Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-01 - Methane explosion blows manhole cover off near school in San Antonio (Texas), 1 injured:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Small-explosion-caused-by-methane-gas-shuts-down-13732923.php
Quote: "A crew was working on Gillette Boulevard outside Gillette Elementary when a manhole cover blew off, which injured a worker's leg, police and fire officials said. Fire officials suspect the explosion was caused by a buildup of methane gas."
2019-04-01 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing in coastal Oakland (California):
http://abc7news.com/smoke-sends-las-vegas-bound-flight-back-to-oakland/5228920/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/04/01/southwest-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-oakland/
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Smoke-Sends-Las-Vegas-Bound-Southwest-Flight-Back-to-Oakland-507951801.html
http://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Smoke-Sends-Las-Vegas-Bound-Flight-Back-To-Oakland-13732282.php
http://www.kitv.com/story/40232576/southwest-airlines-flight-headed-to-ninth-isle-forced-to-make-an-emergency-landing
Quote: "A Southwest Airlines flight heading to Las Vegas was forced to make an emergency landing in Oakland early Monday after smoke was detected in the cockpit, authorities said."
Note: This is the 44th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2019...
2019-04-01 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, scrap metal burns, in coastal Curtis Bay area in Baltimore (Maryland):
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/04/01/fire-breaks-out-at-scrap-yard-in-curtis-bay/
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/video/4057612-fire-breaks-out-at-scrap-yard-in-curtis-bay/
http://www.facebook.com/CBSBaltimore/posts/new-a-fire-at-a-scrap-yard-in-curtis-bay-broke-out-monday-evening/10156578754728477/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn02KZn3mbQ
2019-04-01 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, 20 scrap vehicles burn, in coastal Providence (Rhode Island):
http://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/crews-respond-to-fire-at-providence-scrap-metal-yard/1892810795
http://www.wpri.com/news/top-video/video-now-fire-at-providence-scrap-metal-yard_20190401182850/1892817918
2019-04-01 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, 15 cars and 50 tires burn, in Llansamlet (Britain):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-47772310
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/fire-at-scrapyard-llansamlet-swansea-16058583
Quote: "Fire officers tackled a blaze involving 15 cars at a scrap metal merchants - the second at the same property in the space of two months."
2019-04-01 - Wildfire breaks out in coastal Bay County (Florida):
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20190401/officials-bay-county-wildfire-could-be-sign-of-things-to-come-photos?rssfeed=true
http://www.wjhg.com/content/news/Health-department-urging-residents-to-take-precautions-in-light-of--507923121.html
Quote: "A more than 600-acre wildfire in Bay County is a preview of the coming months as millions of tons of downed trees remain strewn across parts of Northwest Florida after Hurricane Michael, the state’s agriculture commissioner warned Monday."
2019-04-01 - Wildfire rages out of control in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture (China), 30 firefighters killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=WF-20190401-67287-CHN
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-47772483
http://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/world/asia/china-fire-sichuan.html
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/firefighters-fire-chinas-mountains-30-died-62105306
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/asia/2019/04/01/china-military-says-24-killed-fighting-mountain-forest-fire.html
http://www.msn.com/en-xl/asia/top-stories/china-says-30-killed-fighting-mountain-forest-fire/ar-BBVtVov?li=BBJDXDP
Quote: "A forest fire in southwestern China turned deadly over the weekend when winds shifted unexpectedly, trapping firefighters and local officials in a maelstrom. The bodies of 30 people who could not escape were found on Monday, officials announced, even as the fire continued to burn out of control."
Quote: "The death toll among the firefighters appeared to be the worst since 2015, when an explosion at a chemical warehouse in the port city of Tianjin killed 173 people, most of them firefighters and other first responders."
Quote: "Scores of workers have also died in recent industrial accidents, including 85 in a pair of explosions last month."
2019-04-01 - Arctic sea ice extent hits record low for this time of year:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2019/04/arctic-sea-ice-is-collapsing-and-it-is.html
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-02 - Unknown rotten egg odor blows through coastal Baytown (Texas):
http://baytownsun.com/news/article_007c08da-55bf-11e9-bb7d-4f3fec5fa4fc.html
Quote: "There is something in the air...but what no one seems to know for now. Some Baytown residents complained on Facebook Tuesday morning about a natural gas smell coming from the area around Harlem Elementary School. However, Goose Creek school district officials said they looked into it. 'We sent a maintenance crew out there, and they checked the building. But the smell is coming from the air outside. It is not something in the schools,' said Beth Dombrowa, Goose Creek CISD spokeswoman. The City of Baytown said nothing is going on they know of that could be causing the smell. 'We’ve had no reports of natural gas, and we are not working on anything in the area,' said Natasha Barrett, City of Baytown spokeswoman. The smell is not believed to have anything to do with the KMCO plant fire in Crosby, which happened sometime after reports were made about the odor. CenterPoint Energy was contacted to see what they knew about the smell. 'This morning, we received a call about a potential natural gas smell at Harlem Elementary,' Alejandra Diaz, CenterPoint spokeswoman. 'Our crews responded to the call and determined it was not natural gas related.'"
Note: Paywall, so I quoted most of it. So, an unknown rotten egg odor that wasn't natural gas and which came from outdoors hit Baytown and shortly later a chemical plant exploded and burned in Crosby, which is about 8.5 miles north-northwest as the gas blows from the coast at Baytown. This seems similar to that huge fire on the coast a couple of weeks ago in Deer Park, TX, where hydrogen sulfide was also detected in some homes in that area. No tanks or anything related to hydrogen sulfide burned during that fire, at least not that was reported, so where did that hydrogen sulfide come from? Hydrogen sulfide is explosively flammable, and it's apt to blow in off the coast and cause fires and explosions. There'll be explosively flammable methane too, and both will cause and/or exacerbate fires, but it's the hydrogen sulfide that people will smell, since methane is odorless...
2019-04-02 - Chemical plant rocked by fire and explosion near the coast in Crosby (Texas), 1 killed, 2 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20190403-67304-USA
http://www.cnn.com/2019/04/02/us/texas-harris-county-chemical-plant-fire/index.html
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/04/02/plant-fire-crosby-texas-harris-county-houston/
http://abc7news.com/live-coverage-kmco-chemical-plant-fire-in-crosby-injures-2/5230466/
http://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/chemical-plant-fire-erupts-in-crosby-two-employees-possibly-injured
http://www.wkbw.com/news/national/chemical-plant-fire-fills-texas-sky-with-black-smoke-residents-told-to-shelter-in-place
http://www.khou.com/article/news/it-was-terrifying-deadly-chemical-plant-fire-in-crosby-is-contained/285-46e26376-5636-4479-a0c6-200bd5c9ba7d
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/business/another-texas-chemical-fire-kills-worker-injures/article_f9c00d48-203c-5d91-a2e3-68536460bc68.html
http://www.richmond.com/news/national-world/ap/another-texas-chemical-fire-kills-worker-injures/article_3bc97cce-8c46-5e0a-841f-76fb772adfcd.html
http://www.khou.com/article/news/social-media-reacts-to-kmco-plant-fire/285-a3783a5b-32ea-409b-8852-2a762be39d3d
http://time.com/5562933/fire-texas-chemical-plant/
Quote: "The KMCO plant is about 25 miles northeast of Deer Park, where an Intercontinental Terminals Co. facility caught fire and burned for several days last month."
2019-04-02 - Fiberglass plant heavily damaged by fire in north Houston (Texas):
http://www.khou.com/article/news/local/3-alarm-fire-engulfs-fiberglass-warehouse-in-n-harris-co/285-f01fa9d7-23c2-4be9-9df1-ab7e995f0275
http://newstral.com/en/article/en/1123223608/3-alarm-fire-engulfs-fiberglass-warehouse-in-n-harris-co-
http://abc13.com/warehouse-fire-burns-in-north-harris-county/5230638/
2019-04-02 - Car bursts into flame in the wee hours and burns 33-year-old man to death in Madera (California):
http://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/madera-police-man-s-body-found-in-burned-vehicle/1895994390
http://abc30.com/police-discover-mans-body-in-burning-car-in-madera/5230213/
http://bigvalleynews.com/index.php/news/local-news/2030-madera-man-dies-in-early-morning-car-fire-in-front-of-lincoln-school
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/crime/article228737819.html
Quote: "A picture captured what looks like a ball of fire consuming the front portion of this early 2000's BMW. Investigators say the victim, 33-year-old Luis Echeverria had recently purchased the car when detectives say what appears to be a mechanical problem caused the slowly progressing fire. Based on the arson investigator, the fire did start in the engine compartment. The actual engine itself is almost completely melted and gone."
2019-04-02 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing in coastal Wilmington (North Carolina):
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/orlando-bound-flight-diverted-to-north-carolina
http://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/9264266-cockpit-odour-spurs-american-airlines-emergency-landing-in-nc/
http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/cockpit-odour-spurs-american-airlines-emergency-landing-in-nc-508026722.html
http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/state/ap/american-airlines-jet-lands-in-north-carolina-due-to-fumes/article_93cae10c-c6ee-531a-ae73-5f25041c72e7.html
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2019/04/02/cockpit-odour-spurs-american-airlines-emergency-landing-in-nc.html
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/state/north-carolina/article228744069.html
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/business/article228756484.html
Quote: "'We’ve had smoke and fumes in the back and would like them to come take a look at it,' a crew member said. Radio communication also indicated the flight crew was wearing oxygen masks."
Note: This is the 45th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2019...
2019-04-02 - Crane bursts into flame and collapses at construction site in Alpharetta (Georgia):
http://cbs12.com/news/nation-world/crane-catches-fire-and-collapses-on-construction-site
http://newschannel9.com/news/nation-world/crane-catches-fire-and-collapses-on-construction-site
http://www.cbs46.com/news/crane-catches-fire-collapses-onto-alpharetta-construction-site/article_59c35068-555d-11e9-861a-5396f22ac2c0.html
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/north-fulton-county/breaking-raging-fire-at-construction-site-causes-crane-to-collapse/936324835
http://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/crane-catches-fire-collapses-avalon-alpharetta/5zQqX0qKrFSLszAI2MMKbO/
http://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=420109638776299
2019-04-02 - Auto salvage yard damaged by fire and explosion in Coopers Plains (Australia):
http://www.hit.com.au/story/factory-explosion-at-coopers-plains-127757
http://www.triplem.com.au/story/factory-explosion-at-coopers-plains-133509
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-03 - Natural gas treatment plant explodes and burns at 11:30 PM in DeSoto Parish (Louisiana):
http://www.ksla.com/2019/04/04/explosion-reported-gas-facility-no-injuries-reported/
http://www.mrt.com/news/texas/article/Natural-gas-explosion-overnight-in-Louisiana-no-13742044.php
http://www.ktbs.com/explosion-in-desoto-parish-at-an-oil-and-gas-field/video_25a4e468-34f9-5309-8549-7c7028b9df49.html
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/ap_texas/natural-gas-explosion-overnight-in-louisiana-no-injuries/article_7065ee65-ac6d-5d38-83ff-2f34b34b05b7.html
http://www.klfy.com/news/louisiana/natural-gas-explosion-overnight-in-louisiana-no-injuries/1900663636
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article228840014.html
2019-04-03 - RV trailer goes up in flames and kills woman and son in Parrish (Alabama):
http://www.cbs42.com/news/local/mother-son-die-in-fatal-fire-in-walker-county/1898562999
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2019/04/mother-3-year-old-son-killed-in-walker-county-fire.html
http://fox28media.com/news/nation-world/mother-and-three-year-old-son-killed-in-alabama-camper-trailer-fire
http://www.wvtm13.com/article/walker-county-coroner-woman-35-and-her-3-year-old-son-killed-in-house-fire/27035505
http://www.cbs42.com/news/local/family-mourns-death-of-daughter-grandson-killed-in-parrish-camper-fire/1901254984
http://abc3340.com/news/local/2-killed-including-3-year-old-in-parrish-camper-fire
http://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=284678489119598
2019-04-03 - Cargo plane damaged by tailpipe fire after diverting to airport in Hebron (Kentucky):
http://www.wlky.com/article/cargo-plane-diverted-to-cvg-catches-fire-after-landing-on-tarmac/27028726
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/04/03/cargo-plane-diverted-cvg-after-tailpipe-fire/3350364002/
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/boone-county/hebron/tailpipe-of-cargo-plane-catches-fire-at-cincinnati-northern-kentucky-international-airport
http://www.wlwt.com/article/cargo-plane-diverted-to-cvg-catches-fire-after-landing-on-tarmac/27027585
Note: This is the 46th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2019...
2019-04-03 - At least 20 parked cars go up in flames at auto auction business in Candia (New Hampshire):
http://www.unionleader.com/news/safety/multiple-cars-catch-fire-at-candia-auction-business/article_25d4cc05-d1c6-597e-a27b-2608004ec079.html
Quote: "Local firefighters worked for a few hours Wednesday night battling an accidental fire involving more than 20 vehicles in a parking lot behind a local business Wednesday, according to first responders."
2019-04-03 - Underground electrical explosion blows manhole cover off in Elm Park area in Romford (Britain):
http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/residents-saw-manhole-cover-fly-into-the-air-after-electrical-explosion-in-elm-park-1-5974834
2019-04-03 - Transformer business damaged by fire in DeFuniak Springs (Florida):
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20190404/multiple-agencies-battle-fire-at-defuniak-transformer-company
2019-04-03 - Car bursts into flame on Route 8 in Shelton (Connecticut), 6th car fire on Connecticut roads this week:
http://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/Third-vehicle-fire-this-week-on-SW-CT-highways-13738362.php
http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Third-vehicle-fire-this-week-on-SW-CT-highways-13738362.php
http://patch.com/connecticut/shelton/car-fire-extinguished-route-8-shelton
Quote: "The sixth car fire this week on Connecticut highways broke out on Route 8 in Shelton Wednesday morning."
Note: Wow, even some of the sleepy masses are starting to notice all the car fires!
2019-04-03 - Heatwave broils Ahmedabad (India), people collapsing on the streets:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20190404-67322-IND
http://www.nyoooz.com/news/ahmedabad/1363033/heatwave-effect-262-people-reported-ill-in-ahmedabad/
http://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-heatwave-effect-262-people-reported-ill-in-ahmedabad-2736217
2019-04-03 - China and India responsible for half the world's air pollution in 2017:
http://www.msn.com/en-in/news/newsindia/china-india-responsible-for-half-of-worlds-air-pollution-deaths-in-2017-report/ar-BBVAYoH
Category: Fires And Explosions
2019-04-04 - Plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing in Laredo (Texas):
http://www.kgns.tv/content/news/Smoke-forces-plane-to-make-emergency-landing-508117631.html
http://www.kgns.tv/video?vid=508154922
Quote: "A plane had to make an emergency landing after smoke was seen coming from the cabin. According to local officials, the incident happened at around 12:50 p.m. at the Laredo International Airport. The plane was able to land safely on the ground and luckily, no one was injured."
Note: This is the 47th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2019...
2019-04-04 - Wildfire rages near the coast in Gangwon Province (South Korea), 400 homes destroyed, 1+ killed, 11 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=WF-20190405-67336-KOR
http://www.yahoo.com/news/two-dead-south-korea-blaze-yonhap-165442323.html
http://www.upi.com/Wind-whipped-wildfire-prompts-evacuations-in-South-Korea-border-town/6321554402957/
http://news.sky.com/story/south-korea-thousands-flee-wildfire-in-region-of-former-winter-olympics-11684813
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/one-dead-in-south-korea-border-town-blaze-11414060
http://www.moreechampion.com.au/story/5999655/one-dead-11-hurt-in-south-korea-fire/
http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/world/article/South-Korean-coastal-fire-kills-one-injures-11-13741582.php
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/coastal-forest-fire-kills-2-destroys-120-homes-in-s-korea/2019/04/04/c10f6bac-573e-11e9-aa83-504f086bf5d6_story.html
http://wtop.com/asia/2019/04/south-korean-coastal-fire-kills-one-injures-11/
http://www.tribtown.com/2019/04/04/as-skorea-coastal-fire/
Quote: "A giant forest fire swept across swathes of South Korea Friday, as authorities declared a rare national disaster, deploying 900 fire engines and tens of thousands of personnel to bring it under control. Apocalyptic images on television and social media showed walls of flame lighting up the night, buildings engulfed in flames, and clouds of smoke billowing across hillsides during the day."
Quote: "The central government declared a state of national disaster, entitling affected areas to special assistance including goods and equipment, and banning entry to dangerous zones. The last time Seoul made such a declaration was in 2007 when a crude oil carrier leaked thousands of tonnes of oil into the sea off the west coast. President Moon Jae-in told officials to take all measures necessary to battle the inferno, and to liaise with North Korean authorities if the fire approaches the border, the presidential office said."
Quote: "Fanned by strong winds it quickly spread through the mountainous area, incinerating 400 homes and 500 hectares of land, according to the government. Nearly 4,200 people were evacuated and one person died, authorities said, while 35 were injured."
