown (Alabama), 3 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20170121-56837-USA
http://whnt.com/2017/01/20/emergency-crews-called-to-incident-in-tharptown-injuries-reported/
http://www.wtvm.com/story/34308980/overnight-fire-3-workers-injured-in-natural-gas-explosion-in-franklin-county

Quote: "Emergency responders are on the scene of an explosion in Franklin County. The scene is at Seminole Creek Farm of Franklin County Road 724 near Tharptown. Witnesses say workers were digging a well when they hit a natural gas pocket. Seminole Creek Farm owner Scott Seal said three workers with Gentry Drilling Inc. were airlifted to UAB Hospital with burn injuries. A crew from Northwest Alabama Gas is on the scene. General manager Heath Reed said they've never had a situation like this and don't know if they can help."

Quote: "A crew of four men with Gentry Drilling Company from Lawrence County, Tenn. hit a pocket of natural gas while drilling for water near County Road 724, just off of Highway 24. At first the men didn't know they struck the pocket. It wasn't until one tried to weld a cracked control rod and the spark created a fireball."

2017-01-20 - Underground electrical explosion blacks out nearly 10,000 homes in coastal Marina, Swansea (Britain):
http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/10-000-homes-lose-power-in-swansea-10-30pm-until-the-lights-go-on/story-30074933-detail/story.html

Quote: "Almost 10,000 homes were plunged into darkness as power left parts of Swansea. Residents around the Marina heard a loud explosion and emergency services were rushed to the scene. The incident at Monmouth House in Cambrian Place is not being treated as suspicious and teams are working to solve the problem. Fire station manager Steve Richards said at the scene: 'It's an underground cable fault. We responded to several calls of a large explosion in the vicinity of Monmouth House.'"

2017-01-20 - Underground electrical explosion blacks out homes in Ramsbottom (Britain):
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/10000-homes-were-left-no-12486530
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/15036864.Hundreds_of_homes_left_without_power_after__explosion__heard_by_residents/
http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/10-000-homes-lose-power-in-swansea-10-30pm-until-the-lights-go-on/story-30074933-detail/story.html

Quote: "One witness wrote on Facebook: 'Been a explosion on rail track in Ramsbottom underground.'"

2017-01-20 - Auto salvage yard erupts in flame, pile of cars burns, fire gets huge, on Mitchell Island in coastal Richmond (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/3195295/huge-fire-burning-in-richmond/
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/massive-richmond-scrapyard-fire-started-in-pile-of-cars-1.3250114
http://www.richmond-news.com/news/fire-engulfs-richmond-scrap-yard-on-mitchell-island-1.8161855
http://ban.jo/News/US-Canada/20170120/Large-Fire-Seen-On-Mitchell-Island-In-Vancouver-Canada-Area-Richmond/
http://www.news1130.com/2017/01/20/large-fire-reported-mitchell-island-richmond/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mitchell-island-fire-1.3945392
http://www.cknw.com/2017/01/20/264819/

Quote: "Smoke could be seen around the entire region coming from a fire in the Mitchell Island area this afternoon. A pile of cars went up in flames at an auto wrecking yard. A thick plume of black smoke could be seen coming from Mitchell Island just before noon and it could be seen right down the Fraser River all the way at the Pattullo Bridge."

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

2017-01-20 - Scrap metal facility hit by huge fire near landfill in coastal St Andrew on the island of Jamaica:
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20170119/fire-near-riverton-city-landfill-leaves-several-homeless
http://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20170119/riverton-city-fire-leaves-many-homeless

Quote: "Fire at a scrap metal facility close to the Riverton City landfill in St Andrew last night left several persons homeless."



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-21 - Car bursts into flame on North Cannon Street in Spokane (Washington), cop saves woman trapped inside:
http://www.khq.com/story/34318222/woman-pulled-from-burning-car-calls-officer-her-angel
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4146816/heroic-cop-smash-car-window-pull-woman-car-fire.html
http://www.krem.com/news/local/spokane-county/spokane-police-officer-saves-woman-from-burning-car/389771778
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/21/spd-officer-rescues-woman-from-burning-car/
http://www.khq.com/story/34315301/spokane-officer-pulls-woman-from-burning-car
http://www.wcnc.com/news/spokane-police-officer-saves-woman-from-burning-car/390048312
http://www.wltx.com/news/spokane-police-officer-saves-woman-from-burning-car/389947065
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/officer-discusses-saving-woman-from-burning-car/390348820

Quote: "A Spokane Police officer is being credited with saving a woman’s life after pulling her from her burning car Friday night. Officials said the woman called 911 around 10:00 p.m. saying she was trapped in her burning car on North Cannon Street near North Ridgeview Place. She said she was trying to kick out the windows but she couldn’t. Even though this was a fire call, it was also broadcast on police channels and multiple officers from the county and city arrived on scene."

Note: She would've ended up another charred corpse in a burning car if not for the cop who saved her. The fire had knocked out the controls for her locks and windows, so she was trapped. That's happened to many people, and many of them have died, sometimes screaming in agony as they burned to death. It's wise now to carry something with you in your vehicle with which to cut seatbelts and break windows, lest you end up a charred corpse in a burning vehicle yourself...

2017-01-21 - Tent explodes and burns just before midnight in coastal Squamish, BC (Canada), man killed:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/man-found-dead-following-explosion-in-tent-near-squamish-b-c-1.3947495
http://globalnews.ca/news/3198102/man-found-dead-after-tent-explosion-in-squamish/
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/man-found-dead-following-explosion-in-tent-near-squamish-b-c-rcmp-1.3252164
http://www.fxncc.com/man-found-dead-following-explosion-in-tent-near-squamish/109352/

Note: What happens if a cloud of methane or hydrogen sulfide blows over you while you have a stove or heater going? There'll be a fire, a flash fire and/or an explosion. That's most likely to happen near coasts, like where this tent exploded, and during the wee hours, like when this tent exploded...

2017-01-21 - Passenger train bursts into flame in coastal Mumbai (India):
http://localpress.co.in/2017/01/fire-breaks-titwala-bound-local-dadar-station/
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-smoke-fire-in-train-scares-commuters-in-dadar-2294769
http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/fire-falling-metal-sheet-disrupt-cr-services-twice-in-a-day/story-gzHyWK2ARbj3vIymMcHdxI.html
http://bombayinformer.com/88682/mumbai-smoke-fire-in-train-scares-commuters-in-dadar/

2017-01-21 - Bleacher motor bursts into flame at school on coastal James Island (South Carolina):
http://abcnews4.com/sports/prep-sports/james-island-charter-high-basketball-fans-forced-to-upper-deck-after-fire

Note: A home just went up in flames on Folly Road on James Island the day before too, mentioned in the 2017-01-20 update...

