Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: 2017 - APR

Category: Variety Pack

2017-04-01 - Bonfire explodes at carnival in Villepinte suburb of Paris (France), 18+ injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20170402-57691-FRA
http://www.rt.com/news/383093-paris-suburb-explosion-injured/
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3232900/paris-villepinte-carnival-explosion/
http://news.sky.com/story/bonfire-explosion-at-french-carnival-18-hurt-10821976
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/786749/Paris-explosion-Villepinte-carnival-France-emergency
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4371442/Twenty-people-injured-explosion-Paris-carnival.html
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/wtf/french-carnival-explosion-at-a-fair-in-villepinte-leaves-many-people-injured/news-story/5b901ebc20e73600e31ad73c53985989

Note: April starts with a bang - that was a huge explosion!

2017-04-01 - Transformer explodes and burns at power station in Shahjibazar (Bangladesh):
http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/144035/Shahjibazar-power-station-catches-fire

2017-04-01 - Chemical factory heavily damaged by massive fire in Bharuch (India), near the coast, steel plant explodes separately:
http://www.abplive.in/videos/gujarat-fire-breaks-out-in-chemical-factory-in-bharuch-511905
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/gujarat-fire-breaks-out-in-chemical-company-in-bharuch/videoshow/57961682.cms
http://www.newsx.com/national/60121-gujarat-fire-breaks-out-at-chemical-factory-in-bharuch-8-fire-tenders-rushed-to-spot
http://www.indiatvnews.com/video/news/fire-breaks-out-in-a-chemical-factory-in-gujarat-375028
http://www.indialivetoday.com/fire-bharuch-chemical-factory-gujarat/141947.html

Quote: "Earlier in the day, a huge explosion had taken place at Tata Steel Plant in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. No casualties were reported."

2017-04-01 - Passenger train bursts into flame near Sehwan (Pakistan), 1+ injured:
http://dailytimes.com.pk/pakistan/02-Apr-17/khushal-khan-khattak-express-catches-fire-near-sehwan-11-hurt
http://arynews.tv/en/two-passengers-injured-as-fire-breaks-out-in-peshawar-bound-train/
http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/196002-One-hurt-as-fire-erupts-in-Khushal-Khattak-express
http://nation.com.pk/national/01-Apr-2017/fire-eruption-in-khushhal-khan-khattak-express-injures-one

Quote: "At least two people injured when a fire broke out in Peshawar-bound Khushal Khan Khattak Express train near Lal Bagh area of Sehwan, ARY News reported. The train had left for Peshawar from Karachi when a fire erupted in a bogie, which engulfed three other compartments after reaching Sehwan. The blaze, within short time, engulfed three other bogies of the train leaving two passengers injured."

2017-04-01 - Police SUV bursts into flame while parked in garage at police headquarters in coastal Milford (Connecticut):
http://wtnh.com/2017/04/01/fire-damages-milford-police-vehicle/
http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2017/04/01/fire-damages-milford-police-vehicle/
http://www.milfordmirror.com/72882/milford-police-car-caught-fire-friday-night/
http://patch.com/connecticut/milford/milford-police-vehicle-catches-fire-fire-official
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Milford-police-vehicle-damaged-in-fire-at-HQ-11043281.php
http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20170401/no-one-injured-in-vehicle-fire-at-milford-police-garage
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Vehicle-Parked-Inside-Milford-Police-Headquarters-Catches-Fire-Fire-Officials-417860773.html
http://www.ctscoop.com/2017/04/01/milford-police-vehicle-damaged-in-fire-at-hq-garage/

Quote: "A Milford Police vehicle is damaged after a fire on Friday night. Officers say at approximately 10:45 p.m., firefighters responded to reports of a vehicle fire inside of a garage at the Milford Police Department’s headquarters. Once they were on the scene, they quickly extinguished the blaze which was confined to the department-owned vehicle."

2017-04-01 - 'Smell of gas' reported on Greek Street in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Greek Street, Hull. Sat 1 Apr 2017 19:25 (No:06823) Smell of gas in area. No action by Fire Service. Incident left in the hands of Transco."

2017-04-01 - Arctic sea ice maximum at record low for third straight year – Antarctic minimum lowest in the satellite record:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/04/arctic-sea-ice-maximum-at-record-low.html

2017-04-01 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Colombia, three rivers overflow and hit Mocoa, 200+ killed:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/02/americas/colombia-mudslide/
http://abc7ny.com/news/desperate-search-for-survivors-of-colombia-flood;-more-than-200-dead/1831143/
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/112-Killed-After-Rivers-Overflow-in-Colombia-417865973.html
http://www.capitalbay.news/news/1129734-overflowing-river-in-colombia-kills-at-least-193-people.html
http://www.sott.net/article/346988-Mudslide-kills-at-least-112-people-in-Colombia
http://www.capitalbay.news/australia/1129809-colombia-declares-state-of-emergency-after-landslide-flood.html
http://strangesounds.org/2017/04/254-dead-mocoa-colombia-mudslide-flooding-video-pictures.html
http://watchers.news/2017/04/02/massive-mudslides-leave-hundreds-dead-and-missing-in-mocoa-colombia/

Quote: "Reports of the exact number of those killed in the rugged, remote area vary. The Colombian military said at least 254 are dead and around 400 more injured. The Red Cross reports 234 deaths and said that 158 people were missing."

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-04-02 - Person found dead in burned car in coastal Neah Bay (Washington):
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/fbi-investigates-burned-body-found-in-neah-bay/

2017-04-02 - Oil facility warehouse explodes and burns in Anhui Province (China), 5 killed, 3 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20170403-57701-CHN
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2084285/five-killed-three-injured-after-blast-china-oil-plant
http://chinaplus.cri.cn/news/china/9/20170403/2421.html
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/03/c_136178984.htm

2017-04-02 - Underground electrical explosions and fire hit coastal Boston (Massachusetts):
http://www.wmur.com/article/multiple-manholes-catch-fire-in-downtown-boston/9220676
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/04/manholes_catch_fire_explode_downtown
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/04/fire_explosion_send_manhole_covers_flying_in_boston
http://www.wcvb.com/article/multiple-manholes-catch-fire-in-downtown-boston/9220075
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/04/03/fire-causes-manhole-covers-to-explode-into-air/
http://whdh.com/news/two-manhole-explosions-cause-fire-power-outages-in-downtown-boston/

2017-04-02 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire just before 12:30 AM, 15 cars burn, in Indianapolis (Indiana):
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/junkyard-cars-found-engulfed-in-flames-on-indys-southeast-side
http://www.wthr.com/article/indianapolis-firefighters-called-to-junkyard-fire-on-southeast-side
http://www.yahoo.com/news/several-cars-catch-fire-junkyard-143456705.html
http://www.aol.com/video/view/several-cars-catch-fire-in-junkyard-overnight/58e10ebb85eb423265918ee3/
http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20170402/7191141/Several-cars-catch-fire-in-junkyard-overnight.htm
http://snewsi.com/id/17251815511/Indianapolis-firefighters-called-to-junkyard-fire-on-southeast-side
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/FOX59/848499015733972993
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj254X0pUXw

Quote: "An Indianapolis Fire Department engine on the way to a medical run reported a fire in the 1000 block of Earhart Street where multiple vehicles were on fire in a junkyard just before 12:30 a.m Sunday."

2017-04-02 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire in Gurugram (India):
http://dailyworld.in/fire-in-junkyard-at-imt-area-in-gurugram/

2017-04-02 - High-rise under construction erupts in flame at 5:40 AM, fire gets big, in coastal Dubai (UAE):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20170402-57699-ARE
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/dubai/breaking-fire-erupts-near-dubai-mall
http://www.dw.com/en/fire-at-skyscraper-near-dubais-largest-shopping-mall/a-38254890
http://news.sky.com/story/fire-breaks-out-in-high-rise-building-near-dubais-biggest-mall-10822036
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-02/large-fire-burns-in-dubai-near-building-damaged-in-15-blaze
http://www.richmond.com/news/latest-news/ap/fire-hits-dubai-high-rise-complex-near-world-s-tallest/article_853bf1b0-d108-5f4c-a5d8-a8aab4188ad2.html
http://www.hickoryrecord.com/entertainment/fire-hits-dubai-high-rise-complex-near-world-s-tallest/article_e76d4e44-7f86-5c6a-8f26-f16096e3403f.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/02/fire-hits-dubai-high-rise-complex-near-worlds-tallest-tower.html
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/Large-fire-burns-in-Dubai-near-building-damaged-11044177.php
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/world/2017/04/03/fire-engulfs-dubai-skyscraper/99972696/
http://www.whig.com/article/20170401/AP/304019779

Quote: "An inferno burned early Sunday in a high-rise tower complex being built alongside Dubai's largest mall, its thick black smoke shrouding the world's tallest building nearby in this desert metropolis where skyscraper blazes remain a worry."

Quote: "Though authorities said the fire caused no injuries, the blaze happened just a block away from the 63-story The Address Downtown Dubai tower, which burned in an inferno seen around the world on New Year's Eve on 2015."

2017-04-02 - Clothing recycling factory goes up in flames at 3:45 AM in coastal Karachi (Pakistan):
http://www.geo.tv/latest/136301-Karachi-factory-fire-under-control-after-8-hours

2017-04-02 - Historic mansion destroyed by fire before 5 AM in coastal Waldoboro (Maine):
http://www.wmtw.com/article/waldoboro-mansion-destroyed-by-early-morning-fire/9220877
http://wgme.com/news/local/historic-waldoboro-mansion-destroyed-by-fire
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/04/02/historic-waldoboro-mansion-destroyed-in-fire/
http://www.centralmaine.com/2017/04/02/historic-waldoboro-mansion-destroyed-in-fire/
http://bangordailynews.com/2017/04/02/news/midcoast/fire-consumes-historic-midcoast-mansion/
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/house-fire-destroys-link-to-maine-history/427853966
http://wabi.tv/2017/04/02/fire-destroys-historic-waldoboro-mansion/

Quote: "The 19th century mansion is was best noted for being the birthplace of the Maine state flag."

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-04-03 - Man found burned to death in burning tent just after 4 AM in coastal Portland (Maine):
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/04/03/body-found-near-i-295-in-south-portland/
http://wgme.com/news/local/breaking-body-found-burned-in-south-portland
http://www.wmtw.com/article/body-found-near-295-in-south-portland/9221995
http://whdh.com/news/body-found-burned-beyond-recognition-at-homeless-campsite/
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/PD-Badly-Burned-Body-Found-at-Homeless-Camp-417963153.html
http://www.nh1.com/news/body-found-burned-beyond-recognition-at-new-england-homeless-campsite/
http://www.foxbangor.com/news/item/19307-homeless-man-found-dead-in-burning-tent
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/WMTWTV/848834272249102336
http://bangordailynews.com/2017/04/03/news/portland/homeless-man-found-in-burned-tent-near-i-295-in-south-portland/

Note: Also see the vacant restaurant that was destroyed by fire in adjacent coastal South Portland (Maine) on this day...

2017-04-03 - SUV gets stuck in mud, bursts into flame and burns woman to death, near coastal Channelview (Texas):
http://www.click2houston.com/news/driver-stuck-in-mud-burned-alive-after-suv-catches-fire-in-east-harris-county
http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/pasadena/news/article/Driver-found-dead-after-car-goes-up-in-flames-11045924.php
http://abc13.com/news/driver-stuck-in-the-mud-dies-when-suv-erupts-in-flames/1831485/
http://abc7chicago.com/news/woman-dies-after-car-catches-fire-while-stuck-in-mud/1835468/
http://www.khou.com/traffic/suv-driver-dies-in-fiery-crash-near-channelview/427955559

2017-04-03 - Mysterious explosions alarm people in Hartland (Vermont):
http://www.vnews.com/Residents-Question-Origin-of-Loud-Noises-Explosions-Hartland-VT-9022516
http://www.sott.net/article/347233-Vermont-police-investigating-source-of-mysterious-booms

2017-04-03 - Box company rocked by explosion, boiler blown out of building, in St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River, 3 killed, 4 injured:
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article142353164.html
http://krcgtv.com/news/local/st-louis-fire-chief-says-3-dead-4-injured-in-boiler-explosion
http://wric.com/2017/04/03/fire-chief-3-die-4-hurt-when-boiler-explodes-in-st-louis/
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/apr/03/officials-3-dead-in-reported-boiler-explosion-in-s/
http://www.wafb.com/story/35056228/fire-chief-3-die-4-hurt-when-boiler-explodes-in-st-louis
http://www.kten.com/story/35056227/fire-chief-3-dead-4-hurt-when-boiler-explodes-in-st-louis
http://www.nbc12.com/story/35056228/fire-chief-3-die-4-hurt-when-boiler-explodes-in-st-louis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-st-louis-explosion-20170403-story.html

2017-04-03 - Butcher shop explodes and burns in Granada (Spain), 3+ injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20170404-57715-ESP
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4376740/Explosion-shop-leaves-injured-Granada.html

2017-04-03 - Transformers explode and burn at scrapyard in Jalandhar (India):
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/tragedy-averted-as-fire-breaks-out-at-jalandhar-s-psptl-scrap-yard/386563.html

2017-04-03 - Freight train goes up in flames near Leningrad (Russia):
http://en.news-original.ru/in-the-leningrad-region-caught-fire-a-freight-train.html
http://true-news.info/near-st-petersburg-fire-engulfed-the-train-with-propane-in-cars/

Quote: "Freight train with 60 wagons lit from the inside in the Gatchina district of the Leningrad region. It’s about the Life reports with reference to eyewitnesses. Information about the fire was received at about 22:34. It was reported that the burning locomotive No. 1817, near the settlement of Large Bornite. The fire raging over all 60 cars, which, according to preliminary data, was propane."

Quote: "Late on Monday evening, April 3, in the Leningrad region on fire, freight train carrying propane. The fire swept both the locomotive and attached cars, with a number of sixty-units."

2017-04-03 - In two separate incidents, two cars burst into flame within minutes at 12:48 AM in Stanground (Britain):
http://www.cambsfire.gov.uk/news-and-incidents/cars-on-fire-3664.aspx

Quote: "At 12.48am on Monday (3) one crew from Stanground was called to a fire on the A605. Firefighters arrived to find a car on fire. Wearing breathing apparatus they extinguished the fire using hose reels. The crew was then called to a second car fire on North Street in Stanground. Wearing breathing apparatus they extinguished the fire using hose reels. The crew returned to their station by 2.15am. The cause of the fires was accidental."

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-04-04 - RV bursts into flame, man, 81, tries to put fire out and drops dead, in Henderson (Nevada):
http://www.reviewjournal.com/local/henderson/henderson-man-81-dies-after-motorhome-fire/
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/apr/04/1-critically-hurt-in-henderson-house-fire/
http://www.newsdump.com/article/henderson-man-81-dies-after-motorhome-fire
http://www.ktnv.com/news/one-critically-injured-in-henderson-house-fire
http://snewsi.com/id/17251988332/81-year-old-man-dies-in-Henderson-RV-fire
http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20170405/7211713/81-year-old-man-dies-in-Henderson-RV.htm
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/KTNV/849488287953809409

Quote: "The man in the motorhome was at first able to escape the flames, but later collapsed as he tried to extinguish the blaze with a garden hose."

Note: This is the 114th RV to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-04-04 - Fireworks factory explodes and burns in Avões (Portugal), 7 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20170405-57724-PRT
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3254960/portugal-fireworks-factory-explosion/
http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/04/seven-feared-dead-after-huge-explosion-tears-through-fireworks-factory-6554099/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/04/at-least-4-killed-after-explosion-at-fireworks-factory-in-portugal.html
http://www.sott.net/article/347280-Five-killed-three-missing-after-explosion-in-Portugal-fireworks-factory

2017-04-04 - Chemical warehouse heavily damaged by fire just before 4 AM in coastal Auckland (New Zealand):
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/aucklander/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503378&objectid=11831264
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/91173638/chemical-storage-facility-up-in-flames-in-south-auckland
http://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/video-fire-south-auckland-chemical-factory-suppressed
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=245591

2017-04-04 - Car bursts into flame while parked in carpark at Churchill Square Shopping Centre in coastal Brighton (Britain):
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/15203091.Churchill_Square_fully_evacuated_after_fire_in_upper_level_of_car_park/
http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2017/04/05/churchill-square-car-fire-was-accidental/
http://www.brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/news/churchill-square-car-park-remains-closed-after-fire-1-7900720

2017-04-04 - Forklift bursts into flame inside building under construction on Harbour Parade in coastal Ramsgate (Britain):
http://www.kent.fire-uk.org/news/incidents/?entryid2=11860
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/firefighetrs-tackling-blaze-at-pavilion-123483/
http://www.kentlive.news/first-pictures-from-the-scene-of-the-fire-at-the-new-ramsgate-wetherspoon-pub/story-30249153-detail/story.html

2017-04-04 - Two minivans, motorcycle and garage destroyed by fire at home in coastal North Weymouth (Massachusetts):
http://www.patriotledger.com/news/20170403/local-and-state-officials-investigating-weymouth-fire

Quote: "Jennifer Mieth, public information officer for the state Department of Fire Services, said the fire destroyed two minivans parked nearby and a motorcycle parked inside the garage. No one was hurt in the blaze, which caused an estimated $100,000 in damage, Mieth said."

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

2017-04-04 - Bicycle bursts into flame on Dringshaw in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Dringshaw, Hull. Tue 4 Apr 2017 20:31 (No:07120) Bicycle on fire. One hose reel in use."

Category: Variety Pack

2017-04-05 - Underground fire breaks out near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://abc7ny.com/news/manhole-fire-causing-evacuations-near-port-authority/1840334/
http://ripplenews.com/read/new-york/manhole-fire-causes-evacuations-near-port-authority-bus-terminal-1voi8muf
http://straightoutthegate.com/news-gate/streets-closed-as-crews-respond-to-manhole-fire-near-port-authority-bus-terminal/
http://newsofnewyorkcity.com/2017/04/05/manhole-fire-causing-evacuations-near-port-authority-bus-terminal/
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NYC-Manhole-Covers-Shoot-Into-Air-in-Midtown-Amid-Manhole-Fires-418450903.html
http://www.amny.com/news/midtown-manhole-fire-sends-smoke-billowing-into-air-1.13368127

2017-04-05 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, 10 cars and a trailer burn, in Calgary (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/3358860/calgary-firefighters-battle-blaze-at-commercial-scrap-yard/
http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2017/04/05/calgary-fire-crews-knock-down-car-lot-fire-southeast.html
http://www.inews880.com/syn/98/205341/calgary-firefighters-battle-blaze-at-commercial-scrap-yard
http://ban.jo/News/US-Canada/20170405/Smoke-Seen-From-Large-Scrap-Yard-Fire-In-Calgary-Canada-Calgary/
http://www.cjob.com/syn/98/205341/calgary-firefighters-battle-blaze-at-commercial-scrap-yard
http://www.calgarysun.com/2017/04/05/industrial-calgary-fire-torches-several-cars-closes-52-st
http://thevillagessuntimes.com/2017/04/06/crews-contain-fire-at-business-in-southeast-industrial-area/
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/04/05/Crews_contain_fire_at_business_in_southeast_industrial_area/
http://snewsi.com/id/17252043567/Crews-contain-fire-at-business-in-southeast-industrial-area
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/firefighters-southeast-calgary-fire-1.4056818

Quote: "The crews put out the fire, which had damaged an ATCO trailer on the site as well as 10 older cars."