2019-04-04 - Chemical factory destroyed by massive fire in Campbellfield (Australia), near the coast:
http://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/melbourne-firefighters-battle-massive-chemical-factory-blaze-in-campbellfield/news-story/0916e5314cb81a109aad82f334220c30
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/factory-fire-residents-hear-sounds-of-small-explosions-as-large-blaze-tears-through-factory-in-melbournes-north/news-story/8b5073153ed43f52976825d024ccd58b
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/apr/05/huge-fire-at-melbourne-factory-holding-hazardous-materials-could-last-for-days
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-05/campbellfield-factory-fire-sends-smoke-over-melbournes-north/10973650
Quote: "A truck on the factory premises was engulfed in flames."
Note: Melbourne, the Houston of Australia!
2019-04-04 - Electrical substation damaged by explosion and fire in New Albany (Indiana):
http://www.wlky.com/article/officials-fight-fire-at-lge-substation-following-explosion/27048741
http://www.wdrb.com/news/explosion-at-lg-e-substation-sends-black-smoke-into-the/article_1f1831ea-5738-11e9-ac94-1b36ee9b6b39.html
http://www.newsandtribune.com/news/update-lg-e-substation-catches-fire-off-ind-in-floyd/article_af077c7a-5733-11e9-af12-4f7f6e85164c.html
2019-04-04 - Four fire trucks and Cal Fire maintenance building destroyed by fire in St. Helena (California):
http://wildfiretoday.com/2019/04/05/trucks-destroyed-in-blaze-at-cal-fire-facility-in-st-helena-california/
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Fire-destroys-Cal-Fire-maintenance-facility-in-13744393.php
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/9468058-181/fire-destroys-cal-fire-maintenance
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/update-overnight-fire-caused-million-in-damage-at-cal-fire/article_39ac2be0-2120-5bd0-aed5-83b8584a589d.html
Quote: "No one was injured, though four vehicles in the building were destroyed and four others were damaged. The facility, used to perform maintenance work on fire engines, pickup trucks and other vehicles, was also a complete loss, Lang said."
2019-04-04 - Multiple cars go up in flames while parked at riverfront casino on the Delaware River in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/04/05/several-cars-damaged-following-fire-at-sugarhouse-casino-parking-lot/
http://6abc.com/cars-catch-fire-at-sugarhouse-casino-parking-lot/5235036/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiEq6dUivRU
Quote: "Several cars went up in flames at the SugarHouse Casino parking lot on Thursday night."
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-05 - Unknown noxious odor hits high school in DeWitt (New York):
http://www.syracuse.com/poststandard/2019/04/jamesville-dewitt-high-school-dismissing-early-due-to-odor.html
http://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/jamesville-dewitt-high-school-dismisses-early-due-to-odor-investigation/1902427756
Quote: "Jamesville-DeWitt High School is dismissing early due to a noxious odor investigation. The district sent out automated messages to parents telling them the school would dismiss at 11:25 am. Students were evacuated to the gym at first, according to several high school students. Several reported feeling dizzy. There was a reported odor/fume at the school, according to 911 dispatchers."
2019-04-05 - Unknown odor sickens six students at school in coastal Queens (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/jackson-heights-elmhurst/mysterious-odor-sickens-6-kids-corona-elementary-school-fdny
Quote: "Six kids fell ill after a mysterious odor wafted through a Queens elementary school Friday morning."
2019-04-05 - Brush fire breaks out in riverbed near Las Animas (Colorado):
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/04/05/wildfire-las-animas-bent-county-correctional/
http://www.kktv.com/content/news/Brush-fire-burning-near--in-Bent-County-508149601.html
http://www.heraldcourier.com/news/firefighters-battle-fire-burning-on-colorado-s-plains/article_c9f78804-83c9-55d6-9832-864d22bbc37c.html
Quote: "The Gazette reported that the fire started Thursday night in a riverbed near the Bent County Correctional Facility in a rural area east of Las Animas."
2019-04-05 - Brush fire breaks out along Route 24 in Stoughton (Massachusetts):
http://www.wcvb.com/article/brush-fire-burning-along-rt-24-in-stoughton/27058723
2019-04-05 - Brush fire breaks out and damages electrical infrastructure on the Caribbean coast in Yucatan (Mexico), massive power outage ensues:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CID-20190406-67347-MEX
http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2019-04-05/power-outages-hit-mexicos-yucatan-peninsula-including-cancun
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-cancun-blackout/cancuns-power-coming-back-after-outages-in-mexicos-yucatan-idUSKCN1RH2KV
Quote: "Electric power returned to three states on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula on Friday night, including tourist hot spots Cancun and Tulum, after a partial blackout left 1.6 million customers without energy, state-run power utility CFE said. 'Service has been 100 percent reestablished in the three states thanks to the quick work of CFE workers,' the utility said in a statement. CFE said that a brush fire between transmission towers had caused the power outage. Power outages hit throughout the peninsula, which is dotted with Caribbean coastal resorts."
2019-04-05 - At least 16 vehicles go up in flames shortly after 1 AM while parked in garage in coastal Hong Kong (China):
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3004839/16-vehicles-damaged-garage-fire-new-territories
Quote: "At least three classic and vintage cars were among 16 vehicles damaged in a fire that broke out in a garage in the north of Hong Kong in the early hours of Friday."
2019-04-05 - Car bursts into flame at 2:25 AM while parked in carpark, fire damages 2 more vehicles, in coastal Singapore:
http://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/1-vehicle-consumed-by-fire-another-2-damaged-at-regent-heights-condo-carpark
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-06 - Crane bursts into flame at the Port of Oakland in coastal Oakland (California):
http://abc7news.com/flames-smoke-visible-from-crane-fire-near-i-880-in-oakland/5237333/
http://bestspecialnews.com/flames-smoke-visible-from-crane-fire-near-i-880-in-oakland/
http://www.facebook.com/abc7news/posts/10157768007072079
Quote: "A crane that was on fire at the Port of Oakland sent flames and a big plume of smoke into the air late Saturday night. Officials say the fire was reported at 11:04 p.m. and was burning on Harbor Road near Interstate 880."
2019-04-06 - Wildfire rips through crops and 30 villages in Madhya Pradesh (India), 3 killed, 25 injured:
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/3-dead-25-injured-crops-destroyed-in-massive-fire-in-mp-119040600836_1.html
http://www.mid-day.com/articles/three-dead-25-injured-crops-destroyed-in-massive-fire-in-madhya-pradesh/20698161
http://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/3-dead-25-injured-crops-destroyed-in-massive-fire-in-madhya-pradesh-518876
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aQynk3SVdQ
Quote: "Three people were charred to death and 25 others injured in a fire which engulfed 30 villages in and around Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad district after it was fanned by a sudden gust of wind, police said Saturday."
2019-04-06 - Electrical substation heavily damaged by fire in Randfontein (South Africa):
http://randfonteinherald.co.za/298478/update-rfontein-substation-fire-herald-journalist-reports-scene/
http://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/accidents/2113105/randfontein-substation-explodes-into-flames/
http://randfonteinherald.co.za/298470/just-rfontein-substation-fire/
2019-04-06 - Transformer bursts into flame at electrical substation in Ritchie County (West Virginia), blackouts ensue:
http://www.wdtv.com/content/news/6000-without-power-in-Ritchie-County--508211771.html
2019-04-06 - Three cars destroyed by fire at 2:30 AM, another damaged, while parked at dealership in coastal Sydney (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/car-fire-sydney-mazda-dealership-1.5087651
http://www.capebretonpost.com/news/local/police-investigating-fire-at-sydney-dealership-298773/
Quote: "Fire destroyed three vehicles and damaged a fourth at the Mazda dealership on Welton Street in Sydney, N.S., early Saturday morning."
2019-04-06 - Number of medical emergencies rising quickly in coastal Abu Dhabi (UAE):
http://gulfnews.com/uae/health/sharp-rise-in-medical-emergency-calls-1.62353483
Quote: "The average monthly rate of calls increased from 2,483 in 2014 to 6,194 calls in 2018 and roughly 80 per cent calls were related to medical emergencies while 20 per cent were from road traffic accidents."
2019-04-06 - Person has 'medical incident' at cafe on High Street in coastal Burnham-On-Sea (Britain), 500 feet from the ocean:
http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/emergency-services-dealt-with-life-threatening-medical-incident-in-burnham-high-street/
Quote: "Burnham-On-Sea High Street was temporarily closed on Saturday (April 6th) as emergency services dealt with a serious medical incident."
2019-04-06 - SOTT Earth changes summary for March 2019, extreme weather, planetary upheaval, meteors:
http://www.sott.net/article/410657-SOTT-Earth-Changes-Summary-March-2019-Extreme-Weather-Planetary-Upheaval-Meteor-Fireballs
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-07 - Sewer gas odor reported in area in Peru (Illinois):
http://www.newstrib.com/free/strong-sewer-gas-odor-reported/article_3375c010-59a1-11e9-a7ac-4f89633ade8e.html
Quote: "Peru emergency crews were called at 8:50 p.m. Sunday for an odor investigation in the vicinity of Venture Drive and northern Peoria Street and reported a strong sewer-gas odor behind two of the large stores south of that intersection."
Note: There are two sewer gases. One is methane, which is odorless. The other has an odor, so that had to be what they smelled. That's hydrogen sulfide...
2019-04-07 - Two men, 58 and 63, die after being pulled from the water during Ironman competition in coastal Port Elizabeth (South Africa):
http://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-04-07-two-ironman-competitors-die/
http://www.capetownetc.com/news/two-participants-pass-away-during-ironman/
http://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2019-04-07-two-deceased-ironman-competitors-identified/
http://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/durban-man-among-two-dead-ironman-championship/
http://www.msn.com/en-za/news/national/2-competitors-die-at-ironman-championship-after-swim/ar-BBVHyJn
http://www.algoafm.co.za/article/local/99828/two-competitors-die-after-ironman-swim
http://www.thesouthafrican.com/two-ironman-contestants-pass-away-during-swim/
http://twitter.com/RodrigoZacca/status/1114864138243776512
http://www.facebook.com/ECRNewswatch/posts/10156874245021487
Quote: "Two participants in the Ironman competition taking place in Port Elizabeth died on Sunday - one of a suspected heart attack while the other is believed to have suffered convulsions."
Quote: "Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu told HeraldLIVE that the deaths of Stanvliet and Trichardt happened a mere 10 minutes apart, adding that both competitors were confirmed dead when they arrived at the hospital."
Note: Hydrogen sulfide is water-soluble and can cause both heart attacks and seizures, often of the fatal variety. The best way to test water is to douse your head with it. If you don't have a heart attack or seizure and die then the water you got on your head was okay!
2018-04-07 - Passenger plane hit by engine smoke and explosive sound, plane returns to coastal Kaohsiung (Taiwan):
http://www.eaglenews.ph/cathay-dragon-flight-makes-safe-emergency-landing-in-taiwan/
http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/world-news-cathay-dragon-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-taiwan/328319
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/cathay-dragon-flight-makes-safe-emergency-landing-in-taiwan
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3675439
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1479326/world
Quote: "The Apple Daily newspaper cited local aviation officials as saying the plane’s right engine emitted smoke during take-off and that local residents nearby said they had heard an explosive sound."
Note: This is the 48th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2019...
2019-04-07 - Chemical plant explodes in coastal Mailiao (Taiwan), 10,000+ people evacuated:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20190407-67364-TWN
http://taiwanenglishnews.com/chemical-plant-explosion-rocks-southern-taiwan-heard-more-than-30-kilometers-away/
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2019-04/08/content_74656186.htm
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/07/c_137957839.htm
Quote: "An explosion at a chemical plant in an industrial zone in Yunlin county shattered glass in buildings up to two kilometers away, shook houses five kilometers away, and was heard more than 30 kilometers away, according to media reports, today, April 7."
Quote: "More than 10,000 villagers had to be evacuated after an explosion rocked a chemical plant in an industrial zone in Mailiao township, Yunlin county in central-southern Taiwan Sunday afternoon."
Note: About 75 miles north on the coast from the smoking plane, with both events on the western coast of the island, the side most likely to be hit by hydrogen sulfide and/or methane blowing in off the ocean...
2019-04-07 - In separate incidents, two cars burst into flame within 10 minutes in coastal Bridgeport (Connecticut):
http://www.doingitlocal.com/2019/04/bridgeport-news-todays-vehicle-fires/
Quote: "Two vehicle fires to report. The first one was at Barnum and Central Avenue. Ten minutes later a call came in for another car fully engulfed in flames at Bruce and Stratford Avenue."
2019-04-07 - In separate incidents, two cars go up in flames on same street in Waterbury (Connecticut):
http://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/new-haven/waterbury-crews-investigating-2-vehicle-fires-on-same-street/1906456709
2019-04-07 - Car bursts into flame on Ann Street in coastal Norwich (Connecticut):
http://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/new-london/fd-single-car-catches-on-fire-on-ann-street-in-norwich/1907031756
2019-04-07 - Multiple cars go up in flames while parked in underground carpark at apartments in Moscow (Russia):
http://www.rt.com/newsline/455769-moscow-parking-lot-fire/
http://www.tellerreport.com/news/--in-moscow--there-was-a-fire-in-the-underground-parking-of-a-residential-building-.BJbiWEwKN.html
Quote: "Moscow firefighters evacuated around 300 people after a major fire erupted at an underground parking lot on Sunday morning. Several cars were heavily damaged by the blaze under a 20-story residential building in the northwest of the city before rescue services managed to douse it."
2019-04-07 - Firefighting aircraft increasingly ineffective amid worsening wildfires:
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-aircraft-increasingly-ineffective-against-california-wildfires-20190407-story.html
http://ktla.com/2019/04/07/firefighting-aircraft-increasingly-ineffective-amid-worsening-california-wildfires/
http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/pt/2019/04/firefighting-aircraft-increasingly-ineffective-amid-worsening-wildfires.html
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-08 - Underground electrical fire shoots flames from two manholes in Holyoke (Massachusetts):
http://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/manholes-catch-fire-in-holyoke-after-electrical-equipment-failure/1911044028
2019-04-08 - Garbage-to-energy plant rocked by explosion and fire on French Island (Wisconsin):
http://www.news8000.com/news/no-injuries-after-explosion-fire-at-xcel-energy-s-french-island-plant/1067104217
2019-04-08 - Around 19 cars go up in flames while parked at auto auction business in Wilmer (Texas):
http://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/more-than-a-dozen-cars-on-fire-at-car-auction-facility-in-wilmer/287-0787c699-ff02-43d0-8d88-1ecaaed36641
Quote: "More than a dozen cars caught fire overnight Monday. It happened at an auto auction company called Copart off Belt Line Road near I-45. A security guard working at the facility noticed the flames and called 911. Firefighters were able to put out the fire of at least 19 cars that show extensive damage. It's unclear how the fire started, but investigators and firefighters remain on scene. Officials on scene told WFAA that they are not investigating it as a suspicious fire."
2019-04-08 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire at 3:30 AM, four scrap cars burn, in Williamson (New York):
http://www.whec.com/news/investigators-try-to-determine-cause-of-scrap-yard-fire-in-williamson/5308220/
http://www.mpnnow.com/news/20190408/4-cars-catch-fire-at-williamson-scrap-yard
http://fingerlakes1.com/2019/04/08/crews-respond-to-fire-at-williamson-scrap-yard/
Quote: "Fire crews received a call around 3:30 a.m. after someone in the area heard a loud bang and saw large flames coming from the Wilbert’s U-Pull It Auto Salvage Yard. Upon arrival, firefighters found four vehicles on fire near the crusher. Investigators are working to find out what caused the cars to catch fire."
2019-04-08 - Car bursts into flame while parked in garage at apartments in Minot (North Dakota):
http://www.kxnet.com/news/minot-news/fire-scare-at-chateau-apartments/1909388793
http://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Apartment-garage-fire-in-southwest-Minot--508286941.html
Quote: "There was a scare today at a Minot apartment complex that has twice before burned to the ground. The Chateau Apartments on Second Avenue Southwest burned down two times when it was under construction. Today, a report of a car on fire inside an attached garage at the complex caused the Minot Fire Department to scramble all of its fire stations."
2019-04-08 - Forest fires rise 49% in three years across India:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/forest-fire-incidents-in-country-rise-by-49-in-three-years-fsi-report/articleshow/68784827.cms
http://weather.com/en-IN/india/news/news/2019-04-09-india-sees-49-rise-in-forest-fire-cases-in-three-years-fsi
Quote: "In 2016, 24,817 forest fire incidents were recorded, which increased to 35,888 in 2017 and 37,059 in 2018."
2019-04-08 - Blue ocean event looms in the Arctic:
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2019/04/blue-ocean-event-consequences.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo3cznpfIpA
2019-04-08 - Global warming is pushing the Arctic toward an unprecedented state, research shows:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2019/04/08/global-warming-is-pushing-arctic-toward-unprecedented-state-research-shows/
2019-04-08 - It could take 10 million years to recover from what we are doing to the planet, scientists warn:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/take-10-million-years-recover-planet-scientists-warn-192952899.html
Note: Actually, it took more like 30 million years to recover from the Permian-Triassic extinction event, and the current extinction event is a repeat of the Permian-Triassic, so I'd expect it to take significantly longer than 10 million years for the Earth to fully recover...