2017-01-21 - Metal and electronics recycling center hit by fire, storage shed full of stuff destroyed, in Plainfield (Illinois):
http://patch.com/illinois/plainfield/kuusakoski-storage-building-destroyed-fire-official

2017-01-21 - Storage facility heavily damaged by fire in coastal Charleston (New York), 14 firefighters injured:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Firefighters-Hurt-Staten-Island-Smoke-Veterans-Road-411421395.html
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/4_firefighters_suffer_minor_in.html
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/cause_of_charleston_storage_un.html

Quote: "Some of the units had household goods, construction materials, and even a car, the chief said."

Note: That's the problem with these storage places nowadays - since vehicles are now randomly-igniting firebombs that can go off at any time, parked or driven, and since you can't control whether OTHER people park vehicles in THEIR storage units, and since all it takes is ONE vehicle bursting into flame to wipe out an entire storage facility, these places are extremely risky places to store anything you care about...

2017-01-21 - Fifty homes destroyed by fire after 3 AM on the coast in Zamboanga City (Philippine Islands):
http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/21/17/fire-destroys-50-houses-in-zamboanga-city

Quote: "At least 50 houses were gutted when fire broke out along the coastal community of Sama-Badjao in the village of Labuan, Zamboanga City past 3 a.m. Saturday. Oning Maravilla, the village chairman, said the fire started from a house made of light materials in Purok 3 and quickly spread to adjacent houses. It only took about an hour for all 50 houses to be razed to the ground."



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-22 - Man, 61, burns to death in burning car near Streator (Illinois):
http://www.1430wcmy.com/wcmy-news/2017/01/23/vehicle-fire-claims-a-life
http://www.wsplradio.com/2017/01/24/vehicle-fire-death-under-investigation-in-la-salle-county-panhandle/
http://www.wspynews.com/news/local/vehicle-fire-results-in-death-near-streator/article_2771c932-e23c-11e6-87f1-63f3e8cc8bf7.html
http://www.lcbcradio.com/wlpo/coroner-s-office-among-several-agencies-called-to-vehicle-fire/article_d7dbc958-e1ab-11e6-b33c-338d7eade422.html
http://www.wspynews.com/news/local/ancona-man-identified-as-deceased-in-vehicle-fire-near-streator/article_2771c932-e23c-11e6-87f1-63f3e8cc8bf7.html
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/coroner-releases-name-of-deceased-in-connection-with-vehicle-fire/article_82dddae7-674f-5db8-b4c6-1da4a245d472.html

Quote: "A vehicle fire ten miles southwest of Streator claimed a life Saturday. The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Department says it happened along E. 10th Rd. about a half mile south of N. 5th Rd. in the county panhandle."

2017-01-22 - Catastrophic wildfires rage south of Santiago (Chile), state of emergency declared, aid requested:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/chile-declares-state-catastrophe-due-worst-forest-fires-decade-1602407
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/23/chile-seeks-aid-amid-worst-wildfires-history/
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/chiles-worst-wildfires-destroy-path-44993577
http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Chile-s-worst-wildfires-destroy-everything-in-10877827.php
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/23/chile-worst-wildfires-destroy-everything-in-their-path.html
http://wildfiretoday.com/2017/01/23/update-on-wildfires-in-chile/
http://www.sunherald.com/news/nation-world/article128265859.html
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170123/AP/301239730

Quote: "Residents of the community of Pumanque south of the Chilean capital have lost most of their belongings and their livelihood to some of the worst wildfires in their country's history. The flames have destroyed more than 100,000 hectares of forest and forced the government to seek international aid."

Quote: "Chile is suffering one of its worst fire waves in history. The fires have outpaced local ability to put them out, forcing Chile to request international aid."

Note: About 15 miles from the coast. Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2017-01-22 - Petroleum plant heavily damaged by major fire in coastal Arida (Japan):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20170122-56864-JPN
http://www.rt.com/news/374684-japan-fire-evacuate-petrolium/
http://news24h.my-homeip.com/news/evacuation-orders-for-over-2900-as-huge-fire-breaks-out-at-japanese-petroleum-plant-video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PtJReWhOow

2017-01-22 - Paper business damaged by explosion in Cantonment (Florida), near the coast:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20170123-56872-USA
http://wkrg.com/2017/01/22/breaking-loud-boom-reported-crew-on-the-way/
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/cantonment/2017/01/22/possible-explosion-cantonment-paper-mill/96934848/

Quote: "A heavy chemical and smoke smell hung in the air. There were reports of power outages in the area, and falling ash has been reported."

2017-01-22 - Substation hit by transformer fire in Coachella (California), blackouts ensue:
http://www.kesq.com/news/more-than-6000-customers-without-power-in-coachella-details-on-kesqcom/286381901

2017-01-22 - Luxury vehicles and barn destroyed by fire in Calbourne on the Isle of Wight (Britain):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-38710741
http://www.islandecho.co.uk/news/fire-breaks-calbourne

Quote: "A barn believed to be containing luxury vehicles has been damaged by a fire in the Isle of Wight. Up to 50 firefighters tackled the blaze at New Barn Farm off Middle Road in Calbourne at about 08:15 GMT. A number of small explosions could be heard going off during the fire at the car storage unit, a witness said."

2017-01-22 - Subway train bursts into flame at 6:30 AM in Seoul (South Korea):
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2017/01/22/0200000000AEN20170122002100315.html
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170122000082
http://www.northkoreatimes.com/index.php/sid/251120317

Quote: "A Seoul subway train caught fire earlier Sunday, leading to an evacuation of about 100 passengers. No casualties were reported. According to the fire authority, a train passing through Seoul's southern district of Jamsil caught fire around 6:30 a.m., which was extinguished in 30 minutes. The operation of the subway line was fully normalized at 7:50 a.m."






Category: Variety Pack

2017-01-23 - Couple, 32 and 35, and two cats drop dead in apartment in coastal Berkeley (California):
http://www.ktvu.com/news/231486093-story
http://www.modbee.com/news/state/article128486909.html
http://www.berkeleyside.com/2017/01/24/berkeley-couple-identified-died-home-monday/
http://www.cbs8.com/story/34336434/officials-identify-couple-found-dead-in-berkeley-apartment
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/01/24/berkeley-road-reopens-after-investigation-into-two-deaths/
http://www.kusi.com/story/34336434/officials-identify-2-people-dead-inside-berkeley-apartment
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Police-Identify-Couple-Found-Dead-Inside-Berkeley-Home-411688815.html
http://www.ksby.com/story/34336434/officials-identify-2-people-dead-inside-berkeley-apartment
http://www.montereyherald.com/20170124/officials-identify-couple-found-dead-in-berkeley-apartment
http://www.ktvn.com/story/34336434/officials-identify-2-people-dead-inside-berkeley-apartment
http://am1170theanswer.com/news/regional/officials-identify-couple-found-dead-in-berkeley-apartment
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Two-people-found-dead-Berkeley-apartment-10878385.php
http://www.abc10.com/news/crime/2-people-2-cats-found-dead-inside-berkeley-apartment/391657413
http://patch.com/california/berkeley/2-people-found-dead-berkeley

Quote: "'The persons were not in a central location in the unit,' Officer Byron White said. 'Their cause of death is not immediately apparent.' Officials ruled out carbon monoxide or radiation poisoning after tests came back negative for those elements."