2017-04-05 - Two small planes and aviation business building destroyed by fire near Buxton (North Dakota):
http://kfgo.com/news/articles/2017/apr/05/aviation-business-building-burns-near-buxton/
http://www.richmond.com/news/ap/fire-destroys-aviation-business-building-planes-equipment/article_727b29b8-056b-58dc-93da-17f8316ab1c6.html
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/north-dakota/articles/2017-04-06/fire-destroys-aviation-business-building-planes-equipment
http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/fire-destroys-aviation-business-building-planes-equipment/article_a63a4a6b-f27c-5d47-8967-3234821964da.html
http://www.hillsborobanner.com/news/article_2654b95e-1b82-11e7-bcda-d3045a93bef3.html

Quote: "A storage building at Central Valley Aviation north of Buxton was destroyed by fire Wed. morning. Asst. Buxton Fire Chief David Knudsvig says the call came in at around 8:30. He says two crop-spraying airplanes and spraying equipment were lost in the fire."

Note: These are the 31st and 32nd aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-04-05 - Man, 19, has chest pains on shrimp boat near coastal Egmont Key (Florida), medevac'd off:
http://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-medevacs-man-from-shrimp-boat-2/2017/04/05/
http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20170406/coast-guard-medevacs-ailing-shrimper-off-egmont-key
http://snewsi.com/id/17252075018/Coast-Guard-medevacks-ailing-shrimper-off-Egmont-Key
http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/1926d6f

Quote: "The Coast Guard medevacked a 19-year-old man Wednesday from a shrimping boat 7 miles west of Egmont Key. At 10:07 a.m. watch standers from Sector St. Petersburg received a VHF-FM marine band radio channel 16 call from the captain of the 78-foot shrimping boat Sea Rider. He stated one of his crew members was experiencing chest pains and in need of emergency medical assistance."

2017-04-05 - Coast guard crewmember has 'medical condition' on coast guard cutter near coastal Wranglell (Alaska):
http://www.petersburgpilot.com/story/2017/04/06/news/uscg-cutter-recalled-from-visit-by-medical-emergency/5879.html

Quote: "A Coast Guard cutter stationed in Ketchikan was due to stop in to Wrangell over the weekend for its Tent City Days celebration, but unexpectedly had to divert course and return home en route. The CGC Anthony Petit was about 31 miles away when it abruptly changed course Friday evening. 'Unfortunately, just by Lincoln Rock, a member of our crew developed a serious medical condition,' explained Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Bauer. "

2017-04-05 - Man in his 50s has 'medical episode' in Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park (California), airlifted out:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/hiking-748607-airlifted-trail.html

2017-04-05 - Person has 'medical incident' in Mote Park in Maidstone (Britain), 8 miles from the coast, airlifted out:
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/air-ambulance-lands-in-park-123576/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhcLH5HhH8M

2017-04-05 - Man in his 60s has 'medical emergency', collapses unconscious, near park in coastal Ipswich (Britain), airlifted out:
http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/man_in_60s_seriously_ill_after_air_ambulance_lands_in_ipswich_park_for_medical_emergency_1_4964250
http://todaylatest.online/item/207855_man-in-60s-seriously-ill-after-air-ambulance-lands-in-ipswich-park-for-medical-emergency

2017-04-05 - Woman, 28, sickens on passenger bus after leaving coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/boro-fan-taken-hospital-after-12857065

Quote: "The Delta Coach was carrying fans back from Middlesbrough's match at Hull when a woman fell ill..."

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-04-06 - RV trailer and SUV go up in flames at 11:24 PM, boy killed, 5 injured, in Longview (Washington), near Lake Sacajawea:
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/washington/3-year-old-boy-dies-in-longview-trailer-fire/429571007
http://katu.com/news/local/boy-dies-after-being-trapped-inside-travel-trailer-during-fire
http://komonews.com/news/local/longview-boy-dies-after-being-trapped-inside-travel-trailer-dujring-fire
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/boy-3-dies-in-longview-trailer-fire/429689770
http://koin.com/2017/04/07/boy-3-dies-dad-critical-in-longview-trailer-fire/
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2017-04-07/longview-rv-fire-kills-boy-injures-5-others
http://www.chronline.com/news/longview-rv-fire-kills-boy-injures-others/article_e9d58632-1c05-11e7-9b31-bfc37044648f.html
http://www.kptv.com/story/35098424/toddler-dies-in-trailer-fire-in-longview
http://snewsi.com/id/17252185509/Longview-RV-fire-kills-boy-injures-5-others

Quote: "Crews found the trailer fully engulfed in flames. A nearby SUV was also on fire. Crews knocked down some of the flames and tried to search for the victim. The boy was found dead during a second search."

2017-04-06 - Pallet yard erupts in flame, fire gets big, in Fontana (California), 1 injured:
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Huge-Pallet-Fire-in-Fontana_Los-Angeles-418580593.html
http://abc7.com/news/fire-erupts-at-fontana-pallet-yard;-1-injury-reported/1842597/
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/04/06/Fire_erupts_at_Fontana_pallet_yard_1_severely_injured/
http://www.newsdump.com/article/pallet-fire-erupts-in-fontana
http://photos.sbsun.com/2017/04/photos-pallet-yard-fire-in-fontana/#1
http://ban.jo/News/US-Canada/20170406/Smoke-Seen-From-Pallet-Yard-Fire-In-Fontana-CA-San-Bernardino-County/

2017-04-06 - Pallet fire breaks out at plastics business on South Reservoir Street in Pomona (California):
http://www.dailybulletin.com/general-news/20170406/firefighters-knock-down-blaze-at-pomona-plastics-manufacturer

Quote: "Though numerous wooden pallets did go up in flames, this was not a pallet yard, Deputy Chief John Tripp said. The pallets were incidental to the business, he said."

2017-04-06 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, oil pit ignites, fire spreads to building, gets huge, in Scarborough (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/oil-fire-scarborough-1.4058553
http://globalnews.ca/video/3361930/firefighters-battle-massive-5-alarm-fire-at-auto-wrecking-yard-in-scarborough
http://www.cp24.com/news/firefighters-battle-massive-fire-at-a-scarborough-auto-salvage-yard-1.3357450
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/04/06/firefighters-struggle-to-battle-5-alarm-blaze-at-scarborough-auto-wrecker.html
http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/7229595-update-crews-continue-to-battle-five-alarm-blaze-at-auto-wreckers-in-scarborough/
http://www.680news.com/video/2017/04/07/video-five-alarm-fire-at-auto-wreckers-shuts-down-sewells-road/
http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/7229907-massive-fire-at-toronto-auto-wrecking-yard/
http://www.citynews.ca/2017/04/06/five-alarm-fire-auto-wreckers-shuts-sewells-road-cn-rail/
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/CityNews/850091743383040001
http://www.durhamradionews.com/archives/101826

2017-04-06 - Transformer explodes and burns in coastal Portland (Maine):
http://www.wmtw.com/article/transformer-explosion-leads-to-traffic-light-malfunction-in-portland/9243253

Note: Portland, where a man just burned to death in a tent just after 4 AM, mentioned in the 2017-04-03 update...

2017-04-06 - SUV bursts into flame on the South Eastern Freeway near Hahndorf (Australia), 16 miles from the coast:
http://www.powerfmsa.com.au/news/local-news/69940-another-car-fire-on-the-south-eastern-freeway
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/law-order/luxury-suv-destroyed-by-engine-fire-that-closed-south-eastern-freeway-near-hahndorf/news-story/939a2c2da64042c84dc53a35d9d73176

Quote: "Just days after a truck fire caused traffic chaos above the Heysen Tunnels, another vehicle has caught fire on the South Eastern Freeway. Fire crews were called to blaze near the Hahndorf exit around midday yesterday, the flames quickly spreading from the car to nearby scrub. Firies managed to stop the blaze from getting out of hand and luckily no one was injured."

Note: The truck fire was mentioned in the 2017-04-04 update...

Category: Other Stories Of Interest

2017-04-07 - Unknown odor sickens people at Home Depot in coastal North Miami Beach (Florida):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4394282/Home-Depot-odor-leaves-three-people-hospitalised.html
http://wsvn.com/news/local/home-depot-evacuated-due-to-strong-odor-2-hospitalized/
http://www.local10.com/news/florida/miami-dade/home-depot-evacuates-store-in-north-miami-beach
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/08/florida-authorities-odor-at-store-makes-nearly-dozen-sick.html
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/11-People-Sick-After-Strong-Odor-Reported-at-North-Miami-Beach-Home-Depot-418706363.html
http://m.startribune.com/florida-authorities-odor-at-store-makes-nearly-a-dozen-sick/418727683/
http://wfla.com/2017/04/08/south-florida-authorities-odor-at-a-home-depot-makes-nearly-a-dozen-sick/
http://www.wral.com/florida-authorities-odor-at-store-makes-nearly-a-dozen-sick/16633733/

Quote: "South Florida first responders have told local news outlets that nearly a dozen people reported feeling sick from a strong odor at a Home Depot outlet and three of them were taken to a hospital. Authorities told NBC 6 Miami that the odor was detected at a Home Depot in North Miami Beach on Friday evening and that the hardware outlet was briefly evacuated."

Quote: "Some customers and employees reported they began coughing and vomiting before they went outside, where they were checked out by paramedics, according to local reports."

2017-04-07 - Around 60 people sicken from unknown cause at Marriott Hotel in downtown Hartford (Connecticut):
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Marriott-in-Hartford-Ordered-to-Close-Ballroom-After-Reports-of-Illnesses-418668383.html

2017-04-07 - Man, 60, goes into respiratory arrest on cruise ship near coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia), medevac'd off:
http://wavy.com/2017/04/08/coast-guard-medevacs-man-from-cruise-ship-near-virginia-beach/
http://www.13newsnow.com/news/local/mycity/virginia-beach/coast-guard-medevacs-cruise-ship-passenger-near-va-beach/429786309
http://wtkr.com/2017/04/08/coast-guard-medevacs-man-from-cruise-ship-near-virginia-beach/
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Grandeur-Of-The-Seas-9102978.html

2017-04-07 - Man has 'medical emergency' on Park Street in Yeovil (Britain):
http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/this-is-why-ambulances-and-the-police-were-called-to-park-street-in-yeovil/story-30256409-detail/story.html

Quote: "There was a large emergency service presence in a Yeovil street this lunchtime (April 7). Ambulances and police cars could be seen attending Park Street in the town following an emergency call. This was in response to a man suffering a medical emergency and he required hospital treatment."

2017-04-07 - Woman, 30, actress Amber Heard, has 'medical emergency' at event in Beverly Hills (California), near the coast:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/amber-heard-leaves-awards-gala-suffering-medical-emergency-article-1.3034121
http://www.tmz.com/2017/04/08/amber-heard-leaves-gala-after-medical-emergency/
http://starmagazine.com/2017/04/08/amber-heard-suffers-medical-emergency-leaves-gala-suddenly/
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/gossipnews/amber-heard-leaves-gala-after-medical-emergency/
http://snewsi.com/id/17252235750/Amber-Heard-Suffers-Medical-Emergency-Leaves-Gala-Suddenly
http://www.dolphnsix.com/news/3399948/amber-heard-forced-leave-gala-medical
http://www.wopular.com/amber-heard-leaves-gala-after-medical-emergency

Quote: "Actress Amber Heard reportedly had to leave early from an event where she was being honored after she abruptly suffered a medical emergency."

2017-04-07 - Man, 32, falls off cruise ship at 5 AM and disappears, near the Berry Islands (Bahamas):
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/coast-guard-searches-man-overboard-cruise-ship/
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/georgia-man-honeymoon-overboard-carnival-cruise-article-1.3031913
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/dekalb-county/dekalb-county-man-missing-from-cruise-ship-in-bahamas/510210387
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/35097127/coast-guard-searches-for-ga-man-overboard-from-cruise-ship
http://cbs12.com/news/local/coast-guard-continue-to-search-for-missing-cruise-ship-passenger
http://www.local10.com/news/coast-guard-searches-for-georgia-man-who-fell-off-cruise-ship-near-bahamas
http://cbs12.com/news/local/cruise-ship-passenger-missing-in-the-bahamas

2017-04-07 - Arctic sea ice volume continues to plummet:
http://robertscribbler.com/2017/04/06/arctic-sea-ice-volume-continues-to-crater/

2017-04-07 - Robert Hunziker on how the earth's climate is going bonkers:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/04/robert-hunziker-how-earths-climate-is.html

2017-04-07 - USGS manipulating data to hide increase in large earthquakes:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/04/altered-usgs-dataunreliable-volcano.html

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-04-08 - Small plane bursts into flame, crash-lands, near Nome (Texas), 26 miles from the coast:
http://kfdm.com/news/local/small-plane-crashes-in-nome
http://www.12newsnow.com/news/local/plane-crash-near-nome/429771484
http://theexaminer.com/stories/news/plane-crashes-field-bursts-flame

Quote: "According to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, the pilot said that the plane caught on fire in the air and he crash landed in a non-populated area."

Note: This is the 33rd aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-04-08 - Scrapyard hit by huge fire at 5 AM, metal burns, in Daspoort, Pretoria (South Africa):
http://rekordmoot.co.za/96076/newsflash-scrapyard-pta-west-takes-flame/

Quote: "Early Saturday morning a fire raged through a scrapyard in the west of Pretoria. Tshwane emergency services spokesperson, Johan Pieterse, said the fire started around 05:00 at the scrapyard in Daspoort."

Quote: "'Due to all the scrap metal on scene there was a lot of smoke. We worked fast to keep the flames from spreading to neighbouring buildings,' said Pieterse still on scene at 09:21"

2017-04-08 - Recycling center hit by fire, 300 tons of waste burn, in coastal Poole (Britain):
http://www.dwfire.org.uk/incident/recycling-plant-fire-poole/
http://www.heart.co.uk/southcoast/news/local/fire-at-poole-recycling-centre/
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/15212859.VIDEO__Fire_crews_battling_major_blaze_at_recycling_centre_on_Poole_industrial_estate/
http://www.newsdump.co.uk/news/mbarber-published-fire-raging-through-recycling-centre-in-poole
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-39539221

2017-04-08 - Recycling center erupts in flame at 12:13 AM on Chichester Street in Rochdale (Britain):
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/fire-crews-tackle-large-blaze-12866312
http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/109360/fire-at-chichester-street-recycling-plant
http://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/manchester/fire-crews-tackle-large-blaze-at-recycling-plant/

2017-04-08 - Truck stop devastated by massive fire at 11:45 PM near Cardinal, Ontario (Canada), near the St. Lawrence River:
http://www.hometowntv12.ca/news/local-news/south-grenville/fire-at-730-truck-stop-late-saturday-night/
http://www.insidebrockville.com/news-story/7233427-major-fire-at-730-truck-stop-near-cardinal/
http://www.mykemptvillenow.com/18028/730-truck-stop-edwardsburghcardinal-burns-ground/
http://www.recorder.ca/2017/04/09/major-cardinal-fir-a-major-devastation

2017-04-08 - In separate incidents, van and car burst into flame in/near coastal Dublin (Ireland):
http://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/dublin-fire-brigade-tend-scene-12868519

Quote: "Dublin Fire Brigade rushed to the scene of a large car blaze this evening. Units from the Tallaght fire station extinguished the blaze which broke out in an estate close to nearby homes."

Quote: "Emergency services were also required at a van fire earlier today on the M50, an ambulance was also needed at the scene to tend to the driver."

2017-04-08 - Brush fire rages in Chuluota (Florida), 11 structures destroyed, Girl Scout camp evacuated:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20170409-57772-USA
http://www.wesh.com/article/multiple-structures-destroyed-100-people-evacuated-and-165-acres-burned-in-chuluota-brush-fire/9251408
http://www.wesh.com/article/brush-fire-sparks-in-oviedo-girl-scout-camp-evacuated/9250750
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-fire-chuluota-evacuations20170408-story.html

2017-04-08 - Two brush fires break out in coastal Palm Bay (Florida):
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2017/04/08/brush-fire-alert-southwest-palm-bay/100213018/

2017-04-08 - Brush fire grows to 6600 acres in Pembroke Pines (Florida), children choke and cough at school:
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Massive-Broward-Brush-Fire-Tears-Through-5500-Acres-418723953.html
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Broward-Brush-Fire-Grows-to-More-Than-900-Acres-418553893.html

Quote: "But the blaze is not just a concern for firefighters. Children in Miami-Dade and Broward have reported having trouble breathing because of all the smoke. Fire officials responded to Bel-Aire Elementary School in Cutler Bay, about 20 miles south of Miami Beach, after reports that several students started choking and coughing during a Physical Education class. Gym classes were canceled for the day, and students were kept inside."

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-04-09 - Two women burn to death shortly after 11 PM in burning car at mall in Valley Stream (New York), 2 miles from the coast:
http://nypost.com/2017/04/10/dead-bodies-found-in-torched-car-in-mall-parking-lot/
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/04/10/valley-stream-mall-parking-garage-burning-car-body/
http://pix11.com/2017/04/10/police-find-badly-burned-body-inside-car-parked-at-green-acres-mall/
http://abc7ny.com/news/2-bodies-found-inside-burning-car-at-li-mall-parking-garage/1854876/
http://ktla.com/2017/04/10/badly-burned-bodies-found-inside-parked-car-outside-new-york-mall/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4398130/Remains-man-woman-inside-burning-car.html
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/NBCNewYork/851426910966087680

Quote: "The investigation is ongoing, but officials say there appears to be no apparent criminality at this time."

