Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-01 - Passenger plane hit by fire at 6 AM, possible explosions, makes emergency landing in coastal Newark (New Jersey):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20160501-53125-USA
Quote: "Passengers on the plane reported feeling and hearing what they described as an 'explosion' or a 'booming sound.' One passenger told News 12 that others who were sitting over the wing reported seeing flames."
Note: This is the 42nd aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...
2016-05-01 - Car importer hit by fire, RV and two dozen cars destroyed, in Ontario (California):
http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/news-warehouse-fire-at-importer-destroys-dozens-of-cars/
http://www.thegentlemanracer.com/2016/05/fire-guts-warehouse-filled-with-rare.html
http://jalopnik.com/did-this-warehouse-fire-just-claim-some-beautiful-jdm-n-1774348442
Quote: "Over two dozen vehicles were lost in the blaze, as well as an RV, and equipment. International Vehicle Importers specializes in importing cars from around the world, but has gained a reputation among fans of the Nissan GTR and other rare Japanese classics, many of the cars lost were never originally sold in the United States making them extremely desirable to collectors and enthusiasts."
Note: This is the 175th RV to burn in 2016...
2016-05-01 - Auto shop destroyed by fire at 5:30 AM in Connellsville (Pennsylvania), near the Youghiogheny River:
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/32142871-connellsville-business-damaged-by-early-morning-fire/
http://www.heraldstandard.com/new_today/connellsville-auto-body-shop-destroyed-by-fire/article_6933092e-94f7-5dda-9a9b-a2de35febbc8.html
Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area...
2016-05-01 - Transformer bursts into flame on Courthouse Road in coastal Gulfport (Mississippi):
http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/31860863/transformer-fire-leaves-more-than-300-without-power-in-gulfport
http://www.wdam.com/story/31860863/transformer-fire-leaves-more-than-300-without-power-in-Gulfport
Category: Variety Pack
2016-05-02 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes as rotten egg odor hits the island of Bermuda:
http://www.royalgazette.com/news/article/20160503/reports-of-explosion-in-west-end
Quote: "The cause of an explosion that shook homes in the West End last night is still unknown. Emergency services investigated a loud sound in the Watford Bridge and Mangrove Bay area just before 10pm but came up with no clues as to why it happened. A report of a 'strong smell of gas' near Morgan’s Point at about 10.30pm led to another search in that area."
2016-05-02 - Rotten egg odor hits Alameda, San Leandro, Oakland and Castro Valley (California), PG&E can't find source:
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/PGE-Unable-to-Locate-Source-of-Natural-Gas-Odor-in-East-Bay-377765351.html
http://www.ooyuz.com/geturl?aid=11470113
Quote: "Around 7:15 p.m., fire officials with the Alameda Fire Department said they received several calls reporting the smell of natural gas. PG&E crews arrived at 7:35 p.m. but were unable to locate the smell's source."
Note: Natural gas is odorless so they add methyl mercaptan to it, which smells like rotten eggs. Maybe they couldn't find the source of the natural gas because it wasn't natural gas - hydrogen sulfide also smells like rotten eggs, at least at low concentrations. In fact, one method of making methyl mercaptan uses hydrogen sulfide as an ingredient, so people are understandably confusing the odors. Also see the boat that burst into flame while docked in Oakland on this day...
2016-05-02 - Car bursts into flame at 12:27 AM while parked on street, fire spreads to vacant home, in coastal Bridgeport (Connecticut):
http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Pair-of-overnight-car-fires-reported-in-Bridgeport-7387478.php
http://patch.com/connecticut/bridgeport/two-car-fires-break-out-bridgeport-0
2016-05-02 - Car bursts into flame just after 1 AM while parked in garage, fire spreads to two homes, in coastal Bridgeport (Connecticut):
http://connecticut.news12.com/news/car-fire-damages-2-homes-on-norman-street-in-bridgeport-1.11751201
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Crews-Investigate-Garage-Fire-in-Bridgeport-377773921.html
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/32235700-car-fire-damages-2-homes-in-bridgeport/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DEGfG4uVQs
Quote: "Officials say there were two cars inside the garage at Norman and Cottage streets, and one of them burst into flames. They say the blaze then spread to homes on both sides of the car parked in a driveway."
Note: So two parked cars burst into flame within 33 minutes and burned three homes in the wee hours in coastal Bridgeport. Yep, you have to accept the possibility of your home being wiped out anytime you park a vehicle near it nowadays...
2016-05-02 - Car bursts into flame at 1 AM while parked at home, fire spreads to home, in Omaha (Nebraska):
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Fire-destroys-car-damages-home-377784361.html
http://www.ketv.com/news/car-catches-fire-spreads-to-nearby-home/39317244
http://kfab.iheart.com/articles/1110-kfab-local-news-122285/car-house-catch-fire-14666989/
http://www.ooyuz.com/geturl?aid=11454252
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-03 - Huge wildfire rages into Fort McMurray (Canada), 1600+ buildings destroyed, 80,000+ people evacuated:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36207807
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/it-would-seem-worst-has-happened-tar.html
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/picture-gallery/news/2016/05/04/gallery-scenes-from-fort-mcmurray-wildfire/83911294/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-nasty-dirty-fire-burns-over-24k-acres-n568046
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-60-000-evacuated-over-out-control-blaze-n567371
http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2016/05/03/fort-mcmurray-homes-on-fire-and-gas-station-blows-up.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/03/wildfire-alberta-canada-fort-mcmurray-evacuation
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/raw-video-of-fort-mcmurray-fire-from-a-helicopter-1.3564970
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/wildfire-destroys-fort-mcmurray-homes-most-of-city-evacuated-1.3563977
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4024302-80000-people-evacuated-canadian-city-major-uncontrolled-wildfire
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/catastrophic-fort-mcmurray-wildfire-prompts-state-of-emergency-1.3566310
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/epic-wildfire-threatens-to-engulf-canadian-city-as-88000-flee/
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/massive-fort-mcmurray-wildfire-forces-evacuations-undefineds-buildings/57165028
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/05/03/arctic-wildfire-threatens-tar-sands-city-of-fort-mcmurray-thousands-forced-to-evacuate/
Quote: "A massive wildfire that has forced the evacuation of all 88,000 people from Fort McMurray could destroy much of the Canadian city, local officials warn."
Quote: "The wildfire burning in the city limits has forced the largest fire evacuation in Alberta’s history. It’s expected to get worse Wednesday, when winds are forecast to switch direction and increase in intensity, at speeds of 25 to 50 kilometres per hour. At a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Premier Rachel Notley said 'this is bigger than Slave Lake.' The Slave Lake fire in 2011 decimated the town and forced the evacuation of 9,000 people."
Quote: "Residents were panicked. Highway 63 is the only road out of the city and flames jumped the road. The wildfire, whipped by unpredictable winds on a day of high temperatures, worsened dramatically in a short time and many residents had little notice to flee."
2016-05-03 - Underground transformer explodes in Columbia (South Carolina):
http://www.wltx.com/news/blown-tranformer-causes-smoky-situation-in-downtown/167395666
2016-05-03 - Underground electrical fire spits flames from manhole in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/LIVE-Underground-closes-road-Kingswood-Hull/story-29219738-detail/story.html
http://www.briefreport.co.uk/news/live-underground-fire-closes-road-in-kingswood-hull-4097107.html
http://www.newsyorkshire.co.uk/news/recap-underground-fire-closes-road-in-kingswood-hull
2016-05-03 - High-rise office building devastated by huge fire in Nanjing (China):
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/512556/Office-fire-evacuation-china-nanjing-workers-jiangsu-province
http://ibay.online/news/ibay.online/news/watch-hundreds-flee-as-massive-fire-tears-through-office-block
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-04 - Huge wildfire shifts direction near Fort McMurray in Alberta (Canada), evacuation centers evacuated:
http://www.wlwt.com/national/evacuees-flee-from-shelter-as-fire-rages-in-fort-mcmurray/39391186
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fresh-images-videos-show-the-nightmare-of-canada-wildfires-2016-05-05
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/more-evacuation-orders-issued-for-fort-mcmurray-area-1.3566310
http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-videos-round-up-devastating-footage-1.3567316
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/05/05/still-raging-wildfire-destroys-estimated-1600-structures-in-alberta-city/
http://edmontonjournal.com/business/local-business/insurance-losses-from-fort-mcmurray-fire-could-top-9-billion-analyst-says
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/06/images-coming-out-of-the-fort-mcmurray-disaster-paint-a-scene-of-apocalypse/
Quote: "The wildfire that devastated the Fort McMurray region this week is expected to trigger the largest insured property losses from a single disaster in Canadian history. With an estimated 1,600 homes, small businesses and other structures destroyed in the inferno — more than four times the number of homes lost in the disastrous Slave Lake fire — insurance losses could range as high as $9.3 billion."