Quote: "Police say what was unusual is they saw no signs of trauma, no forced entry, no pill bottles, or anything that would indicate a cause of death."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. From the full hypothesis: "Humans will sicken and die, especially in, near, or downwind of low-lying areas such as bodies of water. People found dead will often show no sign of injury, and this will include young and healthy people."

I don't know if they checked for hydrogen sulfide. They probably didn't though, because in normal times there'd be no reason to do so. But there are several scenarios that could have resulted in these deaths via hydrogen sulfide. First, their water may have been contaminated - hydrogen sulfide is water-soluble. Maybe they cooked dinner with contaminated water and put some water down for the cats at the same time. But wouldn't other people in the building have gotten hit too? Not necessarily - it might come in via the same water source, but with just one short-lived burst of contaminated water, and they were the 'lucky ones' who got it. Secondly, they could've gotten gassed via hydrogen sulfide infiltrating their apartment through an HVAC system or window. It would then have killed them, settled to the ground and gotten reacted away fairly quickly by ground-level ozone, leaving no trace in the air. Thirdly, they could have gotten some on their clothes while outdoors, come home, hugged their cats, and then they all died shortly later, possibly via hydrogen sulfide's delayed-reaction killing ability. In none of these three scenarios would there have been anything in the air when people showed up. Of these three scenarios, the most likely is probably contaminated water. And since they'd been dead a while, and since hydrogen sulfide disappears inside the human body quickly, within hours, they won't find that in any autopsies either. It's insidious and sneaky in that respect, and 'the authorities' are working hard to hide what's happening too even if it weren't so insidious and sneaky. Rotten egg odors and hydrogen sulfide have hit numerous towns up and down the California coast in recent months, and Berkeley is right on the coast. Watch for more couples dropping dead in their homes, especially in coastal communities...

2017-01-23 - Man and woman, 44 and 21, drop dead at home in coastal Old Orchard Beach (Maine):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4178692/Ex-town-councilor-dead-transgender-woman-21.html
http://www.wmtw.com/article/2-found-dead-in-old-orchard-beach-home/8635226
http://thenet24h.com/2353502/2-found-dead-old-orchard-beach-home.html
http://q1065.fm/former-oob-councilor-and-woman-found-dead/

Quote: "Two people were found dead Monday night in an Old Orchard Beach home, according to police. Police said the bodies of a Dana Furtado, 44, and a Amber Morrow, 21, were found by a friend just before 7 p.m. at 83 Cascade Road. Police said the man lived in the home and the woman was an acquaintance. Their deaths are not suspicious, according to police. Their causes of death have not been determined. Police said they died at about the same time."

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

2017-01-23 - Man, 36, slumps over dead in hot tub in Chicago (Illinois):
http://www.cwbchicago.com/2017/01/man-found-dead-at-boystown-bath-house.html
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170124/boystown/man-dies-boystown-bath-house-steamworks
http://chicago.everyblock.com/news-articles/jan24-man-found-dead-in-boystown-bathhouse-tub-7916797/

Note: Had he had contact with water? Oh, he was IN water...

2017-01-23 - Appliance shop destroyed by explosion and fire at 1:30 AM on Lake Road in Elmira Heights (New York), nobody there:
http://www.stargazette.com/story/news/public-safety/2017/01/23/explosion-reported-elmira-heights-business/96959308/
http://www.twcnews.com/nys/binghamton/news/2017/01/23/elmira-business-explosion-collapse-appliance-service-unlimited.html
http://www.weny.com/news/local-news/asu-explosion-elmira-012317

2017-01-23 - Underground electrical explosion and fire hits coastal Bayonne (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2017/01/apparent_manhole_explosion_shuts_down_section_of_b.html
http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/27351709/article-Manhole-cover-explodes-on-Broadway-in-Bayonne

2017-01-23 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, large pile of junk cars burns, in Prairieville (Louisiana):
http://www.wbrz.com/news/crews-battling-large-fire-at-recycling-plant
http://www.ktbs.com/story/34324669/crews-battling-large-fire-at-recycling-plant
http://www.wral.com/-deep-seated-fire-behind-ascension-parish-recycling-center/16464829/
http://www.wdam.com/story/34322209/crews-battle-blaze-at-recycling-center-in-prairieville
http://www.wlox.com/story/34322209/crews-battle-blaze-at-recycling-center-in-prairieville
http://www.wafb.com/story/34322209/crews-battle-blaze-at-recycling-center-in-prairieville
http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/34322209/crews-battle-blaze-at-recycling-center-in-prairieville
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/23/deep-seated-fire-behind-ascension-parish-recycling/

Quote: "Prairieville Fire Chief Mark Stewart says a deep-seated fire is burning in a heap of compacted cars at a recycling center, but the fire has been brought under control."

2017-01-23 - Catastrophic wildfires burn through a million hectares in Argentina:
http://strangesounds.org/2017/01/state-of-disaster-wildfire-argentina-chile-as-worst-fires-in-decades-devastate-the-countries.html

2017-01-23 - Abnormal Antarctic heat, surface melt, giant cracks in ice shelves — more troubling signs of a world tipping toward climate chaos:
http://robertscribbler.com/2017/01/23/abnormal-antarctic-heat-surface-melt-giant-cracks-in-ice-shelves-more-troubling-signs-of-a-world-tipping-toward-climate-chaos/

2017-01-23 - Volcano Bogoslof back to red alert in Alaska, eruptions and increased activity at Reventador (Ecuador), Erta Ale (Ethiopia) and quake swarm at Katla (Iceland):
http://strangesounds.org/2017/01/volcanic-eruptions-bogoslof-reventador-ecuador-erta-ale-ethiopia-katla-video.html
http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/environment/2017/01/24/bogoslof-eruption-sends-ash-cloud-toward-unalaska/

2017-01-23 - Volcano Takawangha shaken by earthquake swarm on coastal Tanaga Island (Alaska):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20170125-56894-USA
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/takawangha/news/61293/Takawangha-volcano-Tanaga-Island-Aleutians-earthquake-swarm-alert-level-raised.html
 





Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-24 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes, large glowing ball seen in the sky, in coastal San Diego (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=UEV-20170126-56907-USA
http://fox5sandiego.com/2017/01/24/mysterious-booms-heard-around-san-diego-county/
http://www.10news.com/news/mystery-boom-rattles-san-diego-neighborhoods
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Mysterious-Boom-in-San-Diego-Causes-Stir-on-Social-Media-411708035.html
http://www.sott.net/article/340603-Mysterious-boom-rattles-San-Diego-residents
http://www.10news.com/news/mystery-boom-rattles-san-diego-neighborhoods

Quote: "Santee residents reported seeing a large glowing ball in the western sky."