2017-04-09 - Car goes up in flames and kills man at rest stop in Mansfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/1-Dead-After-Rest-Area-Car-Fire-in-Mansfield-Mass-418768314.html
http://wpri.com/2017/04/09/state-police-one-fatality-following-car-fire-in-mansfield/
http://www.wcvb.com/article/body-found-after-rest-area-car-fire-in-mansfield/9252833
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/04/man_killed_in_car_fire_at_i-95.html
http://patch.com/massachusetts/foxborough/1-dead-car-fire-i-95-near-foxborough-mansfield-line
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/1-Dead-After-Rest-Area-Car-Fire-in-Mansfield-Mass-418768314.html
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/dead-in-mansfield-car-fire/article_5ad1a730-1d7d-11e7-b1c2-7b95636cb4a8.html
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/04/09/man-dies-car-fire-mansfield-rest-stop/rEa8uqnQM1aS86Fa1iVEYI/story.html
http://turnto10.com/news/local/mass-state-police-investigate-a-car-fire-in-mansfield
http://whdh.com/news/man-dies-after-getting-pulled-from-car-fire-in-mansfield/
http://ban.jo/News/US-Canada/20170409/Standstill-Traffic-Due-To-Fatal-Car-Fire-On-I-95-Near-Mansfield-MA-Bristol-County/
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/boston-herald/20170410/281844348494967

Quote: "The car caught fire at a rest area on the northbound side of I-95. A single male was inside the vehicle at the time of the fire, police report. A group of good samaritans who saw the flames were able to pull the man from the car as crews from the North Attleboro Fire Department quickly put out the fire. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene."

2017-04-09 - Huge mysterious explosion shakes homes, shatters shower door at one home, in Kennebec County (Maine), near the coast:
http://www.wmtw.com/article/head-what-was-that-loud-boom-rocks-kennebec-county/9253985
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/now/big-bang-theories-what-was-that-noise-in-kennebec-county/430202987
http://bangordailynews.com/2017/04/10/news/midcoast/loud-mysterious-boom-befuddles-maine-authorities/

Quote: "Jan Jaramillo of Hallowell says she heard a very loud boom and felt her house shake. It sent her dogs into a frenzy and prompted one of her kids to ask, 'Is this the end of the world?'"

Note: Sure is, kid! And we're creeping ever closer to the time when these mysterious explosions start destroying entire towns and parts of large cities. That could begin at any time now and anywhere...

2017-04-09 - Scrap metal yard erupts in flame, fire gets huge, in Otay Mesa area in coastal San Diego (California):
http://fox5sandiego.com/2017/04/09/smoke-from-otay-mesa-scrap-metal-fire-seen-for-miles/
http://www.cbs8.com/story/35107055/scrap-yard-fire-causes-large-black-smoke-plume-in-otay-mesa
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/on-air/as-seen-on/astrid6pm0409_San-Diego-418774034.html
http://sandiegonewsinfo.com/thick-cloud-of-black-smoke-rises-above-scrap-metal-yard-fire/
http://www.kusi.com/story/35107033/otay-mesa-scrap-yard-fire-creates-massive-black-cloud-of-smoke
http://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2017/04/09/metal-scrap-yard-catches-fire-next-to-brown-field-in-otay-mesa/
http://patch.com/california/imperialbeach/area-firefighters-squelch-flames-metal-scrap-yard-sunday
http://snewsi.com/id/17252267793/Scrap-yard-fire-causes-large-black-smoke-plume-in-Otay-Mesa
http://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2017/04/09/metal-scrap-yard-catches-fire-next-to-brown-field-in-otay-mesa/
http://www.10news.com/news/firefighters-battle-otay-mesa-fire
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/fox5sandiego/851420770999914496

2017-04-09 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, 120 cars burn, in Altham (Britain):
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/790019/fire-Altham-Accrington-scrap-yard-cars-destroy-blaze-smoke-firefighters
http://www.2br.co.uk/news/local-news/2264854/breaking-huge-fire-at-scrapyard/
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/15213769.Fire_breaks_out_at_Altham_scrapyard/
http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/altham-blaze-set-to-rage-into-the-evening-1-8484144
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/15213769.GALLERY__Smoke_seen_over_the_M65_as_crews_deal_with_scrapyard_fire/
http://reportuk.org/2017/04/10/fire-rips-through-altham-scrap-yard-destroying-more-than-100-cars/

Quote: "At least 120 cars were destroyed by the fire in the Moorfield Industrial Estate. Firefighters were forced to use water from the nearby Leeds/Liverpool canal to try and quell the blaze."

Note: Good thing *cough cough* that this place was so near that canal...

2017-04-09 - More than 200 motorcycles destroyed by fire in parking lot near rail station in Chhattisgarh (India):
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/over-200-vehicles-burned-down-at-a-parking-area-in-chhattisgarh-1679207
http://www.timesnow.tv/india/article/over-200-vehicles-gutted-in-fire-at-parking-area-in-chhattisgarh/58992
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-fire-near-raipur-railway-stations-guts-parking-lot-vehicles-2391154
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/over-200-vehicles-gutted-in-fire-at-parking-area-in-chhattisgarh/articleshow/58095100.cms
http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/National/2017-04-09/Raipur-Railway-Station-Fire-Over-200-Vehicles-Burned-Down-At-A-Parking-Area/292209
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/apr/09/over-250-vehicles-gutted-in-fire-at-raipur-railway-station-parking-lot-no-causalties-reported-1591801.html

2017-04-09 - Underground electrical fire breaks out on Tovey Road in Swindon (Britain):
http://www.dwfire.org.uk/incident/electrical-fire-swindon/

2017-04-09 - RV trailer bursts into flame at 1:16 AM while parked next to home that has itself burned twice, in Grande Prairie (Canada), nobody there:
http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/2017/04/09/rv-fire-extinguished-sunday
http://www.mygrandeprairienow.com/26818/rv-next-twice-burned-house-catches-fire/
http://www.canadanews.press/2017/04/09/sunday-rv-fire-under-investigation-alberta-news/

Quote: "The RV was parked in the backyard of a home that is next door to a home under construction, which burned down for the second time last week. Regarding that incident, the fire department confirmed the home had been on fire for the second time in less than a year; the first being in August 2016."

Note: So their home burned down, and they fixed it back up. Now it just burned down again last week, and they moved into this RV trailer to live in while they fix their house up again. And now their RV trailer went up in flames. So now what? Live in a cardboard box while they fix the RV trailer, so that they have some place to live while they fix the house? The cardboard box might burst into flame too. And even if they eventually get the house liveable again, they're not doing anything to protect it from the atmospheric problem, so it'll burn again anyway...

Category: Variety Pack

2017-04-10 - Man, 86, found burned to death in burned-out car at Lame Duck State Game Area in Bourret Township (Michigan):
http://upnorthlive.com/news/local/sheriff-no-foul-play-suspected-after-body-found-in-burned-vehicle
http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2017/04/elderly_mans_body_found_in_bur.html
http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2017/04/no_foul_play_in_elderly_man_fo.html
http://www.gladwinmi.com/news/update-on-remains-found-after-car-fire/article_8e0f6dbc-1f94-11e7-8a44-d731400003db.html
http://www.9and10news.com/story/35132763/deputies-no-evidence-of-foul-play-in-death-of-man-found-in-burned-out-car
http://snewsi.com/id/17252443041/Man-found-dead-in-charred-car-had-medical-episode-ruled-accidental
http://www.ourmidland.com/news/police_and_courts/article/Body-found-in-burned-car-foul-play-not-suspected-11071248.php
http://www.minews26.com/content/?p=50242

2017-04-10 - Car explodes and burns at gas station in coastal Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 1 killed, 3 injured:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4397398/Car-explodes-ball-flames-Brazil-petrol-station.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3295576/shocking-moment-car-explodes-at-petrol-station-while-being-filled-up-with-fuel-killing-one-woman-and-injuring-three/

2017-04-10 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Elmsford (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/tarrytown/manhole-fire-elmsford
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2017/04/10/manhole-explosion-investigation-elmsford/100300274/

2017-04-10 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, dozens of vehicles burn, in St Etienne, Québec (Canada):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jVlw03KICU

Quote: "April 10th 2017 fire quickly spread in the garage area at Magnet Auto parts in St etienne Québec. 6 different County fire brigades showed up to extinguish the blaze, but due to chemicals, fuel, tires... the efforts were futile. The building is now a pile of rubble and dozens of vehicles burnt to a crisp..."

2017-04-10 - Three buildings destroyed by massive fire at 12:30 AM in coastal Portsmouth (New Hampshire):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20170411-57789-USA
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/several-buildings-collpase-during-general-alarm-fire-in-portsmouth/430195222
http://www.unionleader.com/public-safety/large-fire-collapses-building-that-housed-state-street-saloon-in-portsmouth-20170410
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/2-Buildings-Collapse-During-Massive-Fire-in-Portsmouth-NH-418837014.html
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/04/10/portsmouth-new-hampshire-fire-state-street-saloon-buildings-collapse/
http://www.wmur.com/article/images-massive-fire-guts-portsmouth-restaurant-building-collapses/9254535
http://whdh.com/news/3-buildings-collapse-after-massive-fire-breaks-out-in-portsmouth/
http://www.wcvb.com/article/major-fire-in-downtown-portsmouth/9253804
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20170410/NEWS07/170419953

Quote: "Fire Chief Steven Achilles said that for the first time in his memory, a general alarm was sounded, bringing in firefighters from 44 New Hampshire communities, along with Massachusetts and Maine."

2017-04-10 - Passenger train engine bursts into flame in Jharkhand (India):
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/jharkhand-passengers-drivers-escape-unhurt-after-train-engine-catches-fire/story-XYU5yoLbHhnXF0iimdOSiJ.html
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/apr/09/gomoh-barwadih-passenger-train-engine-catches-fire-later-doused-1591860.html

2017-04-10 - Woman, 52, has 'medical emergency' and collapses at jail in coastal Baltimore (Maryland), in critical condition:
http://www.wbal.com/article/231953/124/police-woman-who-collapsed-while-in-custody-in-critical-condition
http://www.newstalkkzrg.com/2017/04/10/baltimore-prisoner-hospitalized-after-collapsing-in-cell/

2017-04-10 - Man collapses and foams at the mouth on Wide Bargate in Boston (Britain):
http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/man-who-collapsed-in-street-ignored-by-30-shoppers-as-he-foamed-at-the-mouth/story-30261069-detail/story.html

2017-04-10 - Dogs sickening after walks at park in coastal San Francisco (California):
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/04/11/dog-owners-worried-after-pets-get-ill-following-precita-park-visits/
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Dogs-sick-Precita-Park-fertilizer-San-Francisco-11063390.php
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/04/11/Dog_Owners_Worried_After_Pets_Get_Ill_After_Precita_Park_Vis/

Quote: "Earlier this week, some dog owners said their pets got violently ill, throwing up and even foaming at the mouth. Some concerned dog owners think there’s something in the grass."

Quote: "Rec and Park official Connie Chan said the department has looked into the incidents with park staff, but said that it has not had any fertilizer applied at that park in over a year."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. So some hydrogen sulfide blows off the ocean, settles onto the ground, adsorbs onto matter, like grass, then dogs lick it or sniff it, they're gonna get sick or die. This has happened to dogs at other parks too, in New York, in Australia, etc, almost always in parks near coasts...

2017-04-10 - At least 14 sea lions sicken on the coast in Orange County (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20170412-57812-USA

Quote: "At least 14 female sea lions, some of them pregnant, have fallen ill after a toxic algae bloom in the ocean along the Orange County coast. The Pacific Marine Mammal Center has taken in the sickened animals since April 4. Within the last two days, eight sea lions were rescued. A pregnant sea lion was rescued Tuesday morning, according to the center. The sea lions are being treated and are all in critical condition, according to PMMC."

Note: So dogs sickening on the coast in Northern California, sea lions sickening on the coast in Southern California...

Category: Variety Pack

2017-04-11 - Global warming could thaw far more permafrost than expected:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2017/04/10/global-warming-could-thaw-far-more-permafrost-than-expected/
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-worlds-melting-permafrost.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/global-warming-to-melt-an-area-of-permafrost-the-size-of-india-for-every-extra-degree-a7676811.html
http://www.adn.com/arctic/2017/04/10/climate-change-could-destroy-far-more-of-the-arctics-frozen-soil-than-we-expected/
http://www.newsweek.com/climate-change-permafrost-methane-global-warming-581596
http://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate3262.epdf

Quote: "There is already significant evidence that the tundra is starting to break up with a massive crater known as the Gateway to the Underworld growing in Siberia at an alarming rate."

Quote: "But scientists do agree that Arctic permafrost has a formidable potential to affect the climate. Estimates suggest that the amount of carbon it contains may be up twice the amount of carbon currently housed in the atmosphere."

Note: So there's the equivalent of almost 800 ppm of carbon dioxide locked up in the permafrost, which has already started to significantly melt away. If that were added to the 400 ppm we already have in the atmosphere, that'd be 1200 ppm, or 200 ppm more than what scientists have estimated was present in the atmosphere for the Permian-Triassic extinction event, called The Great Dying. So this is another sign that a repeat of the Permian-Triassic extinction is underway now. This may be how it began back then too - volcanic eruptions burned a bunch of coal (instead of humans, but the source is irrelevant to the Earth), the CO2 levels hit 400-ish ppm, the Earth heated up and melted the permafrost which kicked the levels up to 1000+ ppm, and the oceans and seas went anoxic enough to spew enough hydrogen sulfide into the seas and the atmosphere to kill off 96% of all ocean species and 70% of all land species. So yeah, that's what's coming our way, and it has already begun.

And the permafrost isn't even the only source of greenhouse gases. There are numerous oceanic methane clathrate deposits that are ALSO now melting, off both the US East and West Coasts, off the coast of New Zealand, in the sea near Svalbard, etc, so we may see WORSE than 'The Great Dying'. Well, WE won't see it, because we'll all be long gone way before it gets that bad. But the EARTH may see worse than 'The Great Dying', and it took 30 million years to fully recover from that, so it may take 35 or 40 million years for the Earth to fully recover after the current extinction event has run its course...

2017-04-11 - Atmospheric CO2 levels rising rapidly:
http://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/04/10/opinion/atmospheric-co2-levels-accelerate-upwards-smashing-records

2017-04-11 - 2017’s warming climate producing unprecedented floods across the planet:
http://robertscribbler.com/2017/04/10/2017s-warming-climate-produces-unprecedented-floods-across-the-globe/

2017-04-11 - Severe weather reports in US tally 5,000+ so far this year, more than double the average:
http://weather.com/storms/tornado/news/severe-weather-hail-tornado-wind-damage-2017-mid-april
http://www.sott.net/article/347802-Severe-weather-reports-in-US-tally-5000-so-far-this-year-more-than-DOUBLE-the-average

2017-04-11 - Around 100,000 tires go up in flames in West Odessa (Texas):
http://www.wideopencountry.com/massive-tire-fire-burning-west-texas/
http://gizmodo.com/massive-texas-tire-fire-required-epa-rescue-1794199978
http://www.oaoa.com/news/fire_and_rescue/article_8d20150e-1dfb-11e7-89c9-3b66de874c8c.html

2017-04-11 - As more than 100 wildfires rage in Florida, Governor Scott declares state of emergency:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20170412-57807-USA
http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/scott-declares-state-emergency-wildfires-ravage-central-florida
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/11/florida-declares-state-emergency-as-wildfires-scorch-parts-state.html
http://jacksonville.com/news/public-safety/2017-04-11/gov-scott-declares-florida-state-emergency-wildfire-risk-grows
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/04/11/florida-gov-declares-state-of-emergency-over-wildfires/
http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20170411/gov-scott-declares-state-of-emergency-for-wildfires
http://www.wesh.com/article/gov-scott-declares-state-of-emergency-due-to-wildfires/9260954
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/04/florida-state-of-emergency-2017-shows.html
http://www.bradenton.com/news/state/florida/article143917604.html
http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/local-news/247853222-story

Quote: "Jim Karels, Florida Forest Service director, told the governor and cabinet Tuesday that 107 fires are burning across the state, over about 25,000 acres. 'We’ve got a ways to go with no rain in sight,' Karels said."

Quote: "Wildfires have already burned more than 250 percent more acreage during the first three months of 2017 than the same time period last year."

2017-04-11 - Metal recycling center hit by fire off Pond Road in Asheville (North Carolina):
http://wlos.com/news/local/fire-crews-respond-to-fire-at-asheville-metal-recycling-facility
http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/35125572/asheville-firefighters-battle-blaze-at-metal-recycling-center
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/WLOS_13/851886462660489217

Quote: "Fire crews are responding to a fire at an Asheville metal recycling facility. Asheville Fire Department (AFD) said it happened at Mountain Metal Recycling off Pond Road."

2017-04-11 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, cars, tires and more burn, in Laurel County (Kentucky):
http://www.wymt.com/content/news/Laurel-County-junk-yard-fuels-brush-fire-419218114.html
http://www.lex18.com/story/35135952/fire-damages-laurel-co-junkyard

Quote: "Emergency Management Director Albert Hale said he knew it was a losing game when crews arrived to see smoke and fire burning cars, tires and hay bales."

2017-04-11 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, junk cars burn, in Wingfield (Australia), 1 or 2 miles from the coast:
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/firefighters-are-battling-a-blaze-at-a-wingfield-wrecking-yard/news-story/053d49e7a80998afd0505f7679e70d27
http://au.news.yahoo.com/sa/a/35008974/blaze-at-adelaide-car-wrecking-site/

Quote: "It is the same industrial yard as a massive industrial fire on March 2."

2017-04-11 - Recycling plant or junkyard hit by fire in Nogales (Mexico):
http://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/fire-burning-at-recycling-plant-in-nogales-mexico
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/35127555/recycling-plant-near-international-border-on-fire
http://www.1041kqth.com/news/local-news/fire-burning-at-recycling-plant-in-nogales-mexico
http://www.kvoa.com/story/35127547/fire-in-nogales-seen-from-arizona

Quote: "A fire is burning at a recycling plant or junk yard in Nogales, Mexico according to Sgt. Robert Fierros with the Nogales Police Department."

2017-04-11 - Landfill erupts in flames in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2017/04/11/fire-at-virginia-beach-landfill-contained/
http://www.13newsnow.com/news/local/hampton-roads-landfill-fire-1/430593238
http://www.13newsnow.com/news/local/mycity/virginia-beach/virginia-beach-chesapeake-crews-work-to-put-out-fire-at-landfill/430567782
http://snewsi.com/id/17252409722/Gallery-Fire-at-Virginia-Beach-landfill

2017-04-11 - Landfill goes up in flames near airport as Rex Tillerson lands, in Moscow (Russia):
http://thepoliticalinsider.com/rex-tillerson-russia-massive-fire-airport/

Quote: "President Trump’s Secretary of State Rex Tillerson touched down in Moscow on Tuesday as smoke from burning garbage billowed near the airport!"