Note: There was a Samsung plant that went up in flames in 2014 in South Korea, and that fire did about a billion dollars in damage, mentioned in the 2014-03-09 update. That was just one facility that burned though, so it's not really comparable to a city burning. Looks like this McMurray fire will easily dwarf the billion-dollar cost of the Samsung fire though, comparable or not...
2016-05-04 - Himalayas going up in flames as 21,000 fires burn on the flanks of the mountains, 9000 people fight the fires:
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/05/03/the-fires-of-climate-change-are-burning-the-himalayas/
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/air-force-copters-douse-massive-forest-fires-north-38807188
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/forest-fires-in-himalayas.html
Quote: "The temperatures are so high that more than 300 people have now perished as a result of heat injuries. And Indian officials have now banned cooking during the day in an effort to reduce loss of life. But today the forests themselves are cooking as the air is filled with the smoke of more than 21,000 fires burning upon the flanks of India’s great mountain ranges."
Quote: "Now conditions are so extreme that an army of 9,000 firefighters, including helicopter fire suppression craft, have been mobilized by the government of India in a desperate effort to beat back the flames."
2016-05-04 - Metal business heavily damaged by fire in Gloucester (Britain):
http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Massive-blaze-breaks-Avon-Metals-Gloucester/story-29217096-detail/story.html
2016-05-04 - Recycling plant goes up in flames in coastal Samut Prakan Province (Thailand):
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/959285/fire-guts-samut-prakan-recycling-plant
2016-05-04 - Underground coal seam fire erupts near Healy (Alaska):
http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/new-coal-seam-fire-flares-up-near-healy/article_d1c83cb2-12d1-11e6-b10e-93a8d6b0393b.html
2016-05-04 - Coal mine rocked by explosion in Yanjin County (China), 6+ killed:
http://thenationonlineng.net/six-dead-china-coal-mine-explosion/
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-05 - Train station hit by track fire at 2:39 AM in coastal London (Britain), transit disrupted:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20160505-53180-GBR
http://www.newsweek.com/london-fire-blaze-vauxhall-station-causes-chaos-455806
http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/14472724.UPDATED__Vauxhall_fire_continues_to_cause_travel_chaos_across_south_London/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/vauxhall-fire-station-south-west-trains-dangerously-full-after-major-incident-on-tracks-a7014371.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/7128323/Thousands-of-London-commuters-hit-by-travel-chaos-as-major-fire-at-Vauxhall-station-causes-severe-disruption.html
2016-05-05 - Packaging company devastated by massive blaze in Spring Branch (Texas):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20160506-53191-USA
http://abc7.com/news/massive-4-alarm-fire-rages-in-northwest-houston/1324766/
http://abc13.com/news/watch-live-fireballs-erupt-from-massive-warehouse-fire/1324705/
http://kxan.com/2016/05/05/black-smoke-billows-from-houston-warehouse-fire/
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article75789327.html
http://www.click2houston.com/news/firefighters-battle-huge-warehouse-fire-in-spring-branch
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/05/05/fire-rips-through-texas-warehouses-people-nearby-urged-to-shelter-in-place.html
http://www.fox7austin.com/news/local-news/137271455-story
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/KHOU/728255696731525120
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Pesticides-Petroleum-Additives-Found-in-Runoff-After-Houston-Warehouse-Fire_Dallas-Fort-Worth-378388111.html
2016-05-05 - Recycling center erupts in flame just before 11 PM, fire gets huge, in coastal Dublin (Ireland):
http://www.thejournal.ie/firefighters-blaze-recycling-plant-2751183-May2016/
http://campus.ie/surviving-college/dublin-fire-brigade-battling-massive-blaze-dublin-recycling-plant
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dublin-fire-brigade-battling-massive-blaze-at-dublin-recycling-plant-34686638.html
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/recycling-plant-blaze-gorse-fire-and-burnt-out-buses-busy-night-for-dublin-fire-brigade-34687091.html
2016-05-05 - Electrical substation erupts in flame in Sedam (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/fire-at-power-station-blackout-in-sedam-nearby-villages/article8565133.ece
2016-05-05 - Electrical substation damaged by transformer fire at 5:44 AM in coastal Mackay (Australia):
http://www.cqnews.com.au/news/fire-electrical-transformer-leaves-many-without-po/3017298/
http://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/fire-electrical-transformer-leaves-many-without-po/3017298/
http://www.star1019.com.au/news/local-news/62691-fire-in-electrical-transformer-leaves-many-without-power
2016-05-05 - Electrical substation damaged by fire in coastal Widnes (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/ongoing-incident-electrical-substation-fire-in-widnes
2016-05-05 - Transformer explodes and burns just after midnight near substation on the island of Guernsey (Britain):
http://guernseypress.com/news/2016/05/05/transformer-explosion-close-to-power-station/
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-06 - Military AV-8B Harrier jet bursts into flame, crashes into the ocean at coastal Wrightsville Beach (North Carolina), pilot ejects:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20160507-53201-USA
http://www.wral.com/coast-guard-pilot-rescued-after-ejecting-into-ocean/15688625/
http://www.wwaytv3.com/2016/05/06/this-just-in-military-plane-crashes-at-wrightsville-beach/
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/military-plane-crashes-at-wrightsville-beach-according-to-sources/266024606
http://www.wlox.com/story/31912681/pilot-in-stable-condition-after-military-jet-crashes-off-wrightsville-beach
Quote: "Authorities say a pilot was rescued in the Atlantic Ocean off the North Carolina coast after he parachuted from what they believe was a Harrier jet as it went down in flames. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Sansoucie says a hotel guest in Wrightsville Beach saw a person eject from the burning plane shortly before 5 p.m. Friday."
Note: This is the 42nd aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...
2016-05-06 - Metal recycling plant erupts in flame at 6:20 AM in Kansas City (Missouri):
http://www.kmbc.com/news/firefighters-put-out-smoldering-fire-at-kc-recycling-plant/39411808
http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/firefighters-work-to-put-out-fire-at-recycling-plant
Quote: "White smoke billowed from a scrapyard pile at business, which is located near 35th Terrace and Stadium Drive."
Note: Right next to the Blue River. Here's a Google Maps link of the area...
2016-05-06 - Two underground fire incidents disrupt trains in coastal Washington DC:
http://www.rt.com/usa/342115-washington-metrorail-fire-smoke/
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/cctv-captures-firey-explosion-on-washington-metro-677754
http://www.sott.net/article/317793-ANOTHER-electrical-incident-at-Washington-DC-metro-station-This-time-sparking-fireball
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/513452/Dramatic-moment-huge-explosion-rocks-underground-train-station-Washington-US
Quote: "Worryingly, the explosion came just hours after another fire at a separate station on the busy network."