Note: Most likely a cloud of methane and/or hydrogen sulfide exploding in the atmosphere. Some of these atmospheric explosions will eventually be around 10 kilotons, around the size of the explosion that destroyed Hiroshima, though without any radiation. Once those start occurring over cities, expect widespread destruction and vast numbers of casualties...

2017-01-24 - Underground electrical explosion blows manhole cover off in coastal Brooklyn (New York):
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/01/24/brooklyn-manhole-explosion/

2017-01-24 - Shopping center heavily damaged by huge fire in Moscow (Russia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20170125-56896-RUS
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/758403/Fire-shopping-centre-Russia-hundreds-evacuated
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/581618/Moscow-fire-Rio-shopping-mall-Vladimir-Putin

Quote: "As well as the shopping centre, which is located in the south-west of Russia's capital, two cars parked near the building are said to have caught fire."

2017-01-24 - Truck dealership heavily damaged by massive fire in Attica in Marion County (Iowa), 2 injured:
http://whotv.com/2017/01/25/fire-damages-marion-county-truck-dealership/
http://kniakrls.com/2017/01/fire-destroys-much-of-lambirth-trucks-and-parts-in-attica/
http://kniakrls.com/2017/01/update-on-fire-at-lambirths-in-attica/
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2017/01/25/one-trapped-multiple-injuries-reported-structure-fire-southern-iowa/97025924/
http://www.journalexpress.net/news/local_news/crews-battling-structure-fire-injuries-reported/article_10f0d54c-e2a8-11e6-ac71-5fac696da0b2.html

2017-01-24 - Car bursts into flame while parked inside storage facility, fire spreads to building, in Montgomery County (Kentucky):
http://www.lex18.com/story/34338659/crews-respond-to-fire-at-storage-unit

Quote: "Fire crews in Montgomery County responded to a fire at the Mitchell Storage Enterprises on Midland Trail. They say the fire happened around 7:30 p.m. Firefighters say that a car inside of a storage unit burst into flames and spread to the entire unit."

Note: That was timely, seeing as I JUST warned about this EXACT problem, in the 2017-01-21 update...

2017-01-24 - Car bursts into flame while parked in carpark at shopping center, fire spreads to 5 more cars, in coastal Mackay (Australia):
http://www.baysidestarnews.com.au/news/breaking-car-fire-at-caneland-car-park/3135602/
http://www.cqnews.com.au/news/breaking-car-fire-at-caneland-car-park/3135602/
http://www.suratbasin.com.au/news/breaking-car-fire-at-caneland-car-park/3135602/
http://www.qt.com.au/news/breaking-car-fire-at-caneland-car-park/3135602/
http://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/breaking-car-fire-at-caneland-car-park/3135602/

Quote: "Six cars have been damaged and one severely damaged after a car caught fire at Caneland today. Witnesses looked on as smoke billowed out from the undercover car park and flames were seen lapping the roof. As you can hear in this video, one witness asked another if the fire started when someone tried to start the car. Another witness replied that nobody was around it. Police has confirmed the fire was not suspicious."

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

2017-01-24 - Car bursts into flame at 3:30 AM while parked in carpark in coastal Whanganui (New Zealand), home burns separately:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/88699839/fire-in-whanganui-damages-home
http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11787612

Quote: "Early on Tuesday morning crews were also called to a car fire in St John Hill in Whanganui. The car caught on fire about 3.30am in the Nazareth Rest Home car park, Summerhays said. The fire was not suspicious and Summerhays said they believed it started due to an electrical fault."

2017-01-24 - Four cars destroyed by fire while parked in garage on Mill Parade in coastal Newport (Britain):
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/fire-crews-battle-garage-blaze-12501812
http://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/wales/fire-crews-battle-garage-blaze-after-reports-vehicles-on-fire/
http://newstral.com/en/article/en/1054111885/fire-crews-battle-garage-blaze-after-reports-vehicles-on-fire
 


Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-25 - Passenger bus goes up in flames and kills 2 children at gas station in Shahdol District, Madhya Pradesh (India):
http://www.nyoooz.com/news/bhopal/717387/people-watch-as-2-kids-burn-to-death-inside-bus
http://www.siasat.com/news/abandoned-bus-catches-fire-two-kids-burnt-alive-1117686/
http://www.newsonline.co.in/en/crime/abandoned-bus-catches-fire-two-kids-burnt-alive/
http://www.ptinews.com/news/8333049_Abandoned-bus-catches-fire--two-kids-burnt-alive.html
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/abandoned-bus-catches-fire-two-kids-burnt-alive/1/866829.html
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/abandoned-bus-catches-fire-two-kids-burnt-alive-117012501372_1.html
http://www.hindustantimes.com/bhopal/2-kids-burned-to-death-in-bus-fire-at-mp-petrol-pump-vehicle-pump-owners-booked/story-8jvfbTC2PQImSq2qxvQ67O.html

Quote: "In a heart-wrenching incident, two little girls were charred to death when a rusted bus they were playing in caught fire mysteriously in Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday evening."

Note: This is the 78th bus to burn in 2017...

2017-01-25 - Underground explosion blows manhole cover off in Geebung (Australia):
http://www.baysidestarnews.com.au/news/geebung-explosion-blows-off-manhole-cover/3135837/

2017-01-25 - Police evidence warehouse explodes and burns in coastal Washington DC:
http://wjla.com/news/local/explosion-fire-reported-at-dc-police-evidence-warehouse-in-southwest-dc
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Firefighters-Respond-to-Explosion-at-DC-Police-Drug-Lab-411795685.html

2017-01-25 - Massive wildfires, worst in Chile's history, rage near the coast in Chile, town destroyed, 10 killed:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38766681
http://nypost.com/2017/01/26/epic-wildfires-decimate-chiles-wine-country/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/26/chile-worst-wildfires-destroy-town-death-toll-at-10.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2017/jan/25/chile-wildfire-worst-ever-in-pictures
http://santiagotimes.cl/2017/01/24/three-firefighters-killed-in-chile-wildfire/
http://santiagotimes.cl/2017/01/24/wildfires-in-chile-destroy-homes-livestock-livelihoods/
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/world/americas/chile-wildfires.html
http://www.dw.com/en/massive-wildfires-cause-greatest-forest-disaster-in-chiles-history/a-37246386
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/01/25/pope_francis_offers_prayers_after_fires_in_chile/1288239
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-wildfire-idUSKBN1592HC

Quote: "One town, Santa Olga, has been completely destroyed by the blaze."