Note: Hydrogen sulfide just hit several districts in Moscow too, mentioned in the 2017-04-03 update...

2017-04-11 - Landfill hit by fire, again, in Nagpur (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/bhandewadi-dump-yard-on-fire-again-this-time-its-more-intense/articleshow/58116697.cms

Quote: "The city's dumping yard at Bhandewadi is up in flames for the second time in less than 25 days. However this time, the fire is so widespread that it has engulfed almost the entire dumping yard."

2017-04-11 - Underground electrical fire blacks out 3000 homes in St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:
http://www.kmov.com/story/35128038/manhole-cover-fire-knocks-out-power-to-thousands-in-south-city

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. I think Dutchsinse lives in this area, which is also coincidentally (?) called the 'Dutchtown' area...

Category: Variety Pack

2017-04-12 - Hydrogen sulfide from unknown source hits school in Parachute (Colorado), school closed:
http://www.postindependent.com/news/rifle/troubling-smell-closes-parachute-school-for-hours/
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/sewer-system-likely-to-blame-for-school-stink

Quote: "Students had to leave Grand Valley Middle School for several hours Wednesday because of an unidentified odor. Upon arrival at about 11 a.m., fire crews noted a slightly elevated reading on a monitor for hydrogen sulfide (sewer gas), according to a Garfield County press release. The source of the smell has not been determined."

2017-04-12 - Hydrogen sulfide corrodes sewer pipes in coastal Nederland (Texas):
http://www.panews.com/2017/04/12/nederland-council-gets-pipe-updates/

Quote: "Hamilton explained that hydrogen sulfide led to the deterioration of the pipelines, leading to the intrusion that was photographed by Schaumburg & Polk."

2017-04-12 - Major tire fire erupts at auto salvage yard in Carrollton (Virginia), 3 miles from the coast:
http://wtkr.com/2017/04/12/crews-respond-to-isle-of-wight-fire/
http://www.13newsnow.com/news/crews-work-to-put-out-huge-fire-at-scrap-yard-in-carrollton/430792384
http://www.dailypress.com/news/isle-of-wight-county/dp-nws-crews-battle-fire-in-isle-of-wight-wednesday-20170412-story.html

Quote: "Jerry Hackney, deputy chief for Smithfield's fire department, confirmed that it was a 30-foot stack of tires that caught fire at Carrollton Metals Recycling about 4:10 p.m. He estimated hundreds or thousands of tires had caught fire."

2017-04-12 - Electronics recycling center hit by fire, pile of TVs burns, in Unity (Pennsylvania):
http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/12188494-74/fire-sparks-at-westmoreland-cleanways-recycling-center-in-unity

Quote: "It was a pile of televisions that first caught fire, and large stacks of electronics kept firefighters from getting to the heart of the blaze, said Marguerite fire Chief Scott Graham. A firefighter on a forklift moved pallets of TVs to allow personnel to get close."

2017-04-12 - Scrap metal business goes up in flames at 3:45 AM near the Noyyal River in Athupalam (India):
http://www.nyoooz.com/news/coimbatore/781444/fire-breaks-out-in-coimbatore-scrap-shop

2017-04-12 - Truck business damaged by explosion and fire in Rice Lake (Wisconsin):
http://www.chetekalert.com/news/article_853581aa-2060-11e7-9a0d-1726ba08c5bb.html
http://www.news-shield.com/news/top_stories/article_b324c3f4-2084-11e7-9e28-f3de21b75bf0.html

2017-04-12 - Paint manufacturing plant destroyed by explosion and fire in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam):
http://english.vov.vn/society/explosion-ruins-paint-factory-in-hcm-city-347448.vov

2017-04-12 - Man drops cigarette down hole, hole explodes, in Tehran (Iran):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4403340/Man-blows-sewer-throwing-cigarette-hole.html
http://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/watch-sewer-hole-explodes-in-mans-face-as-he-drops-cigarette-butt-in-it-1680454
http://en.ntvbd.com/video/others/viral-videos/man-throws-cigarette-down-a-sewer-and-causes-massive-explosion/1492054635.ntv
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/man-tosses-cigarette-butt-into-sewer-hole-blows-up-street/articleshow/58150537.cms

Note: Wow, that guy is lucky to even be alive after that! Obviously there was some methane and/or hydrogen sulfide down in that hole. Probably hydrogen sulfide because methane, being a lighter-than-air gas, would not have accumulated to explosive levels with that hole open...

2017-04-12 - In separate incidents, truck bursts into flame and another fire breaks out too, at taconite plant in Hibbing (Minnesota):
http://www.wdio.com/TWIM/fire-hibbing-taconite-mining-taconite-plant-iron-range/4453404/
http://www.fox21online.com/2017/04/13/two-separate-fires-hibbing-taconite-leaves-no-injuries/
http://www.hibbingmn.com/news/local/truck-plant-fires-occur-at-hibtac-no-injuries-reported/article_23baab36-205a-11e7-8a4a-6fdb3ab91ed7.html

Quote: "When fire crews arrived they found a production truck on fire. A few minutes later, a second fire was reported in the pellet plant. That fire was found in an electrical room on the third floor."

Note: Coincidence? Doesn't seem plausible. But what could they have in common, the truck and the electrical room? Only the atmosphere...

Category: Variety Pack

2017-04-13 - Terrible stench hits Vadodara (India), third time in two weeks:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/stench-leaves-barodians-sleepless-gpcb-clueless/articleshow/58155039.cms
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/strong-smell-grips-parts-of-city-again/articleshow/58136286.cms

Quote: "After strong stench gripped the city for the third time within a fortnight on Tuesday, the Gandhinagar office of the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) sent a committee to Vadodara to find out the exact reason behind the stench. GPCB officials said they have managed to collect a sample on Tuesday night when the intense foul smell of gas gave another sleepless night to residents in many parts of the city like the ones they had spent during two nights in the last week of March."

2017-04-13 - Most bodies of water are 'dead' in Hyderabad (India):
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2017/apr/13/most-water-bodies-in-hyderabad-are-dead-1593080.html

Quote: "Most of the lakes in Hyderabad are ‘dead’. Shockingly, the Dissolved Oxygen (DO) levels are found to be less than even 1 milligrams/litre (mg/l), or at best between 1-1.5 mg/l in most of the water bodies in Hyderabad where water quality parameters are being regularly monitored by the Telangana State Pollution Control Board."

Quote: "As per the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), water bodies having dissolved oxygen concentration less than 2 mg/l are known as Hypoxic zones or as 'dead zones' because such conditions cannot sustain life."

Note: Oh, they can sustain life, just not oxygen-using life. The ancient anaerobic bacteria and archaea that eat biomatter like garbage and feces and produce hydrogen sulfide prefer waters like this, with little or no oxygen. That kind of life will do just fine in these bodies of water...

2017-04-13 - Teen boy collapses unconscious at Gippeswyk Park in coastal Ipswich (Britain):
http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/air-ambulance-lands-in-ipswich-s-gippeswyk-park-to-treat-unconscious-teenager-1-4976246

2017-04-13 - Chemical business damaged by massive blaze and explosions in Sterling, Rice County (Kansas):
http://www.hutchnews.com/news/local_state_news/updated-with-video-fire-explosions-erupt-at-jacam-plant-in/article_7ebb2535-f180-5083-9825-5038cda539ab.html
http://www.kake.com/story/35143595/employees-evacuated-due-to-fire-at-kansas-chemical-plant

2017-04-13 - Petroleum facility hit by fire, rubber warehouse burns, in coastal Guangdong Province (China):
http://www.kitco.com/news/2017-04-13/UPDATE-1-China-apos-s-Sinopec-says-fire-at-rubber-warehouse-under-control.html

2017-04-13 - Building destroyed by explosion and fire at petroleum business in La Grande (Oregon), nobody there:
http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/home/5229923-151/emergency-crews-respond-to-explosion-fire-in-bearco
http://www.tulsaworld.com/explosion-fire-destroy-building-in-northeastern-oregon/article_e652b0b1-b79c-59f7-908d-9ac644f5ce08.html

2017-04-13 - RV trailer explodes and burns at 11 PM while parked at home in Wheathampstead (Britain):
http://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/caravan-explosion-reported-in-wheathampstead-1-4974618
http://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/wheathampstead-caravan-cleared-after-being-destroyed-in-explosion-1-4975751

2017-04-13 - Auto salvage yard devastated by huge fire, cars and building burn, in Garden City (Georgia), 10 miles from the coast:
http://fox28media.com/news/local/major-structure-fire-in-garden-city
http://www.wtvm.com/story/35151285/warehouse-fire-causes-minor-injuries-major-damage
http://wsav.com/2017/04/13/new-video-structure-fire-causes-a-headache-during-rush-hour/
http://www.wjcl.com/article/structure-fire-closes-dead-forest-road-in-both-directions/9272806
http://www.richmond.com/news/ap/warehouse-fire-causes-minor-injuries-major-damage/article_7a5cb04b-cd01-54a3-a87f-1b7dfbc64d38.html
http://www.wtoc.com/story/35146362/dean-forest-road-closed-in-both-directions-near-prosperity-drive-due-to-structure-fire
http://savannahnow.com/crime-courts/news/2017-04-13/video-structure-fire-causes-closure-dean-forest-road-school-buses

Quote: "It's still too early to determine exactly what caused the fire. And while the business and many cars are a total loss, there's still plenty to be thankful for. 'I'm above ground, so doing good,' Irwin said."

Quote: "Crews returned to the scene at 10:20 p.m. Thursday night after firefighters say another car ignited in the lot."

2017-04-13 - Auto salvage yard erupts in flame in Wigston (Britain):
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/six-fire-crews-at-major-blaze-in-wigston/story-30270109-detail/story.html
http://www.briefreport.co.uk/news/six-fire-crews-at-major-blaze-in-wigston-4921753.html
http://www.enginenews.co.uk/news/six-fire-crews-at-major-blaze-in-wigston-2834957.html

2017-04-13 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Brockton (Massachusetts):
http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/20170413/firefighters-rush-to-smoking-manhole-in-downtown-Brockton

Category: Variety Pack

2017-04-14 - Rotten egg odor hits shopping mall in Bridgewater (New Jersey), 12 miles from the coast:
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/2017/04/14/firefighters-dispatched-stinky-bridgewater-commons/100469520/
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/videos/news/local/somerset-county/2017/04/14/watch-firefighters-gas-masks-bridgewater-commons/100473810/

Quote: "An odd smell at the Bridgewater Commons on Friday resulted in firefighters donned in gas masks being dispatched to the mall. Around 11:30 a.m., a smell similar to rotten eggs began to emanate from the second floor of the shopping complex. At least four firefighters were seen entering the Verizon store shortly after with gas masks and oxygen tanks. The odor was so strong that it could be smelled by the third-floor entrance near the AMC movie theater."

2017-04-14 - Man, 25, window washer, has 'medical emergency' and loses consciousness 12 floors up on high-rise in coastal Honolulu (Hawaii):
http://www.kitv.com/story/35155618/window-washer-suffers-medical-problem-12-stories-high-on-kakaako-building
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/35155541/window-washer-rescued-after-losing-consciousness-12-stories-up
http://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/04/14/breaking-news/rappelling-window-washer-rescued-from-honolulu-high-rise/
http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/state-wire/rappelling-window-washer-rescued-honolulu-high-rise
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/KITV4/853020365119004673

2017-04-14 - Boy, 2, collapses unconscious and has seizure, in Fort Wayne (Indiana):
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/20170414/officers-investigate-boys-seizure

2017-04-14 - Landfill erupts in flame, landslide ensues, in coastal Colombo on the island of Sri Lanka, 16+ killed, more injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20170415-57851-LKA
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/6-killed-as-garbage-dump-catches-fire-in-sri-lanka/article18043444.ece
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sri-lanka-accident-idUSKBN17G1FT?il=0
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/328861/rubbish-dump-landslide-kills-six-in-sri-lanka
http://indianexpress.com/article/world/death-toll-in-sri-lanka-garbage-dump-fire-climbs-to-10-colombo-4613885/
http://www.onenewspage.com/n/World/75e71n9sg/injured-as-garbage-dump-catches-fire-in.htm
http://www.fox19.com/story/35157716/19-killed-in-sri-lanka-as-massive-mound-of-garbage-collapses
http://www.sott.net/article/348240-At-least-16-killed-in-colossal-Sri-Lankan-garbage-dump-landslide

Quote: "The 91-metre-high rubbish dump at the northeastern edge of Colombo collapsed on Friday when a fire broke out at its top, engulfing the mountain of garbage in flames and triggering a landslide that swamped the homes below."

Quote: "The death toll rose to 16 as more bodies were discovered on Saturday, army spokesman Roshan Senivirathna said. At least four teenagers were among the dead, a nurse at the main Colombo hospital told Reuters."

2017-04-14 - Waste transfer station erupts in flame in Springfield (Massachusetts):
http://wwlp.com/2017/04/14/fire-burning-for-hours-at-springfield-trash-facility/
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/04/springfield_trash_fire_will_ta.html

2017-04-14 - Waste transfer station erupts in flame in Oneida County (New York):
http://romesentinel.com/public-safety/firefighters-knock-down-blaze-at-solid-waste-authority-transfer-station/QBqqdn!T16jg2u9STRYr16FggQYQ/

2017-04-14 - Fire truck bursts into flame at toll booth in Salina (New York):
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/firetruck-driven-canada-catches-fire-toll-booth-46807649
http://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Fire-truck-catches-fire-at-Thruway-toll-booth-in-11073396.php
http://www.twcnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2017/04/14/liverpool-fire-truck-fire-thruway-exit-36.html
http://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/fire-truck-burns-near-nys-thruway-tollbooth-in-salina/692052134
http://www.statter911.com/2017/04/14/burning-ladder-truck-damages-cars-ny-thruway-toll-plaza/
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2017-04-14/fire-truck-catches-fire-at-thruway-toll-booth-in-central-ny
http://www.richmond.com/news/ap/firetruck-catches-fire-at-thruway-toll-booth-in-central-ny/article_93a9f191-5c4a-5d28-a8fd-e31a6c3baaed.html
http://www.thedailystar.com/news/state/firetruck-catches-fire-at-thruway-toll-booth-in-central-ny/article_9fc70f79-8ff6-59ad-99f2-654fceadae7a.html
http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/04/vehicle_catches_fire_near_nys_thruway_tollbooth_in_salina.html
http://cnycentral.com/news/local/firetruck-on-fire-near-thruway-toll-plaza-at-i-81-interchange
http://wivb.com/ap/fire-truck-catches-fire-at-thruway-toll-booth-in-central-ny/

2017-04-14 - 'More than normal' number of car-versus-building crashes occurring in San Antonio (Texas):
http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/san-antonio-sees-more-than-normal-car-versus-building-crashes-safd-says-04-14-2017
http://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/san-antonio-sees-more-than-normal-car-versus-building-crashes-safd-says
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/News4SA/852737809035087873

Quote: "Neighbors believe the solution to stopping cars from crashing into homes is simple, it starts with safe driving."

Note: Also, people should stop slumping over dead while driving or having seizures or 'medical events' or losing consciousness. If people would just doing those things, everything would be better! Of course, people are doing MORE of that, not less, and that problem - minor in the grand scheme of things and yet not so minor really - will get worse, and not just in San Antonio...

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-04-15 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes and alarms people in Grandville (Michigan):
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/04/15/boom-explosion-grandville-michigan/100518024/
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/grandville/source-of-reported-boom-or-explosion-in-grandville-area-not-known/431621735
http://woodtv.com/2017/04/15/loud-boom-reported-in-grandville-area-source-unknown/
http://fox17online.com/2017/04/15/authorities-perplexed-after-loud-boom-reported/

2017-04-15 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame near Prescott (Wisconsin), near the Mississippi River and the St. Cloud River:
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/04/15/wisconsin-metal-yard-fire/
http://www.republican-eagle.com/news/region/4251645-fire-destroys-part-river-city-metal
http://www.piercecountyherald.com/news/region/4251645-fire-destroys-part-river-city-metal
http://www.hastingsstargazette.com/news/region/4251645-fire-destroys-part-river-city-metal
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/video/category/news/3651501-metal-yard-fire-closes-highway-in-wisconsin/
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/metal-yard-fire-closes-highway-in-wisconsin/vp-BBzSwRf
http://www.onenewspage.us/video/20170415/7289799/Metal-Yard-Fire-Closes-Highway-In-Wisconsin.htm
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/04/15/Metal_Yard_Fire_Closes_Highway_In_Wisconsin/
http://www.wow.com/video/58f2a2b0b90afb03207dd97f

2017-04-15 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame in the wee hours, fire gets huge, in Swindon (Britain):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-39607893
http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2017-04-15/huge-fire-engulfs-scrapyard-overnight/
http://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/news/dozens-firefighters-tackle-major-fire-gypsy-lane-swindon
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/15226687.Firefighters_tackle_enormous_blaze_overnight/
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/15226687.Firefighters_tackle_enormous_blaze_overnight/
http://theukbulletin.com/2017/04/15/swindon-scrapyard-fire-smoke-seen-across-town/
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/04/15/Swindon_scrapyard_fire_Smoke_seen_across_town/
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/itvwestcountry/853150586920894466

2017-04-15 - At least 35 cars destroyed by fire while parked at used car auction lot in coastal Fremont (California):
http://www.kcra.com/article/fire-rages-in-fremont-auto-lot-burns-35-cars/9281296
http://ripplenews.com/read/san-francisco/fire-rages-in-fremont-auto-lot-burns-35-cars-20i4fslb
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Fire-rages-in-Fremont-auto-lot-burns-20-cars-11075987.php
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/04/15/fremont-twenty-cars-burn-at-auto-lot/
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Several-Cars-on-Fire-Black-Smoke-Fremont-419548733.html
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/04/15/cars-go-up-in-flames-at-fremont-used-car-lot/
http://patch.com/california/fremont/fremont-crews-battling-multi-vehicle-fire-used-car-auction-lot
http://www.richmond.com/news/ap/cars-destroyed-in-northern-california-used-car-lot-blaze/article_a9e58f12-cec3-5bfc-b1ad-2fc7968ee1ca.html
http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/pt/2017/04/several-cars-catch-fire-in-fremont-ca.html
http://fox40.com/2017/04/15/over-30-cars-destroyed-in-fremont-used-car-lot-blaze/
http://kron4.com/2017/04/15/crews-battling-fire-at-fremont-auto-parts-shop/
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/kcranews/853424768510443520

Quote: "Firefighters were working to put out a fire Saturday evening that scorched 35 cars at an automobile lot in Fremont, officials said."