2016-05-06 - From Uttarakhand to Canada, the world sees a flurry of forest fires:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/uttarakhand-forest-fires-canada-nepal-himachal-pradesh-arizona-wildfires/1/658751.html
http://www.sott.net/article/317809-From-Uttarakhand-to-Canada-the-world-sees-a-flurry-of-forest-fires
2016-05-06 - Numerous wildfires rage throughout Alberta (Canada), oil facilities endangered:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/05/investing/oil-prices-fort-mcmurray-fire-canada/index.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-alberta-grows-firefighters-hope-rain-n569146
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/photos-the-monster-forest-fire-ravaging-western-canada
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/05/06/evacuee-convoys-dash-down-fire-besieged-highway/84012768/
Quote: "Huge forest fires have already torched at least 1,600 homes and forced the evacuation of about 88,000 people in the region, including the entire population of the oil sands town of Fort McMurray. Forty-nine wildfires were still burning as of Friday morning, and wind gusts of up to 25 miles per hour were expected. Some 1,110 firefighters, 145 helicopters and 22 air tankers are currently battling the fires."
2016-05-06 - Wildfires killing animals and birds in Nepal:
http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/wild-animals-birds-hit-hard-wildfires-western-region/
http://www.sott.net/article/317778-Wild-animals-and-birds-hit-hard-by-wildfires-in-Nepal
2016-05-06 - Massive wildfires burning mountain forests in North India:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/air-force-copters-douse-massive-forest-fires-north-38807188
http://www.sott.net/article/317808-Massive-wildfires-sweep-through-mountain-forests-in-North-India
2016-05-06 - Peat and tundra fires and their effects on the climate:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/peat-fires-in-tundra-and-other-articles.html
Note: Yeah, things are certainly looking grim, but progressing as expected and predicted. We're running out of time fast now and soon enough human civilization will be gone from the surface of the Earth. Do we have ten years left? Or even five? We'll find out, the hard way!
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-07 - Huge wildfire continues raging in Alberta (Canada), may double in size and reach Saskatchewan:
http://wate.com/2016/05/07/officials-fear-alberta-wildfire-could-double-in-size/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-saturday-1.3571678
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/evacuees-from-fire-ravaged-canadian-town-may-have-nothing-left/
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/fires-spreading-ne-to-sakatchewan-border.html
http://abcnews.go.com/International/canada-wildfires-apocalyptic-horror-evacuee/story?id=38950239
http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/region/4027512-wildfire-canada-explodes-after-consuming-least-385000-acres-1600-homes-and
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-evacuees-relocated-absolutely-vicious-fire-burns-uncontrollably-n569871
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-wildfire-ripping-through-canada-could-be-the-costliest-natural-disaster-in-its-history-2016-5
http://www.sott.net/article/317806-Fort-McMurray-wildfire-update-7000-people-airlifted-as-apocalyptic-Alberta-wildfire-rages-through-101000-hectares-officials-warn-blaze-could-double-in-size
2016-05-07 - Smoke from Canadian wildfires hits Minnesota:
http://kstp.com/news/wildfire-smoke-minnesota-canada/4130148/
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/05/07/hazy-sky/
2016-05-07 - Forest fire burns out of control on the island of Gotland (Sweden):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20160507-53209-SWE
2016-05-07 - Steel business hit by explosion in Delta (Ohio):
http://www.13abc.com/home/headlines/Explosion-reported-at-North-Star-Steel-plant-in-Delta-378519135.html
http://www.crescent-news.com/news/local_news/area-fire-departments-respond-to-explosion-at-delta-steel-facility/article_1e807bae-25a2-5db2-b5f9-04c8f69b4c52.html
2016-05-07 - Scrap metal business hit by fire, 20-foot pile of scrap metal burns, in Joliet (Illinois):
http://www.scrapmonster.com/news/20-foot-tall-pile-of-scrap-metal-catches-fire-at-junkyard/1/62869
http://www.theherald-news.com/2016/05/06/joliet-firefighters-respond-to-20-foot-pile-of-scrap-metal-ablaze-at-junkyard/a9iu0hs/
2016-05-07 - Scrap metal business goes up in flames at Nevills Dock in coastal Llanelli (Britain):
http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/service-tackle-major-blaze-AMG-Resources-Llanelli/story-29242909-detail/story.html
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/factory-llanelli-left-structural-damage-11299979
http://newsinwales.com/starrob-published-fire-service-tackle-major-blaze-at-amg-resources-in-llanelli/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-36235769
2016-05-07 - Auto shop heavily damaged by explosion and fire in Tavares (Florida), 2 injured:
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/2-severely-burned-in-taveres-warehouse-explosion
http://www.wftv.com/news/local/2-burned-in-fire-at-tavares-auto-shop/267804967
Note: From the full hypothesis: "Metal-related businesses will be hit hard, including salvage yards and metal recycling centers."
2016-05-07 - Underground electrical fire erupts in Butt Lane (Britain), 300 homes go dark:
http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Underground-causes-hundreds-home-lose-power/story-29242849-detail/story.html
http://www.briefreport.co.uk/news/underground-fire-causes-hundreds-of-home-to-lose-power-4108776.html
2016-05-07 - Underground brush fire breaks out in drain in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://www.ktnv.com/news/brush-catches-fire-underground-near-cactus-maryland-parkway
2016-05-07 - Electrical substation hit by transformer fire just after 1 AM in Oologah (Oklahoma), blackouts ensue:
http://www.newson6.com/story/31915360/oologah-transformer-fire-knocks-out-power-to-tulsa-neighborhood
http://www.news9.com/story/31915360/oologah-transformer-fire-knocks-out-power-to-tulsa-neighborhood
2016-05-07 - Utility pole bursts into flame in Hanover Township (Pennsylvania), 1000 homes go dark:
http://citizensvoice.com/news/utility-pole-fire-causes-power-outage-in-hanover-twp-1.2039782
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-08 - Aircraft and hangar destroyed by fire in Henderson (Nebraska):
http://krvn.com/agricultural/aurora-cooperative-hangar-destroyed-by-weekend-fire/
http://1049maxcountry.com/agricultural/aurora-cooperative-hangar-destroyed-by-weekend-fire/
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/32894406-aurora-cooperative-hangar-destroyed-by-weekend-fire/
Quote: "The Nebraska State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a fire that destroyed an Aurora Cooperative airplane hangar in Henderson Saturday night. In a statement Sunday President and CEO Chris Vincent said the hangar, including aircraft inside, appears to be a total loss. No injuries were reported."
Note: If it was just one aircraft inside they would have said 'the aircraft', so it was more than one, so I'll just call it two to be conservative. These are the 43rd and 44th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...
2016-05-08 - Boat destroyed by fire at 5:15 AM at marina in Spring Lake (Michigan), 1 killed:
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/05/10/grand-rapids-firefighter-boat-fire/84177132/
http://fox17online.com/2016/05/09/missing-grand-rapids-firefighter-presumed-dead-after-boat-fire/
http://woodtv.com/2016/05/08/crews-battle-two-boat-fires-in-spring-lake/
http://www.hollandsentinel.com/article/20160508/NEWS/160508978
http://fox17online.com/2016/05/08/two-boats-catch-on-fire-at-barrett-boat-works-inc/
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/lakeshore/fire-crews-investigate-boat-fire-in-spring-lake/179700652
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2016/05/morning_fire_at_boat_works_und.html
http://woodradio.iheart.com/articles/wood-news-125494/crews-investigating-2boat-fire-in-spring-14689430/
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/32826408-two-boats-catch-on-fire-at-barrett-boat-works-inc/
Note: Firefighter owned this boat, and it appears he's the one they found dead on it after it sank...
2016-05-08 - Boat bursts into flame while docked at the island of Maarandhoo (Maldive Islands):
http://english.sun.mv/37375
Quote: "A boat from H. A. Ihavandhoo which travels between the island and Male’ caught fire on Sunday. Police said that the boat '242' caught fire while harbored in lagoon of H. A. Maarandhoo. And that they were now working on putting out the fire."
Note: These are the 790th and 791st boats or ships to burn in 2016...
2016-05-08 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked at home on Santa Rita Drive in Odessa (Texas), another vehicle burns too:
http://www.newswest9.com/story/31921441/vehicle-fire-on-santa-rita-drive
http://www.wnem.com/story/31921441/vehicle-fire-on-santa-rita-drive
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/32865541-vehicle-fire-on-santa-rita-drive-in-odessa/
Quote: "This was the second vehicle fire in Odessa Sunday afternoon. The other was located in an alley behind McKnight Drive and 50th Street. Neighbors said the fire was put out within fifteen minutes."