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-09 - Truck takes off by itself, crashes into ship at port, fire erupts, in coastal Santos (Brazil):
http://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2019/25785/grimaldi-ro-ro-hit-runaway-truck-fire/
http://maritimebulletin.net/2019/04/09/grimaldi-ro-ro-hit-by-runaway-truck-fire/
http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/274816/grimaldi-roro-catches-fire-after-being-hit-by-truck-in-brazil/
Quote: "An uncontrollable truck hit GRIMALDI’s ro-ro ship GRANDE SAN PAOLO, docked at Santos Brazil, in the morning Apr 9. Truck said to be runaway, it just rode off by itself, though not clear whether it happened on board of the ship, or at her side – understood it happened on board during offloading. After the hit, truck went on fire, extinguished by fire engine and the crew. The ship sustained slight damages."
Quote: "According to VesselsValue, the truck with no one at the wheel sped away under power and collided with the 214-meter ship."
2019-04-09 - Toxic chemicals a growing problem after wildfires:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2019/04/09/a-growing-problem-after-wildfires-toxic-chemicals/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-growing-problem-after-wildfires-toxic-chemicals/2019/04/05/7243d6b4-45bb-11e9-90f0-0ccfeec87a61_story.html
2019-04-09 - Waste facility erupts in flame in Yonkers (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/bronxville/fire-waste-management-facility-video
2019-04-09 - Transformer bursts into flame and causes blackouts in Verona (New Jersey):
http://patch.com/new-jersey/verona/power-outage-verona-after-transformer-fire-police
2019-04-09 - Honda dealership heavily damaged by fire in Silver Spring (Maryland):
http://wjla.com/news/local/crews-battle-large-fire-at-montgomery-county-car-dealership
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Firefighters-Battle-Blaze-at-Honda-Dealership-in-Montgomery-County-508354371.html
http://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/crews-battle-large-fire-at-montgomery-co-car-dealership/65-e318ad06-1683-4741-9c55-21883906fd59
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/intense-fire-breaks-out-at-montgomery-car-dealership/2019/04/09/81779908-5b3d-11e9-a00e-050dc7b82693_story.html
Quote: "Firefighters are battling a large fire at a Honda dealership in Montgomery County, Maryland, Tuesday night. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue said the fire broke out about 10 p.m. inside the maintenance area of the dealership on Automobile Boulevard in Silver Spring."
2019-04-09 - Heavy plow truck bursts into flame while parked inside public works facility in Union (Maine):
http://knox.villagesoup.com/p/fire-causes-major-damage-to-union-public-works-garage/1809232
http://www.penbaypilot.com/article/update-cause-fire-union-s-town-garage-determined/116363
2019-04-09 - Brush fire destroys two vehicles and two trailers west of Wittmann (Arizona):
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-northern-az/painted-wagon-fire-burning-near-wittman-arizona
http://twitter.com/azstateforestry/status/1115691047319998464
2019-04-09 - Brush fire breaks out east of Pemberton (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20190411-67412-CAN
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/wildfire-near-pemberton-triggers-evacuation-alert-on-lil-wat-first-nation-1.4373998
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mount-currie-wildfire-1.5092606
http://globalnews.ca/news/5149831/mount-currie-wildfire/
2019-04-09 - 2019 set to be a record year for flooding as mind-boggling statistics blow away records for many countries, and it's only April:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2019/04/2019-set-to-be-record-year-for-flooding.html
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-10 - Unknown odor sickens workers and evacuates 911 call center in Sunrise (Florida), near the coast:
http://www.local10.com/news/florida/broward/bso-dispatch-center-in-sunrise-evacuated-because-of-strange-odor
http://wsvn.com/news/local/all-clear-given-after-public-safety-building-in-sunrise-evacuated-following-foul-odor/
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-ne-sunrise-911-smoke-20190410-story.html
Quote: "A Broward Sheriff's Office dispatch center in Sunrise was evacuated Wednesday morning because of a strange odor. Sky 10 was above the scene of the BSO regional communications center. Sunrise police said several dispatchers started feeling ill, prompting the evacuation. Some of the dispatchers were taken to an area hospital to be evaluated. Six were treated at the scene."
Note: Someone call 911! Er, waitasec...
2019-04-10 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes in central North Carolina:
http://myfox8.com/2019/04/09/neighbors-report-hearing-loud-boom-in-randolph-county/
http://www.sott.net/article/410946-Loud-boom-heard-in-central-North-Carolina
2019-04-10 - Car goes up in flames shortly before 3 AM and burns man to death on street in Chicago (Illinois):
http://patch.com/illinois/bucktown-wickerpark/man-dies-near-west-side-car-fire
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/04/10/fatal-car-fire-jackson-washtenaw/
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/4063197-man-found-dead-in-near-west-side-car-fire/
http://abc7chicago.com/man-dead-after-car-fire-on-west-side/5241447/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/man-found-dead-inside-car-fire-on-near-west-side/
http://wgntv.com/2019/04/10/man-found-on-fire-dead-next-to-burning-car-on-west-side/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UOEjx1xzGs
Quote: "A man died after he caught fire when a car went up in flames early Wednesday morning on the Near West Side. Police said an unidentified man was found inside a burning car parked near Jackson and Washtenaw shortly before 3 a.m. When firefighters arrived, the car was still on fire, and the man was on fire on the sidewalk outside the car. The victim was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead."
2019-04-10 - Around 60 cars go up in flames at auto salvage yard in coastal Surrey (Canada):
http://www.cloverdalereporter.com/news/car-fires-at-auto-yard-cause-early-morning-traffic-snarls-in-surrey/
Quote: "Jerome said there was a pile of cars 'fully engulfed,' estimating there were approximately 60 vehicles on fire."
2019-04-10 - Huge wildfire breaks out and causes power outages on the Western Islands (Scotland):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CID-20190411-67426-GBR
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/islands/western-isles/1720979/huge-wildfire-cuts-power-to-more-than-13000-people-in-the-western-isles/
http://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/news/fire-service-tackles-wild-fires-in-bernera-1-4904889
Note: Off the western coast of Scotland...
2019-04-10 - Big ol' pile of manure goes up in flames near the bosque along the Rio Grande in Corrales (New Mexico):
http://www.koat.com/article/big-ol-pile-of-manure-on-fire-near-bosque/27103084
Quote: "Fire crews responded to a manure fire near the Village of Corrales Wednesday. The Corrales Fire Department Chief Anthony Martinez told KOAT 'a big ol’ pile of manure' was on fire on the 7000 block of Corrales Road near the Bosque."
2019-04-10 - Continuing wildfires could send electricity rates skyrocketing across California:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/04/11/pge-rates-dire-prediction-california-wildfires/
http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/California-electricity-rates-could-surge-50-13757757.php
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2019/04/11/pge-rates-could-skyrocket-after-another-wildfire/
Quote: "If California wildfires continue to be as devastating as they have been the last two years, millions of customers’ electric rates could skyrocket 50% and threaten the state’s ability to execute some of its top clean energy initiatives, according to a new analysis prepared for Gov. Gavin Newsom. The sharp rate rise would be worse for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers, whose bills could double in just one year, said Steven Weissman, an emeritus lecturer at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, in a Wednesday memo to a Newsom administration official."
2019-04-10 - Former fire chiefs warn about increasing climate threat in Australia:
http://wildfiretoday.com/2019/04/10/former-fire-chiefs-warn-australians-about-increasing-climate-threat/
2019-04-10 - Hundreds of millions of pigs feared dead (!) from swine fever, pork price up 38 Percent in 4 Weeks:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/hundreds-of-millions-of-pigs-feared-dead-from-swine-fever-price-of-pork-has-risen-38-percent-in-the-last-4-weeks
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6905587/Price-bacon-rocket-African-swine-fever-hits-pigs-China.html
http://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/10/killer-hog-disease-a-dire-situation-in-china-stoking-fears-in-us.html
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-11 - Unknown odor evacuates school in coastal Brooklyn (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/carrollgardens/boerum-hill-school-evacuated-fdny-investigates-odor
Quote: "FDNY was called to Khalil Gibran International Academy at 362 Schermerhorn Street just before 1 p.m. for reports of an odor inside. By 1:30 p.m., the building had been evacuated and firefighters were still on scene investigating, an FDNY spokesman said."
2019-04-11 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing in Brussels (Belgium):
http://www.aviation24.be/airlines/international-airlines-group-iag/british-airways/flight-between-london-gatwick-and-salzburg-diverts-to-brussels-airport-after-smoke-in-the-cockpit/
Quote: "On 11 April, a British Airways Airbus A319 (G-DBCG) operating flight BA2652 between London Gatwick to Salzburg diverted to Brussels Airport. Pilots reported smoke in the cockpit, declared a general emergency and decided to quickly land at the Belgian airport. Three hours after the safe landing, the aircraft is still on the ground in Belgium."
Note: This is the 49th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2019...
2019-04-11 - Petrochemical complex damaged by explosion and fire at 1:25 AM in coastal Pengerang (Malaysia), 2 injured:
http://www.straitstimes.com/world/explosion-at-petronas-oil-refinery-in-johor-injures-two
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2019/04/12/explosion-at-pengerang-og-facility/
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/04/12/two-injured-in-explosion-and-fire-at-pengerang-og-facility/
http://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/041219-fire-explosion-at-malaysias-pengerang-integrated-complex-contained-petronas
http://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/04/12/massive-blast-reported-at-pengerangs-rapid-oil-and-gas-facility/1742388
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/explosion-at-petronas-oil-and-gas-facility-in-pengerang
http://www.asiaone.com/malaysia/explosion-petronas-oil-and-gas-facility-johor
Quote: "Pictures and videos of the explosion have been circulating on social media, with internet users saying the blast could be felt as far off as Pasir Gudang."
2019-04-11 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in coastal Dundee (Scotland):
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/868366/underground-fire-affects-dundee-street/
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/4109388/fire-dundee-underground-albert-street-cops/
http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/2019/04/11/fire-blocks-dundee-city-centre-road-with-diversions-in-place/
http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/2019/04/11/video-update-temporary-traffic-lights-in-place-following-electrical-fire-in-dundee-street/
2019-04-11 - Brush truck bursts into flame at 2:12 AM while parked inside fire station in South Adams County (Colorado):
http://www.denverpost.com/2019/04/11/south-adams-county-fire-brush-truck/
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/04/11/fire-truck-fire-south-adams-county-firefighters/
http://www.firefighternation.com/articles/2019/04/brush-truck-catches-fire-inside-colorado-firehouse.html
http://www.firehouse.com/apparatus/news/21076097/co-firefighter-hurt-when-brush-truck-burns-in-fire-station
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/firefighter-taken-to-hospital-after-vehicle-fire-breaks-out-inside-adams-county-fire-station
http://twitter.com/SACFD200/status/1116479792549781504
Quote: "The brush truck is a total loss and station 8 will be closed for an investigation and repairs."
2019-04-11 - Thousands of wildfires break out across Thailand, Myanmar and Laos:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20190411-67422-THA
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30367532
http://news.thaivisa.com/article/34069/north-smog-to-worsen-on-first-day-of-songkran
http://thethaiger.com/hot-news/air-pollution/forest-fires-destroy-2-7-million-rai-of-land-whilst-chiang-mai-is-back-on-top
Quote: "Bush fires have devastated nearly 2.7 million rai (there are 2.5 Rai in an Acre) of forests in nine northern provinces."
Note: Thailand and Myanmar are on the western coast of that part of the landmass (and Laos borders both of them), just like the fire on the Western Isles off Scotland, mentioned in the 2019-04-10 update, the fires in Chile, Portugal, British Columbia in Canada, Washington State, Oregon and California, among other places....
2019-04-11 - California races to deter disaster as towns face fire risk:
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/california-races-to-deter-disaster-as-towns-face-fire-risk
http://nypost.com/2019/04/11/california-aims-to-find-wildfire-prone-towns-that-could-be-next-paradise/
http://weather.com/news/news/2019-04-11-millions-of-californians-live-in-areas-at-severe-risk-of-wildfires
http://www.nptelegraph.com/news/national_news/a-lot-of-paradises-many-towns-at-high-risk-of/article_94850140-e5bf-5826-95f8-cae0ed8cc1bb.html
http://www.richmond.com/business/ap/california-wildfires-a-wicked-problem-with-no-easy-answers/article_4e5a73ba-7593-5753-8980-8f5514774050.html
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-12 - US Strategic Petroleum Reserve contaminated with extremely high levels of hydrogen sulfide:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-12/tainted-oil-exxon-others-say-u-s-government-sold-toxic-crude
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/exxon-others-u-government-sold-090000306.html
Quote: "Exxon Mobil Corp. is the latest company to raise concerns that a stockpile of U.S. government crude is tainted with poisonous gas. The American energy giant said some of the oil it purchased last year from the Energy Department’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve, or SPR, contained 'extremely high levels' of hydrogen sulfide, according to emails obtained by Bloomberg under the Freedom of Information Act. In some cases, the gas level was 250 times higher than government safety standards allow."
2019-04-12 - Several people sickened by hydrogen sulfide at mall in Nashville (Tennessee):
http://www.wsmv.com/news/odor-from-sewer-system-prompts-evacuations-at-business-near-the/article_04a35e64-5d43-11e9-bb6d-270ad2d52c7f.html
http://fox17.com/news/local/sewer-odor-causes-several-people-to-feel-sick-in-green-hills
Quote: "Several people reported getting sick after smelling a foul odor at the Vanderbilt Access Center near The Mall at Green Hills. The Nashville Fire Department responded to 3841 Green Hills Village Dr. after receiving a report of people feeling ill. There was a concern that it was due to a gas leak, but fire officials said the smell emanated from the sewer system."
Note: Another example of people confusing the smell of the odorant added to natural gas with the smell of sewer gas, e.g. hydrogen sulfide...
2019-04-12 - Thousands of flammable methane-spewing lakes appearing all over Alaska and Siberia as the world warms and permafrost melts:
http://www.businessinsider.com/frozen-lakes-light-fire-thermokarst-global-warming-climate-change-2019-4
Quote: "Thousands of flammable lakes are popping up all over Alaska and Siberia. Rising global temperatures are thawing and melting permafrost in the Arctic, which creates these thermokarst lakes that bubble with methane. The methane is flammable, but also getting into the atmosphere where it can contribute to further climate change."
2019-04-12 - Much more methane than originally thought spewing into the atmosphere in New Mexico:
http://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/environmental-group-report-shows-increase-in-new-mexico-methane-emissions/1920986209
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Environmental-Group-Finds-Surge-in-Permian-Methane-Emissions-508446891.html
http://blogs.edf.org/energyexchange/2019/04/12/new-mexicos-million-ton-methane-problem/
http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/Environmental-group-finds-surge-in-Permian-13759800.php
Quote: "New numbers show New Mexico's methane emissions are much higher than previously thought. A new report from the Environmental Defense Fund is estimating statewide emissions from oil and natural gas sites are five times higher than what the EPA reported. The environmental group is crediting the surge in emissions to an increase in oil and natural gas drilling at the Permian Basin."
2019-04-12 - Bering Sea warming quickly and transforming:
http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/science/article/Bering-Sea-changes-startle-scientists-worry-13765218.php
http://infosurhoy.com/cocoon/saii/xhtml/en_GB/health/tempo-of-bering-sea-adjustments-startles-scientists/
http://www.wral.com/bering-sea-changes-startle-scientists-worry-residents/18324339/
Quote: "Winter storm surge flooding is the latest indication that something’s off-kilter around the Bering Strait, the gateway from the Pacific Ocean to the Arctic Ocean. Rapid, profound changes tied to high atmospheric temperatures, a direct result of climate change, may be reordering the region’s physical makeup."
Quote: "'The projections were saying we would’ve hit situations similar to what we saw last year, but not for another 40 or 50 years,' Danielson said."
2019-04-12 - Vavilov Ice Cap glacier accelerates its flow to the sea from 20 meters per year to 20 meters per day:
http://weather.com/news/news/2019-04-08-russian-glacier-moving-much-faster
http://www.sott.net/article/411019-Russian-Arctic-glacier-goes-from-moving-60-feet-a-year-to-60-feet-a-day
2019-04-12 - Marine heat waves killing off coral:
http://desdemonadespair.net/2019/04/coral-larvae-production-drops-by-90-percent-after-marine-heat-waves-we-used-to-think-that-the-great-barrier-reef-was-too-big-to-fail-until-now.html
Quote: "We used to think that the Great Barrier Reef was too big to fail – until now..."
2019-04-12 - 2018's hemispheric heat wave wasn't possible without climate change, scientists say:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/11042019/2018-heat-wave-climate-change-attribution-northern-hemisphere-extreme-weather-record
2019-04-12 - As the world continues to warm, planting zones are moving north:
http://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/maps/planting-zones-moving-north
Category: Fires And Explosions
2019-04-13 - Person found dead in burning car at 6 AM in Gary (Indiana):
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/body-found-in-burning-vehicle/article_bae0313d-b4d9-50d9-a788-3b5f51d0e640.html#1
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=91501294412&story_fbid=10157220820429413
Quote: "Firefighters found a body inside a burning car early Saturday, police said. The Gary Fire Department was dispatched about 6 a.m., Gary Police Cmdr. Jack Hamady said. The Lake County coroner’s office was summoned."