2017-04-15 - Iconic bridge from 'Bridges of Madison County' destroyed by fire at 6 AM in Madison County (Iowa):
http://www.sunherald.com/news/business/article144804539.html
http://nypost.com/2017/04/16/famed-iowa-bridge-destroyed-by-fire/
http://www.kcci.com/article/iconic-bridge-damaged-by-early-morning-fire/9279843
http://www.kcci.com/article/disheartened-onlookers-view-scorched-remains-of-cedar-bridge/9281337
http://www.richmond.com/news/ap/iconic-iowa-covered-bridge-destroyed-by-fire-saturday/article_40982ca1-a13a-5392-9c5d-cd6fd6fbf5da.html
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2017/04/15/famous-madison-county-cedar-covered-bridge-destroyed-by-fire-winterset-iowa/100497976/

Quote: "There was no electricity or light source at the bridge and no severe weather or lightning in the area, so the fire will be investigated as arson, Madison County Sheriff Jason Barnes said."

Note: I'd suspect arson too if I didn't have a clue what was happening on this planet, but having seen piles of wood, trees, baled paper, cardboard and pallets burst into flame, there's obviously no reason a bridge made of wood and nails couldn't do the same thing. This bridge goes over Cedar Creek, just east (downwind) of Cedar Lake. 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...

2017-04-15 - Small plane and two hangars go up in flames at airport in Chandler (Arizona):
http://www.azfamily.com/story/35159231/fire-breaks-out-in-hangar-at-chandler-airport-one-firefighter-hurt
http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2017/04/hangar-fire-chandler-municipal-airport_15.html
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/chandler/2017/04/15/hangars-planes-damaged-chandler-airport-fire/100513092/
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/04/16/Hangars_planes_damaged_in_Chandler_airport_fire/
http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/fire-breaks-out-at-chandler-airport-damages-hangars/article_1c3fd93c-89b4-597c-867f-225991407837.html

Quote: "A fire broke out at the Chandler Municipal Airport on Saturday afternoon. Fire crews were able to contain the fire to two hangars. At least one plane appeared to be charred, and the roof of one hangar showed heavy damage. There was also a big mess of foam left behind in the wake of the fire."

Note: This is the 34th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

Category: Variety Pack

2017-04-16 - Woman found dead and burned outside office building in Santa Maria (California):
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article144962584.html
http://www.topix.com/city/santa-maria-ca/2017/04/womans-body-found-outside-foster-road-offices-in-santa-maria
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/04/17/Woman_s_body_found_outside_Santa_Maria_office_building/
http://www.noozhawk.com/article/santa_maria_police_investigating_suspicious_death_outside_foster_road_offic

Quote: "'We’re treating it as a suspicious death until we determine if it’s a suicide or a homicide,' police Sgt. Paul Flores said."

Note: Of course those aren't the only possibilities. Her clothes may have burst into flame and burned her to death. If so, she wouldn't remotely be the first person to die that way. Specifying the possibilities for you is a psyops tactic used in an attempt to control your thinking. Maybe they're doing it out of ignorance and not purposely, I dunno, but that's what it is...

2017-04-16 - Hydroelectric plant damaged by fire in Buckland (Massachusetts):
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/04/firefighters_battle_blaze_at_b.html
http://www.recorder.com/Firefighter-spend-night-fighting-fire-inside-Buckland-hydroelectric-plant-9328475
http://wwlp.com/2017/04/16/firefighters-battling-fire-at-buckland-hydroelectric-plant/

2017-04-16 - Landfill erupts in flame, fire rages for days, in Pune (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/fire-halts-garbage-dumping/articleshow/58200603.cms

2017-04-16 - In separate incidents, scrap metal ignites, and lift vehicle bursts into flame, in North Battleford (Canada):
http://www.newsoptimist.ca/news/follow-the-sirens/fire-at-shnb-site-1.15664662

Quote: "North Battleford Fire Department responded to two fires on the weekend. Saturday at about 4:30 p.m., one fire truck and four firefighters were dispatched to the Saskatchewan Hospital construction site. A fire had erupted in the engine compartment of a JLG man lift. Firefighters were on the scene for more than four hours, but the damage is described as minor. Friday at about 4:45 p.m., NBFD doused a blaze in a scrap metal pile at McDonald Metals in the Parson’s Industrial Park. The fire was contained and no buildings were damaged."

2017-04-16 - Wildfires have burned at least 125,000 acres since January in Florida, more than the average for an entire year:
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/35160952/wildfires-burn-over-126000-acres-across-florida-this-year
http://www.tbo.com/news/wildfires-prompt-closure-of-three-central-florida-highways-officials-warn-of-water-use-20170417/

Quote: "Officials say at least 126,000 acres have burned in wildfires across Florida since January, surpassing the five-year average of acreage burned in a typical year."

Note: And it's only April!

2017-04-16 - University hit by unknown 'noxious odor' in Buffalo (New York):
http://buffalonews.com/2017/04/16/furnas-hall-ubs-north-campus-evaculated-report-chemical-release/

Quote: "Furnas Hall on the University at Buffalo's North Campus was evacuated just before 7 p.m. Sunday amid reports of a possible leak of methane gas in the 10-story building. A UB spokesperson said the building, which houses the departments of Chemical Engineering and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, was declared safe following a search and reopened late Sunday night. Authorities said several students in a fifth-floor chemical lab had noticed the 'noxious odor' and summoned UB police, prompting a search of the building by hazmat crews, who found no gas leaks and determined the building was safe."

Note: Why would they think it was methane? Methane is odorless...

2017-04-16 - Methane levels rising rapidly in the atmosphere:
http://phys.org/news/2017-04-early-out-of-control-climate.html

Quote: "The great concern is the rapid rise, over the last three years, in methane levels in the atmosphere. Methane is a gas with 28 times the planet-heating power of carbon dioxide. Scientists estimate there may be as much as 5 trillion tonnes of it locked in permafrost and seabed deposits."

Quote: "Reports of methane escaping into the atmosphere have been growing steadily, ever since a group of students demonstrated the risks by setting fire to venting Arctic gas in 2008. However, scientists report a sudden surge in global methane emissions in the last three years, 2014-16."

Quote: "So far the rise in methane has been attributed mainly to cattle raising, rice farming and gas extraction – but there is now disturbing evidence that more gas is emerging from Arctic soils as the permafrost melts, and from the seabed where methane has been trapped as ice for millions of years. Russian scientists have reported the discovery of thousands of potential 'methane-bombs' – frozen gas-filled mounds – across Siberia, primed to erupt as the ground thaws out. Swedish scientists have observed the waters of the Artic oceans 'fizzing like soda water' as the ocean waters warm, causing frozen seabed methane to turn back into gas and erupt."

Note: That's right, the Earth is loading up her planetary-scale firebomb guns and preparing to wipe us off the surface of the Earth...

2017-04-16 - Large crack appears in Petermann Glacier in Greenland:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-crack-in-one-of-greenands-largest.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-crack-in-one-of-greenands-largest.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/14/scientists-just-found-a-strange-and-worrying-crack-in-one-of-greenlands-biggest-glaciers/

Note: So not just the Arctic and Antarctica melting and cracking, now Greenland too...

2017-04-16 - Abrupt climate change is happening faster than before:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/04/faster-than-previously-expected.html

Quote: "In about the last 100,000 years, there have been 23 abrupt temperature changes in Greenland ice cores. In those moments, the temperature abruptly jumped or fell 9 to 14 degrees Fahrenheit across the planet and 25 to 35 degrees Fahrenheit in Greenland. The changes typically took decades to generations, but at their most extreme, they only took two to three years."

2017-04-16 - Global storm intensity rising with wrong seasons in wrong places:
http://www.sott.net/article/348344-Global-storm-intensity-rising-with-wrong-seasons-in-wrong-places
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2HfTRBy7v8

2017-04-16 - Heavy flooding hits Cebu (Philippine Islands), 7+ killed:
http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/16/17/7-dead-2-missing-in-cebu-floods
http://www.sott.net/article/348346-Flood-kills-7-in-Cebu-Philippines

Category: Variety Pack

2017-04-17 - Giant shipworms that eat hydrogen sulfide found alive for the first time, in the Philippine Islands:
http://www.newsweek.com/shipworm-feeds-gas-found-philippines-lagoon-585307
http://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/bizarre-new-species-of-giant-shipworm-found-in-the-philippines
http://www.wired.com/2017/04/mystery-5-foot-long-shipworm-just-got-stinkier/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/17/bizarre-bivalve-first-living-giant-shipworm-discovered-in-philippines
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39626131

Quote: "Scientists have found live specimens of the rare giant shipworm for the first time in the Philippines."

Quote: "Other shipworms contain bacteria in their guts that break down cellulose, the stiff material of which plant cell walls are made. An investigation by the researchers, including Margo Haygood of the University of Utah College of Pharmacy, shows that Kuphus polythalamia don’t contain large amounts of these bacteria, nor do they have other shipworms’ hefty quantities of woody pulp in their guts. Rather, these giant weirdos contain a trove of unique bacteria that actually feast upon hydrogen sulfide. This gas, which to humans reeks of rotten eggs, is produced by festering wood and other rotting organic material in the seafloor."

Quote: "The six-foot mollusc lives in stinking mud and in a symbiotic relationship with chemosynthetic bacteria that feed on hydrogen sulfide gas, writes Andrew Masterson."

Note: These things are part of the ancient ecosystem that existed long before there were any mammals. As the current extinction event progresses, the Earth is reverting back to a more primeval state...

2017-04-17 - Volcano erupts and sends people fleeing on coastal Manam Island (Papua New Guinea):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20170418-57892-PNG
http://www.onepng.com/2017/04/pngs-manam-volcano-erupts.html
http://www.sott.net/article/348528-Volcano-erupts-on-Manam-Island-Papua-New-Guinea

2017-04-17 - Volcano Turrialba erupts in Costa Rica:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20170418-57899-CRI
http://plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=11810&SEO=costa-rican-turrialba-volcano-erupts-up-to-500-meters
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/04/costa-ricas-turrialba-volcano-and-poas.html

2017-04-17 - Man, 68, found dead and burned at 7 AM in or near car near Wichita (Kansas):
http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article144996114.html

2017-04-17 - Person found dead and burned in vacant restaurant in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://6abc.com/news/burned-body-found-in-fmr-ne-philadelphia-sushi-restaurant/1884824/
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/crime/Burned-body-found-in-closed-restaurant-in-Northeast-Philly-mall.html
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Burned-Body-Philadelphia-Mills-Mall-Death-Restaurant-Closed-Sushi-Kingdom-419642404.html
http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article145157474.html

Quote: "Police have not ruled out if the victim, said to be a man, may have been a squatter who accidentally set himself on fire while trying to stay warm."

Quote: "Police said the man's body was badly burned, but the room didn't show signs of fire."

Note: Clothes probably ignited and burned him or her to death...

2017-04-17 - Small plane explodes mid-air, fiery wreckage falls and ignites stuff, in coastal Cascais, near Tires (Portugal), 5 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20170417-57889-PRT
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39621095
http://www.rt.com/viral/385040-plane-crash-portugal-lidl/
http://news.sky.com/story/lidl-supermarket-plane-crash-in-portugal-kills-four-10840622
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/792841/BREAKING-NEWS-Plane-crashes-in-car-park-in-Portugal
http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/17/plane-crashes-into-roof-of-lidl-supermarket-in-portugal-6579541/
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3347809/plane-crashes-into-lidl-supermarket-after-exploding-in-mid-air/
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/five-people-dead-after-plane-crashes-near-lidl-supermarket-in-portugal-35629191.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/17/at-least-5-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-into-supermarket-in-portugal.html

Quote: "The light aircraft, which was carrying four people, is said to have exploded in mid-air and come down near a Lidl supermarket in Tires, landing on a lorry that was unloading. All four people on board are said to have died, alongside the lorry driver on the ground."

Quote: "The spot where the plane crashed is just 150 metres from a local school. Cascais is a wealthy coastal town that attracts affluent vistors from all over the world."

Note: This is the 35th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-04-17 - Minibus goes up in flames and kills 5 people, injures 5 more, in coastal Lagos (Nigeria):
http://www.nigerianewswatch.com/2017/04/5-die-as-commercial-bus-catches-fire-in.html
http://www.ladunliadinews.com/2017/04/5-die-as-commercial-bus-catches-fire.html
http://www.linjust.com/5-dead-including-child-bus-catches-fire-lagos-evening.html
http://www.thebbbuzz.com/5-die-as-commercial-bus-catches-fire-this-evening-in-lagos-photo/
http://www.bonsue.tv/2017/04/17/fire-guts-18-seater-commercial-bus-in-lagos/
http://www.lailasblog.com/2017/04/5-dead-including-child-as-bus-catches.html
http://www.theafrican.info/news=498161

Quote: "5 people, including a child have been left dead, after a commercial bus, popularly known as Danfo, caught fire today around 6:44pm at Stadium bridge, around Barracks area of the State. It was gathered that the dead victims were burnt beyond recognition, and have now been recovered from the bus."

2017-04-17 - Mysterious explosion alarms people in in Maclean, Townsend, Gulmarrad, Wooli and Ashby in New South Wales (Australia):
http://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/news/big-bang-theories-after-mysterious-noise-rocks-low/3167640/
http://www.sott.net/article/348520-Loud-mysterious-bang-leads-New-South-Wales-residents-to-look-toward-the-heavens

2017-04-17 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, scrap cars and scrap metal burn, in Rockville (Maryland):
http://www.rockvilleview.com/fire-at-scrap-yard-on-southlawn/
http://wjla.com/news/local/fire-officials-multiple-vehicles-scrap-pile-on-fire-at-rockville-recycling-facility
http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2017/Rockville-Scrap-Pile-Catches-Fire-Smoke-Visible-for-Miles/

2017-04-17 - Landfill erupts in flame, again, in Ahmedabad (India), people have breathing problems:
http://www.nyoooz.com/news/ahmedabad/786712/pirana-fire-affects-thousands-municipal-corporation-helpless/

Quote: "Panic gripped nearby areas, including Citizen Nagar – the colony of survivors of 2002 massacres at Naroda and Gulbarg – as over a thousand residents ran out of their houses due to suffocation and breathing trouble from methane gas, seeping out of the waste. The fire first started around 10.30pm on Saturday and controlled by three fire tenders and five tankers by 2.30 am on Sunday. On Monday, it again broke out around 11.30 am and it took four fire tenders to control the blaze by 2.30 pm."

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-04-18 - Soil ignites (!) and kills 10-year-old boy near Mysuru (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/soil-continues-to-remain-hot-at-mystery-fire-spot-in-mysuru/article18117484.ece
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/central-board-to-test-samples-from-mystery-fire-spot/article18149471.ece

Quote: "Soil continues to remain blazing at the site in Naganahalli near Shyadanahalli-Belavatha villages on the outskirts of Mysuru where a 'mystery' fire had claimed the life of a young boy— Harshal."

2017-04-18 - Underground electrical explosion and fire blows up pavement in coastal Providence (Rhode Island):
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20170418/sidewalk-explodes-at-regency-plaza-apartments
http://turnto10.com/news/local/electrical-issue-causes-manhole-cover-explosion

2017-04-18 - Water boring hole spews flame in Bhaktapur (Nepal):
http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/fire-plume-arises-from-deep-boring-for-water-in-bhaktapur/

Quote: "A fire plume originated from a water boring site in Sirutar of Bhaktapur, terrorising residents of the neighbourhood on Tuesday morning. It is believed that underground natural gas caught fire during deep boring as the pipe reached 180 below the ground level. Boring was being done to extract underground water for supply to local community."

2017-04-18 - High-rise office building devastated by huge fire in Johannesburg (South Africa):
http://city-press.news24.com/News/extensive-damage-to-building-after-fire-in-johannesburg-20170418
http://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2017/04/18/braamfontein-office-park-flames/
http://ewn.co.za/2017/04/18/building-on-fire-in-braampark

2017-04-18 - Debris fire breaks out beneath Peachtree Creek bridge in Brookhaven (Georgia):
http://www.11alive.com/news/local/buford-highway-closed-in-brookhaven-because-of-fire-under-bridge/432033405
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/dekalb-county/buford-highway-closed-in-brookhaven-over-fire-under-bridge/513514631
http://www.ajc.com/news/traffic/buford-highway-back-open-after-fire-under-bridge/j5Ork3zsUzlYvQB0Ep3yDO/
http://www.cbs46.com/story/35171461/buford-highway-closed-in-brookhaven-due-to-fire
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/249163518-story

2017-04-18 - Passenger train bursts into flame in Pune (India), people jump off:
http://www.videosamachar.com/play/fire-breaks-out-in-a-running-train-in-pune-many-jump-off-to-escape-death-indiatv
http://www.indiatvnews.com/video/news/fire-breaks-out-in-a-running-train-in-pune-many-jump-off-to-escape-death-377545
http://aplatestnews.com/usnewsvideo.php?idx=fire-breaks-out-in-a-running-train-in-pune-many-jump-off-to-escape-death-2017-04-17&vidtype=10
http://gohellotv.in/vu/251264/Fire-breaks-out-in-a-running-train-in-Pune--many-jump-off-to-escape-death

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-04-19 - Man, 48, burns to death in burning car at apartments on Lebanon Road in Sharonville (Ohio):
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/04/20/mother-others-watch-helplessly-as-ohio-driver-dies-in-car-fire/
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/04/ohio_man_dies_after_getting_tr.html
http://www.whio.com/news/local/ohio-driver-dies-car-fire-his-mom-others-can-help/7kEjT52I5a9LYpqmwLClpJ/
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/04/19/police-finds-body-sharonville-car-fire/100668446/
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/sharonville/person-found-dead-in-car-after-fire-police-say
http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/pt/2017/04/man-found-dead-inside-burning-car-in-sharonville-oh.html
http://www.wlwt.com/article/victim-in-fatal-sharonville-car-fire-identified/9535559
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/body-found-in-sharonville-car-fire/vp-BBA3mbu
http://www.fox19.com/story/35191135/car-fire-under-investigation-in-sharonville
http://local12.com/news/local/body-found-in-car-after-fire-in-sharonville
http://www.yahoo.com/news/body-found-sharonville-car-fire-212510351.html
http://www.wlwt.com/article/1-dead-in-sharonville-car-fire/9530013

Quote: "A man is dead following a car fire Wednesday afternoon in Sharonville, police said. The fire happened around 3 p.m. in the 11400 block of Lebanon Road outside of the Colonial Gardens Apartments. Officials said that the man, believed to be about 48-year-old, lives at the apartment complex with his mother. He was found in the driver’s seat of the vehicle. Foul play is not suspected."