Note: Also see the college student, woman, 21, who dropped dead in her dorm room in Odessa on this day...
2016-05-08 - Car bursts into flame on State Street in Racine (Wisconsin), near Lake Michigan:
http://racineuncovered.org/2016/05/sunday-morning-car-fire-under-investigation/
http://journaltimes.com/news/local/racine-firefighters-battle-another-car-fire/article_add61607-c7ad-50f8-a5a5-e74b62cba851.html
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/32839034-firefighters-battle-another-car-fire/
http://racinecountyeye.com/cause-of-car-fire-unknown/
Quote: "Less than 24-hours after battling a blaze that engulfed a car in the parking lot of the Save-A-Lot grocery store, 1500 State St., Racine firefighters were back on the roadway putting out another car fire."
Note: I mentioned that car fire at the Save-A-Lot in the 2016-05-06 update. That wasn't the only car fire in Racine that day either - four cars and three garages went up in flames at 1 AM in Racine too, also mentioned in the 2016-05-06 update. So in two days, it was six cars and three garages that went up in flames in Racine in three separate incidents. Eventually it's going to be every vehicle and every building going up in flames everywhere, but we'll see 'incident clusters' like this as we ramp up toward complete destruction...
2016-05-08 - Honda car dealership damaged by fire in coastal Dubai (UAE):
http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/fire-reported-at-dubai-s-honda-car-dealership-2016-05-08-1.629476
2016-05-08 - 17 forest fires rage in Amur Region (Russia), state of emergency declared:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20160508-53222-RUS
Category: Animal Die-Offs
2016-05-09 - Hypoxic and anoxic areas spreading in the oceans since at least as far back as 2002, killing ocean life:
http://psmag.com/news/suffocating-the-ocean
http://johnmuir.ucdavis.edu/suffocating-the-ocean
Quote: "It was crabbers who first reported something amiss. In 2002, they began pulling in traps full of corpses. (Crabs should be alive when you catch them.) And they mentioned something else: Little octopuses had followed their crab lines to the surface, as if fleeing inhospitable conditions below. Then heaps of dead crustaceans began washing ashore along a stretch of Oregon’s coast."
Quote: "Every year since, those hypoxic waters have appeared in late summer and early autumn. In 2006, they became anoxic, meaning they lost all their oxygen. 'You didn’t see a single fish in a day,' says Jack Barth, a professor at Oregon State University, 'just the piles of crab carcasses and worms that had come out of the bottom, sort of wafting in the current.' When scientists examined the roughly 50-year record of oxygen measurements from the region, they couldn’t find a single comparable event in the past. The hypoxia, it seemed, was unprecedented. And then it spread."
Quote: "These suffocated patches of ocean aren’t just bad for fishermen and their catch; they represent a change in the ocean that has, at times in Earth’s past, heralded mass extinction."
Quote: "Almost anywhere anyone has looked in recent years — including the Atlantic Ocean — those deep, naturally low-oxygen waters have pushed upwards, in some places by an average of three feet per year."
Quote: "Deep in the ocean live anaerobic microbes that emit the poisonous gas hydrogen sulfide as a byproduct. Lee Kump, head of the Department of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University, thinks that, as the low-oxygen waters expanded in the End Permian ocean, these microbes surfaced. The gas they spewed may have poisoned the atmosphere and torn holes in the ozone layer. A die-off that began in the ocean spread to land. Over 90 percent of marine species, including trilobites, went extinct, as did 70 percent of terrestrial species."
Note: The oxygen-free zones spreading upward - that's the chemocline rising to the surface. When the chemocline reaches the surface, accumulated methane and hydrogen sulfide are released into the atmosphere, which is why so many coastal cities have been hit by 'foul odors' and 'rotten egg' odors in recent times. Some people have been blaming Fukushima for the mass ocean deaths, but the spreading dead zones and oceanic die-offs preceded Fukushima by close to a decade, at least, and it's been getting steadily worse since then. This is how human civilization comes to an end, at least on the surface of the Earth, and the process is well underway and it is unstoppable. Evacuate the surface of the Earth or die - those are the choices...
2016-05-09 - All of a sudden, fish are dying by the MILLIONS all over the planet:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/all-of-a-sudden-fish-are-dying-by-the-millions-all-over-the-planet
Note: It's not really 'all of a sudden'. If one were paying attention, it's been ramping up for some years, as mentioned in the article above and documented by me every day since early 2012. But extinction events like the one currently in progress do accelerate over time and this one is roaring along pretty good now, so more people - even economists! - are noticing the die-offs, which are becoming both larger and increasingly common...
2016-05-09 - Cataclysmic die-off of ocean life continues along the coast in Chile:
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/mysterious-mass-die-off-chile-millions-dead-praws-hundred-cormorans-chile-beach-arica.html
http://endtimeheadlines.org/2016/05/cataclysmic-mass-die-offs-continue-in-chile-millions-of-prawns-and-hundred-cormorants-found-dead-in-chile/
2016-05-09 - Thousands of fish found dead in the water in coastal Saint Petersburg (Russia), seagulls won't touch them:
http://informvest.net/society/ochevidcy-soobshhayut-chto-nevu-zapolonila-mertvaya-ryba.html
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Finformvest.net%2Fsociety%2Fochevidcy-soobshhayut-chto-nevu-zapolonila-mertvaya-ryba.html&edit-text=&act=url
Quote: "As eyewitnesses reported, the Neva water captivated dead fish. Residents of St. Petersburg, informed the press that on Sunday, May 8 on the surface of the river a huge number of fish that does not even touch the seagulls."
2016-05-09 - Massive number of fish found dead in Ulsoor Lake, again, in Bengaluru (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160511-53266-IND
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/545718/bbmp-workers-remove-dead-fish.html
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/545508/fishkill-ulsoor-lake-yet-again.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Oxygen-levels-plunge-again-dead-fish-resurface-at-Ulsoor-Lake/articleshow/52214531.cms
2016-05-09 - Thousands of fish found dead in the San Juan River (Mexico):
http://www.elchilito.com.mx/nota.cgi?id=8707
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elchilito.com.mx%2Fnota.cgi%3Fid%3D8707&edit-text=&act=url
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-10 - Mysterious explosion occurs at 12:22 AM in the sky in Turkey:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/ufo-attacks-isis-bizarre-footage-7935661
2016-05-10 - Recycling center erupts in flame in coastal Eliot (Maine):
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/05/10/fire-damages-eliot-waste-company/
http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20160510/NEWS/160519940/101098/NEWS
http://www.wmtw.com/news/crews-battle-fire-at-eliot-recycling-center/39471154
http://www.wmur.com/news/smoke-seen-in-portsmouth-from-maine-recycling-center-fire/39471380
http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20160510/NEWS/160519940
2016-05-10 - Recycling center hit by fire in San Angelo (Texas):
http://conexionsanangelo.com/news/police/1147-fire-breaks-out-at-recycling-center
http://www.kksa-am.com/fire-at-recycling-center
2016-05-10 - Recycling center hit by fire, 15,000 tons of rubbish burns, on Creek Way in Rainham (Britain):
http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/blaze_at_rainham_recycling_centre_sees_15_000_tones_of_rubbish_go_up_in_smoke_1_4528858
Note: From the full hypothesis: "Trash-related facilities such as recycling centers and landfills will burn hard too, as hydrogen sulfide is absorbed into flammable absorbent materials like wood, paper, cardboard, straw, hay, dried brush, generic trash, clothing, cotton, wool."