2019-04-13 - Man found dead in burning car on road in Woogenellup (Australia):
http://brandsauthority.com/man-found-dead-after-woogenellup-car-fire/
http://thewest.com.au/news/man-found-dead-by-police-called-out-to-car-fire-ng-b881167953z
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/man-found-dead-after-woogenellup-car-fire-ng-b881167993z
http://www.facebook.com/perthnow/posts/10157121699971192
Quote: "A man has been found dead after police were called out to a car fire in Woogenellup, about 30km from Mt Barker, last night. A WA Police spokeswoman said a caller travelling to the Stirling Ranges came across a car on fire and called police at about 7.50pm. The car was 17km from Chester Pass Road on Woogenellup Road. The spokeswoman confirmed the deceased man was found in the car."
2019-04-13 - SUV bursts into flame at home, fire spreads to home, in Ardmore (Texas), 1 injured:
http://kfor.com/2019/04/14/ardmore-man-recovering-from-burns-after-vehicle-catches-fire/
http://www.kxii.com/content/news/Ard-House-Fire-508549721.html
http://www.kxii.com/video?vid=508556702
Quote: "An Oklahoma man is recovering from his injuries after the car he was driving suddenly burst into flames. Katelyn Marshall says she awoke to a popping sound and people screaming outside her window. When she looked out her window, she says she saw a car and a man on fire."
2019-04-13 - Transformer bursts into flame and causes blackouts in coastal Cambridge (Massachusetts):
http://whdh.com/news/nearly-850-in-cambridge-without-power-after-transformer-fire/
2019-04-13 - Transformer bursts into flame and explodes in the Olney area in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://6abc.com/transformer-fire-knocks-out-power-to-parts-of-olney/5246677/
2019-04-13 - Refinery damaged by fire near coastal Bandar Abbas (Iran):
http://in.news.yahoo.com/fire-iran-refinery-quickly-put-report-033305968.html
2019-04-13 - Landfill fire breaks out, again, in coastal Chennai (India):
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2019/apr/14/fourth-fire-in-chitlapakkam-dump-yard-in-chennai-in-a-year-1964044.html
2019-04-13 - Maruti car showroom heavily damaged by fire in the wee hours in Hyderabad (India), nobody there:
http://english.sakshi.com/crime/2019/04/13/fire-ravages-car-showroom-in-ranigunj
http://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/fire-breaks-out-at-car-showroom-in-hyderabad-520663
Quote: "Fire engulfed a car showroom in Hyderabad in the wee hours of Saturday. The fire broke out at Maruti showroom multi-workshop in Ranigunj. Fire tenders were alerted immediately following which they reached the spot and detained the fire."
2019-04-13 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge near coastal Annapolis (Maryland):
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/bs-md-bay-bridge-fire-20190413-story.html
http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/fire-on-the-chesapeake-bay-bridge-causes-traffic-backup
http://www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com/baybulletin/2019/4/13/vehicle-fire-backs-up-bay-bridge-for-miles
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/04/13/officials-respond-to-vehicle-fire-on-bay-bridge/
http://www.wusa9.com/video/news/local/truck-fire-shut-down-several-lanes-on-the-chesapeake-bay-bridge/65-57736c63-ac6c-4abe-9689-e1f66dd51ba6
http://twitter.com/TheMDTA/status/1117136047476027392
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDQkFwVZSoQ
Note: A man just sickened on a cargo ship the day before in Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis and was medecac'd off, mentioned in the 2019-04-12 update...
2019-04-13 - Marsh fire erupts on Fighting Island in the Detroit River in LaSalle, Ontario (Canada):
http://windsorite.ca/2019/04/fire-on-fighting-island/
http://www.wxyz.com/news/marsh-fire-on-fighting-island-contained-officials-say
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2019/04/14/marsh-fire-fighting-island-detroit-river/3465710002/
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-14 - Passenger plane engine bursts into flame, plane returns to coastal Barcelona (Spain):
http://hamodia.com/2019/04/14/arkia-plane-turns-back-barcelona-engine-catches-fire/
http://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/tel-aviv-bound-flight-returns-to-barcelona-after-engine-catches-fire/
http://twitter.com/TOIAlerts/status/1117490461050978304
Quote: "An Israeli Arkia airline flight from Barcelona to Tel Aviv, was forced to return to Barcelona shortly after takeoff, when the engine caught fire, according to Channel 13 on Sunday night."
Note: This is the 50th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2019...
2019-04-14 - Man, 55, found dead in burning pickup truck shortly after midnight in Aurora (Colorado):
http://www.denverpost.com/2019/04/16/aurora-burned-out-car-body-identified/
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/04/14/aurora-body-found-burning-car/
http://www.wspa.com/news/body-found-inside-burned-car-in-suburban-denver/1924871648
http://www.denverpost.com/2019/04/14/aurora-vehicle-fire-dog-park-death/
http://kdvr.com/2019/04/14/body-found-inside-burned-out-vehicle-in-aurora/
http://www.9news.com/article/news/local/body-found-in-vehicle-on-fire-in-aurora/73-35b163d8-dc8d-4e80-9ac1-7a98f59f9457
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/colorado/articles/2019-04-14/body-found-inside-burned-car-in-suburban-denver
http://www.krqe.com/news/body-found-inside-burned-car-in-suburban-denver/1924873141
Quote: "Aurora authorities found an unidentifiable body after extinguishing a fire in a vehicle early Sunday near Green Valley Ranch. Officers responded to a report of a vehicle fire just after midnight in the area of East 58th Avenue and North Flanders Street, according to the Aurora Police Department."
2019-04-14 - Car explodes into flame near warehouse in Gurugram (India), 1 killed, 5 injured:
http://www.ndtv.com/gurgaon-news/cng-car-explodes-near-firecracker-warehouse-in-gurugram-1-killed-2023069
http://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/gurugram-1-dead-5-injured-in-cng-car-explosion-near-godown20190415093325/
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/5-injured-in-car-explosion-in-gurugram-119041500173_1.html
http://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/150419/1-dead-5-injured-in-cng-car-explosion-near-godown-in-gurgaon.html
http://www.theweekendleader.com/Headlines/23287/5-injured-in-car-explosion-in-gurugram.html
2019-04-14 - Van bursts into flame in coastal Karachi (Pakistan), 7 injured:
http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/486981-Karachi:-Seven-suffer-burn-injuries-as-van-catches-fire
Quote: "Seven members of the same family received burn injuries when a van they were travelling in caught fire in North Naziabad area of Karachi on Sunday. According to details, the ill-fated family was returning home after attending a marriage ceremony when the fire broke out in the van due to which seven persons were wounded."
2019-04-14 - Waste facility hit by fire, half a million tons of wood and building go up in flames, in Magnet Cove (Arkansas):
http://www.fox16.com/news/local-news/fire-burning-at-the-hot-spring-county-solid-waste-disposal-facility-in-magnet-cove/1925255476
http://katv.com/news/local/fire-at-hot-spring-county-waste-facility
http://www.malvern-online.com/content/9-fire-departments-respond-jones-mill-fire
Quote: "58 firefighters from nine departments have been working for hours to put out a fire at the Hot Spring County solid waste facility. Tons of waste wood are burning. The building holding the wood has been destroyed. The complex is owned by Hot Spring County. Firefighters expect the estimated half-million tons of wood are expected to smolder for several days."
Quote: "A firefighter received a cut to the hand, and another felt ill on the scene, according to an official on the scene."
Note: A billion pounds of wood!
2019-04-14 - Moor fire breaks out at Marsden Moor (Britain):
http://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/fire-crews-spend-night-fighting-16129016
http://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/gallery/firefighters-tackle-fire-marsden-moor-16129120
2019-04-14 - Warmest Arctic temps in at least 10,000 years speeding the melting of permafrost in Canada:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2019/04/arctic-temperatures-are-warmest-in-more.html
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/arctic-temperatures-warmest-in-more-than-10000-years-university-of-alberta-study/wcm/b54cfba5-9a69-42f9-8f62-16c1bee782ac
Note: They've already got methane-infused lakes bubbling methane in Canada, so the next step is some of those gigantic methane explosions leaving craters in the ground like the ones already occurring in Siberia...
2019-04-14 - Very large unknown object spotted near the Moon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfdUS434CqA
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-15 - Unknown gas hits school and poisons at least 75 children in Cherkasy (Ukraine), near the Dnieper River:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20190416-67490-UKR
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2019-04/16/content_74684315.htm
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/16/c_137979653.htm
Quote: "At least 75 children showed symptoms of poisoning after being exposed to an unknown substance in their school in Ukraine's central Cherkassy region, the country's Health Ministry said on Monday. According to a statement posted on the ministry's website, 38 of those who fell ill were sent for medical treatment to the hospital, with 15 of them being in moderately grave condition. The other affected children received outpatient medical care, the ministry said. Meanwhile, the State Service for Emergencies said that an unknown gas was sprayed in the school and that the efforts to eliminate the consequences of the incident were underway."
2019-04-15 - Passenger plane bursts into flame at airport in Florence (Italy):
http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2019/04/15/fire-on-air-france-flight-put-out_b093f583-bc87-4617-9071-2eecfe1ef2ec.html
Quote: "Florence, April 15 - A fire aboard an Air France flight on the runway at Florence airport was put out on Monday. The blaze on the plane's undercarriage was immediately tamed by fire fighters, sources said."
Note: This is the 51st aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2019...
2019-04-15 - Notre Dame Cathedral heavily damaged by massive fire on River Seine island in Paris (France), Macron vows to rebuild:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=FR-20190415-67485-FRA
http://abcnews.go.com/International/fire-breaks-paris-notre-dame-cathedral/story?id=62411000
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-47943443/notre-dame-the-french-president-says-the-cathedral-will-be-rebuilt-following-fire
http://www.echolive.ie/corknews/Gallery-Fire-devastates-Notre-Dame-Cathedral-in-Paris-157ebbd0-11aa-4d15-aba0-b62a5a04aaab-ds
http://auburnpub.com/multimedia/galleries/gallery-fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral-in-paris/collection_eab8b8ce-5fad-11e9-b834-3b08804f364d.html
http://www.wsmv.com/news/us_world_news/catastrophic-fire-engulfs-notre-dame-cathedral-in-paris/article_cb2cd2fc-5f26-5b94-8009-672fd8b2e104.html
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2019/04/15/notre-dame-spire-and-roof-collapse-as-fire-rages-at-iconic-cathedral-in-paris/
http://nypost.com/2019/04/15/notre-dame-cathedral-may-not-survive-blaze-firefighters/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/notre-dame-cathedral-fire-us-politicians-condolences
http://www.cnn.com/2019/04/15/world/gallery/notre-dame-cathedral-fire/index.html
http://www.politico.eu/article/macron-postpones-speech-after-notre-dame-fire/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47936445
2019-04-15 - Historic mosque erupts in flame in Jerusalem (Israel):
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/04/16/al-aqsa-mosque-catches-fire-same-time-as-notre-dame-cathedral/
http://gulfnews.com/world/mena/al-aqsa-mosque-catches-fire-same-time-as-notre-dame-cathedral-1.1555395418351
http://www.sott.net/article/411239-Hmmm-Al-Aqsa-mosque-in-Jerusalem-catches-fire-at-the-same-time-as-Notre-Dame-cathedral
http://nation.com.pk/16-Apr-2019/al-aqsa-mosque-catches-fire-at-jerusalem
Quote: "As the iconic cathedral of Notre Dame burned in Paris, a fire broke out at the historic Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem."
2019-04-15 - Underground fuel storage tank explodes and burns at gas station in Ashland (Kentucky):
http://www.wymt.com/content/news/Crews-responding-to-reported-explosion-at-Ashland-gas-station-508588751.html
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Crews-respond-to-reported-explosion-at-Ashland-gas-station-508588341.html
http://wchstv.com/news/local/emergency-responders-on-the-scene-of-reported-explosion-at-gas-station-in-ashland-ky
http://www.dailyindependent.com/news/underground-explosion-at-gas-station-updated/article_530a164c-5f87-11e9-9ee4-633f2b33d5a7.html
http://www.wowktv.com/news/local-news/firefighters-on-scene-after-explosion-reported-at-ashland-gas-station/1926703244
http://wvah.com/news/local/emergency-responders-on-the-scene-of-reported-explosion-at-gas-station-in-ashland-ky
http://www.wtvq.com/2019/04/15/fuel-storage-tanks-explode-gas-station-ashland/
Quote: "People at neighboring businesses say they heard a loud boom and felt shaking just before 9 a.m. Monday. An underground tank exploded at the Sunoco on the corner of Winchester Avenue and 22nd Street. A witness tells WSAZ she saw flames shoot 15 feet into the air. The Ashland Fire Department used foam to extinguish the giant flames."
2019-04-15 - Car bursts into flame and burns driver to death along road in coastal Richards Bay (South Africa):
http://midsouthcoastrisingsun.co.za/21511/road-driver-burns-death-car-fire/
Quote: "Witnesses at the scene allege the vehicle with one occupant caught alight while still on the road, the car veered off down an embankment where the fire continued to rage on."
Quote: "Once the Fire and Rescue Services had extinguished the flames, the body of an unknown person was found burned beyond recognition. There was nothing visible on the vehicle to indicate that a collision had taken place."
2019-04-15 - SUV bursts into flame and burns man on South Street in Reading (Pennsylvania), another man pulls him from burning SUV, 2 injured:
http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/man-rescued-from-burning-suv
http://www.wfmz.com/news/berks/-victims-found-at-car-fire-scene-in-reading-fire-marshal-says/1069502027
Quote: "A man was rescued Monday night from a burning SUV by a good Samaritan who was driving past the fire in south Reading, according to officials. Crews were dispatched shortly after 10:45 p.m. to the 900 block of South Street for the report of a vehicle fire with entrapment. Reading Fire Deputy Chief Larry B. Moyer Jr. said firefighters discovered an SUV engulfed in flames, and an injured man — the driver — lying next to the SUV, on South Street near the intersection of South Ninth Street. Moyer said a man in a pickup truck had been driving on South Street when he saw the fire and jumped out of his vehicle. He pulled the victim, who was trapped inside the SUV, to safety. Moyer commended the man who stopped to help the victim. Both were transported to Reading Hospital for their injuries."
Note: If not for the man in the pickup truck who saved the day, the man in the SUV would've been yet another carbecued corpse...
2019-04-15 - Melting permafrost releasing high levels of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas:
http://e360.yale.edu/digest/melting-permafrost-releasing-high-levels-of-nitrous-oxide-a-potent-greenhouse-gas
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2019/04/15/melting-permafrost-releasing-high-levels-of-nitrous-oxide-a-potent-greenhouse-gas/
http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/19/4257/2019/
2019-04-15 - Worldwide increase in natural catastrophes is already hitting global supply chains:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2019/04/worldwide-increase-in-natural.html
http://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/climate-change-hits-supply-chains-allianz-20190414-p51dzl
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-16 - Unknown rotten egg odor hits Stockport, Tameside, Salford, Denton, Redding, Droylsden, Bury, Oldham, Gorton, Sale, and Salford Quays (Britain):
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/smell-gas-greater-manchester-leak-16140951
http://theworldnews.net/gb-news/what-s-that-smell-more-than-300-people-report-odd-stench-to-gas-board-across-stockport-tameside-bury-oldham-and-salford-but-it-remains-a-mystery
Quote: "An odd smell is sweeping across much of Greater Manchester...but nobody knows what it is. Gas board bosses have received more than 300 calls from people in Stockport, Tameside and Salford, complaining of an unpleasant pong. Nobody knows what is causing it. Hundreds of people said they could smell something like 'gas' in places including Denton, Redding, Gorton, Sale and Salford Quays on Tuesday. Engineers attended and carried out safety checks. No problems were found with gas mains."
Note: This area isn't far from the western coast of Britain, the side most likely to have rotten-egg-smelling hydrogen sulfide blow in off the ocean. Obviously, once the concentration reaches 1 part per thousand, the populations of entire cities are going to start dropping dead. It's still possible that Britain will be scoured clean of life by fires before everyone drops dead from poison gas though. Time will tell!
2019-04-16 - Dead zones spreading through the oceans as oxygen levels decline:
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/2127825/dead-zones-how-our-oceans-are-losing-their-breath
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11973288
Quote: "But the problem stretched far beyond 'dead zones', the authors pointed out, as even smaller oxygen declines could stunt growth in animals, hinder reproduction and lead to disease or even death. It also could trigger the release of dangerous chemicals such as nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas up to 300 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, and toxic hydrogen sulphide."