2017-04-19 - Passenger plane fills with smoke after departing coastal Port Harcourt (Nigeria):
http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2017/04/19/miracle-aero-contractor-plane-filled-smoke-mid-air-didnt-crash/

Quote: "An Aero Contactor plane passenger has narrated how God saved her and other passengers from instant death when their flight from Port Harcourt to Lagos was filled with smoke 20 minutes after take off on Tuesday. Taking to her twitter handle, Oriaku, narrated how the entire plane was filled with smoke just 20 minutes after take off, causing panic among the passengers."

Note: This is the 36th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-04-19 - Pallet business erupts in flame before 3 AM, fire gets huge, in Haines City (Florida):
http://wfla.com/2017/04/19/massive-pallet-company-fire-forces-evacuations-in-haines-city/
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-polk/several-polk-county-homes-evacuated-as-crews-battle-fire-at-haines-city-business
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/fire/fire-at-pallet-company-forces-road-closures-evacuations-in-haines-city/2320812
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/emergency-crews-battle-fire-at-pallet-company-several-homes-evacuated/432403694
http://www.tbo.com/news/fire-at-pallet-company-forces-road-closures-evacuations-in-haines-city-20170419/
http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2017/4/19/large_fire_tears_thr.html
http://ban.jo/News/US-Canada/20170419/Pallet-Factory-Fire-Erupts-Near-Haines-City-FL-Polk-County/

2017-04-19 - Landfill erupts in flame shortly after 3 AM, again, in the the Bahamas:
http://www.tribune242.com/news/2017/apr/20/large-fire-breaks-out-landfill-overnight/
http://www.bahamaslocal.com/newsitem/173456/Large_fire_breaks_out_at_landfill_overnight.html

Quote: "Firefighters yesterday battled a large blaze at the New Providence Landfill, nearly three weeks after tackling a massive fire at the city dump that burned for nearly a month."

Quote: "The blaze started shortly after 3am Wednesday and Chief Supt Evans said officers expect to battle the fire for at least another day but he said the wind is a 'huge' factor."

2017-04-19 - Transformer explodes and burns at 11 PM in Cortlandt Manor (New York), blackouts ensue:
http://westchester.news12.com/news/transformer-fire-knocks-out-power-for-hundreds-in-cortlandt-manor-1.13496784
http://cortlandt.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/dozens-lose-power-following-transformer-substation-fire-in-cortlandt/708076/
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/cortlandt/2017/04/20/cortlandt-transformer-fire/100687062/
http://www.lohud.com/videos/news/local/westchester/cortlandt/2017/04/20/video-firefighters-battle-cortlandt-transformer-fire/100687432/
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/04/20/Cortlandt_transformer_fire_disrupts_power_video/

2017-04-19 - Mulch fire burns four four days at recycling center near Yuma (Arizona):
http://www.kyma.com/news/mulch-fire-keeps-burning-four-days-later/455438724

2017-04-19 - Auto Auction Mall damaged by fire in Brook Park (Ohio):
http://www.cleveland19.com/story/35193604/authorities-respond-to-fire-at-brook-park-auto-auction-mall

Quote: "There's a fire at the Auto Auction Mall in Brook Park. It's located on Engle Road by Snow Road. Brook Park police say it's a large fire."

2017-04-19 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, two cars and two shipping containers burn, in coastal Singapore:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/fire-breaks-out-at-vehicle-scrapyard-near-teban-gardens/3689450.html
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/fire-breaks-out-at-vehicle-scrapyard-along-penjuru-road-buses-diverted-for-safety

Quote: "The fire involved contents outside a building, SCDF said. Channel NewsAsia understands that the fire was at a vehicle scrapyard, and two cars and two industrial containers were believed to have caught fire."

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-04-20 - SUV bursts into flame on highway in the wee hours and burns woman to death, in coastal Visakhapatnam (India):
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/andhra-pradesh-woman-burnt-alive-scorpio-suv-catches-fire/1/933516.html
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/woman-dies-as-car-catches-fire/article18171423.ece
http://www.thequint.com/india/2017/04/20/woman-burnt-as-husband-escapes-in-andhra-pradesh-car-fire
http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/woman-burnt-alive-andhra-car-catches-fire-highway-60677
http://www.siasat.com/news/woman-burnt-alive-car-catches-fire-1173037/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFeuMOadHHg

Quote: "In a horrifying incident, an Andhra woman was burnt alive after the car in which she was travelling caught fire in Visakhapatnam district. The incident happened in the early hours of Thursday, reportedly at Rayavaram mandal. The woman, identified as Nagamani, was with her husband in the car at the time of the incident. The husband managed to escape, after locals reportedly gathered at the spot and pulled him to a safe distance. The locals also tried putting out the fire themselves, but to no avail."

Quote: "Reports suggest that the central locking system of the car failed after the vehicle caught fire, which led to Nagamani's death."

Note: Yesterday it was a mother watching her son burn to death in his car at apartments in Sharonville (Ohio), mentioned in the 2017-04-19 update, and today it's a man watching his wife burn to death in an SUV...

2017-04-20 - Fire-related deaths increasing rapidly in Indianapolis (Indiana):
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/non-working-smoke-detectors-led-to-increase-in-fire-related-deaths

Quote: "Fire-related deaths are on the rise, and Indianapolis has already seen as many incidents this year than in 2016 total."

2017-04-20 - Underground electrical explosion and fire blow manhole covers off in coastal Sunset Park, Brooklyn (New York):
http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2017/17/br-sunset-park-explosions-2017-04-28-bk.html
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/40/17/br-sunset-park-explosions-2017-04-28-bk.html

2017-04-20 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire in Ladson (South Carolina), 13 miles from the coast:
http://www.live5news.com/story/35199900/crews-responding-to-fire-in-ladson
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/ladson-car-crushing-business-to-reopen-friday-after-fire/article_627dab8a-25fe-11e7-9e18-371bacf35006.html
http://abcnews4.com/news/videos/video-crews-working-fire-at-dons-car-crushing-in-ladson
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/Live5News/855097502441365505

2017-04-20 - Parcel delivery business heavily damaged by huge fire in Worcester (Britain):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-39653023
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4428378/Huge-fire-tears-Yodel-XL-warehouse.html
http://www.itv.com/news/central/2017-04-20/major-incident-declared-as-crews-fight-worcester-fire/
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3356575/yodel-parcel-delivery-warehouse-fire-worcester/
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/video/animals/huge-fire-at-yodel-distribution-building-in-worcester-uk/vp-BBA4hwO
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/huge-fire-yodel-distribution-building-070000393.html

2017-04-20 - At least a dozen RVs destroyed by fire at 3:30 AM while parked at storage facility in Snohomish (Washington), 6 miles from the coast:
http://komonews.com/news/local/rvs-burn-in-early-morning-blaze-at-snohomish-storage-facility
http://www.king5.com/news/local/at-least-a-dozen-rvs-burned-in-snohomish-fire/432705482
http://q13fox.com/2017/04/20/fire-damages-multiple-rvs-at-snohomish-storage-facility/
http://www.nwcn.com/news/a-dozen-rvs-destroyed-in-snohomish-storage-fire/432719191
http://mynorthwest.com/605816/multiple-rvs-burn-at-snohomish-storage-facility/

Quote: "Fire officials estimate $3 million in damage after at least a dozen RVs went up in flames early Thursday morning at a Snohomish storage facility. Firefighters responded to the storage facility, in the 2020 block of Bickford Avenue, around 3:30 a.m. after a caretaker called 911. The two-alarm fire burned through the RVs quickly, firefighters say. Neighbors report hearing explosions and seeing flames shoot into the sky."

Quote: "Authorities say the fire likely burned many RVs, motorhomes, boats and other personal property."

2017-04-20 - RV bursts into flame on I-15 near Littlefield (Arizona):
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=43947450&nid=1416&title=fire-engulfs-700k-motorhome-on-i-15-in-virgin-river-gorge
http://www.kvoa.com/story/35203554/motorhome-fire-closes-lane-of-i-15-near-arizona-utah-border
http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/article_848179a4-4ea3-5de1-91d9-52ed5eaff6f5.html
http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2017/04/20/mgk-traffic-on-northbound-i-15-though-gorge-halts-as-motorhome-burns/#.WPmfYYjysuU
http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/motorhome-fire-briefly-closes-i--near-arizona-utah-border/article_e400f5a4-6260-54a7-b071-7195044d78ef.html
http://kutv.com/news/local/motorhome-fire-briefly-closes-i-15-near-arizona-utah-border
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/KUTV2News/855412053468626944

2017-04-20 - RV bursts into flame on Lankershim Boulevard in Sun Valley (California):
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/RV-Fire-Near-Propane-Tank-Rages-420032954.html
http://ktla.com/2017/04/20/man-attempts-to-extinguish-dangerous-rv-fire-close-to-propane-tank-in-sun-valley/
http://www.follownews.com/man-attempts-to-extinguish-dangerous-rv-fire-close-to-propane-tank-in-sun-valley-2ueda
http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20170421/7330016/RV-Catches-Fire-at-Propane-Tank-Refill-Station.htm
http://1losangeles.net/rv-fire-near-propane-tank-rages-in-sun-valley/
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/NBCLA/855239752026599425
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/KTLA/855286095365390338
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sWKlNIg-JQ

2017-04-20 - RV bursts into flame on West Lincoln Avenue in Anaheim (California), man burned, dog killed:
http://www.ocregister.com/2017/04/20/anaheim-motorhome-fire-leaves-1-man-in-critical-condition/
http://www.follownews.com/anaheim-motorhome-fire-leaves-1-man-in-critical-condition-2ue23
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/04/21/Anaheim_motorhome_fire_leaves_1_man_in_critical_condition_do/

2017-04-20 - RV bursts into flame on I-95 ramp in coastal Delray Beach (Florida):
http://cbs12.com/news/local/photos-rv-fire-shuts-down-i-95-exit-ramp-in-delray-beach
http://spbc.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2017/04/20/delray-fire-rescue-shares-photos-of-mysterious-rv-fire-on-atlantic-ave-off-ramp/
http://www.instagram.com/p/BTHHOEzj5dd/

2017-04-20 - RV and car go up in flames near Tifton Street and Highway 95 in Gordon (Alabama):
http://www.rickeystokesnews.com/article.php/wednesday-motorhome-and-car-fire-in-gordon-147915

Note: These are the 138th through 154th RVs to burn/explode in 2017...

Category: Variety Pack

2017-04-21 - Rotten egg odor reported at 10:52 PM along Kathleen Road in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Kathleen Road, Stoneferry Road, Hull. Fri 21 Apr 2017 22:52 (No:08658) Report of gas leak. Gas detection equipment in use. No gas found."

Note: Not the first time this has happened, or the second or the third...

2017-04-21 - Rotten egg odor reported at 5:57 AM along Kathleen Road in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents

Quote: "Kathleen Road, Hull. Fri 21 Apr 2017 05:57 (No:08575) Report of gas leak. Gas detection equipment in use. No gas found."

Note: They're looking for natural gas, and since that's not what's causing the rotten egg odor, they keep finding nothing. Think they'll catch on before Hull is completely destroyed and everyone there is dead? Stay tuned!

2017-04-21 - Scientists just found telltale evidence of an ancient methane explosion in the Arctic Ocean:
http://thebaltimorepost.com/scientists-just-found-telltale-evidence-of-an-ancient-methane-explosion-in-the-arctic-ocean
http://www.adn.com/arctic/2017/04/21/scientists-just-found-telltale-evidence-of-an-ancient-methane-explosion-in-the-arctic/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/21/scientists-just-found-telltale-evidence-of-an-ancient-methane-explosion-in-the-arctic-ocean/

2017-04-21 - Resort hotel rocked by explosion on coastal Montego Bay on the island of Jamaica, 1 killed, 4 injured:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/21/jamaica-probes-explosion-at-resort-that-killed-1-injured-4.html
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/McKenzie-says-investigation-being-conducted-into-RIU-explosion
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/one-killed-in-explosion-at-jamaican-holiday-resort-35643108.html
http://www.startribune.com/jamaica-probes-explosion-at-resort-that-killed-1-injured-4/420079323/
http://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/news/hotel-manager-killed-four-others-injured-hotel-explosion/
http://www.voanews.com/a/jamaica-probing-resort-explosion/3820149.html

2017-04-21 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, 30 scrap cars burn, in Birmingham (Alabama):
http://abc3340.com/news/local/firefighters-battle-large-fire-at-scrap-yard-in-birmingham
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2017/04/scrapyard_fire_sends_plume_of.html
http://www.wbrc.com/story/35210153/birmingham-firefighters-respond-to-fire-at-scrap-yard
http://www.wvtm13.com/article/update-on-scrap-yard-fire-in-birmingham/9539636
http://wiat.com/2017/04/21/fire-at-standard-iron-and-scrap-on-vanderbilt-rd/
http://www.facebook.com/WIAT42/videos/1379497648755972/
http://twitter.com/bham_fire/status/855442600928718850
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKlwsEkKbcs

Quote: "According to Birmingham Fire Department, roughly 30 scrap vehicles and 10 oxygen cylinders are on fire."

Note: Also see the transit bus that went up in flames in the Meadowbrook area in Birmingham on this day...

2017-04-21 - Underground electrical explosion and fire hits Panorama City area in coastal Los Angeles (California), blackouts ensue:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/04/21/underground-vault-explosion-evacuates-panorama-city-homes/
http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20170421/1300-dwp-customers-without-power-because-of-electrical-vault-explosion
http://abc7.com/news/1300-without-power-after-vault-explosions-in-panorama-city/1902158/
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/california/underground-vault-explosion-evacuates-panorama-city-homes/
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/CBSLA/855631292452425728

2017-04-21 - Electrical substation erupts in flame in coastal San Francisco (California), widespread blackouts ensue:
http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/pt/2017/04/fire-at-pg-e-substation-leaves-thousands-without-power-in-san-francisco.html
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/21/san-francisco-hit-with-massive-power-outage-linked-to-substation-fire.html
http://www.wdtimes.com/news/national/article_f781f7c2-a285-5e10-a333-30be7d162261.html
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/04/21/power-outage-shuts-down-barts-montgomery-station/
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Substation-fire-could-be-linked-to-huge-SF-power-11089818.php

2017-04-21 - Transformer bursts into flame near baking company in Richmond (Indiana):
http://www.pal-item.com/story/news/local/2017/04/21/transformer-fire-closes-richmond-baking-company/100753162/

2017-04-21 - Bank of India damaged by fire in coastal Mumbai (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/massive-fire-breaks-out-in-bank-of-india-building-in-mumbai/articleshow/58299539.cms
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/fire-breaks-out-at-bank-of-india-building/article18187107.ece
http://localpress.co.in/2017/04/major-fire-breaks-bank-indias-heritage-building-south-mumbai/
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/04/21/Massive_fire_breaks_out_in_Bank_of_India_building_in_Mumbai/
http://www.oneindia.com/india/fire-breaks-at-bank-india-building-mumbai-2412394.html

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-04-22 - Car goes up in flames and kills driver near West 65th Street in Tulsa (Oklahoma):
http://ktul.com/news/local/fatal-car-fire-in-west-tulsa
http://www.kjrh.com/news/one-person-killed-in-burning-car-near-turkey-mountain
http://www.fox23.com/news/fatal-car-fire-reported-in-west-tulsa/515260452
http://www.krmg.com/news/local/investigation-underway-after-fatal-west-tulsa-car-fire/eqwYhZNjWcaoNpNCtsPycL/
http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20170423/7340679/Police-work-to-identify-victim-of-car-fire.htm
http://www.facebook.com/fox23news/posts/10155225465682556

Quote: "Tulsa police responded to a car fire near West 65th Street and South Elwood Avenue. According to police, a vehicle was engulfed in flames. The driver of the vehicle was inside when the car caught fire. The victim has died."

2017-04-22 - More than 115 wildfires burn in Florida, thousands of people evacuated:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/22/us/florida-wildfires-evacuations/
http://www.mynbc5.com/article/91-wildfires-burn-across-florida-thousands-evacuated/9544203
http://www.wmur.com/article/91-wildfires-burn-across-florida-thousands-evacuated/9544203
http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20170423/7338458/Fire-crews-dealing-with-more-than-100-wildfires.htm
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/04/another-10000-homes-evacuated-from.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/wildfires-burn-across-florida/

Quote: "Thousands of Floridians are under mandatory evacuation orders as more than 115 wildfires scorch the state, the Florida Forest Service said Saturday. Nearly 30,000 acres of the Sunshine State have burned, the Florida Forest Service said."

2017-04-22 - Wildfire continues to rage in Big Cypress National Preserve (Florida):
http://www.winknews.com/2017/04/22/cowbell-fire-60-percent-contained/

Quote: "A massive brush fire continues to burn in the Big Cypress National Preserve. The blaze, known as the 'Cowbell Fire,' has scorched approximately 21,620 acres and is 65 percent contained, the National Park Service said."

Note: Just the other day I said that the end of the world needed more cowbell - tada, more cowbell!

2017-04-22 - Scrapyard erupts in flame at 4:30 AM at railroad coach factory in Bhopal (India):
http://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/fire-breaks-out-in-railway-coach-factory/1056397
http://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/bhopal-west-central-railway-starts-inquiry-into-coach-factory-fire/1056792

Quote: "A huge fire broke out at the scrapyard of the railway coach factory located at Nishatpura locality here on Saturday. The reason behind the fire is not known till now while fire fighters were still fighting to douse it. According to sources, on Saturday at around 4.30 am, the fire broke out at the scrapyard of railway coach factory."