Quote: "The flames engulfed the post office, a kindergarten, and about 1,000 homes in the town, located 220 miles (360 kilometers) south of the Chilean capital. The body of one person was found under the charred remains of the town, which another 6,000 residents fled unharmed."

2017-01-25 - Apartment building under construction destroyed by huge fire in Lynnwood (Washington), near the coast:
http://q13fox.com/2017/01/25/crews-battle-large-fire-at-unfinished-apartments-in-lynnwood/
http://komonews.com/news/local/crews-battling-3-alarm-fire-in-lynnwood
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/injured-crews-battle-fire-apartments-seattle-area-45058717
http://twitter.com/lynnwoodfire/status/824503002320941057/photo/1
http://www.wtae.com/article/fire-rips-through-washington-construction-building/8641541
http://q13fox.com/2017/01/26/3-alarm-fire-displaces-dozens-in-lynnwood/
http://katu.com/news/local/huge-lynnwood-fire-under-investigation-adjacent-apartments-deemed-uninhabitable
http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20170126/6661683/Firefighters-hurt-battling-massive-fire.htm
http://mltnews.com/36-nearby-units-uninhabitable-after-large-fire-in-building-under-construction/

2017-01-25 - Car bursts into flame at 2:32 AM while parked at home, fire spreads, two homes heavily damaged, in Albuquerque (New Mexico):
http://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/two-homes-damaged-in-morning-fire-albuquerque/4380530/

Quote: "Albuquerque Fire Department officials say crews responded to a vehicle fire at 1512 John Street SE near Broadway Boulevard at 2:32 a.m. Wednesday. When crews arrived on scene they discovered the fire had spread to a home, and then spread to an adjoining home, AFD officials say. The roofs of both homes are a total loss due to the fire damage, according to AFD."

2017-01-25 - Car bursts into flame at 1 AM while parked inside car dealership in Racine (Wisconsin), nobody there:
http://journaltimes.com/news/local/firefighters-battle-stubborn-fire-at-dealership-garage/article_d56290ac-2637-594c-9ec9-12e763c29f59.html
http://journaltimes.com/news/local/fire-at-racine-car-dealership/article_d56290ac-2637-594c-9ec9-12e763c29f59.html

Quote: "The fire was reported at about 1 a.m. Wednesday at Auto Hut of Wisconsin, 1620 Racine St., and no one was in the building at the time, according to the Racine Fire Department. Fire Department Lt. Michael Moss said the fire most likely started inside a car that was parked inside of the garage. He added it does not seem like the fire was started intentionally, but the investigation was ongoing as of Wednesday."



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-26 - Two people found dead in burning SUV at 2 AM in coastal Leyte (Philippine Islands):
http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/26/17/2-bodies-found-inside-burned-car-in-leyte

2017-01-26 - Passenger plane smokes, plane makes emergency landing at airport in Nashville (Tennessee):
http://wreg.com/2017/01/26/united-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-nashville/
http://wate.com/2017/01/26/flight-from-dc-makes-emergency-landing-in-nashville/
http://www.wsmv.com/story/34359219/plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-bna
http://www.thedailytimes.com/news/nation_world/flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-nashville-no-injuries/article_5b64c2ab-331f-5724-a432-6cf11a33b6a0.html

Quote: "An airport official says a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C., to Nashville has safely made an emergency landing after smoke was reported from an engine."

Note: This is the 9th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-01-26 - Underground explosion blows manhole cover off, cover hits woman, in Ardmore (Pennsylvania), 1 injured:
http://6abc.com/news/woman-injured-in-manhole-explosion-in-montgomery-county/1722124/
http://patch.com/pennsylvania/ardmore/pedestrian-injured-manhole-cover-explosion-ardmore
http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/mainlinetimes/news/underground-explosion-lifts-manhole-cover-in-ardmore-injures-pedestrian/article_40333dac-3248-5d0f-9eec-202f0529438d.html

2017-01-26 - Thermal power plant rocked by explosion in Novocherkasskaya (Russia), 1+ killed:
http://www.rt.com/news/375147-penza-power-plant-explosion/

2017-01-26 - Factory hit by massive explosion near coastal Guayaquil (Ecuador):
http://www.inews880.com/syn/123/29142/massive-explosion-at-ecuador-factory-caught-on-camera
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/01/25/video-spectacular-explosion-levels-several-factory-buildings-in-ecuador/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/video-shows-massive-explosion-rip-through-factory-in-ecuador/2017/01/25/8ddf4a2e-e317-11e6-a419-eefe8eff0835_video.html

2017-01-26 - Eleven heavy snow plow trucks destroyed by fire at 11:30 PM at Public Works building in Sandy (Utah):
http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/sandy-city-charts-response-plan-after-fire-destroys-11-snowplows/646409781
http://kutv.com/news/local/sandy-getting-help-expects-to-maintain-snowplow-service-despite-fire
http://kutv.com/news/local/4-alarm-fire-causes-millions-of-dollars-in-damage-to-sandy-city-public-works-building
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865671979/Massive-fire-destroys-Sandys-snowplows-causes-millions-in-damage.html
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=43000121&nid=148&title=fire-damages-snowplow-fleet-at-sandy-public-works-building
http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/bulk-of-sandy-citys-snowplows-destroyed-in-fire/646145560
http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/state/article_27d81956-a341-5512-b12f-2070e91f3de3.html
http://gephardtdaily.com/local/breaking-sandy-public-works-department-building-burns-in-early-morning-fire/

Quote: "Municipal leaders are laying out plans to replace more than half the city snowplow fleet, after an overnight fire burned through the public works building. Sandy City Mayor Tom Dolan says the fire destroyed up to $5 million in property at the facility located at 8775 South 700 West."

Quote: "Eleven of Sandy City's 18 snow plows burned up in the fire. That, alone, is roughly a $2 million loss. Now, public works officials are trying to figure out how to replace those plows before the next big snowstorm hits."

2017-01-26 - Van bursts into flame while parked at home, fire damages home too, in Battle Creek (Michigan):
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/michigan/van-completely-engulfed-in-fire-damages-home-in-battle-creek/393725571
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2017/01/26/police-fire-domestic-violence/97080060/

2017-01-26 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads to home, on Table Rock Lake in Cape Fair (Missouri):
http://www.kspr.com/content/news/411873285.html

Quote: "Investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire on Table Rock Lake in Cape Fair. Firefighters battled the fire at a home on Pebbles Point Road. They found a truck on fire. The fire spread to the carport and home."