2019-04-16 - Sea level rise destroying roads and pushing people further inland in Papua New Guinea:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CC-20190416-67492-PNG
http://www.thenational.com.pg/rising-seas-and-waves-eating-away-road-in-wnb/
Quote: "The Makasili-Vavua road, which provides a vital road link for people living in the Hoskins local level government area of Talesia district in West New Britain, is being threatened by rise in sea level and strong waves. A section of the road, particularly at Makasali village, had gone under the sea along with three others constructed further inland. However, a fifth road was also built further in from the others and is currently providing service to the people. The National visited the area last week and apart from its deteriorating condition and rise in sea level, the road is eventually wearing away. One of the local villagers, Lucas Dito, told The National that the current road was the fifth one that was built far inland after the initial one and three others were all claimed by the sea or had gone under the water."
2019-04-16 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, scrap metal burns, near North Vernon (Indiana):
http://www.wdrb.com/news/smoke-visible-for-miles-in-southern-indiana-as-crews-fought/article_c2c8bbe6-6090-11e9-9451-77e7b634214e.html
http://www.tribtown.com/2019/04/16/fire-burning-at-recycling-center-east-of-seymour/
2019-04-16 - Underground electrical fire causes blackouts on Dalton Lane in Keighley (Britain):
http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/17579509.hundreds-of-keighley-properties-lose-power-after-underground-electrical-fire-in-dalton-lane/
2019-04-16 - Wildfire rages out of control in the Adelaide Hills near coastal Adelaide (Australia):
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/adelaide-hills-fire-burns-uncontrolled/news-story/d7c9bed15eef926f79674120c58909b2
http://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/crews-fighting-outofcontrol-bushfire-in-adelaide-hills/news-story/c810745bb0a37b701f545988e12f39c9
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-17/adelaide-hills-fire-burning-out-of-control-at-paracombe/11023460
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-17/paracombe-fire-adelaide-hills-1/11023676
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/adelaide-hills-fire-burns-uncontrolled
2019-04-16 - Brush fire breaks out along I-91 in coastal New Haven (Connecticut):
http://fox61.com/2019/04/16/cfrews-fighting-brush-fire-near-i-91-in-new-haven/
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-17 - Gas pump ignites and burns 25-year-old woman to death before 6 AM at gas station in coastal Washington DC:
http://wtop.com/dc/2019/04/1-dead-after-northeast-dc-gas-station-fire/
http://wjla.com/news/local/1-dead-after-pump-catches-fire-at-gas-station-in-dc
http://dcist.com/story/19/04/17/woman-found-dead-in-northeast-gas-station-fire/
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Dead-at-Northeast-DC-Gas-Station-Blaze-508687151.html
http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/person-dead-after-gas-station-pump-fire-in-northeast-dc
http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/woman-dead-after-pump-catches-fire-at-gas-station-in-northeast-dc
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/person-dead-after-fire-at-gas-pump-in-northeast-washington/2019/04/17/5ac04024-60fd-11e9-9412-daf3d2e67c6d_story.html
Quote: "A woman died after a pump caught fire at a gas station early Wednesday morning in Northeast Washington. Officials say the unidentified woman died from their injuries and was not transported."
2019-04-17 - Transformer bursts into flame just before 4 AM and causes blackouts in Mandan (North Dakota):
http://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Transformer-Fire-in-Mandan-Shuts-Down-Power-for-400-Customers-508685851.html
2019-04-17 - Car showroom erupts in flame at 5:40 AM in Delhi (India):
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/fire-breaks-out-at-car-showroom-in-southwest-delhi-s-mahipalpur/759724.html
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/fire-breaks-out-at-a-car-showroom-in-southwest-delhi-s-mahipalpur-119041700390_1.html
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/tvvideos/delhi-mahipalpur-maruti-showroom-caught-fire/vp-BBW1vE8
http://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2019/04/17/nrg6-dl-fire-showroom.html
Quote: "A fire broke out at a car showroom in southwest Delhi's Mahipalpur area on Wednesday morning, Delhi Fire Service officials said. They received the call about the fire at 5.40 AM after which seven fire tenders were rushed to the spot, Atul Garg, Chief Fire Officer said."
2019-04-17 - Metal recycling center hit by massive fire, 1000 tons of scrap metal burn, outside Newark (Britain):
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1115447/newark-fire-firefighters-nottinghamshire-flames-smoke-cloud
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/772813/newark-fire-great-north-road-pictures-scrapyard-smoke
http://westbridgfordwire.com/1000-tons-of-scrap-metal-in-newark-blaze-residents-to-keep-windows-closed/
http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/fire-newark-briggs-metal-2769734
http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/major-notts-road-closed-second-2772768
http://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/notts-crews-tackle-newark-scrapyard-fire/
2019-04-17 - Huge warehouse fire destroys 2 million bottles of wine in coastal Gironde (France):
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/fire-wine-bottles-destroyed-bordeaux-france-gironde-a8876451.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-fire-destroys-two-million-wine-bottles-20190418-cbinfjz6fbfnhomhpfoyctxjz4-story.html
http://whoradio.iheart.com/content/2019-04-18-13-million-worth-of-wine-destroyed-in-warehouse-fire/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/france-warehouse-fire-destroys-2-million-bottles-of-wine-worth-13-million
http://theworldnews.net/gb-news/two-million-bottles-of-wine-destroyed-in-devastating-bordeaux-warehouse-fire
Quote: "Two million bottles of wine are believed to have been destroyed in a huge warehouse fire in south west France. Almost 60 firefighters were sent to tackle the blaze, which broke out across storage facility buildings in the suburb of Gironde in Bordeaux around 3pm on Tuesday. Despite extinguishing the flames several hours later, a vast quantity of alcohol owned by the Sovex Grands Châteaux producer was consumed in the fire."
Quote: "The blaze came one day after the iconic, 850-year-old Notre Dame Cathedral was partially destroyed by a massive fire. The church’s spire and most of its roof went up in flames after an apparent electrical short-circuit."
Note: Two million bottles of wine in the fire, two million bottles of wine, take one out and pass it about, one million nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine bottles of wine in the fire!
2019-04-17 - How long do we have?
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-long-do-we-have.html
Note: Dr. McPherson thinks we have less than 10 years. I don't know if our time is that short (though I wouldn't rule it out either), but I'm reasonably sure that we don't have even one generation left before we're falling off the Seneca cliff bigly...
2019-04-17 - Glaciers disappearing across the US as the world continues warming:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/16/climate/glaciers-melting-alaska-washington.html
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2019/04/17/when-the-glaciers-disappear-those-species-will-go-extinct/
2019-04-17 - The fastest-warming 20 cities in the US:
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/report-american-warming-us-heats-up-earth-day
2019-04-17 - Study suggests that Earth's climate is very sensitive to even relatively small variations in atmospheric CO2:
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/4/eaav7337
http://desdemonadespair.net/2019/04/%EF%BB%BFfirst-successful-model-simulation-of-the-past-3-million-years-of-climate-change-our-results-imply-a-strong-sensitivity-of-the-earth-system-to-relatively-small-variations-in.html
Note: That means that the climate is even more sensitive to even smaller variations in atmospheric methane, since methane is a much stronger greenhouse gas than CO2, and even when methane breaks down, it turns into CO2, so you get a double-whammy with methane - a short burst of high-intensity heating when it's methane AND a much longer but less powerful impact after it turns into CO2...
2019-04-17 - Extinction Rebellion protesters to target Heathrow Airport (Britain):
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/heathrow-airport-protests-extinction-rebellion-easter-friday-london-climate-sajid-javid-sadiq-khan-a8877171.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-protests-climate-change/climate-change-protesters-say-they-will-target-londons-heathrow-airport-idUSKCN1RU1XU
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/18/climate-activists-target-heathrow-airport-as-protests-continue
http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/extinction-rebellion-climate-protesters-to-target-heathrow-airport-11364356293271
Quote: "XR is demanding the government declare a climate and ecological emergency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2025 and create a citizen's assembly of members of the public to lead on decisions to address climate change."
Note: Their hearts are in the right place, but they clearly don't understand just how bad our predicament is. If we reduce greenhouse gas emissions, that'll eliminate the protection afforded by 'global dimming', which will result in rapidly rising temperatures, which will massively increase greenhouse gas emissions from the oceans, from the burning of forests and human civilization and from melting permafrost. So reducing emissions might actually end the human race even faster than continuing to pollute, though continuing to pollute will ALSO end the human race, just a little slower. Either way, whatever we do or don't do, the human race's ability to survive on the surface of this planet is rapidly coming to an end...
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-18 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, big pile of scrap metal burns, in Hamilton (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/5183272/hamilton-scrap-metal-fire-investigation/
http://www.chch.com/plume-of-smoke-after-fire-at-hamilton-scrap-yard-not-toxic/
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/9292114-hamilton-firefighters-wet-down-large-scrap-metal-pile-after-fire-at-aim-recycling/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/large-scrap-pile-fire-in-hamilton-smoke-moving-towards-qew-1.5104123
Quote: "It’s very difficult for firefighters because you need to get to the seat of the fire. In this case we have a pile of metal that is 20 feet high and 20 feet deep that is actually burning. So the only way to get to it is for those four large cranes to pick apart the pile."
2019-04-18 - Auto auction yard hit by fire, five vehicles burn, in Hatfield Township (Pennsylvania):
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/04/18/fire-breaks-out-at-vehicle-auction-yard-in-hatfield-township/
Quote: "Crews are responding to a multi-vehicle fire in Hatfield Township, Thursday morning. Flames broke out at an auction yard on the 3100 block of Bethlehem Pike, around 9 a.m. Officials say about five cars caught on fire."
2019-04-18 - Five cable company vans destroyed by fire while parked at facility in Port Jefferson Station on coastal Long Island (New York):
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/vans-fire-port-jefferson-station-1.29936922
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Fire-Long-Island-Optimum-Cable-508743081.html
http://abc7ny.com/4-vans-catch-fire-at-altice-facility-on-long-island/5257411/
2019-04-18 - Ambulance headquarters under construction destroyed by fire at 5:30 AM in Callaway County (Missouri), nobody there:
http://krcgtv.com/news/local/callaway-county-ambulance-building-destroyed-in-fire
Quote: "Ambulance District Director Charles Anderson said the building was under construction after being purchased earlier this year. Anderson said no one was inside the building at the time of the fire, but that the district will have to restart construction on the headquarters. Fulton Fire Chief Kevin Coffett said a fire marshal has been called in to help with the investigation, but they did not suspect anything suspicious."
2019-04-18 - Waterfront restaurant destroyed by fire on Table Rock Lake in Kimberling (Missouri), nobody there:
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/local-news/photos-from-last-night-s-dock-fire-in-kimberling-city/1936854078
http://www.ky3.com/content/news/Kimberling-City-restaurant-damaged-by-fire-508742491.html
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/beloved-kimberling-city-restaurant-destroyed-in-overnight-fire/1935574894
2019-04-18 - Unusually high number of landslides occurring around the worldwide, over 1000 fatalities so far this year:
http://watchers.news/2019/04/18/unusually-high-level-of-landslides-worldwide-over-1-000-fatalities-so-far-this-year/
http://www.sott.net/article/411423-Unusually-high-level-of-landslides-worldwide-Over-1000-fatalities-so-far-this-year
2019-04-18 - After a $14 billion upgrade, levees are sinking in New Orleans (Louisiana):
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/after-a-14-billion-upgrade-new-orleans-levees-are-sinking/
Quote: "Sea-level rise and ground subsidence will render the flood barriers inadequate in just four years..."
2019-04-18 - Cluster of earthquakes strikes along the San Andreas Fault in the Santa Cruz Mountains (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20190419-67534-USA
http://strangesounds.org/2019/04/california-santa-cruz-mountains-earthquake-swarm-san-andreas-fault.html
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-19 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane returns to coastal San Francisco (California):
http://www.sfgate.com/local/article/plane-emergency-landing-san-francisco-sfo-delta-13780630.php
Quote: "A spokesperson for the airline explained a 'smoky odor' was detected in the cockpit after takeoff."
2019-04-19 - Small plane bursts into flame at airport in Spanish Fork (Utah):
http://fox13now.com/2019/04/19/no-injuries-after-fire-ignites-in-small-airplane-landing-in-spanish-fork/
http://www.facebook.com/fox13newsutah/posts/10156999847655586
Quote: "There were no injuries reported after a small fire ignited in a small aircraft that landed at Spanish Fork-Springville Airport Friday."
2019-04-19 - Small plane smokes after takeoff then bursts into flame after landing at Wagga Wagga Airport (Australia):
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/light-aircraft-up-in-flames-on-nsw-runway
http://theworldnews.net/au-news/light-aircraft-up-in-flames-on-nsw-runway
http://au.news.yahoo.com/light-aircraft-flames-nsw-runway-090525415--spt.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6939325/Two-men-64-69-escape-burning-plane.html
http://www.msn.com/en-au/kids/other/plane-bursts-into-flames-shortly-after-landing/ar-BBW6531
http://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-news-plan-on-fire-wagga-wagga/641d93d7-6822-492c-b3f0-3c5bde44af17
http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/national/plane-engulfed-by-flames-after-emergency-landing-at-wagga-wagga-airport/video/ff738ae0b42e34a7ce949d8854d90347
Quote: "Two people have narrowly escaped injury when their light aircraft was engulfed in flames shortly after an emergency landing in the NSW Riverina region. The men began to smell smoke shortly after takeoff from Wagga Wagga Airport at about 2pm on Friday afternoon, NSW Police said in a statement. The pilot turned the two-seater Jabiru aircraft around and descended from about 250 metres to make an emergency landing at the airport. The 64-year-old and his 69-year-old passenger quickly escaped the aircraft before it burst into flames on the runway."
Note: These are the 52nd, 53rd and 54th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2019...
2019-04-19 - Wildfires burn out of control and rip through eight settlements east of Lake Baikal in Transbaikal (Russia), dozens of homes destroyed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20190421-67562-RUS
http://strangesounds.org/2019/04/baikal-fires-russia-video-picture.html
Quote: "Fires are going out of control due to strong winds in Russia. Several villages have almost completely burned down during steppe fires in Transbaikalia. Just on April 19, 2019, more than 240 people, including 25 children, were left homeless as the fire torched 71 houses and 21 buildings in eight settlements."
2019-04-19 - Petrochemical complex heavily damaged by fire in Tatarstan (Russia), 17 injured:
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/world/nine-in-critical-condition-after-fire-at-russias-nknk-petrochemical-complex-303825/
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-nizhnekamskneftekhim-fire/nine-in-critical-condition-after-fire-at-russias-nknk-petrochemical-complex-idUSKCN1RW0BV
http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2019-04-20/nine-in-critical-condition-after-fire-at-russias-nknk-petrochemical-complex
http://www.msn.com/en-xl/europe/top-stories/nine-in-critical-condition-after-fire-at-russias-nknk-petrochemical-complex/ar-BBW7Yaa
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/04/20/world/europe/20reuters-russia-nizhnekamskneftekhim-fire.html
Quote: "Nine people were hospitalized in critical condition after a fire engulfed Russia's Nizhnekamskneftekhim (NKNK) petrochemical complex in the Republic of Tatarstan on Friday, TASS news agency reported citing the local health ministry. A spokesman for the emergencies ministry confirmed that in total 17 people had incurred burns 'of different degrees' in the fire in the city's industrial zone, but he was not able to say if the incident occurred at the plant."
2019-04-19 - New Jersey warming at alarming rate and making air harder to breathe:
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/new-jersey-warming-alarming-rate-air-pollution
2019-04-19 - Climate change protests result in hundreds of arrests in coastal London (Britain):
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/17587451.police-across-london-under-strain-over-cell-space-after-more-than-680-arrests-during-climate-change-protests/
http://www.fireengineering.com/ap-news/2019/04/19/climate-protests-close-london-bridge-570-arrests-in-4-days.html
Quote: "Police across the capital are under strain after more than 718 arrests were made during a week of climate change protests. In a week of disruption across London, climate change protesters led by environmentalist group Extinction Rebellion have fought for their cause by glueing themselves to trains, blocking major roads and bridges and protesting at Heathrow Airport. So far, more than 718 arrests have been made, which is causing logistical problems across the capital such as limited cell space and larger issues for the wider criminal justice system."
Note: These folks still think that their protests might change anything, that something can be done, that the Earth might yet remain habitable by human beings, that they might still have a future. Wait until people realize that nothing can be done, everyone's doomed to die AND their government has been hiding this from them while they die off - should be interesting!
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-20 - Children sicken in the water in swimming pool at leisure center in coastal Donegal (Ireland):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20190420-67555-IRL
http://www.donegaldaily.com/2019/04/20/breaking-news-emergency-plan-in-place-after-major-incident-at-aura-leisure-centre/
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/six-children-rushed-to-hospital-after-incident-at-letterkenny-swimming-pool-1.3867307
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8903521/major-incident-leisure-centre-leak-children-ill/
Quote: "RTE understands that children became unwell during a swimming lesson this morning. Donegal Daily reported that around 100 people were evacuated from the centre this morning. They also report that some people fell ill after having a reaction in the pool, and that while there are no life-threatening injuries, the incident is 'very serious'."