2016-05-10 - Underground electrical explosion blows manhole off in coastal London (Britain):
http://www.cityam.com/240744/police-cordon-off-area-around-leadenhall-market-after-explosion
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/leadenhall-market-incident-hazard-zone-in-place-after-explosion-in-the-city-a3244306.html
http://www.theeastender.net/leadenhall-market-closed-hazard-zone-in-place-after-manhole-fire/
2016-05-10 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Ellesmere (Britain):
http://www.shropshirefire.gov.uk/45147
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-11 - Beachfront hotel damaged by fire just before 7 AM when transformers ignite in coastal Durban (South Africa):
http://www.enca.com/south-africa/blue-waters-hotel-set-ablaze
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/guests-hear-small-explosion-during-fire-at-durban-hotel-20160511
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/fire-breaks-out-at-durban-beachfront-hotel-20160511
http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/bluewatershotel-guests-tell-of-fire-drama-2020417
Quote: "According to Marshall's Security spokesperson, Kyle van Reenen, the fire began as a result of electrical transformers which caught alight."
2016-05-11 - Times of India building heavily damaged by fire in Delhi (India):
http://www.india.com/news/india/delhi-massive-fire-at-times-of-india-building-evacuation-process-underway-1177119/
http://www.behindwoods.com/news-shots/massive-fire-at-times-of-india-building-in-delhi.html
http://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/fire-at-times-of-india-office-in-central-delhi-building-evacuated-1405147
http://www.thestatesman.com/news/delhi/massive-fire-at-times-of-india-building/141685.html
http://www.catchnews.com/delhi-news/major-fire-breaks-out-at-the-times-of-india-building-10-fire-tenders-at-the-spot-1462960313.html
Note: Last to cover this story was the Times of India, since they were busy running away and all...
2016-05-11 - Hotel damaged by fire at 1:30 AM in Delhi (India):
http://news.biharprabha.com/2016/05/massive-fire-breaks-out-in-daryaganj-hotel/
http://www.business-standard.com/video-gallery/general/massive-fire-breaks-out-in-daryaganj-hotel-35347.htm
http://www.mid-day.com/videos/massive-fire-breaks-out-in-daryaganj-hotel/775639
http://ban.jo/News/Asia/20160511/Massive-Fire-At-Times-Of-India-Building-In-Delhi-Delhi/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFRB9rQUN5E
Note: Getting burny in Delhi. India's National Museum of Natural History, one of India's two biggest museums, was destroyed by fire at 2 AM in Delhi in late April too, mentioned in the 2016-04-26 update...
2016-05-11 - Underground electrical fire breaks out, burns SUV, in coastal Queens (New York):
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/05/11/jamaica-queens-manhole-fire/
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/queens-manhole-fire/vi-BBsVx8o
http://shows.huffingtonpost.com/video/queens-manhole-fire-57335b94e4b097137127bc4d
http://news.blackdailynews.com/emergency-crews-respond-to-manhole-fire-in-queens/
2016-05-11 - Transformer bursts into flame at 5:30 AM on Pemberton Browns Mill Road in Browns Mill (New Jersey):
http://6abc.com/traffic/transformer-fire-leads-to-school-bus-detours-in-burlco/1332980/
http://www.yahoo.com/news/transformer-fire-leads-school-bus-110500278.html
2016-05-11 - Transformer explodes and burns at 11:20 PM on Haroldsleigh Avenue in coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=37068&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Did-hear-explosion-Plymouth-night-crews-attend/story-29263810-detail/story.html
2016-05-11 - Transformer bursts into flame at substation in coastal Chennai (India), blackouts ensue:
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/fire-in-transformer-causes-power-failure/article8587479.ece
http://www.pressreader.com/india/the-hindu/20160512/281603829683113
2016-05-11 - Man found on fire and dead under tree near Poth in Wilson County (Texas):
http://sa.dailydigest.us/2016/05/12/burning-body-found-along-wilson-county-road-south-of-poth/
http://www.ksat.com/news/burning-body-found-along-wilson-county-road-south-of-poth
http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/body-found-burning-under-tree-in-wilson-county
Quote: "'(Detectives) couldn't smell anything as far as accelerants,' he said."
Note: Methane is odorless and if this man's clothes had been contaminated with hydrogen sulfide then the fire wouldn't have left any of that to smell either. Gasoline would leave an odor, so this wasn't a fire involving gasoline. Might've just been a smoker having a cig or someone using a cellphone while sitting under a tree, who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time when some methane and/or hydrogen sulfide blew by, ignited and burned him to death. Seems quite similar to the woman who burst into flame while sitting on a park bench in coastal Flensburg (Germany), mentioned in the 2015-11-05 update). Mostly people are burning to death in their vehicles or homes, but not always...
2016-05-11 - Person found burned to death at 11:45 PM in burning car near Maricopa Highway and Highway 99 (California):
http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/car-fire-leaves-one-dead-near-maricopa-hwy-99
Quote: "At least one person is dead following a car fire near Maricopa Highway. According to the California Highway Patrol a car caught fire near Maricopa Highway and Highway 99 around 11:45 Tuesday night. The CHP says the car was fully engulfed."
2016-05-11 - Person found burned to death in burning SUV on US 85 near Nunn (Colorado):
http://www.greeleytribune.com/news/local/21985503-113/breaking-news-weld-county-sheriffs-office-investigates-body
http://www.9news.com/news/local/body-found-in-burning-car-on-highway-85/186675674
http://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2016/05/12/1-dead-after-vehicle-fire-weld-county/84269070/
http://www.windsorchamber.net/1-dead-after-vehicle-fire-weld-county-0
http://kdvr.com/2016/05/12/body-found-in-burning-vehicle-in-weld-county/
http://kwgn.com/2016/05/12/body-found-in-burning-vehicle-in-weld-county/
Quote: "A coroner’s investigation is looking into the death, Weld County Sheriff’s spokesman Cpl. Matt Turner said Thursday. 'We don’t see anything suspicious about this,' he said."
2016-05-11 - Man, 48, found burned to death at 5 AM in burning car near Union Corners Road in West Sparta (New York):
http://www.eveningtribune.com/news/20160516/mt-morris-man-idd-as-vehicle-fire-victim
http://www.whec.com/news/west-sparta-car-fire-accidental/4139516/
http://www.thelcn.com/lcn01/car-fire-kills-one-in-west-sparta-20160511
http://www.eveningtribune.com/article/20160511/NEWS/160519905
http://www.whec.com/news/vehicle-fire-fatal-west-sparta/4134556/
http://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/local-news/body-found-after-vehicle-fire
http://geneseesun.com/investigators-work-to-identify-victim-in-fatal-car-fire/
http://13wham.com/news/local/person-found-dead-inside-burning-car-in-west-sparta
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/05/11/dead-body-found-burned-vehicle/84245410/
http://www.wbta1490.com/LocalNews/tabid/115/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/7440/Fatal-vehicle-fire-reported-in-West-Sparta.aspx
http://myinforms.com/en/a/33190675-deputies-investigate-body-found-in-vehicle-fire-in-west-sparta/
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-12 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes in Sullivan County near Blountville (Tennessee):
http://www.wcyb.com/news/Loud-boom-heard-in-Sullivan-County/39469350
http://www.sott.net/article/318180-Loud-boom-shaking-buildings-prompt-calls-to-sheriff-in-Sullivan-County-Tennessee
2016-05-12 - Electrical substation damaged by fire in coastal Kawasaki (Japan), trains disrupted:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/05/12/national/power-outage-disrupts-trains-tokyo-area-affecting-240000-commuters/
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/240000-commuters-affected-by-railway-disruptions-in-tokyo-area
Quote: "A power outage Thursday morning at an electrical substation in Kawasaki disrupted train services in the Tokyo metropolitan area, affecting some 240,000 commuters, East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) said."