2017-04-22 - Warehouse hit by huge fire, 100 tons of waste and machinery burn, in Dagenham area in coastal London (Britain):
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/LatestIncidentsContainer_dagenham-warehouse-fire-april-22-2017.asp
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2017/04/22/100-firefighters-tackle-dagenham-warehouse-blaze-2/
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/dagenham-fire-70-firefighters-tackle-massive-east-london-blaze-at-warehouse-a3521276.html
http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/national/15240524.Dagenham_warehouse_fire_brought_under_control/
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3293340/dagenham-fire-warehouse/

2017-04-22 - Ship bursts into flame at Khalid Port in coastal Sharjah (UAE), rubbernecker crashes into the ocean:
http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/emergencies/fire-in-wooden-dhow-at-sharjah-s-khalid-port-contained-1.2015632
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/sharjah/breaking-fire-erupts-near-sharjah-port
http://ban.jo/News/Middle-East/20170423/Boat-Fire-Erupts-In-Sharjah-United-Arab-Emirates-Sharjah/
http://www.thenational.ae/uae/fire-on-dhow-leads-rubbernecker-to-drive-into-sea
http://www.dotemirates.com/en/details/3323336
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcbZb2lfbjQ

2017-04-22 - At least 20 boats go up in flames at 12:30 AM while docked at marina on Lake Guntersville (Alabama):
http://whnt.com/2017/04/22/at-least-20-boats-damaged-following-dock-fire-on-lake-guntersville/
http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2017/04/20_boats_damaged_in_dock_fire.html
http://www.waaytv.com/appnews/boat-slips-destroyed-in-early-morning-fire-in-guntersville/article_c51e8bde-2760-11e7-a559-7f4863caf887.html
http://www.wvtm13.com/article/huge-fire-at-lake-guntersville-marina/9544536
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnHEaPNf_N8

Quote: "The fire happened near the Pointe and the Top O' The River restaurants on Lake Guntersville. 'A lot of property and a lot of money went up in flames tonight,' said Guntersville Fire Chief Bryan Waldrop. Chief Waldrop said about 20 to 23 boats were lost in an overnight fire at Val Pointe marina."

2017-04-22 - Boat bursts into flame on canal in coastal Cape Coral (Florida):
http://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/boat-fire-in-cape-coral-canal

Note: These are the 304th through 325th boats/ships to burn/explode in 2017...

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-04-23 - Car showroom erupts in flame at 5 AM, 12 cars burn, in coastal Kharghar, Mumbai (India), 2 killed:
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-fire-in-car-showroom-in-kharghar-two-dead-2412702
http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-news-navi-mumbai-fire-cars-showroom-kharghar-2-security-guards-dead/18190175
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-kharghar-2-workers-charred-to-death-in-auto-showroom-fire-2413048
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kharghar-2-workers-charred-to-death-in-auto-showroom-fire/1/936254.html
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kharghar-2-workers-charred-to-death-in-auto-showroom-fire-117042300561_1.html
http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/two-burnt-to-death-in-fire-at-kharghar-car-showroom/articleshow/58336131.cms
http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-news-kharghar-fire-navi-mumbai-two-killed-car-showroom-blaze/18191171

Quote: "Two people were killed and 12 cars were burnt after a fire broke out at a car showroom in Kharghar at around 5 am on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as security guards."

Note: Cars are killing people even before they're sold now!

2017-04-23 - RV goes up in flames at 12:58 AM and kills man near Kerrville (Texas):
http://dailytimes.com/news/article_a6427124-2965-11e7-84db-bf6c629fc487.html
http://www.hccommunityjournal.com/article_d2f4a68a-293b-11e7-ac32-57334a43e4e4.html
http://rvdailyreport.com/owner/tx-fire-proves-fatal-in-local-rv-park/

Quote: "One man is dead after an RV fire on Junction Highway early Saturday morning. The identification of the deceased is pending autopsy results, officials said. The fire took place in the Hill Country RV Park at 2421 Junction Highway at about 12:58 a.m., said Kerrville Fire Marshal Chris Lee."

Note: This is the 156th RV to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-04-23 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, shredded cars burn, in Dayton (Ohio):
http://fox45now.com/news/local/crews-battle-flames-at-franklin-iron-and-metal-in-downtown-dayton
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/black-smoke-pours-from-scrapyard-fire-near-downtown-dayton/6l9S6ske5OQWYhNzZEPkHO/
http://www.whio.com/news/local/black-smoke-pours-from-scrapyard-fire-near-downtown-dayton/6l9S6ske5OQWYhNzZEPkHO/
http://www.whio.com/news/fire-dayton-scrap-yard/Vafmy4WHXxk5szEQaOnbeM/
http://wdtn.com/2017/04/23/crews-battle-fire-at-dayton-scrap-yard/
http://www.facebook.com/wdtn2/posts/10155020989801830

Quote: "A large pile of shredded automobiles reportedly caught fire at Franklin Iron and Metal in downtown Dayton April 23. Dayton Fire District Chief James Rose said the pile was the size of 1 or 2 houses, and the struggle was to actually get into the fire and knock it down."

2017-04-23 - Auto salvage yard erupts in flame, fire gets big, in Xochitepec (Mexico):
http://ban.jo/News/Latin-America/20170423/Massive-Junkyard-Fire-Rages-In-Xochitepec-Morelos-Mexico-Temixco/

2017-04-23 - Transformer bursts into flame, traffic lights go out, in Greensboro (North Carolina):
http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/local/transformer-fire-impacting-greensboro-traffic-lights/433469732

2017-04-23 - Transformer bursts into flame near building in coastal Kuwait City (Kuwait):
http://www.gdnonline.com/Details/201371/Kuwait-power-transformer-unit-blaze-put-out-by-firefighters

2017-04-23 - Train car containing batteries explodes and burns, homes damaged, in Houston (Texas):
http://www.khou.com/news/local/train-car-carrying-lithium-batteries-explodes-near-downtown-houston/433576556
http://abc13.com/news/loud-boom-heard-after-train-fire-near-downtown/1908896/
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Train-car-fire-involving-chemicals-draws-crews-11093264.php
http://ban.jo/News/US-Canada/20170424/Train-Cargo-Catches-Fire-In-Downtown-Houston-TX-Houston/
http://www.fox26houston.com/news/250262247-story

Quote: "Firefighters worked to contain a train car fire involving chemicals Sunday afternoon near downtown Houston. Houston Fire Department responded to the fire on Chapman Street around 6 p.m. The explosion ripped the train car and caused windows to shatter in a nearby neighborhood."

Quote: "Garcia's home was damaged by the explosion. 'I would hope we that we don't have to worry about rail cars exploding,' he added."

2017-04-23 - Deadly fire destroys one home, heavily damages another, in coastal Queens (New York), 5 killed:
http://nypost.com/2017/04/23/several-dead-after-house-fire-breaks-out-in-queens/
http://abc7ny.com/news/investigation-underway-into-fire-that-killed-5-in-queens-village/1909867/
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/House-Fire-Queens-Village-People-Hurt-FDNY-420188133.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/5-dead-fire-rips-two-story-home-queens-article-1.3091767
http://abc7.com/news/3-children-among-5-dead-in-catastrophic-new-york-house-fire/1908482/
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/04/23/3_children_among_victims_in_New_York_City_house_fire_m/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/children-dead-york-city-housefire/story?id=46972673
http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/3-kids-2-adults-killed-in-queens-village-house-fire-mayor-says-1.13510802
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20170424-57965-USA
http://abc7ny.com/news/witnesses-describe-mans-daring-escape-from-deadly-queens-fire/1909943/

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-04-24 - Riding mower bursts into flame and kills man, fire spreads to home, in East Bridgewater (Massachusetts):
http://wwlp.com/2017/04/25/investigators-lawn-mower-sparked-deadly-house-fire/
http://whdh.com/news/an-unspeakable-loss-riding-lawnmower-sparks-fatal-fire-in-east-bridgewater/
http://www.patriotledger.com/news/20170424/86-year-old-man-dies-in-east-bridgewater-fire/1
http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/20170424/east-bridgewater-man-86-killed-in-house-fire
http://www.wcvb.com/article/east-bridgewater-firefighters-battling-large-2-alarm-fire/9549946
http://whdh.com/news/an-unspeakable-loss-riding-lawnmower-sparks-fatal-fire-in-east-bridgewater/
http://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/East-Bridgewater-Massachusetts-Fire--420237474.html
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/04/24/fire-marshall-east-bridgewater-house-fire-kills-1-fatal/
http://www.wcvb.com/article/one-dead-in-east-bridgewater-fire/9550640
http://turnto10.com/news/local/man-killed-in-east-bridgewater-fire

Quote: "'He was working on his riding lawnmower when somehow or other that lawnmower ignited, igniting his clothing,' East Bridgewater Fire Chief Tim Harhen said."

2017-04-24 - Huge scrap metal fire breaks out in Kings Park in coastal Sydney (Australia), fire burns for 18 hours:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20170424-57973-AUS
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-24/scrap-metal-fire-in-sydneys-west/8468344
http://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/35151195/sydney-scrap-metal-fire-continues-to-burn/
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/04/24/17/39/fire-crews-battle-blaze-at-blacktown-industrial-site
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/sydney-scrap-metal-fire-continues-to-burn/news-story/12457306ec8062ca69721307cddd9a69
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/blacktown-advocate/fire-rages-through-scrap-metal-yard-at-tattersal-rd-kings-park/news-story/e4dc081867d318f52f9499b22cb46a2a
http://www.newslocker.com/en-au/region/sydney/scrap-metal-fire-rages-in-sydneys-west-100-firefighters-on-the-scene/
http://sydneyinformer.com/172480/scrap-metal-fire-rages-in-sydneys-west-100-firefighters-on-the-scene-abc-online/
http://www.newsdump.co.uk/news/sydney-firefighters-battle-blaze-at-metal-scrapyard
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/dailytelegraph/856460718593507328
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsjw952zefQ

2017-04-24 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire at 5:45 AM, seven cars and three vans destroyed, in Ilford area in coastal London (Britain):
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/LatestIncidentsContainer_Ilford-car-scrapyard-blaze24April.asp
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/15242451.Scrap_yard_fire_smoke_closes_A406_North_Circular/
http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/delays-on-a406-north-circular-road-due-to-scrap-yard-fire-in-wanstead-1-4987147
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ilford-fire-traffic-chaos-on-north-circular-as-dozens-of-firefighters-tackle-blaze-at-scrapyard-a3522086.html
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/LondonFire/856751147419172864

Quote: "Six fire engines and 35 firefighters and officers were called to a fire at a car scrap yard on Wanstead Park Road in Ilford this morning. Seven cars and three vans were destroyed by the blaze."

2017-04-24 - Auto salvage yard erupts in flame, fire gets huge, in Falkirk (Scotland), 2 miles from the ocean:
http://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/video-massive-blaze-at-falkirk-scrapyard-1-4428158
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/912384/fire-falkirk-scrap-yard-castle-drive/
http://www.facebook.com/falkirkherald/videos/1324753900935106

2017-04-24 - Massive scrapyard fire erupts in coastal Sharjah (UAE):
http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/emergencies/fire-breaks-out-in-sharjah-scrap-yard-1.2016336
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/sharjah/firefighters-contain-massive-blaze-in-sharjah
http://www.pressreader.com/uae/khaleej-times/20170425/281754154208386
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/04/24/Fire_breaks_out_in_Sharjah_scrap_yard/
http://usa.news.itthon.ma/news/fire-breaks-out-in-sharjah-scrap-yard
http://dubaieye1038.com/fire-at-sharjah-scrap-yard-contained/
http://trueviralnews.com/fire-breaks-out-in-sharjah-scrap-yard/

Quote: "A massive fire raged through a scrap yard in Al Saja’a industrial area in Sharjah on Monday. Colonel Sami Khamis Al Naqbi, Director General of Sharjah Civil Defence, said no injuries were reported in the blaze that started at around 11.18am but the site that contained scrap of auto spare parts and generators was destroyed."

Quote: "The area houses scraps of automobiles, electronics and electric devices which were gutted by the blaze..."

Note: All those metal fires - coast, coast, coast and coast. From the full hypothesis: "Metal-related businesses will be hit hard, including salvage yards and metal recycling centers."

2017-04-24 - Hauntingly freakish Siberian wildfires flicker to life in April:
http://robertscribbler.com/2017/04/24/hauntingly-freakish-siberian-wildfires-now-flicker-to-life-in-april/

2017-04-24 - Electrical substation damaged by fire just after 2 AM, possible explosion, in Lubbock (Texas):
http://www.fox34.com/story/35223104/fire-at-substation-leaves-many-without-power
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=PW-20170424-57971-USA

Quote: "A fire at a power substation at 11th Street and Milwaukee Avenue left many in Lubbock without power briefly. Many have reported hearing an explosion."

2017-04-24 - Transformer bursts into flame on Water Street in Coudersport (Pennsylvania), near the Allegheny River:
http://solomonswords.blogspot.com/2017/04/coudersport-dispatched-for-transformer.html

2017-04-24 - Transformer explodes and burns at substation in Florida area in Roodepoort (South Africa), near Florida Lake, 1 injured:
http://roodepoortrecord.co.za/2017/04/25/florida-substation-goes-up-in-flames/
http://news4security.com/posts/2017/04/florida-substation-goes-up-in-flames/

Note: Yep, there's a Florida in South Africa - learn something new everyday! Doesn't look like that Florida's doing any better than the US Florida though...

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-04-25 - RV trailer goes up in flames and kills person on Idlewood Road in Burke County (Georgia):
http://www.wrdw.com/content/news/Person-dies-in-camper-fire-on-Idlewood-Road-in-Burke-County-420538634.html

2017-04-25 - Explosion kills two children near Bedouin tent home near Nevatim (Israel):
http://www.timesofisrael.com/two-children-killed-in-explosion-in-the-south/
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/228606

2017-04-25 - Small plane bursts into flame then crashes into trees and pond, near Huntsville (Texas), 1 killed:
http://6abc.com/news/pilot-dies-after-small-plane-crashes-into-texas-pond/1916988/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/ntsb-investigating-small-plane-crashed-texas-pond/story?id=47014000
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2017-04-25/twin-engine-plane-crashes-into-texas-pond-near-huntsville
http://www.okemahnewsleader.com/syndicated_post/pilot-dies-after-small-plane-crashes-into-texas-pond/
http://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Twin-engine-plane-crashes-into-Texas-pond-420401004.html
http://www.khou.com/news/local/small-plane-crashes-into-lake-near-huntsville/433999567

Quote: "Authorities say at least one person is dead after a twin-engine airplane crashed into a Central Texas pond after the pilot reported engine trouble and a possible fire."

Quote: "Witnesses told authorities that the plane was on fire when it struck some trees before crashing into the pond, near FM 980."

Note: This is the 37th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-04-25 - Multiple mysterious explosions shake homes and rattle people in coastal San Diego (California):
http://fox5sandiego.com/2017/04/25/loud-boom-heard-across-san-diego/

2017-04-25 - Iron factory rocked by explosion in Asahikawa (Japan), 39 miles from the coast, 16+ injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20170425-57982-JPN
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1043988.shtml
http://news.cgtn.com/news/3d4d444d78597a4d/share_p.html

2017-04-25 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, five vehicles burn, fire spreads to woods, in Limestone Township (Illinois):
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170425/multiple-vehicle-fire-under-control-in-limestone-township
http://www.1470wmbd.com/crews-respond-fire-towing-facility/
http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20170426/7358684/Several-Cars-Burned-at-West-Peoria-Tow-Yard.htm

Quote: "A multiple-vehicle fire Tuesday night at Billie Jo’s Parts and Towing on South Laramie Street in Peoria County also caught nearby woods on fire before it was brought under control, according to firefighters. Five vehicles caught fire at Billie Jo’s, 2107 S. Laramie St., and several explosions were reported, according to firefighters. Some nearby woods also caught fire."

2017-04-25 - Junk boats and rubbish go up in flames on Manor Road in Erith (Britain), 1100 feet from the River Thames:
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/LatestIncidentsContainer_Erith25Apr1799.asp
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/15244689.Massive_pile_of_rubbish__derelict_boats_and_gas_cylinders_on_fire_in_Erith/
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/15244689.Massive_pile_of_rubbish__derelict_boats_and_gas_cylinders_on_fire_in_Erith/
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/erith-fire-thick-smoke-billows-into-sky-as-flames-engulf-two-tonnes-of-rubbish-in-southeast-london-a3523286.html

Quote: "Eight fire engines and 58 firefighters and officers dealt with a rubbish fire on Manor Road in Erith. Around two tonnes of rubbish including derelict boats were damaged by the blaze. Five gas cylinders were involved. Three were cooled down, one vented and the fifth exploded. "

2017-04-25 - Golf club hit by fire, 38 golf carts destroyed, in coastal Dubai (UAE):
http://www.thenational.ae/uae/tourism/fire-breaks-out-at-dubais-arabian-ranches-golf-club

Quote: "The fire started in the club’s garage and 38 golf cars were destroyed, he said."

2017-04-25 - Train bridge erupts in flame at 3:30 AM near Camanche (Iowa):
http://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Overnight-fire-damages-railroad-bridge-south-of-Camanche-Iowa-420389664.html
http://www.clintonherald.com/news/railroad-bridge-re-opens-after-fire/article_91c368ba-2a92-11e7-9a72-5bb6bfc18e68.html

2017-04-25 - Huge wildfire rages near the secretive nuclear town of Zheleznogorsk (Russia):
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3408989/vladimir-putin-secret-siberia-nuclear-town-zheleznogorsk-plutonium-fire/
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/04/close-nuclear-town-in-siberia-on-fire.html

Quote: "A huge fire has engulfed one of Vladimir Putin’s secretive nuclear towns built to supply Russia with weapons grade plutonium. Residents of Zheleznogorsk – which is closed to outsiders – complained of choking from the smoke of wildfires."

2017-04-25 - Synthetic turf business devastated by mammoth fire in coastal Maryport (Britain):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-39711363
http://www.itv.com/news/border/story/2017-04-25/major-fire-at-synthetic-turf-factory-in-maryport/
http://www.cumbriacrack.com/2017/04/25/firefighters-continue-to-tackle-major-fire-in-maryport/

Category: Variety Pack

2017-04-26 - Landfill erupts in flame at 3:45 AM near Elkhart (Indiana):
http://wishtv.com/2017/04/26/landfill-fire-sends-huge-smoke-plume-over-northern-indiana/
http://www.1039thebear.com/elkhart-residents-asked-to-stay-indoors-due-to-massive-landfill-fire/
http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/publicsafety/large-fire-burns-at-waste-management-landfill-near-elkhart/article_1aa728dc-2a7b-11e7-9a5e-3f9cd29aa82a.html
http://www.goshennews.com/news/concord-schools-hold-students-inside-during-landfill-fire/article_b87bce19-97ca-5935-ba6b-6a6eab0aa126.html
http://www.abc57.com/story/35249995/crews-on-the-scene-of-a-fire-at-a-landfill-in-elkhart-co
http://www.wave3.com/story/35267872/the-latest-northern-indiana-landfill-fire-affects-schools
http://wsbt.com/news/local/massive-fire-burns-at-elkhart-county-landfill

2017-04-26 - Landfill erupts in flame at 10 PM in East Baton Rouge Parish (Louisiana):
http://www.wafb.com/story/35249754/crews-fight-huge-flames-after-landfill-catches-fire
http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_38d01a54-2a75-11e7-a13c-5f2fa01e3b44.html
http://www.wbrz.com/news/fire-reported-at-landfill-in-northern-ebr-parish
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/WBRZ/857073146939277312

2017-04-26 - Recycling center hit by fire, mulch and pallets burn, near Waco (Texas):
http://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Wind-whips-flames-of-wildfire-outside-of-Waco-420515484.html
http://www.kcentv.com/news/local/fire-breaks-out-at-waco-wood-recycling-materials-plant/434316703
http://www.kxxv.com/story/35256260/crews-evacuate-10-15-homes-after-large-fire-expected-to-burn-through-the-night
http://www.topix.com/city/waco-tx/2017/04/fire-breaks-out-at-waco-wood-recycling-materials-plant-read-story-stephen-adams

Quote: "The fire broke out in a mulch pit at the Waco Wood Recycling & Materials plant on Antler Road and then spread to wood pallets and other material on the site."