2017-01-26 - Pickup truck bursts into flame at 2:45 AM while parked at home, fire spreads to garage, in Kahnawake (Canada), near the St. Lawrence River:
http://www.easterndoor.com/2017/01/26/mysterious-truck-fire-destroys-garage/

2017-01-26 - Two cars destroyed by fire, four more damaged, while parked at the Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda (Maryland):
http://wjla.com/news/local/vehicle-fire-at-montgomery-mall-parking-garage-not-arson
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Cars-Catch-Fire-at-Montgomery-Mall-Parking-Garage-411932585.html
http://wjla.com/news/local/car-fire-at-montomgery-mall-parking-garage-leaves-2-cars-totaled
http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2017/Six-Cars-Damaged-in-Parking-Garage-Fire-at-Westfield-Montgomery-Mall/
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/ABC7News/824812683912441856

2017-01-26 - Car bursts into flame while parked at apartments, fire spreads to apartment, in Paramount (California):
http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20170126/vehicle-fire-spreads-to-apartment-in-paramount-no-injuries-reported
http://www.newsdump.com/article/vehicle-fire-spreads-to-apartment-in-paramount-no-injuries-reported
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/long-beach/vehicle-fire-spreads-to-apartment-in-paramount-no-injuries-reported/
http://www.longbeachstar.com/index.php/sid/251255483

Quote: "A vehicle fire spread into an apartment Thursday in Paramount, but no injuries were reported."

Quote: "One person in an unaffected unit was evaluated at the scene after complaining of chest pain."

2017-01-26 - Car bursts into flame while parked near home, fire spreads to home, in Yucaipa (California):
http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/general-news/20170126/burning-car-ignites-house-fire-in-yucaipa
http://www.newsmirror.net/news/structure-fire-above-chevron-on-yucaipa-blvd---update/article_8aa25aa6-e40f-11e6-bc46-7769546457f4.html
http://www.pe.com/articles/fire-824156-vehicle-injuries.html

Note: All vehicles are now randomly-igniting firebombs that can go off at any time, driven or parked. Park a vehicle near something you don't want to see on fire at your own risk...



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-27 - Underground electrical fire breaks out on St Mary's Street in Wallingford (Britain):
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15050926.Street_evacuated_as_crews_battle_underground_blaze/

2017-01-27 - Electrical substation erupts in flame in Detroit (Michigan), 7000 homes go dark:
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2017/01/27/dte-energy-substation-fire-detroit/97172680/
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2017/01/27/thousands-without-power-detroit-substation-fire/97173708/
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local-4-news-at-11/7000-without-power-after-fire-at-dte-substation-on-detroits-east-side

2017-01-27 - Scrap metal business damaged by fire in Janesville (Wisconsin):
http://www.kwwl.com/story/34367328/2017/01/Friday/fire-causes-60000-in-damage-to-janesville-business
http://wiba.iheart.com/articles/madison-news-500610/fire-causes-60000-in-damage-to-15513800/

2017-01-27 - Only refinery in Ghana damaged by explosion in coastal Accra (Ghana), refinery shut down:
http://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/130063/ghanas-refinery-shut-explosion/
http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/148271/Ghanas_Only_Oil_Refinery_Shut_After_Explosion
http://guardian.ng/news/ghanas-only-oil-refinery-shut-after-explosion/
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/foreign/west-africa-foreign/221723-ghanas-oil-refinery-shut-explosion-union.html

2017-01-27 - Thirty homes destroyed by fire in coastal Bangkok (Thailand):
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1188505/fire-guts-klong-toey-community-destroying-30-houses

2017-01-27 - Armored truck bursts into flame at 7:15 AM on I-78 in Upper Bern Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/vehicle-fire-slows-interstate-78-in-upper-bern-township

Note: A tractor trailer just went up in flames at 11:45 PM on I-78 in Bethlehem Township (Pennsylvania) the night before too, less than 50 miles as the gas blows from this armored truck fire, mentioned in the 2017-01-26 update...

2017-01-27 - Pickup truck bursts into flame as brakes fail, truck hits tree, in Macon (Georgia), 2 injured:
http://wgxa.tv/news/local/truck-brake-failure-causes-fire-two-vehicle-accident-in-macon

Quote: "The man, driving west, attempted to pass a woman driving a 2011 Honda CRV. It was reported that his truck was on fire as it passed the Honda. The Ford hit the Honda, ran off the road and hit a tree. The Ford was still on fire when it struck the tree. The Ford driver and a passenger were taken to Navicent Health. The driver suffered a broken hip. The passenger complained of an injury but is stable."

2017-01-27 - SUV and garage goes up in flames at home in Macon (Georgia):
http://wgxa.tv/news/local/charles-drive-home-garage-catches-on-fire

Note: One of the pics shows an SUV in the garage. Doin' some bakin' in Macon!

2017-01-27 - Storage facility heavily damaged by major fire in Sylmar (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20170128-56930-USA
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Sylmar-Storage-Units-Damaged-in-Fire_1_Los-Angeles-412021376.html
http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20170127/110-firefighters-knock-down-sylmar-self-storage-building-blaze
http://ktla.com/2017/01/27/several-storage-units-damaged-in-sylmar-fire-lafd/

Quote: "Fire officials called the inferno a 'major emergency' in an alert message."

Note: Did somebody park a vehicle or lawn mower in one of those units? Cuz anything near a vehicle is apt to go up in flames at any time nowadays...



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-28 - Heavy truck bursts into flame and kills one man, injures another, in Lahore (Pakistan):
http://www.92newshd.tv/one-killed-fire-breaks-oil-tanker-lahore/
http://www.newstv.pk/video/124985/fire-broke-out-in-an-oil-tanker-at-township-road
http://www.umang.tv/regional-news/city-42/fire-broke-out-in-an-oil-tanker-at-township-road/
http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/182624-Man-dies-in-oil-tanker-fire
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/01/30/Man_dies_in_oil_tanker_fire/

2017-01-28 - Man, 49, falls into fire pit and burns to death, in Lowell (North Carolina):
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/gaston-county-man-dies-after-falling-into-bonfire/488748101

Quote: "Police told Channel 9 that Thomas Sliney, 49, somehow fell into the fire outside a home on Lineberger Road in Lowell around 9:30 p.m. Thursday night. 'There were at least two men at the fire and one of them went inside the house,' said Lowell Police Chief Scott Bates. 'When he came back out, Tom was in the fire screaming.'"