2016-05-12 - Transformer explodes and burns in Watertown (New York), 3000 homes go dark:
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news03/transformer-explosion-in-watertown-knocks-out-power-for-about-3000-residents-20160513
2016-05-12 - Wildfire rips through Bass River State Park (New Jersey):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20160513-53309-USA
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/200-Acres-Burn-in-Burlington-County-Forest-Fire-379286791.html
http://www.app.com/story/news/local/public-safety/2016/05/13/bass-river-forest-fire/84321696/
http://nj1015.com/what-youre-smelling-in-central-nj-wildfire-burns-nearly-500-acres/
2016-05-12 - Wildfires in western Canada send smoky haze to New England:
http://www.wmtw.com/weather/wildfires-in-western-canada-send-haze-to-new-england/39519514
2016-05-12 - Wildfire destroys historic train station near Caddy Lake in Manitoba (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/local-landmark-burns-down-near-caddy-lake-1.3579928
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/wildfire-caddy-lake-manitoba-beresford-1.3578803
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/whiteshell-fire-destroys-train-station-built-in-1920s-379218381.html
http://myinforms.com/en-ca/a/33320838-winnitoba-train-station-near-caddy-lake-destroyed-in-forest-fire/
2016-05-12 - Numerous wildfires raging in Russia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20160511-53271-RUS
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/05/wildfires-rage-in-siberia-and-russian.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/massive-fires-in-siberis-baikal.html
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/05/10/massive-wildfires-erupt-in-northeast-china-as-lake-baikal-blazes-ignite/
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/massive-forest-fires-blaze-in-russia-s-siberia-and-far-east/569109.html
Quote: "Dramatic social media messages from villagers - 'Forests are burning!', 'Nothing to breathe in Bagdarin village!', 'Turka village is on fire!'"
2016-05-12 - Wildfires deemed not a threat to radioactive waste site in Fort McMurray (Canada):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/radioactive-waste-at-fort-mcmurray.html
Note: Well, until the next fire anyway...
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-13 - Massive tire fire breaks out at 1 AM in Seseña (Spain), toxic smoke blankets area, 9000 people evacuated:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20160513-53310-ESP
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36288586
http://ban.jo/News/Europe/20160513/Massive-Fire-Erupts-In-Sesena-Spain-Valdemoro/
http://time.com/4329864/spain-tire-fire-madrid-photos-evacuation/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/13/spanish-tyre-dump-fire-triggers-evacuation-of-9000-people
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/spain-thick-clouds-toxic-black-smoke-billow-inferno-huge-tyre-dump-sesena-south-madrid-1559935
http://www.dw.com/en/massive-fire-in-spanish-tire-dump-sends-up-tower-of-toxic-smoke/a-19257182?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/9000-people-evacuated-after-massive-fire-in-tyre-dump-near-madrid-toxic-clouds-arson-a7028901.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/spanish-town-residents-ordered-indoors-in-tire-dump-blaze/2016/05/13/e8b275b4-18e4-11e6-971a-dadf9ab18869_story.html
Quote: "Spain's leading El Pais newspaper reported that the dump holds 110,000 tons of used tyres."
Quote: "'Everything points to the fact that this disaster was deliberate,' said Sesena Mayor Carlos Velazquez to Spanish radio. He pointed out that the area had been rained on for several days, making an accidental ignition doubtful."
Note: They think it was deliberate but only because they can't figure out how it could start otherwise. I too was puzzled at first by the various tire fires, and there have been quite a few really huge tire fires, though this may be the biggest one so far. Eventually I figured it out - the problem is steel-belted radials. The steel wires inside steel-belted radials, once exposed to the air, like in heavily used tires like the ones that end up in dumps like this - the wires get rusty, and the rust reacts with any hydrogen sulfide that blows by, which causes sparking and fires, no other ignition source necessary. And since there's flammable tire rubber right next to the rusty steel wires, you get a tire fire. So we'll keep seeing tire fires like this one and the others before it. The tire fires are basically the same kind of fires as the piles of scrap metal that have been bursting into flame, but with lots of extra tire rubber...
2016-05-13 - Huge pallet fire breaks out, 3000 pallets burn, nearby homes scorched, on Enfield Road in Huncoat (Britain):
http://www.accringtonobserver.co.uk/incoming/update-3000-pallets-huge-huncoat-11330456
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/14491979.Huge_fire_causes_bus_and_train_disruption_across_East_Lancashire/
http://myinforms.com/en-gb/a/33434070-huge-fire-causes-bus-and-train-disruption-across-east-lancashire/
http://www.thelancasterandmorecambecitizen.co.uk/news/14491979._Keep_windows_closed____Huge_fire_causes_bus_and_train_disruption_across_East_Lancashire/
Quote: "Two dozen people were evacuated from their homes as a result of the fire, involving 3,000 wooden pallets, which could be ‘seen for miles’."
Quote: "Windows and guttering of some houses in Alder Grove, where residents were evacuated, melted from the heat, according to a fire crew manager."
Note: The pallet fires are very similar to the tire fires. Instead of steel wires, it's the nails and screws and staples with which pallets are built and instead of flammable rubber near the rusty iron/steel, it's flammable wood. So just as there have been numerous huge tire fires in recent years, so too have there been numerous pallet fires, some so big they were visible from space...
2016-05-13 - Chemical factory explodes and burns in Hyderabad (India):
http://www.sakshipost.com/index.php/news/state/80927-massive-explosion-fire-in-nacharam-industrial-area.html
http://www.newsx.com/national/28368-huge-fire-in-chemical-factory-near-hyderabad
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/massive-fire-in-chemical-factory-located-in-residential-area-116051300967_1.html
2016-05-13 - Recycling center erupts in flame in Rochester (Massachusetts):
http://www.wcvb.com/news/crews-battle-large-fire-inside-rochester-trash-facility/39542646
2016-05-13 - Railroad bridge damaged by fire in Jefferson Parish (Louisiana):
http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/jefferson-parish-fire-crews-respond-to-railroad-bridge-fire/39535340
2016-05-13 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Norristown (Pennsylvania), firefighter sickened, blackouts ensue:
http://www.timesherald.com/article/JR/20160513/NEWS/160519904
http://www.instagram.com/p/BFWE1xwmQ7D/
http://shows.huffingtonpost.com/video/firefighter-gets-sick-investigating-underground-transformer-fire-5735be06e4b09713712bde33
2016-05-13 - Four street sweeper trucks destroyed by explosion and fire at 4 AM while parked near Kanata (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-explosion-street-sweepers-1.3580513
http://www.cfra.com/news/2016/05/13/street-sweepers-catch-fire-following-explosion-at-parking-lot-south-of-kanata
Note: Boom, there went a million bucks. The wee hours are when the atmosphere cools and contracts, which will push any methane and/or hydrogen sulfide in the air above closer to the ground, making fires, explosions and animals and people sickening and/or dying more common during those hours...
Category: Aircraft Incidents
2016-05-14 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, makes emergency landing at airport in Memphis (Tennessee):
http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/31974438/airplane-makes-emergency-stop-in-memphis
http://wreg.com/2016/05/14/flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-memphis-after-smoke-detected-on-board/
http://www.localmemphis.com/news/local-news/flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-memphis-after-reported-smoke
Quote: "An American Airlines flight from Nashville and headed to Dallas stopped in Memphis after smoke was detected."
Note: This is the 47th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...
2016-05-14 - Commuter plane makes emergency landing at airport in coastal Barnstable (Massachusetts), engine failure:
http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20160514/cape-air-plane-lands-safely-after-engine-problems
2016-05-14 - Small plane crashes and burns at air show in Chamblee (Georgia), 1 killed:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/pilot-dies-in-crash-at-georgia-airshow/
http://newschannel9.com/news/local/pilot-dies-in-stunt-plane-crash-in-georgia
http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/dekalb-police-plane-crash-reported-at-pdk/193224882
http://abc7ny.com/news/official-pilot-dies-in-crash-during-show-performance/1339132/
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/biplane-pilot-killed-atlanta-airshow-article-1.2637287
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/14/us/air-show-crash-georgia-atlanta-area/index.html
http://wjbf.com/2016/05/14/developing-on-6-stunt-plane-crashed-during-airshow-performance/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/plane-crashes-georgia-air-show-pilot-killed-n574186
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/national/plane-crashes-during-air-show-at-dekalb-peachtree-/nrM5H/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/05/14/plane-crash-reported-atlanta-area-airport/84383182/
Quote: "Officials at the airport said that weather was clear at the time that the plane came down and that they had never had a crash of this type in 30 years."