2017-04-26 - Lumber business hit by huge fire at 10:30 PM, warehouse destroyed, in Canton (Ohio):
http://www.indeonline.com/news/20170427/fire-update-owner-says-its-all-splinters-and-sticks
http://www.cantonrep.com/news/20170427/fire-update-owner-says-its-all-splinters-and-sticks
http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170427/fire-update-owner-says-its-all-splinters-and-sticks

Quote: "Stacks of wooden boards and pallets were piled high inside in what appeared to be an opening for delivery vehicles."

2017-04-26 - Chemical storage building goes up in flames at 7 AM in Laurel (Montana):
http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/fire-burns-chemical-storage-facility-in-laurel/article_3bdc65a1-02f8-51da-9574-819250c1080d.html

2017-04-26 - Sulfur fire breaks out in coastal Port Manatee (Florida), 5 hospitalized:
http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/250998901-story
http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article147010829.html
http://www.bradenton.com/latest-news/article147211889.html

2017-04-26 - Film set goes up in flames at 4:53 AM at wharf in Powhatan County (Virginia):
http://wric.com/2017/04/26/fire-destroys-film-set-in-powhatan-county/
http://wtvr.com/2017/04/26/fire-destroys-amcs-turn-washingtons-spies-set/
http://wtkr.com/2017/04/26/fire-destroys-amcs-turn-washingtons-spies-set-near-richmond/
http://www.wnem.com/story/35262731/fire-destroys-movie-set-in-virginia-being-used-for-turn
http://www.heraldcourier.com/news/fire-destroys-movie-set-in-virginia-being-used-for-turn/article_3f232302-142f-5da7-824b-0538b9074b18.html
http://www.richmond.com/news/local/central-virginia/powhatan/powhatan-today/updated-fire-destroys-part-of-powhatan-county-movie-set-being/article_39f6bf36-2a85-11e7-b0e9-93142156e33c.html
http://www.onenewspage.com/n/World/75e71v7q2/Fire-destroys-movie-set-in-Virginia-being-used.htm

Quote: "Powhatan County Fire and Rescue units were alerted at about 4:53 a.m. on April 26 that there was a fire at the wharf set located on the property, according to Fire and Rescue Chief Steven Singer."

2017-04-26 - Atmospheric CO2 levels pass 410 ppm for the first time in millions of years:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/04/atmospheric-co2-just-exceeded-410-ppm.html
http://robertscribbler.com/2017/04/26/key-heat-trapping-gas-crosses-410-parts-per-million-threshold-highest-level-in-past-5-20-million-years/

2017-04-26 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits lake at El Dorado East Regional Park in coastal Long Beach (California):
http://www.presstelegram.com/environment-and-nature/20170426/harmful-bacteria-found-at-el-dorado-park-east-dogs-kids-should-stay-out-of-water

2017-04-26 - Water vapor attacking the ozone layer in new feedback:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-new-positive-feedback.html

Category: Variety Pack

2017-04-27 - Auto salvage yard erupts in flame, fire gets huge, in Dobwalls (Britain), 8 miles from the coast:
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/huge-fire-at-scrapyard-can-be-seen-for-miles/story-30298839-detail/story.html
http://www.cornwalllive.com/more-than-40-firefighters-from-across-cornwall-battle-huge-dobwalls-scrapyard-fire-for-several-hours/story-30299147-detail/story.html
http://www.piratefm.co.uk/news/latest-news/2277911/breaking-firefighters-battle-huge-scrapyard-blaze/
http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2017-04-27/nine-fire-crews-battling-blaze-at-scrapyard/
http://www.cornish-times.co.uk/article.cfm?id=109916

2017-04-27 - Auto salvage yard erupts in flame in Doornfontein (South Africa), 13 injured:
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2017/04/27/Thirteen-injured-in-scrap-yard-blaze
http://howsouthafrica.com/13-people-injured-2-critically-fire-scrap-yard-johannesburg-paramedics/
http://ewn.co.za/2017/04/27/13-injured-in-doornfontein-scrapyard-fire

2017-04-27 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in coastal Brooklyn (New York):
http://abc7ny.com/news/homeless-shelter-partially-evacuated-due-to-co-levels/1923345/
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Manhole-Fire-Brooklyn-Womens-Shelter-Carbon-Monoxide-Brownsville-New-York-420594283.html

2017-04-27 - Utility pole bursts into flame in coastal Hyannis (Massachusetts), 5700+ homes go dark:
http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20170427/hyannis-utility-pole-fire-knocks-out-power
http://www.capecodtimes.com/news11/20170427/utility-pole-fire-cuts-power-to-thousands-in-hyannis
https://patch.com/massachusetts/barnstable-hyannis/barnstable-power-outages-1-300-dark
http://capecoddaily.com/news/232069/

2017-04-27 - Landfill burns for second day near Elkhart (Indiana), schools closed:
http://wsbt.com/news/local/multiple-schools-close-due-to-smoke-from-landfill-fire-in-elkhart-county
http://www.1039thebear.com/elkhart-landfill-fire-continues-to-burn-for-second-day/
http://www.whio.com/news/local/landfill-fire-northern-indiana-keeps-burning-for-2nd-day/xIzLUeFHxAbvZ72n4iUEIL/

2017-04-27 - Landfill erupts in flame in Kursk (Russia):
http://ban.jo/News/Europe/20170427/Smoke-Rises-From-Landfill-Fire-In-Kursk-Russia-Kursk/

2017-04-27 - Lumber yard hit by fire, scrap pile burns, in Moultrie (Georgia):
http://www.walb.com/story/35269082/moultrie-fd-battles-lumber-yard-fire

2017-04-27 - As coral dies off in Japan, emergency declaration issued:
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003657655
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30313275
http://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/04/japan-environment-ministry-declares-corals-risk-extinction/

Quote: "The Environment Ministry has prepared an emergency declaration over coral deaths caused by rising sea temperatures from global warming."

Quote: "According to a recent study, more than 90 percent of corals in Japan’s Sekiseishoko reef – the country’s largest – are partially bleached while a shocking 70 percent died in 2016."

2017-04-27 - Coral reefs dying off hard in the Pacific Ocean near the island of Kiritimati:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/04/ruins-not-reefs-how-global-warming-is.html

Note: Coral reefs are also dying off in Hawaii and near Florida, and the Great Barrier Reef has been dying hard in Australia too. The oceans are dying...

Category: Variety Pack

2017-04-28 - Unknown rotten egg odor hits medical building in coastal Seattle (Washington), 450 feet from the ocean:
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-fire-hazmat-investigates-odor-at-uw-health-sciences-building/

Quote: "About 8 a.m., the fire department tweeted it was turning the scene over to UW’s facilities department after 'no readings' were detected. 'We initially had a couple of workers there who smelled something like rotten eggs,' said Lt. Harbold Webb, a department spokesman. 'But we didn’t find anything.'"

Note: Might wanna invest in some H2S detectors for your people there, Lieutenant Webb. Or wait until a bunch of people fall over dead and then look like idiots. Your call, Lieutenant! Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2017-04-28 - SUV goes up in flames at 1:45 AM and kills woman, 51 or 52, on I-49 near Stonewall (Louisiana):
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2017/04/28/body-found-burning-car--49/101027404/
http://www.ksla.com/story/35276244/body-found-in-burning-car-on-i-49-in-desoto-parish
http://www.ksla.com/clip/13286618/body-of-woman-identified-in-desoto-parish-car-fire
http://www.kalb.com/content/news/Body-found-in-burned-car-identified-420776863.html
http://www.ktbs.com/story/35277662/womans-body-found-in-burning-vehicle-on-i-49
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/louisiana/articles/2017-04-28/body-found-in-burned-car-identified

2017-04-28 - Person found dead in the wee hours in burning van parked in driveway at home in Detroit (Michigan):
http://www.wxyz.com/news/body-found-in-burning-van-outside-detroit-home
http://www.topix.com/forum/detroit/TVBHF7TF6SQ57OIF4/body-found-in-burning-van-outside-detroit-home
http://detroitinformer.com/241110/body-found-in-burning-van-outside-detroit-home/
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/detroit/body-found-in-burning-van-outside-detroit-home/

2017-04-28 - Person found dead and on fire at 6:45 AM near Tijeras (New Mexico):
https://www.abqjournal.com/995109/bcso-body-found-southeast-of-tijeras.html

2017-04-28 - Homeless man's clothes ignite at 6 AM near loading dock in Portland (Oregon):
http://koin.com/2017/04/28/pps-workers-save-man-whose-clothes-were-burning/
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2017/04/portland_schools_employees_ext.html
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/pps-employees-rescue-homeless-man-on-fire/434990829

2017-04-28 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes and alarms people in Wallingford area in coastal London (Britain):
http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/mysterious-loud-band-heard-across-wallington/story-30301055-detail/story.html

Note: Blamed by various people on: gas pipe, bonfire, crane collapsing, car backfiring, car crash, sonic boom. The police say it was a car backfiring. Since cars backfiring don't shake homes across large areas, that means the authorities are lying about what happened, which means they just want this story to go away. Gotsta keep the sheeple oblivious and calm as they die, doncha know!

2017-04-28 - Melting Arctic underwater permafrost layer ~~may~~ will lead to climate disaster:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/04/russian-researchers-indicate-climate.html
http://arctic.ru/environmental/20170427/597399.html

2017-04-28 - Ring of Fire heats up with 37 volcanic eruptions occurring now and others showing increased seismic activity:
http://strangesounds.org/2017/04/the-ring-of-fire-is-heating-up-37-volcanic-eruptions-right-now-and-many-others-showing-increased-seismic-activity.html

2017-04-28 - Volcano Sakurajima erupts in Japan:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20170428-58013-JPN
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2017-04/28/content_40713482.htm
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/04/another-japan-volcano-explodes-mt.html
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/28/c_136243599.htm

2017-04-28 - Magnitude 6.8+ earthquake strikes in the ocean near Davao (Philippine Islands):
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10008ls4#executive
http://www.sfgate.com/earthquakes/article/Magnitude-7-2-earthquake-strikes-near-Balangonan-11107323.php
http://strangesounds.org/2017/04/very-strong-dangerous-earthquake-mindanao-philippines.html
http://www.sott.net/article/349516-6-8-quake-strikes-off-Philippines-triggers-tsunami-warning

2017-04-28 - Record 350 people killed by lightning strikes across Bangladesh in 2016:
http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/govt-focus-forecast-1397710
http://www.sott.net/article/349427-Record-350-people-died-after-being-struck-by-lightning-in-2016-across-Bangladesh

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-04-29 - Four school buses go up in flames while parked at school in Raipur (India):
http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2017/4/30/Two-major-fire-incidents-reported-in-Raipur.aspx

Quote: "In another fire incident four off-road buses parked in St Xavier’s School premises were engulfed on Saturday evening. The buses were parked on the back side of the school building. The actual cause of incident could not be known as the area was not under the range of CCTV camera installed in the school campus."

Note: These are the 77th, 78th, 79th and 80th school buses to burn in 2017, and these are the 311th, 312th, 313th and 314th buses to burn in 2017...

2017-04-29 - Two transit buses go up in flames just before 6:30 AM while parked inside facility in Milton (Canada):
http://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/7268557-fire-destroys-milton-transit-bus/

Quote: "Emergency services responded to the industrial facility on Morobel Drive in the Steeles and Bronte Street area, just before 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning (April 29) for the interior fire. First arriving crews encountered heavy smoke inside the large bus garage bay that houses several buses, locating two buses on fire. Fire officials initial damage estimate is $150,000 - $200,000 to both the two buses and the smoke and water damage to the facility."

2017-04-29 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on highway near Mpigi (Uganda):
http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/55-passengers-escape-death-bus-catches-fire/688334-3908124-90lghiz/index.html
http://businessguideafrica.com/bus-catches-fire-with-over-55-passengers-in-it/

2017-04-29 - Six transit buses destroyed by fire while parked at bus station in Bursa (Turkey):
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/6-buses-completely-destroyed-by-fire-in-Turkey.html
http://news.am/eng/news/387281.html

Quote: "On Friday night, six interurban public transport buses were destroyed by fire at a bus station nearby the bus terminal in Bursa, Turkey, News.am reports. According to the Cumhuriyet newspaper, those in charge of the bus station had noticed that one of the buses was on fire, and immediately called the fire department of the country. However, the fire had spread to the other buses, before the firefighters could arrive at the scene. The buses were completely destroyed as a result of the fire."

2017-04-29 - Three double-decker party buses destroyed by fire at 1 AM while parked at business in Derby (Britain), 1 mile from the River Derwent:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/blaze-destroys-childrens-party-bus-10322105
http://uk.mediavor.com/blaze-destroys-childrens-party-bus-as-owner-says-five-years-of-dreams-have-gone-up-in-smoke/
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/major-derby-blaze-sees-three-coaches-on-fire-and-reports-of-explosion/story-30302091-detail/story.html
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/scallywags-owner-five-years-of-dreams-are-up-in-smoke-as-fire-rips-through-party-buses-in-derby/story-30302151-detail/story.html

Quote: "A fire thought to have caused three explosions has destroyed a Derby party bus business, leaving the owner distraught."

Quote: "All three vehicles were completely obliterated by the blaze which began at 1am on Saturday, in Parcel Terrace. Nearby residents have told how they heard 'three explosions' from that time onwards as the flames gutted the buses."

2017-04-29 - Passenger bus bursts into flame at the Gloucester Green Bus Station in Oxford (Britain):
http://oxfordstudent.com/2017/04/29/coach-catches-fire-gloucester-green/
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15256104.Bus_station_closed_after_coach_bursts_into_flames/
http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/15256104.Bus_station_closed_after_coach_bursts_into_flames/
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2017-04-30/oxford-bus-station-closed-after-coach-fire-at-gloucester-green-depot/

Note: These are the 315th through 327th buses to burn in 2017...

2017-04-29 - Van bursts into flame and explodes while parked between two homes, fire spreads to both homes, in Cleveland (Ohio):
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/04/van_fire_catches_two_houses_on.html
http://fox8.com/2017/04/29/police-at-least-one-person-hurt-in-cleveland-home-explosion/
http://www.cleveland19.com/story/35283556/house-fire-possible-explosion-on-clevelands-west-side
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/cleveland/van-fire-catches-two-houses-on-fire-in-cleveland/
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/04/29/Van_fire_catches_two_houses_on_fire_in_Cleveland/
http://www.follownews.com/van-fire-catches-two-houses-on-fire-in-cleveland-2vvy1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMugJXXHtlM

Quote: "A spokesperson from Dominion gas company said the van caught fire, exploded, then spread flames to surrounding homes. Fire officials originally believed that a home had exploded."

2017-04-29 - Car bursts into flame in the East End on the island of Tortula (Virgin Islands):
http://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/en/news/car-catches-fire-in-east-end
http://bvinews.com/new/fire-guts-car/

Quote: "What seems to be a regular occurrence on the main island of Tortola, a vehicle caught fire in East End, today April 29, 2017."

Note: Story lists six other vehicles burning on the island since February of this year...

Category: Variety Pack

2017-04-30 - Deadly fires and explosions rising quickly in Vietnam:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/30/c_136247671.htm

2017-04-30 - Utility pole bursts into flame, ignites brush fire, at Air Force base on coastal Cape Cod (Massachusetts):
http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20170430/brush-fire-extinguished-at-air-force-radar-site

2017-04-30 - Freight train bursts into flame in Victorville (California):
http://www.vvng.com/locomotive-traveling-victor-valley-catches-fire-video/

2017-04-30 - Barn destroyed by fire at 12:30 AM in Strasburg Township (Pennsylvania), 19,000 chickens killed:
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/04/overnight_blaze_rips_through_l.html
http://6abc.com/news/chicken-house-fire-in-pennsylvania-kills-about-19000-birds/1937385/
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/20170430_ap_fba5aef79c1c41c7b38b4c5bc81ba326.html
http://triblive.com/state/pennsylvania/12249479-74/chicken-house-fire-in-central-pennsylvania-kills-19000-birds
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/nearly-chickens-perish-in-sunday-morning-fire-in-strasburg-township/article_296bbc6c-2da9-11e7-8f57-4b675d8bbf20.html
http://local21news.com/news/local/crews-battle-lancaster-county-chicken-barn-fire

2017-04-30 - Arctic ice update:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/04/arctic-ice-update.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-warming-arctic.html

2017-04-30 - Underwater volcano Kick 'em Jenny rumbling near the island of Grenada:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20170430-58037-ATG
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/04/under-water-volcano-kick-em-jenny.html

2017-04-30 - More than 65,500 earthquakes hit central Italy in 9 months:
http://strangesounds.org/2017/04/65500-earthquakes-hit-central-italy-in-9-months.html

2017-04-30 - Tornadoes and storms kill 13+ people across Texas, Arkansas, Missouri and Mississippi:
http://6abc.com/news/at-least-13-dead-in-4-states-as-tornadoes-and-floods-wreak-havoc-in-south-midwest--/1938127/
http://abc7chicago.com/news/at-least-13-dead-in-4-states-as-tornadoes-and-floods-wreak-havoc-in-south-midwest--/1938127/
http://www.sott.net/article/349722-Powerful-tornadoes-plow-through-east-Texas-and-massive-flooding-in-parts-of-Missouri-and-Oklahoma-PHOTOS-VIDEOS
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/05/americas-mega-storm.html

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2017 - APR - Spotlight Stories

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