Quote: "One woman who was in the pool with her children said the children were terrified. 'Kids were sick, coughing and vomiting. The kids were all shaking and scared.'"
2019-04-20 - Underground explosion and fire shoots flames 15 feet into the air at the Quayside on the River Tyne in Newcastle upon Tyne (Britain):
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/electrical-fire-quayside-15ft-flames-16159865
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/people/underground-electrical-explosion-sends-15ft-flames-shooting-into-the-air-1-9724642
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/people/underground-electrical-explosion-sends-15ft-flames-shooting-into-the-air-1-9724642
2019-04-20 - Metal business and fire protection business go up in flames in coastal Auckland (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/112181170/buildings-roof-on-fire-in-aucklands-onehunga
http://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/video-firefighters-battle-large-blaze-neighbouring-industrial-buildings-in-Auckland
Quote: "A Stuff reporter at the scene said it appeared two buildings were on fire: Wakefield Metals and Argus Fire Protection, which specialised in fire protection intelligence systems."
2019-04-20 - Oil production facility heavily damaged by fire in the wee hours in Nashik (India):
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/major-fire-at-oil-production-unit-near-nashik-3860481.html
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/major-fire-at-oil-production-unit-near-nashik-119042000358_1.html
2019-04-20 - Car bursts into flame while parked at auto shop in Hounsfield (New York), 350 feet from the Black River:
http://www.wwnytv.com/clip/14807075/car-causes-fire-at-town-of-hounsfield-auto-shop
2019-04-20 - Pickup truck and home destroyed by fire on Buckthorn Drive in Austin (Texas), nobody there:
http://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/northwest-austin-home-total-loss-after-fire/1941758437
http://www.fox7austin.com/news/local-news/austin-firefighters-battle-house-fire-in-northwest-austin
http://cbsaustin.com/news/local/austin-fire-battles-major-house-fire-in-nw-austin
http://patch.com/texas/north-austin/north-austin-home-destroyed-fire
Quote: "When firefighters got to the house, the fire was in the garage and attic and a pickup truck in the driveway had caught fire."
Note: They went out to eat and left a pickup parked near their home and now they have no home or pickup. This same story has been repeated a great many times. I'm sure plenty more people will lose their homes this way though, seeing as people remain clueless about what's going on. Welp, learn or burn, and the Earth sure doesn't give a crap which people do...
2019-04-20 - SUV and mobile home destroyed by fire in Cantonment (Florida):
http://www.northescambia.com/2019/04/fire-heavily-destroys-mobile-home-vehicle-in-cantonment
2019-04-20 - Car and garage go up in flames at home on Essex Way in coastal Myrtle Beach (South Carolina):
http://wpde.com/news/local/all-clear-after-home-fire-near-market-common
http://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/house-fire-near-market-common-area-of-myrtle-beach/1941324955
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article229505384.html
2019-04-20 - From ruined bridges to dirty air, EPA scientists price out the cost of climate change:
http://desdemonadespair.net/2019/04/from-ruined-bridges-to-dirty-air-epa-scientists-price-out-the-cost-of-climate-change-the-cost-of-inaction-is-really-high-and-the-cost-of-reducing-emissions-pales-in-comparison.html
Quote: "The cost of inaction is really high, and the cost of reducing emissions pales in comparison..."
Note: The cost isn't really in monetary terms. 'Money' is merely a concept, a shared delusion. The ACTUAL cost is the entire human race, everything we have built and a habitable planet. We have already begun to pay that price and we won't be stopping until there are no people left alive on the surface of the planet...
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-21 - Abrupt climate system risks from hydrogen sulfide ocean outgassing, by Paul Beckwith:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL2f_pxUPc4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfksK3lyKWM
Note: He covers some of the basics, but not a lot else. Still, hydrogen sulfide and its threat moves a little closer to mainstream awareness with every article or video like this...
2019-04-21 - Stroller goes up in flames and kills 3-year-old girl in coastal Tokyo (Japan):
http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190422/p2a/00m/0na/001000c
Quote: "A 3-year-old girl died at a hospital she was sent to on April 21 after her stroller suddenly caught fire at an eatery in the capital's Bunkyo Ward while her mother attended a cooking class there."
2019-04-21 - Car goes up in flames at 2:22 AM and burns driver to death near Baram River bridge in Kuala Baram (Malaysia):
http://www.theborneopost.com/2019/04/22/driver-burnt-to-death-when-his-car-catches-fire/
Quote: "A driver was burnt to death when his car caught fire near Sg Adong bridge in Kuala Baram early this morning."
2019-04-21 - Car goes up in flames and kills cop at the seafront in coastal Seaton Carew (Britain):
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/long-serving-cleveland-police-officer-16163699
http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/people/serving-cleveland-police-officer-47-dies-after-car-fire-in-hartlepool-1-9725883
http://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/pcdavidmyers
Quote: "A serving Cleveland Police officer has died following a seafront car fire in Hartlepool. Pc David Myers, who was part of Hartlepool's neighbourhood policing team, needed emergency treatment after the blaze in Seaton Carew on Monday, April 15. Cleveland Police has confirmed today that the Pc Myers, 47, later passed away."
2019-04-21 - Auto salvage yard erupts in flame, fire gets huge, in coastal Wilmington (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/04/21/auto-shop-fire-wilmington/
http://abc7.com/fire-burns-at-wilmington-auto-parts-business/5263307/
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Wilmington-Fire-Smoke-Easter-Recycle-yard-508874901.html
http://ktla.com/2019/04/21/firefighters-responding-to-fire-outside-auto-parts-business-in-wilmington/
http://www.dailybreeze.com/2019/04/21/fire-erupts-at-wilmington-auto-parts-business/
http://lbpost.com/news/wilmington-auto-parts-store-catches-fire-smoke-seen-for-miles/
http://www.foxla.com/news/local-news/firefighters-respond-to-junk-yard-fire-at-auto-parts-business-in-wilmington
Quote: "A massive fire burned through an apparent scrap yard outside of an auto parts business in Wilmington Sunday afternoon."
Quote: "Chassis of different cars melted away as flames licked at various car parts, and firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze."
2019-04-21 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, at least 15 vehicles burn, in Redding (California):
http://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/04/21/numerous-cars-fire-east-redding-auto-parts-store/3534001002/
http://krcrtv.com/news/shasta-county/19-vehicle-fire-extinguished-at-lkq-redding
http://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/news/Redding-fire-officials-investigating-auto-yard-fire-508897731.html
Quote: "Redding Fire Department officials are trying to find out what caused numerous cars to catch fire in an auto salvage yard in east Redding on Sunday morning. About 15 vehicles were damaged in the blaze, but no buildings were damaged and no one was injured, Redding fire investigator Mike Ham said. The vehicles were being stored in an open yard among dozens of other vehicles."
2019-04-21 - Tesla bursts into flame while parked in underground parking garage in coastal Shanghai (China):
http://www.ecns.cn/news/cns-wire/2019-04-22/detail-ifzhpeef7885793.shtml
http://qz.com/1601177/a-video-showed-a-parked-tesla-model-s-exploding-in-shanghai/
http://www.thedrive.com/news/27577/watch-a-tesla-model-s-randomly-erupt-into-a-ball-of-fire-while-parked
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-22/tesla-investigating-incident-of-car-catching-fire-in-shanghai
http://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/22/tesla-investigating-apparent-explosion-of-parked-car-in-shanghai.html
http://electrek.co/2019/04/21/tesla-bursting-into-flames-video/
http://twitter.com/ShanghaiJayin/status/1119997229530406913
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-48009163
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Spn5E2a1Tc
Note: Check out the video - scary stuff there. Just imagine if you're sitting in a car when it explodes into flame like that. You'll be dead. And look how fast it happened. It started smoking and 3 seconds later it exploded. I doubt anyone would react that fast. They'd be thinking, 'What the hell is burning?" And that's the last thought they'd ever have...
2019-04-21 - Landfill fire breaks out in Bhopal (India):
http://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/bhopal-major-fire-in-bhopal-municipal-corporations-landfill-site-leaves-over-1000-villagers-on-edge/1509315
2019-04-21 - New Zealand's glaciers melting away at an alarming rate, some already gone:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2019/04/nzs-glaciers-receding-at-alarming-rate.html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?objectid=12223922
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-22 - Recycling center erupts in flame, fire gets huge, at the Port of Stockton along the San Joaquin River in Stockton (California):
http://fox40.com/2019/04/22/crews-battle-3-alarm-fire-at-port-of-stockton/
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2019/04/22/fire-cencal-recycling-plant-stockton/
http://www.kcra.com/article/port-of-stockton-recycling-plant-fire/27230820
http://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article229561379.html
2019-04-22 - Landfill fire breaks out in Fairburn (Georgia):
http://www.cbs46.com/news/crews-battle-blaze-at-fairburn-landfill/article_68bf835c-6570-11e9-a143-8b04f4525724.html
Quote: "The landfill, which is located in the 7300 block of Roosevelt Highway, is just two miles away from a second landfill CBS46 has previously reported on for its constant burning."
2019-04-22 - Huge wildfire rages in coastal Annagry and Loughanure (Ireland):
http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/buildings-lost-as-firefighters-battle-gorse-fire-in-donegal-919291.html
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/fears-more-dry-weather-will-cause-repeat-of-west-donegal-gorse-fires-1.3868181
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48015823
Quote: "The huge fire in the Annagry and Loughanure areas is out of control and in danger of coming into contact with homes."
2019-04-22 - In separate incidents, within an hour, flatbed truck bursts into flame on Highway 89 and truck bursts into flame at construction site, in Prescott Valley (Arizona):
http://myradioplace.com/2019/04/23/two-vehicle-fires-in-under-an-hour-for-central-arizona-fire/
Quote: "Fire Marshal Rick Chase says the first call was at 2:45 at a construction site on Viewpoint Drive. He says workers at the site controlled the fire in the bed of the truck with water from a water truck and fire extinguisher. Chase says the second call came in at 3:30. A flatbed truck was on fire on Highway-89A and Glassford Hill Road."
2019-04-22 - In separate incidents, within an hour, two cars burst into flame on Georgia 400 in Fulton County (Georgia):
http://www.ajc.com/weather/monday-weather-traffic-temps-headed-the-80s-under-sunny-sky/IzhSClh3UXtMqW6qgfGXxL/
Quote: "Just after 4 p.m., all southbound lanes were blocked near Abernathy Road by a car fire for about 30 minutes, according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center. In that time, heavy delays spanned back to Holcomb Bridge Road, which is about seven miles."
Quote: "Within an hour, another car fire blocked two southbound lanes of Ga. 400 near Mansell Road, according to the Traffic Center."
2019-04-22 - Van bursts into flame at 5 AM while parked at business near coastal Kentville (Canada), nobody there:
http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/kentville-area-business-damaged-after-van-fire-spreads-to-building-1.4389418
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/kentville-van-fire-burns-storage-unit-1.5106384
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/fire-marshal-investigating-cause-van-132101474.html
Quote: "No one was inside the vehicle or building at the time, and no one was injured. Desloges says the van sat stationary in the company’s parking lot for the entire weekend. The fire is under investigation, but foul play is not suspected."
2019-04-22 - Electric minibike tour company goes up in flames 1750 feet from the Colorado River in Austin (Texas):
http://www.statesman.com/news/20190422/electric-minibike-business-damaged-in-downtown-austin-fire
Quote: "An electric minibike tour company’s building was damaged Monday night in a fire in downtown Austin."
2019-04-22 - Temp hits 110F in Vietnam, highest ever recorded, high 90s temps head to Southern California:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi94UGNrOOk
Category: Fires And Explosions
2019-04-23 - Pallet business, lumber businesses and heavy machinery destroyed by massive inferno at 3 AM in Stockton (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=FR-20190423-67596-USA
http://fox40.com/2019/04/23/crews-in-stockton-battling-6-alarm-fire-in-an-industrial-area/
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2019/04/23/stockton-pallet-yard-6-alarm-fire/
http://www.kcra.com/article/stockton-lumber-fire-west-scotts-avenue/27238298
http://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/6-alarm-fire-torches-pallet-factory-in-stockton_20190423185129/1947578567
http://www.kcra.com/article/early-morning-fire-knocks-out-power-to-thousands-in-stockton/27246771
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/4071043-stockton-inferno-6-alarm-fire-rages-at-stockton-lumber-yard/
http://www.recordnet.com/photogallery/SR/20190423/PHOTOGALLERY/423009998/PH/1
http://abc7news.com/massive-fire-at-lumber-yard-in-stockton/5265951/
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article229572664.html
Quote: "The industrial company off Scott Avenue was home to several companies, including Sierra Lumber and California Pallets, which were full of not just wood but heavy machinery."
Quote: "The industrial complex where the fire started covers about four city blocks; the fire destroyed at least half of it."
Quote: "The blaze came several hours after Stockton Fire Department crews fought a three-alarm fire Monday night at a recycling center in the Port of Stockton."
Note: The Stockton Port recycling center fire was mentioned in the 2019-04-22 update...
2019-04-23 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, pile of scrap metal burns, in Columbia (South Carolina):
http://wach.com/news/local/crews-battling-junkyard-fire-in-north-columbia
http://www.wistv.com/2019/04/24/fairfield-road-reopened-following-fire-metal-recycling-lot/
http://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/fire-at-metal-recycling-lot-in-columbia-leads-to-heavy-smoke/101-e74e3f0c-462a-4777-807c-00e5aaa88991
Quote: "This isn't the first time a salvage yard fire has shut down Fairfield Road. In August of last year, a fire popped up at the North Columbia Auto Salvage, closing the road for a short time."
2019-04-23 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, tractor trailer and scrap metal burn, in coastal Grays (Britain):
http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/i7757/
http://www.time1075.net/148249-2-grays-industrial-unit-fire/
http://www.yourthurrock.com/2019/04/23/report-fire-grays-industrai-estate/
http://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/grays-fire-firefighters-reveal-cause-2789543
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/industrial-blaze-can-be-seen-from-miles-away-203244/
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-essex-48031360/grays-scrapyard-fire-creates-huge-plume-of-smoke
http://www.yellowad.co.uk/article.cfm?id=141647
Quote: "Firefighters have been called to a fire at an industrial estate in Grays involving a scrap yard unit and a HGV."
Note: This is the 653rd tractor/tanker/semi to burn/explode in 2019...
2019-04-23 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes and causes respiratory problems in coastal Ellesmere Port (Britain):
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/mystery-surrounds-explosion-heard-across-16175551
Quote: "People in Ellesmere Port reported what sounded like an 'explosion' yesterday evening. Concerned residents posted on social media describing 'a huge bang' that left their house 'shaking' at around 7pm. Many complained of respiratory problems and reported that their cars were covered in dust the following morning."
Quote: "The report was declared a false alarm by Cheshire Fire after firefighters and security officers conducted a thorough search of the site and found no fire or explosion."
Note: Spectacular false alarm there, able to shake homes, make it hard for people to breathe and leave cars covered in dust. If one of those false alarms goes off in a populated area then there'll be rubble and dead bodies all over the place! Also, atmospheric gas explosions may not leave anything for the authorities to find. Obviously the authorities there are not the brightest bulbs in the bulb store...
2019-04-23 - Spate of wildfires breaks out across Sweden:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20190424-67600-SWE
Quote: "Firefighters worked through the night to battle a spate of blazes across Sweden - and authorities warned on Tuesday of a heightened risk of more wildfires spreading in the country this week."
2019-04-23 - Spate of wildfires breaks out across North Wales (Britain):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20190424-67602-GBR
http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dartmoor-fire-plymouth-devon-gorse-2786231
http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/crews-tackle-miles-upon-miles-2788356
Quote: "Fire officials say there have been around 20 smaller blazes across North Wales involving grass, gorse and bracken since Friday."
2019-04-24 - Wildfires rage out of control and send people fleeing in southern Norway:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48035682
Quote: "Hundreds of people have had to leave their homes in Norway as emergency services try to extinguish forest fires raging in the south of the country. Some 148 homes were evacuated around the town of Sokndal, where fires have been burning since Tuesday. Police say the fires are still out of control and warn that heavy winds could help them to spread. April is very early for forest fires in Norway, and experts have warned of a dramatic increase across the continent. This month alone, wildfires have broken out in Sweden, Germany and the UK. Fires in Europe 'are way above the average' for this time of year, an official at the EU's European Forest Fire Information System (Effis) told the BBC. 'The season is drastically worse than those of the last decade.'"
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-24 - Passenger plane hit by unknown odor shortly after takeoff from coastal Baltimore (Maryland), 7 people hospitalized:
http://patch.com/maryland/odenton/odor-forces-spirit-plane-return-bwi-airport-report
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/bs-md-spirit-flight-bwi-20190424-story.html
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/spirit-flight-grounded-unknown-odor-passengers-hospital-report
http://news.yahoo.com/spirit-airline-flight-turns-back-221016450.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xMuFmoZunk
Quote: "The BWI Marshall Airport Fire and Rescue Department and Anne Arundel County emergency crews responded to the plane, which had taken off from BWI and was en route to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The flight turned back shortly after takeoff due to an 'unknown odor' on board, Spirit Airlines spokesman Derek Dombrowski, said in an email."