2016-05-14 - Small plane crashes and burns near West (Texas), 1 killed:
http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/f862c6a3a18b46c28a2b0520abba0a43/TX--Small-Plane-Crash
http://www.12newsnow.com/story/31974719/crop-duster-pilot-dies-in-central-texas-crash
http://www.newswest9.com/story/31974917/pilot-killed-after-small-plane-crashes
http://www.ksla.com/story/31974917/pilot-killed-after-small-plane-crashes
http://www.kwtx.com/content/news/379535391.html
2016-05-14 - Small plane crashes into orange orchard near Delano (California), 1 injured:
http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/kcfd-reporting-that-a-plane-crashed-just-south-of-delano-this-morning
http://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/plane-crashes-just-south-of-delano
Quote: "This is the third time a plane has gone down since Friday afternoon."
2016-05-14 - Small plane crashes into yard shortly after takeoff near Hedgesville (West Virginia):
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160515/small-plane-crashes-in-eastern-panhandle-2-hurt
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/tri_state/west_virginia/two-escape-serious-injury-in-plane-crash-near-hedgesville/article_adfd8264-1a0c-11e6-8731-bf20f81e90d3.html
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/local/police-plane-that-crashed-near-hedgesville-had-just-been-purchased/article_85e6cd16-1ad5-11e6-9e72-f7e58359083c.html
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-15 - Off-road water truck bursts into flame while parked at logging operation in Anderson (California):
http://www.redding.com/news/anderson/Crews-extinguish-fire-in-off-road-water-truck-379562931.html
2016-05-15 - Minivan bursts into flame while parked at hotel, fire spreads to hotel, in Warner Robins (Gerogia):
http://www.macon.com/news/local/community/houston-peach/article77766767.html
http://www.13wmaz.com/news/vehicle-fire-damages-hotel-in-byron/194617756
http://www.ganewsfeed.com/warner-robins/vehicle-fire-damages-econo-lodge-in-warner-robins/
http://www.navbug.com/article172764502/vehicle_fire_damages_econo_lodge_in_warner_robins.htm
http://www.macon.com/news/local/community/houston-peach/article77768757.html
Quote: "The van was destroyed and the two rooms nearest to it suffered significant damage. Several other rooms were damaged by smoke."
2016-05-15 - SUV bursts into flame at 4:38 AM while parked at home in Visalia (California):
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article77779237.html
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/33544896-vehicle-fire-under-investigation-in-visalia/
2016-05-15 - Pickup truck and car destroyed by fire while parked at school in Moravia (Iowa):
http://www.dailyiowegian.com/news/local_news/two-vehicles-destroyed-by-fire-in-moravia-sunday/article_5ee63ad4-1af9-11e6-8461-03ac0ee6dea2.html
2016-05-15 - Car bursts into flame while parked at restaurant in Dickson City (Pennsylvania):
http://www.pahomepage.com/news/car-catches-fire-outside-primanti-brothers
2016-05-15 - Car bursts into flame while parked at Rite Aid in coastal Long Neck (Delaware):
http://www.delaware1059.com/story/24376-vehicle-catches-on-fire-at-rite-aid-in-long-neck
2016-05-15 - Car bursts into flame while parked near hotel on Charlotte Place in coastal Southampton (Britain):
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/14494337.VIDEO__Car_bursts_into_flames_on_Southampton_roundabout/
2016-05-15 - Car bursts into flame while parked near pub in North Swindon (Britain):
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/14493816.Diners_call_999_after_spotting_car_fire/
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/14493816.Diners_call_999_after_spotting_car_fire/
2016-05-15 - Motorcycle bursts into flame while parked in Thamel, Kathmandu (Nepal):
http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/parked-motorcycle-destroyed-thamel-fire/
Note: Since more vehicles are burning generally, and since most vehicles spend most of their time parked, the result is more parked vehicles bursting into flame. All vehicles are now randomly-igniting firebombs that can go off at any time, so park a vehicle near anything you don't want to see on fire - like your home - at your own risk...
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-16 - Return of 'The Beast' in Alberta (Canada), wildfire grows, burns out of control, forces evacuation of oilsands areas:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/alert-fort-mcmurray-fires-burning-out.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/05/17/canada-wildfire-forces-evacuation-8000-oil-workers.html
http://news.sky.com/story/1697702/video-reveals-canada-wildfires-alien-landscape
http://kxan.com/ap/workers-evacuated-from-12-alberta-oil-camps-due-to-wildfire/
http://triblive.com/usworld/world/10481587-74/workers-alberta-area
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/world/americas/fort-mcmurray-canada-wildfire.html
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/new-evacuation-order-for-alberta-as-conditions-hamper-wildfire-efforts-1.2903608
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/growing-wildfire-forces-evacuation-of-fort-mcmurray-oilsands-camps-1.3585037
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/05/17/the-beast-growls-warming-induced-wildfire-again-doubles-in-size-burns-tar-sands-workers-camp/
http://www.sott.net/article/318393-Another-out-of-control-wildfire-forces-evacuation-in-Alberta-state-of-local-emergency-issued-in-provinces-northwest
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/workers-evacuated-from-12-alberta-oil-camps-due-to-wildfire/2016/05/16/57ee922e-1bc8-11e6-82c2-a7dcb313287d_story.html
2016-05-16 - Underground fire breaks out in coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/05/16/midtown-underground-fire/
http://news.blackdailynews.com/underground-fire-shuts-down-several-blocks-in-midtown-manhattan/
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/video/midtown-manhole-fires/vp-BBt7B19
2016-05-16 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame at 6 AM in La Vergne (Tennessee):
http://wkrn.com/2016/05/16/early-morning-fire-at-la-vergne-recycling-center/
2016-05-16 - Auto scrapyard hit by fire, two junk cars burn, in Bristol (Connecticut):
http://www.centralctcommunications.com/bristolpress/article_81d77120-1bd5-11e6-aa4e-4bc08392d5cd.html
2016-05-16 - Chemical plant damaged by fire and explosions in Salt Lake City (Utah):
http://www.good4utah.com/news/top-stories/chemical-fire-prompts-evacuations-in-salt-lake-city
http://www.sltrib.com/news/3895637-155/two-alarm-chemical-fire-in-southwest-salt
http://www.wopular.com/two-alarm-chemical-fire-southwest-salt-lake-city
Quote: "Investigators tell Good4Utah inside the drums were small amounts of Nitric Acid and Sulfuric Acid."
Note: Nitric acid is explosively flammable when it comes into contact with gaseous hydrogen sulfide...
2016-05-16 - Small plane hit by smoke, plane crashes and burns, near Tupelo (Mississippi), 4 killed:
http://koxe.com/pilot-reported-smoke-before-deadly-plane-crash-faa/
http://www.13newsnow.com/news/four-killed-after-plane-headed-to-charlottesville-crashes/197947143
http://wreg.com/2016/05/16/four-killed-when-plane-crashes-after-taking-off-from-tupelo-airport/
http://wric.com/2016/05/16/plane-headed-to-charlottesville-crashes-in-mississippi-four-people-killed/
http://wtkr.com/2016/05/16/4-killed-when-plane-bound-for-charlottesville-crashes-in-tupelo/
http://www.wtva.com/news/UPDATE_Four_total_involved_in_plane_crash_officials_expect_no_survivors.html
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/2016/05/16/die-small-plane-crash-tupelo/84464374/
http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/31982320/private-plane-crashes-near-tupelo-airport
http://wtvr.com/2016/05/16/charlottesville-plane-crash/
Quote: "Prior to the crash, the FAA said the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit."
Quote: "The plane was on it's way to Charlottesville, Va. Right after take off, the pilot smelled smoke in the cockpit. Minutes later the plane went down. The pilot and three passengers died in the crash."
2016-05-16 - Small plane hit by smoke, makes emergency landing in desert near Beaver Dam (Arizona):
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article77980032.html
http://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/local/mesquite/2016/05/16/california-men-unhurt-after-emergency-landing-arizona-strip/84467604/
Quote: "The two were traveling home to La Jolla, California from the St. George airport in Utah when they smelled an electric burn and made an emergency landing."