2017-01-28 - Small plane bursts into flame after takeoff from airport in Georgetown (Delaware), near the coast:
http://www.capegazette.com/article/minor-injuries-reported-after-plane-catches-fire-georgetown/124727
http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2017/01/28/emergency-delaware-coastal-airport/97186660/
http://www.wdel.com/news/investigators-probing-why-plane-caught-fire-after-takeoff-in-georgetown/article_31847050-e642-11e6-8f48-abdfca89754a.html
http://www.wboc.com/story/34372050/2017/01/29/plane-catches-on-fire-at-delaware-coastal-airport
http://www.wboc.com/clip/13062589/plane-catches-on-fire-at-delaware-coastal-airport
http://www.doverpost.com/news/20170129/small-plane-catches-fire-in-georgetown
http://snewsi.com/id/17147990994

Quote: "Investigators are still looking for answers after a private plane caught fire shortly after takeoff in Georgetown Saturday afternoon. Donald Byrne of Lusby, Maryland had just taken off from Sussex County Airport when the single-engine plane's cockpit filled with smoke, Delaware State Police said. Byrne turned the plane around and landed, but just before reaching the ground, fire was visible in the cockpit. Once on the ground, Byrne jumped from the plane while it was still rolling--after it stopped, the plane became engulfed in flames."

Note: This is the 10th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-01-28 - Underground electrical fire blacks out part of Jamaica Plain area in coastal Boston (Massachusetts):
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/01/28/whole-foods-manhole-fire-jamaica-plain/
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/01/29/Whole_Foods_Evacuated_After_Jamaica_Plain_Manhole_Fire_Cause/
http://snewsi.com/id/17147980876/Whole-Foods-Evacuated-After-Jamaica-Plain-Manhole-Fire-Caused-Power-Outage
http://www.georgiaworld.com/2017/01/28/whole-foods-evacuated-after-jamaica-plain-manhole-fire-caused-power-outage/

2017-01-28 - Underground electrical fire breaks out at 12:23 AM on Alfred Gelder Street in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Alfred Gelder Street, Hull. Sat 28 Jan 2017 00:23 (No:02026) Smoke coming from ground caused by possible fire involving underground cabling. No action by Fire Service. Incident left with northern power grid."

Note: A woman, 32, just dropped dead outside a courthouse in Hull too, mentioned in the 2017-01-27 update, and many cars have burst into flame in Hull too...

2017-01-28 - Auto and truck salvage business erupts in flame at 2:30 AM in Carlisle (Pennsylvania):
http://abc27.com/2017/01/28/crews-battle-fire-at-carlisle-auto-truck-salvage-building/
http://cumberlink.com/news/local/communities/carlisle/crews-respond-to-fire-at-middlesex-township-auto-truck-salvage/article_6909969c-e555-11e6-86cc-47efc57b6e2a.html

Quote: "Crews from several counties are battling a 2-alarm fire at an auto and truck salvage building. The fire is at Carlisle Auto and Truck Salvage Inc. along Gasoline Alley. It started around 2:30 a.m. Saturday."



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-29 - Person found dead in burning car on Griffin Road in or near Turlock (California):
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/01/30/body-found-in-burning-car-in-turlock/
http://fox40.com/2017/01/30/body-found-in-burning-vehicle-in-turlock/
http://www.abc10.com/news/local/california/body-found-inside-remains-of-car-fire-in-turlock/394557905
http://www.georgiaworld.com/2017/01/30/body-found-in-burning-vehicle-in-turlock/
http://www.modbee.com/news/local/crime/article129565669.html
http://www.turlockjournal.com/section/15/article/33645/

2017-01-29 - Man, 57, burns to death in burning pickup truck next to home at 11 PM, home destroyed too, in coastal East Walton (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/human-remains-hants-county-east-walton-fire-1.3957369
http://www.hantsjournal.ca/news/local/2017/1/29/one-confirmed-dead-in-walton-fire.html
http://www.metronews.ca/news/halifax/2017/01/29/human-remains-inside-vehicle-fire-nova-scotia-.html
http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/fire-in-east-walton-n-s-claims-life-of-57-year-old-man-1.3261988
http://www.localxpress.ca/local-news/body-found-in-car-at-fire-scene-in-east-hants-522427
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1436543-one-dead-in-hants-vehicle-and-house-fire
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/human-remains-found-truck-house-180113027.html

Quote: "Human remains were found inside a burnt-out truck in East Walton in Hants County, N.S. early Sunday morning. The truck was parked next to a house that also caught fire late Saturday night. 'The home as far as I understand it is a total loss and the vehicle is as well,' said RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Clarke. Police were called to the scene shortly after midnight after a passerby reported the fire."

Quote: "Clarke also said that it seemed like the fire started in the truck and moved to the house. 'The passerby who reported it, that person told us that the truck was more on fire than the house was when they called,' Clarke said."

Quote: "The cause of the fire has yet to be determined, but Clarke says it doesn't appear to be suspicious."

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

2017-01-29 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes in Fairplay (Maryland), near the Potomac River:
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/breaking/explosion-reported-in-the-fairplay-area/article_3efe14e0-e67c-11e6-aa89-0b985954fc69.html
http://www.your4state.com/news/maryland/firefighters-investigate-reported-explosion/646983281

2017-01-29 - Gas station explodes and burns in Makhachkala, Dagestan (Russia):
http://sputniknews.com/russia/201701281050114966-russia-dagestan-explosion/
http://chelorg.com/2017/01/29/in-makhachkala-at-the-gas-station-explosion/

2017-01-29 - Refinery heavily damaged by huge fire at 12:19 AM in Tehran (Iran):
http://en.trend.az/iran/business/2714742.html
http://news.kodoom.com/en/iran-politics/firefighters-successfully-quench/story/6208728/
http://www.today.az/news/regions/158123.html
http://www.azernews.az/region/108162.html

2017-01-29 - Power plant erupts in flame in coastal Pittsburg (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20170131-56968-USA
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Fire-at-Pittsburgh-power-plant-Sunday-afternoon-10892913.php

2017-01-29 - Transformer bursts into flame in New Dorp (New York), near the coast, other fires too:
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/staten_island_in_flames_firefi.html
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/fdny_responds_to_transformer_f.html
http://www.newsdump.com/article/fdny-responds-to-transformer-fire-in-new-dorp
http://www.wopular.com/fdny-responds-transformer-fire-new-dorp

2017-01-29 - Transformer explodes in coastal Boynton Beach (Florida):
http://www.wpbf.com/article/transformer-explosion-shuts-down-roadway-in-boynton-beach/8651821
http://cbs12.com/news/local/roads-close-after-transformer-explosion-in-boynton-beach

2017-01-29 - More than 100 wildfires continue to rage along the Pacific Coast in Chile, heat records shattered:
http://www.kristv.com/story/34372317/more-than-100-fast-spreading-wildfires-rage-in-chile
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/01/extreme-conditions-in-southern.html

Quote: "Flames from more than 100 raging wildfires in Chile continued spreading from the mountains to the Pacific coast, destroying forests, livestock and entire towns in a destructive path that is now dangerously close to the city of Concepcion."



Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-30 - Skid steer explodes and kills man at maintenance shed near Creek Road in Wyoming County (Pennsylvania):
http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/explosion-kills-municipal-employee-in-wyoming-county-1.2148453

Quote: "Mr. Kukuchka said that Mr. Swift had been working on a rubbish pile, when for an unknown reason an explosion occurred."

2017-01-30 - Person found burned to dead in burning dumpster shortly before 4 AM in coastal Jacksonville (Florida):
http://www.news4jax.com/news/police-investigating-undetermined-death-behind-warehouse
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/jacksonville-police-investigating-reported-death/489161176
http://jacksonville.com/news/2017-01-30/police-investigate-body-found-burning-trash-bin-jacksonville-s-eastside
http://www.fox30jax.com/news/local/jacksonville-police-investigating-reported-death/489161922

2017-01-30 - Two mysterious explosions alarm people and shake homes in coastal Washington DC:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/mystery-blast-heard-in-dc-sunday-night/2017/01/29/8289185a-e69e-11e6-b82f-687d6e6a3e7c_story.html?utm_term=.d357fd537095

2017-01-30 - Mysterious explosions and flashes of light regularly occurring around coastal New Orleans (Louisiana):
http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/cause-of-mysterious-booms-across-town-still-isnt-clear-but-some-have-theories/394727865

Quote: "More mysterious 'booms' are being heard around the city, but still there are no answers as to its source. It's been going on for weeks, so you can imagine many are starting to wonder if the mystery will ever be solved."

Quote: "One resident, who wished to be anonymous, has followed each case closely. 'It was about a block or block and a half in that direction and up in the sky for sure, it definitely illuminated the whole area,' he recalled."

Note: Five people dropped dead 'separately' in one day in New Orleans in July last year, mentioned in the 2016-07-05 update. Four people dropped dead 'separately' in one day in New Orleans last May too, mentioned in the 2016-05-20 update. Five children also died in swimming pools in New Orleans between May and July 2016 too, mentioned in the 2016-07-12 update. And now they've recorded 150 recent mysterious explosions in New Orleans, some with flashes of light. I wouldn't be counting on living to a ripe old age in New Orleans if I were living there. That's true of every city, but things are obviously worse in New Orleans than many places...

2017-01-30 - Underground electrical fire spews flames from pavement in Middlesbrough (Britain):
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/watch-electrical-fire-shoot-up-12529207

2017-01-30 - Salvage yard erupts in flame in Stockertown (Pennsylvania):
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-stockertown-einfalt-recycling-yard-fire-20170130-story.html
http://snewsi.com/id/17148097187/Stockertown-salvage-yard-catches-fire-on-Bushkill-Street
http://newstral.com/en/article/en/1054795052/stockertown-salvage-yard-catches-fire-on-bushkill-street
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fGnpV38IH8

2017-01-30 - Auto dealership heavily damaged by fire just after 11 PM in Waterford (Pennsylvania), nobody there:
http://www.erienewsnow.com/story/34384690/breaking-huge-fire-at-humes-in-waterford
http://www.yourerie.com/news/local-news/fire-reported-at-humes-dealership-in-waterford/647499729
http://www.goerie.com/news/20170131/fire-in-repair-shop-damages-waterford-auto-dealership

Quote: "Part of a Waterford car dealership went up in flames late Monday night. It happened just after 11p.m. at Humes Chrysler Jeep Dodge and RAM, 1010 Rt. 19, Waterford. Nearly a dozen fire departments from Erie County -- as far away as Bloomfield and Cranesville -- were called in to assist. Stancliff Hose Co. Fire Chief Chris Young tell Erie News Now it was a vehicle inside was likely the cause, but that's still under investigation."

2017-01-30 - Pile of fishing nets goes up in flames on the G Street Pier in coastal San Diego (California):
http://www.cbs8.com/story/34382252/fire-extinguished-in-marina-area-no-injuries-reported
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Fishing-Nets-in-Marina-Catch-Fire-412214403.html

Quote: "The fishing nets were worth approximately $250,000."

Note: Wow, I had no idea fishing nets cost that much...






Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-01-31 - Car explodes near Bathinda (India), 3 killed, 15 injured:
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/community/3-killed-in-car-explosion-near-bathinda/357567.html
http://www.newsnation.in/india-news/blast-in-car-during-congress-rally-in-bhatinda-punjab-3-people-dead-article-159775.html

2017-01-31 - Metal recycling center hit by huge fire, pile of scrap metal and cars burns, in Texarkana (Arkansas):
http://www.fox16.com/news/local-news/fire-rages-for-hours-at-texarkana-metal-plant/647865044
http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/local-news/officials-investigate-fire-at-texarkana-business/647718083
http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/local-news/fire-crews-battle-fire-at-tri-state-iron-and-metal-co/647939301
http://www.ktoy1047.com/news/ktoy-local-news/texarkana-arkansas-firefighters-respond-to-morning-fire/
http://kkyr.com/texarkana-firefighters-busy-on-tuesday-at-tri-state-iron-metal-company/
http://texarkanafyi.com/firefighters-battle-early-morning-fire-tri-state-iron-metal/
http://www.ktbs.com/story/34389574/fire-breaks-out-at-texarkana-recycling-business
http://snewsi.com/id/17148129743/Fire-breaks-out-at-Texarkana-recycling-business
http://txktoday.com/news/firefighters-fight-fire-at-tri-state-iron-metal/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNZgysZrvo4
http://foxsportstexarkana.com/?p=2373

2017-01-31 - Chemical factory destroyed by massive inferno at 3:30 AM in coastal Dahej (India), 1500 people evacuated:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/massive-fire-in-dahej-chemical-unit-1500-villagers-evacuated/articleshow/56900058.cms
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/ahmedabad-major-fire-breaks-out-at-bharuch-chemical-firm-4501559/

2017-01-31 - Underground flash fire ignites man at gas station in coastal Lake Worth (Florida), 2 injured:
http://cbs12.com/news/local/major-incident-on-floridas-turnpike-shuts-down-service-plaza

Quote: "A fearless employee rushes to rescue a worker who was on fire at a local gas station. A maintenance worker was inside a manhole at the Florida’s Turnpike Service Plaza in Lake Worth when something went terribly wrong."

2017-01-31 - iPhone 6 bursts into flame in home in coastal Palm Harbor (Florida):
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Florida-Woman-Says-iPhone-6-Plus-Exploded-on-Nightstand-412469243.html
http://wfla.com/2017/01/31/palm-harbor-iphone-6-plus-owner-tells-of-flaming-phone/
http://6abc.com/news/florida-woman-says-iphone-exploded-while-she-slept/1731279/

2017-01-31 - Escalator motor bursts into flame at London Bridge Underground Station in coastal London (Britain):
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/LatestIncidentsContainer_londonbridge31january17.asp
 

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