2019-04-24 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, six cars burn, in coastal San Jose (California):
http://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/6-Vehicles-Scorched-In-Wrecking-Yard-Fire-No-13793498.php
Quote: "A fire was quickly extinguished Wednesday evening in a vehicle wrecking yard in San Jose, a fire captain said. The fire was reported at 5:29 p.m. at a yard at Monterey Road and Phelan Avenue, fire Capt. Mitch Matlow said. Flames scorched six vehicles in the yard. No other vehicles were damaged and no one was injured."
2019-04-24 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame shortly before 6 AM, fire gets huge, in Calgary (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20190424-67614-CAN
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/fire-calgary-recycling-plant-ogden-road-southeast-1.5108657
http://globalnews.ca/news/5197297/firefighters-battle-blaze-calgary-metal-recycling-ogden-road/
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/roads-closed-as-crews-battle-blaze-at-southeast-metal-recycling-business
http://globalnews.ca/video/5197405/fire-at-calgary-metal-recycling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI5VaBCS5lM
Quote: "It took 13 fire truck crews to put out a blaze — the fourth in seven years — at a metal recycling plant in a southeast Calgary industrial area that sent big plumes of dark smoke into the sky and sparked fear of potential evacuations. The fire department was called to Calgary Metal Recycling in the Alyth-Bonnybrook-Manchester industrial area some time before 6 a.m. on Wednesday."
2019-04-24 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, five vehicles burn, in Lumby (Canada):
http://www.summerlandreview.com/news/north-okanagan-fire-destroys-five-vehicles/
Quote: "A car fire in Lumby ended up destroying five vehicles Wednesday afternoon, and had the potential to cause even more damage. The blaze was sparked around 1:30 p.m. at a local auto wrecker."
2019-04-24 - Car dealership goes up in flames in Versailles (France):
http://sputniknews.com/europe/201904231074390798-versailles-fire/
http://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/massive-fire-breaks-out-in-french-city-of-ver-603800.html
http://www.forumdaily.com/en/novyj-pozhar-vo-francii-v-parizhe-gorit-versal-video/
http://news.am/eng/news/508917.html
Quote: "The fire started at 'a car dealership,' a local fire brigade said, releasing photos of the street engulfed in thick grey smoke on Twitter."
2019-04-24 - Recycling center hit by fire, 600 tons of waste burn, on Jenkins Lane in East Ham (Britain):
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2019/april/refuse-centre-fire-east-ham/
http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/household-waste-alight-on-jenkins-lane-1-6014366
2019-04-24 - Underground electrical fires and explosion hit coastal Manhattan (New York), 6 lightly injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20190425-67616-USA
http://www.amny.com/news/manhole-explosions-building-evacuations-manhattan-1.30189397
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Multiple-Manhole-Explosions-Fire-Midtown-Manhattan-New-York-509003521.html
http://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/manhole-fires-erupt-midtown-block-fdny-says
http://pix11.com/2019/04/24/smoking-manhole-causes-traffic-on-midtown-streets/
http://abc7ny.com/multiple-manhole-fires-explosion-in-midtown/5268275/
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/04/24/manhole-fire-in-midtown/
http://gothamist.com/2019/04/24/manhole_explosion_reporter.php
2019-04-24 - Chemical plant explodes and burns at 2:55 AM in Ulanqab (China), 4 killed, 35 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20190425-67620-CHN
http://www.powderbulksolids.com/news/Chemical-Plant-Explosion-in-China-Kills-4-Injures-35-04-24-2019
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/24/c_138005672.htm
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-25 - Unknown rotten egg odor evacuates school in Haverhill (Massachusetts):
http://www.boston25news.com/news/strong-smell-forces-evacuation-of-haverhill-middle-school/943542422
Quote: "A middle school in Haverhill was evacuated Thursday morning after a staff member reported a strong smell that could have been natural gas, the mayor’s office confirmed to Boston 25 News."
Quote: "About an hour later, Haverhill Fire Department ruled out a natural gas leak, but waited for a National Grid crew to arrive and give official confirmation. The odor is suspected to be sulfur from an issue with a city sewage system located outside of the school’s property."
Note: Rotten egg odor, not natural gas, possibly came from a sewer - almost certainly hydrogen sulfide...
2019-04-25 - Unknown rotten egg odor reported on Beverley Road in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "Beverley Road, Hull. Thu 25 Apr 2019 20:34 (No:08907) Strong smell of gas in the area. Gas detection equipment in use. No gas detected. Incident left with Transco."
Note: Natural gas detectors don't detect hydrogen sulfide so it'll smell like natural gas but their natural gas detectors will register nothing. Also see the car that burst into flame a little over an hour after this rotten egg odor incident, about 2 miles away on Priory Way in Hull...
2019-04-25 - Car goes up in flames and burns woman to death in Beaverville (Illinois), 2400 feet from J.C. Murphey Lake:
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/woman-s-remains-found-after-vehicle-fire-extinguished/article_e129e3de-6843-11e9-9ec2-5fe0938464b7.html
Quote: "The remains of a rural Beaverville woman were found in a vehicle after Beaverville firefighters extinguished a fire on Thursday. Diana L. Hefner, 54, was identified as the woman, according to Iroquois County Sheriff’s police. No foul play is suspected; however, the incident remains under investigation pending an autopsy. At approximately 3 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to 309 S. State Line Road for a report of a vehicle fire."
2019-04-25 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, piles of scrap metal burn, along New York Harbor in coastal Jersey City (New Jersey):
http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/hudson/2019/04/25/jersey-city-fire-plume-smoke-scrap-yard/3579839002/
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Scrap-Metal-Fire-Sends-Dark-Smoke-Billowing-in-Jersey-City_New-York-509075682.html
http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2019-04-25/fire-at-scrap-yard-near-nyc-creates-huge-plume-of-smoke
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fire-scrap-yard-nyc-creates-huge-plume-smoke-62636927
http://abc7ny.com/nj-scrapyard-fire-sends-plumes-of-black-smoke-into-sky/5271059/
http://twitter.com/Bogs4NY/status/1121512711358164992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MnpaunQtN0
Quote: "A fire at a scrap metal yard sent dark smoke billowing over the sky in New Jersey across the Hudson River from New York City. Video from television news showed emergency workers Thursday afternoon trying to put out the fire at Sims Metal Management scrap metal yard along New York Harbor in Jersey City."
2019-04-25 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, pile of car parts burns, then recycling center hit by fire, rubbish burns, near coastal Melbourne (Australia):
http://au.news.yahoo.com/vic-car-parts-fire-near-toxic-blaze-033108637--spt.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-6957765/Vic-car-parts-fire-near-toxic-blaze-site.html
http://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/another-recycling-plant-catches-fire-20190425-p51h8c.html
http://www.starweekly.com.au/news/another-tottenham-fire-as-recycling-plant-blazes/
Quote: "Fire crews have rushed to blazes at separate Melbourne recycling plants which have sparked smoke warnings across parts of the city. Thursday's first alarm was raised when a pile of car parts was found burning at a Tottenham recycling facility."
Quote: "A short time later more than 30 firefighters were called to a plant at Broadmeadows where a 15 square metres pile of recycling rubbish was alight."
2019-04-25 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, three vans burn, in Casa Grande (Arizona):
http://www.pinalcentral.com/casa_grande_dispatch/area_news/fire-destroys-three-vans-at-cg-junkyard/article_2f02cc10-9b66-5c89-bc87-ef9f1147958e.html
Quote: "Three vans were destroyed in a fire Thursday afternoon in a Casa Grande junkyard, officials said."
2019-04-25 - Steel plant rocked by explosions and fire at 3:30 AM in coastal Port Talbot (Britain), 2 injured:
http://metro.co.uk/2019/04/26/three-huge-explosions-spark-fire-tata-steel-plant-9321424/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-port-talbot-steelworks-explosions-14665649
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/explosions-port-talbot-steelworks-live-16183344
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/04/26/explosion-reported-port-talbot-steelworks/
http://news.sky.com/story/port-talbot-emergency-services-attend-incident-at-tata-steelworks-11703704
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-48062141
2019-04-25 - Chemical factory heavily damaged by massive fire in Delhi (India):
http://kalingatv.com/nation/massive-fire-breaks-out-at-chemical-factory-in-delhi/
http://www.oneindia.com/new-delhi/delhi-massive-fire-breaks-out-in-jhilmil-industrial-area-2883342.html
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/fire-breaks-out-at-chemical-factory-in-north-delhi-s-jhilmil-industrial-area-26-fire-engines-are-at-the-spot/story-GdtuU0rgkPrcBt1OtA4DgL.html
2019-04-25 - Underground electrical explosion and fire blow manhole cover off and damage home(s) in Leslieville area in Toronto (Canada):
http://www.blogto.com/city/2019/04/explosion-gerrard-east-leslieville-toronto/
http://www.cp24.com/news/some-homes-damaged-after-underground-explosion-in-toronto-s-east-end-1.4395206
http://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/04/25/underground-explosion-in-leslieville-damages-homes-knocks-out-power/
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/04/25/underground-explosion-shatters-windows-causes-power-outages-in-east-end.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/east-end-explosion-1.5111064
2019-04-25 - Underground electrical fire breaks out beneath parked car in coastal Brooklyn (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/williamsburg/manhole-fire-erupts-under-parked-car-williamsburg-fdny
2019-04-25 - Underground electrical fire and explosion cause blackouts in Walsall (Britain):
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/dozens-without-power-walsall-after-16180758
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/walsall/2019/04/25/fire-under-man-hole-cuts-off-electricity-on-walsall-street/
2019-04-25 - Underground explosion rocks mine near Luhansk (Ukraine), 19 killed:
http://112.international/ukraine-top-news/massive-explosion-in-mine-near-occupied-luhansk-eastern-ukraine-19-died-39229.html
http://www.sott.net/article/411867-Two-miners-killed-fifteen-missing-after-methane-explosion-rocks-coal-mine-in-Lugansk-Peoples-Republic
http://www.rt.com/news/457580-lugansk-coal-mine-emergency/
2019-04-25 - Massive wildfires rage across the Trans-Baikal region in Siberia (Russia), 12,000 livestock killed:
http://www.rt.com/russia/457541-russia-wildfires-animals-killed/
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2019/04/underreported-forest-fires-in-siberia.html
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190425_04/
Quote: "Around 12,000 livestock have been killed – through smoke inhalation or burning – by massive wildfires in the Siberian Trans-Baikal region, which also threaten to destroy the area’s national parks and conservation sites. According to the local Ministry of Agriculture, 10,000 sheep, 1,277 cattle, 500 horses, and 1,800 domestic birds were lost. Photos and videos posted online showed piles of burned animal remains among devastated fields covered in ash. The drone footage captured dozens of homes in the villages burned to the ground."
2019-04-25 - Cars regularly going up in flames in Chattanooga (Tennessee):
http://www.chattanoogan.com/2019/4/25/389045/What-s-With-All-The-Recent-Car-Fires.aspx
Quote: "My social media news threads have been full of car fires lately. I follow multiple news sites, all the hip photographers for said news stations. And I’ve got to tell ya, it’s been like one car fire per day. I’ve seen a couple multiple car fire days."
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-26 - RV goes up in flames and kills person on Allumbaugh Street in Boise (Idaho):
http://idahonews.com/news/local/motorhome-fire-leaves-one-person-dead
http://www.idahopress.com/news/local/dead-after-boise-motorhome-fire/article_3b7722ff-b158-53ca-bdbf-344b10f0b980.html
http://www.ktvb.com/video/news/one-person-dies-in-motorhome-fire-in-boise-on-friday-night/277-8c6a70b1-a77a-4667-ade7-d60fd55dbfc1
http://spotonidaho.com/boise-region/61531/motorhome-fire-leaves-one-person-dead.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfYGfJnYP-I
Note: This is the 133rd RV to burn in 2019, and this is the 5th deadly RV fire in 2019...
2019-04-26 - More wildfires have burned in the UK already this year than in any year on record:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/2200502-the-uk-has-already-had-more-wildfires-in-2019-than-any-year-on-record/
http://www.sott.net/article/411898-The-UK-has-already-had-more-wildfires-in-2019-than-any-year-on-record
2019-04-26 - Great Caribbean Garbage Patch discovered near the island of Roatan, miles and miles of plastic waste:
http://returntonow.net/2019/04/25/sea-of-plastic-discovered-in-the-caribbean-stretches-for-miles/
http://www.sott.net/article/411953-Sea-of-Plastic-Discovered-in-the-Caribbean-Stretches-for-Miles
2019-04-26 - Water management plant rocked by explosion and fire near Duchesne (Utah):
http://kutv.com/news/local/explosion-fire-reported-at-water-management-site-outside-of-duchesne-county
http://kjzz.com/news/local/explosion-fire-reported-at-water-management-site-outside-of-duchesne-county
http://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/explosion-reported-outside-of-duchesne/1956806697
http://fox13now.com/2019/04/26/explosion-reported-in-duchesne-county/
2019-04-26 - Missile factory heavily damaged by raging fire near the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia (Russia):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6963967/Fire-rips-factory-producing-Russias-new-Satan-2-intercontinental-ballistic-missile.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1913542/Video-Major-fire-erupts-leading-Russian-missile-making-plant.html
http://theworldnews.net/uk-news/fire-rips-through-factory-producing-russia-s-new-satan-2-intercontinental-ballistic-missile
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-26/fire-rages-out-control-russian-ballistic-missile-plant
Quote: "A raging fire ripped through a leading Russian missile-making plant in Siberia today. Toxic plumes of black smoke were seen pouring from the secretive KrasMash complex with reports of 'explosions'. The plant makes the fearsome new-generation Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile nicknamed Satan-2, which Vladimir Putin said this month is close to deployment. The roof of a key part of the complex was reported to be ablaze at the hub which also makes Sineva ballistic missiles and sections of Zenith and Proton rockets."
Quote: "Black fumes blanketed the industrial city of Krasnoyarsk on the Yenisei River, with the area fire reported to be 5000 square metres - or 54,000 square feet."
Note: Maybe manufacturing missiles in an area along a river and where methane is exploding out of the ground isn't the most brilliant idea ever, comrades!
2019-04-26 - Blue-green algae causing health crisis in Southwest Florida:
http://desdemonadespair.net/2019/04/blue-green-algae-causing-health-crisis-southwest-florida-it-is-not-alarmist-to-say-that-the-people-of-florida-are-being-slowly-poisoned-by-the-water.html
Quote: "It is not alarmist to say that the people of Florida are being slowly poisoned by the water..."
2019-04-26 - Boy, 12, pulled unconscious from swimming pool at hotel, in critical condition, in San Antonio (Texas):
http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/boy-found-unresponsive-in-hotel-pool-during-school-retreat
http://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2019/04/27/12-year-old-boy-found-unresponsive-in-hotel-pool
http://www.ksat.com/news/child-found-unresponsive-in-hotel-pool-taken-to-hospital-in-critical-condition
http://www.kens5.com/article/news/teen-found-unresponsive-in-hotel-pool/273-d58b4bc8-0339-4140-9caf-b821e5479152
Quote: "Police said three students and a sponsor from a school retreat from Dallas were staying at the Marriott Hotel on 3222 Northwest Loop 410 Friday night around 9:50 p.m. Everyone was in the pool when they noticed one of their classmates was face down at the bottom of the pool. The 12-year-old boy was pulled out unresponsive by the sponsor and the sponsor began CPR on him. The boy was taken to the hospital in critical condition."
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-27 - RV goes up in flames and kills person shortly after 4 AM while parked in Fort St. John (Canada):
http://peacefm.ca/motorhome-fire-claims-a-life/
http://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/fort-st-john/one-dead-after-motorhome-fire-1.23804563
http://www.energeticcity.ca/2019/04/one-person-dead-after-motorhome-fire-early-saturday/
Note: This is the 6th deadly RV fire in 2019...
2019-04-27 - Car bursts into flame and burns man to death at toll plaza near Mullanpur (India):
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/arhtiya-dies-as-car-catches-fire/764670.html
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/ex-sarpanch-of-hissowal-village-in-ludhiana-dead-as-car-catches-fire/764626.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/former-sarpanch-charred-as-his-car-catches-fire-near-mullanpur-of-ludhiana/articleshow/69069636.cms
http://www.ndtv.com/cities/mulanpur-dakha-ludhiana-punjab-man-in-punjab-burnt-alive-inside-car-after-it-catches-fire-2029650
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/one-dead-as-car-catches-fire-119042700370_1.html
Quote: "A former Sarpanch died after his car caught fire near toll plaza on Mullanpur Raikot road on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Harnek Singh, 65, of village Hissowal. Police officials said that Harnek Singh was going in his Maruti Swift car from his village towards Mullanpur area at 8 am on Saturday. They added when he reached toll plaza on Mullanpur Raikot road, his vehicle suddenly caught fire."
Quote: "An eyewitness told police that fire spread so fast that Harnek didn’t get time to get out of the vehicle and was burnt alive inside the vehicle."
2019-04-27 - Mobile crane bursts into flame at port while loading coal onto ship, in coastal Haldia (India), 1 killed:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Pella-9510321.html
http://www.ndtv.com/kolkata-news/1-dead-in-fire-at-kolkatas-haldia-port-2029666
http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/one-killed-in-harbor-crane-fire-in-kolkata
http://www.uniindia.com/crane-gutted-in-fire-at-haldia-port-during-loading-coal-to-a-vessel/east/news/1577975.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-fire-at-haldia-port-crane-driver-dies/articleshow/69075893.cms
http://abpananda.abplive.in/video/tv-show/district/kolkata/massive-fire-breaks-out-at-haldia-dock-complex-577046
http://www.sangbadpratidin.in/bengal/fire-breaks-out-at-haldia-dock-complex-fire-fighters-rushed/
http://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2019/25917/major-coal-fire-indian-port/
Quote: "On April 27, 2019, at 8.30 a.m. a fire broke out in the mobile harbour crane 13 at the port of 'Haldia' while a cargo of coal was loaded onto the 'Pella'. The whole area was covered the smoke. The fire rescue attended with 10 engines. Panic has spread among the locals as the fire was spreading rapidly."
2019-04-27 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes in coastal Singapore:
http://www.earthfiles.com/2019/04/27/singapore-residents-report-loud-explosion-like-house-shaking-sounds-on-saturday/
2019-04-27 - Marine heatwave devastated wildlife at UNESCO World Heritage Site Shark Bay (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CC-20190428-67649-AUS
http://news.fiu.edu/2019/04/heatwave-devastates-wildlife-populations-in-world-heritage-site/133010
Quote: "Large numbers of dugongs, sea snakes and other marine animals disappeared from the UNESCO World Heritage Site Shark Bay, Western Australia, after a heat wave devastated seagrass meadows, according to recently released research."
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-28 - Car goes up in flames and burns man to death at 7 AM in Forrestfield (Australia), 5 miles from the coast:
http://thewest.com.au/news/perth/man-dies-in-forrestfield-car-fire-ng-b881181577z
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/perth/man-dies-in-forrestfield-car-fire-ng-b881181582z
http://www.communitynews.com.au/midland-reporter/news/body-found-in-burnt-out-car-in-perths-east
http://www.facebook.com/thewestaustralian/posts/10157276453134439
Quote: "A man in his 70s has died in a vehicle fire in Forrestfield this morning. Firefighters responded to a car fire near the intersection of Hale and Reynolds roads about 7am on Sunday. After extinguishing the blaze crews found a deceased person inside the vehicle. Formal identification is yet to be completed but the deceased man is thought to be aged in his 70s. Midland detectives and the Arson Squad attended the scene today. The death as been determined as non-suspicious and a report will be prepared for the Coroner."
2019-04-28 - Man, 75, ignites and burns to death while smoking in apartment in Lewiston (Maine):
http://www.wmtw.com/article/lewiston-man-killed-when-his-clothes-catch-fire-while-smoking/27299690
http://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/lewiston-man-dies-after-clothes-catch-on-fire/97-d8c1c218-044f-4344-a929-95619e3ff75e
http://www.centralmaine.com/2019/04/28/lewiston-man-75-dies-from-burns-after-clothes-catch-fire/
http://whdh.com/news/man-who-was-smoking-died-after-clothes-caught-on-fire/
2019-04-28 - In separate incidents, within 48 hours, two passenger planes hit by engine fires en route to Harare (Zimbabwe):
http://www.thehararetimes.com/horror-as-two-air-zim-planes-in-mysterious-mid-air-fire-incidents/
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/horror-as-two-air-zim-planes-in-mysterious-mid-air-fire-incidents/
http://www.tellerreport.com/news/--media--at-the-airport-in-south-africa-landed-a-plane-with-a-burning-engine-.H1KdYKmi4.html
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/just-in-air-zimbabwe-engine-catches-fire-during-flight-from-or-tambo-lands-safely-20190428
http://kemptonexpress.co.za/197950/breaking-news-planes-engine-catches-fire-kempton-park-video/
http://www.thesouthafrican.com/or-tambo-plane-fire-johannesburg-zimbabwe-video/
http://zwnews.com/air-zimbabwe-on-fire-over-south-africa-latest-pictures/
http://zimbabwe.shafaqna.com/EN/AL/473973
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfyoKk6t2MM
Quote: "Two Air Zimbabwe planes flying to Harare from Johannesburg and Bulawayo were both involved in separate mid-air 'engine fire' incidents moments after take-off all in a space of 48 hours. Both incidents were confirmed by the troubled national carrier."
Note: These are the 55th and 56th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2019...
2019-04-28 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, 20 cars burn, in Colorado Springs (Colorado):
http://koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/2019/04/28/numerous-cars-catch-fire-at-colorado-springs-salvage-yards/
http://www.dailydispatch.com/StateNews/CO/2019/April/29/Numerous.cars.catch.fire.at.Colorado.Springs.area.salvage.yard.aspx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2WOtB35xOk
Quote: "Stratmoor firefighters were called to a car fire at the 'Pull and Pay' off Highway 87 and by the time they arrived, the blaze had spread to at least 10 cars. Firefighters said eventually about 20 cars were on fire and they called for assistance from the Fort Carson and Security departments."
2019-04-28 - Zinc recycling center erupts in flame, fire gets huge, in Rutherford County (North Carolina):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20190429-67670-USA
http://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/massive-fire-burning-at-nc-zinc-recycling-facility/1962550147
http://www.wspa.com/news/large-fire-burning-at-zinc-recycling-facility-in-rutherford-co/1962491320
http://www.cbs17.com/video/raw-video-american-zinc-recycling-corp-fire-video-from-chesnee-community-fire-dept-_20190429013923/1962549577
http://www.wnct.com/news/north-carolina/large-fire-burning-at-zinc-recycling-facility-in-rural-western-nc/1962649616
http://www.wbtv.com/2019/04/29/factory-catches-fire-western-north-carolina/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crKexpXGcfc
2019-04-28 - Boy, 13, pulled out of swimming pool at hotel, declared brain dead, life support to be pulled, in San Antonio (Texas):
http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/13-year-old-found-at-bottom-of-hotel-pool-to-be-removed-from-life-support
http://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/13-year-old-dallas-isd-student-who-drowned-on-school-trip-to-san-antonio-to-be-taken-off-life-support/287-cef4f37a-aca3-4b25-898a-89cd9530a749
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/13-Year-Old-Dallas-ISD-Student-Found-Unresponsive-in-Hotel-Pool-While-on-School-Retreat-509236971.html
http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/boy-found-unresponsive-in-hotel-pool-during-school-retreat
Quote: "A 13-year-old Dallas ISD student has been declared brain dead after he was found at the bottom of a pool during a school trip to San Antonio, NBC affiliate WOAI reports. WOAI reported Hoang Minh Phan was discovered around 9:50 p.m. Sunday at a Marriott hotel in the 3200 block of Northwest Loop 410."
2019-04-28 - Vietnam just observed its highest temperature ever recorded, 110F, in April:
http://desdemonadespair.net/2019/04/vietnam-just-observed-its-highest-temperature-ever-recorded-110-degrees-in-april-it-is-unbreathable-outside-in-this-heat.html
http://twitter.com/EKMeteo/status/1119670291523874816
Quote: "What makes the heat even more striking is that it’s only April. Most places in Vietnam see their hottest temperatures in June or July."
Category: Variety Pack
2019-04-29 - Unknown rotten egg odor hits property on Barrington Avenue in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "Barrington Avenue, Hull. Mon 29 Apr 2019 11:20 (No:09123) Smell of gas in property. Gas detection and PPV fan in use. Nothing found. No further action by Fire Service."
2019-04-29 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane returns to Heathrow Airport near coastal London (Britain):
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/heathrow-chicago-flight-declares-emergency-16195303
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/775360/breaking-London-Heathrow-chicago-united-airlines-ua929
http://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/heathrow-flight-emergency-live-flight-16195192
Quote: "A Chicago-bound flight 929 from Heathrow turned back as it flew above Cardiff and Newport after reports of smoke in the cabin."
2019-04-29 - Helicopter bursts into flame then crashes and burns in coastal Kailua (Hawaii), all 3 aboard killed:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-helicopter-fatal-hawaii-crash-seater-62711230
http://www.wric.com/news/national/official-3-dead-in-helicopter-crash-in-honolulu-suburb/1964818856
http://wtop.com/national/2019/04/official-3-dead-in-helicopter-crash-in-honolulu-suburb/
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/hawaii/articles/2019-04-29/the-latest-helicopter-in-fatal-hawaii-crash-was-4-seater
http://www.koin.com/news/national/the-latest-hawaii-driver-saw-fire-then-helicopter-plummet/1964173671
http://wqad.com/2019/04/30/three-people-were-killed-in-hawaii-when-their-tour-helicopter-crashed/
Quote: "A woman who was driving on a street where a helicopter crashed in a Honolulu suburb says she looked up to see fire as the aircraft plummeted to the ground in front of her."
Quote: "Fire and helicopter parts rained from the sky Monday in a suburban Honolulu community in a crash that killed three people aboard, officials and witnesses said. 'All you could see was fire,' witness Melissa Solomon said, explaining that she was driving on the street when she looked up to see flames and a helicopter plummeting in front of her."
Quote: "According to the fire department's statement, there were multiple reports of debris falling across a 'large geographic area.'"
Quote: "A Novictor helicopter crashed on a sandbar in Kaneohe in October after the pilot lost consciousness twice. The crash resulted in injuries to the pilot and two passengers."
Note: Parts raining down over a large area - that's a sign that the helicopter may have exploded or otherwise broke apart mid-air. These are the 57th and 58th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2019...
2019-04-29 - Van goes up in flames just before 6:30 AM and kills man and woman in Portland (Oregon), 2600 feet from the Columbia River:
http://www.koin.com/news/crime/2-found-dead-inside-burnt-car-in-north-portland/1963416122
http://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/two-found-dead-in-north-portland-van-fire/283-4b8498df-a43f-463e-9b85-c36b371bb013
http://www.kptv.com/news/portland-fire-two-people-found-dead-inside-burnt-van-in/article_e41a4904-6a8b-11e9-890c-e7a37debff37.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2019/04/victims-still-not-identified-in-deadly-portland-van-fire-monday.html
http://komonews.com/news/local/crews-find-two-people-dead-inside-burning-van-in-north-portland
http://kval.com/news/local/crews-find-two-people-dead-inside-burning-van-in-north-portland
http://www.987thebull.com/two-people-die-in-a-van-fire/
Quote: "Two people were found dead Monday morning in a van fire at North Vancouver Way and Middlefield Road, according to the Portland Fire & Rescue Bureau. Emergency responders were called just before 6:30 a.m. to the report of the vehicle fire."
2019-04-29 - Nuclear plant hit by fire as transformer bursts into flame, reactor shuts down, in Rivne (Ukraine):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=NC-20190430-67692-UKR
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8968008/blaze-ukraine-nuclear-power-plant-reactor-built-same-year-chernobyl-nuke-disaster/
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/world/ukraine-says-radiation-levels-safe-after-nuclear-plant-fire/article26991943.ece
Quote: "Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday that radiation levels remained safe after a fire broke out at a nuclear power plant, leading to the shutdown of one of the reactors. The fire, which was extinguished within an hour, began late on Monday at the Rivne nuclear power station in western Ukraine, around 300 kilometers (190 miles) from Kiev. It erupted in an electrical transformer, triggering the reactor protection system and 'the third reactor was turned off,' Ilona Zayets, a spokeswoman for the state nuclear agency Energoatom, told AFP on Tuesday."
2019-04-29 - Auto auction yard hit by fire, 13 cars destroyed, in Dighton (Massachusetts):
http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/20190430/fire-at-manheim-auto-auction-in-dighton-destroys-13-vehicles
http://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/se-mass/cars-catch-fire-in-auto-auction-lot-in-dighton/1964900540
http://www.wpri.com/news/top-video/video-now-cars-catch-fire-in-dighton-auction-yard_20190430024524/1964931429
http://turnto10.com/news/local/cars-catch-fire-at-dighton-auto-auction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D2BKOPUWLU
Quote: "Thirteen vehicles that were set to be auctioned off were destroyed in a fire Monday evening in Dighton."
2019-04-29 - Metal recycling plant hit by fire, big pile of scrap metal burns, in Lake City (Georgia):
http://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/firefighters-battling-large-blaze-clayton-county-recycling-plant/MRHAH1GMd6atHr3x6r5FwL/
http://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/crews-extinguish-fire-at-forest-park-recycling-facility/85-716fdb34-6dcd-4b74-b9dc-3f32bf3922e2
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/clayton-county/large-fire-at-recycling-plant-sending-plumes-of-smoke-into-the-sky/944667632
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/breaking-news/firefighters-metal-recycling-plant-on-fire-in-clayton-county
Quote: "Firefighters battled a large blaze at a recycling plant in Clayton County that produced thick smoke that was visible for miles. The Amerigo Metal Recycling plant along Forest Parkway in Lake City was engulfed in flames, Clayton County Fire Battalion Chief Laura Richardson told Channel 2 Action News."
Category: Fires And Explosions
2019-04-30 - Metal recycling center rocked by massive fire and explosions in Ammanford (Britain):
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/live-updates-explosions-heard-huge-16204038
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-wales-48108682/large-fire-breaks-out-at-recycling-site-in-ammanford
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/775698/breaking-explosions-fire-wales-ammanford-pictures-video-scrapyard-smoke
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/ammanford-metal-recycling-fire-shands-16204958
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-48111556
Quote: "Fire crews have been tackling a major fire at a metal recycling centre in Ammanford. Residents first heard explosions shortly after 3pm on Tuesday on Shands Road in the town."
2019-04-30 - Recycling center erupts in flame, fire gets huge, in Ontario (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20190501-67699-USA
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/04/30/watch-huge-fire-burning-at-ontario-recycling-center/
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Fire-Rips-Through-Recycling-Center-in-Ontario-509285871.html
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Fire-Rips-Through-Ontario-Recycling-Yard_Los-Angeles-509299172.html
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/facebook-instant/crews-battling-large-recycling-yard-fire-in-ontario
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ontario-fire-recycling-center-20190430-story.html
http://ktla.com/2019/04/30/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-commercial-structure-in-ontario/
http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/2019/04/30/fire-at-ontario-recycling-yard-throws-huge-cloud-of-black-smoke-into-sky/
Quote: "It was the second fire that erupted at the recycling plant in the past three years. The cause of that fire was deemed undetermined, fire officials said Tuesday. Residents don't understand why it has happened again."
2019-04-30 - Underground electrical fires break out twice at 12:45 AM and at 5 AM near the Mississippi River in St. Louis (Missouri):
http://www.kmov.com/news/firefighters-called-to-underground-electrical-fire-in-downtown-st-louis/article_1ff7c4d4-6b30-11e9-bf76-e70ee6e29ea2.html
http://fox2now.com/2019/04/30/washington-ave-due-to-underground-electrical-fire-in-downtown-st-louis/
Quote: "Firefighters were called to an underground electrical fire in downtown St. Louis twice overnight. The fire sparked at least twice in the area of 7th Street and Washington. The first time was around 12:45 a.m. and then firefighters were called out again around 5 a.m. Tuesday."
2019-04-30 - Lumber yard hit by fire at 1 AM, building destroyed, in Amelia County (Virginia):
http://wtvr.com/2019/04/30/amelia-lumber-fire/
http://www.nbc12.com/2019/04/30/no-one-injured-amelia-county-lumber-yard-fire/
http://www.wric.com/video/crews-battle-fire-at-lumberyard-in-amelia-county_20190430151323/1966205821
http://www.wric.com/news/local-news/employee-says-amelia-county-lumber-yard-fire-could-have-been-a-lot-worse-/1965359629
2019-04-30 - Fire protection van bursts into flame in parking lot in Wynnefield Heights area in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://6abc.com/fire-protection-van-catches-fire-in-philadelphia/5277770/
http://news.yahoo.com/fire-protection-van-catches-fire-153656085.html
http://www.facebook.com/6abcActionNews/posts/action-news-was-there-as-a-fire-protection-van-caught-fire-in-philadelphia/10156500627951378/
Quote: "Action News was there as a fire protection van caught fire in Philadelphia. It happened around 9 a.m. Tuesday at Monument and Stout roads in Wynnefield Heights. Flames were shooting through the Oliver Fire Protection & Security van as it sat in a parking lot causing explosions."
Note: Somebody call for a fire protec...oh.
2019-04-30 - Mysterious explosions alarm people in Berkeley County (West Virginia):
http://www.localdvm.com/news/west-virginia/mysterious-explosions-are-concerning-berkeley-county-communities/1971819688
Quote: "Several explosions were reported Tuesday night around 7 pm in the Berkeley County area. Berkeley County Sheriff Keller says emergency calls ranged from as far as the Hedgesville area to Maryland. However, he says that by the time his deputies got there, there was no evidence of people nor explosions. Residents in the area report hearing loud explosions that shake their homes several times over the span of a few months."
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