Note: These are the 48th and 49th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-17 - Severe wildfire seasons are now the new normal:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/05/17/severe-wildfire-season-new-normal-officials-say/84500012/
Quote: "This year should bring a 'normal' wildfire season in most of the U.S., Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday. The problem, Vilsack said, is that the new normal wildfire season is longer and includes tens of thousands of fires burning millions of acres of forest and destroying thousands of homes."
Quote: "The fire season itself is now on average 78 days longer than it was in 1970. And in the West, for example, there has been a sevenfold increase in fires of 10,000 acres or more."
2016-05-17 - Millions of dead trees could fuel California wildfires this season:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/05/17/california-wildfire-season-40-million-dead-trees/
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/fires/article78033502.html
Quote: "U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday that a five-year drought has left 40 million dead and fire-prone trees in California. They said 29 million trees died last year alone."
2016-05-17 - Scrapyard hit by fire, car and forklift burn, in coastal Wilmington (Delaware):
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2016/05/17/hazmat-firefighters-respond-wilmington-scapyard-fire/84503704/
http://www.wdel.com/story/75085-fire-at-wilmington-scrapyard-leads-to-leaking-300-gallon-antifreeze-tank-ruled-accidental
http://delawarefreenews.org/2016/05/17/fire-causes-damage-at-wilmington-salvage-yard/
2016-05-17 - Furniture factory destroyed by massive fire in Wyandanch (New York), near the coast:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/05/17/west-babylon-furniture-fire/
http://abc7ny.com/news/fire-burns-through-wyandanch-furniture-warehouse/1342625/
2016-05-17 - Underground electrical explosions and fire hit coastal Glasgow (Scotland):
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/14497427.Reports_of__two_mini_explosions__on_Buchanan_Street/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/reports-mini-explosion-glasgow-power-7988636
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/buchanan-street-glasgow-closed-amid-7986773
http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/glasgows-buchanan-street-partially-closed-11342857
http://www.sott.net/article/318505-Reports-of-a-mini-explosion-in-Glasgow-as-power-surge-affects-underground-cables
2016-05-17 - Car bursts into flame at 4 AM while parked at home, then fire erupts inside home too, in Tulsa (Oklahoma), nobody there:
http://www.newson6.com/story/31992103/tulsa-car-house-fire-under-investigation
Quote: "Fire investigators are trying to figure out what started a fire in a Mercedes as it sat in someone's driveway near 36th Street North and Peoria. Investigators tell us a fire started at the back of a Mercedes around 4 a.m. A second fire started in the home a short time later. Firefighters say that fire did cause some damage to an area inside. No one was home at the time."
Note: Sounds very similar to an incident where an SUV burst into flame at 3:30 AM while parked at one home and an exterior dimmer switch burst into flame at the same time at the home next door, in Stuttgart (Arkansas), mentioned in the 2013-02-05 update...
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-18 - Obama issues executive order aimed at protecting federal buildings from wildfires:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/05/18/obama-executive-order-protect-federal-buildings-wildfires/84536600/
Quote: "The order applies to all buildings larger than 5,000 square feet built on federal lands in high-risk areas of what is known as the wildland-urban interface, areas where urban development encroaches on wooded areas susceptible to wildfires. There are an estimated 6,256 federal buildings in those areas, mostly owned by the departments of Agriculture and Interior. The order requires new or expanded buildings in those areas to use a building code designed to protect the buildings and their occupants from fire."
2016-05-18 - Metal recycling business erupts in flame in Wallaceburg (Canada):
http://sydenhamcurrent.ca/2016/05/18/massive-fire-stealth-metal-wallaceburg/
http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/2016/05/18/wallaceburg-fire-could-be-seen-as-far-as-chatham
http://www.wallaceburgcourierpress.com/2016/05/18/smoke-seen-as-far-as-chatham
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3SUIr_BhXM
2016-05-18 - At least 40 shops destroyed by fire at 1 AM at auto market in Mushin (Nigeria), near the coast:
http://allafrica.com/stories/201605181101.html
http://nigerianewshub.com/2016/05/18/fire-guts-40-lock-up-shops-at-ladipo-auto-market/
http://www.newsunited.com/fire-guts-40-lock-up-shops-at-news/29596167/
http://buzznigeria.com/fire-guts-shops-ladipo-auto-market/
http://nvs24.com/news/africa/Nigeria-Fire-Guts-40-Lock-Up-Shops-At-Ladipo-Auto-Market-5849336.html
http://www.nigeriadailynews.news/news/290323-fire-guts-40-lock-up-shops-at-ladipo-auto-market.html
http://www.naijaonpoint.com/news/fire-destroys-40-shops-in-ladipo-auto-market.html
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/33828486-fire-guts-40-lock-up-shops-at-ladipo-auto-market/
2016-05-18 - Landfill hit by fire in Tiberias (Israel), on the Sea of Galilee:
http://abu-link.com/item_268822.htm
2016-05-18 - Recycling factory damaged by explosion and fire in coastal Sydney (Australia), 2 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20160518-53369-AUS
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/two-injured-in-fire-and-explosion-at-auburn-in-sydneys-west-20160518-goxymv.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3596158/Recycling-plant-Auburn-catches-fire.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-18/auburn-factory-fire-forced-evacuation-of-100-people/7425718
http://www.miragenews.com/some-100-evacuated-after-fire-at-western-sydney-recycling-plant/
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/33806655-fire-crews-keep-eye-on-burned-out-recycling-plant/
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/auburn-factory-fire-up-to-20-crews-attend-major-incident/news-story/7a882d80ef133535f21febb0905663e5
2016-05-18 - Recycling center hit by fire at 2 AM in Pontefract (Britain):
http://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/news/local-news/fire-rips-through-rubbish-in-pontefract-skip-yard-1-7917428
http://www.briefreport.co.uk/news/fire-rips-through-rubbish-in-pontefract-skip-yard-4135631.html
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-19 - Gandaria City Mall rocked by explosion in coastal Jakarta (Indonesia), 13 injured:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/05/19/explosion-not-from-gas-leak-gandaria-city-mall-says.html
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/05/19/13-injured-in-gas-explosion-at-jakarta-mall.html
http://jakarta.coconuts.co/2016/05/19/explosion-heard-gandaria-city-mall-police-rule-out-bomb
Quote: "A gas leak did not cause a blast on Thursday morning at one of the capital's high-end malls, Gandaria City in South Jakarta, that left 13 people injured, the mall's management claims. This is despite reports that one of the mall's security officers noticed the smell of gas before the explosion."
Quote: "She said the installed pipe had not yet dispensed gas into the vacant space where the blast took place."
Note: So there was no natural gas service in the area where the explosion occurred, but they did smell 'rotten egg' odor. Well, hydrogen sulfide smells like rotten eggs, at least at low concentrations, and this city is right on the coast. If it was ALL hydrogen sulfide then they'd be dead, but it could've been hydrogen sulfide mixed with methane, which is how it comes out of the ocean, just like the 'foul odor' from a 'naturally occurring methane release' in Santa Monica Bay that hit coastal Santa Monica in 2013, mentioned in the 2013-03-03 update. Obviously that wasn't just methane that the ocean belched up, because methane is odorless...
2016-05-19 - Massive wildfire spreads from Alberta to Saskatchewan in Canada:
http://www.sott.net/article/318597-Fort-McMurray-wildfire-expands-into-Saskatchewan-massive-blaze-now-483084-hectares-in-size
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/05/19/fort-mcmurray-fire-zero-percent-contained-1-2-million-acres-in-size-and-crossing-border-into-saskatchewan/
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-burns-across-provincial-border-into-saskatchewan-expanding-to-505000-hectares
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/wildfire-raging-in-alberta-has-spread-into-saskatchewan/2016/05/19/fc69aa12-1df0-11e6-82c2-a7dcb313287d_story.html
2016-05-19 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Roanoke (Virginia):
http://wsls.com/2016/05/19/crews-responding-to-downtown-roanoke-fire/
http://www.roanoke.com/news/local/roanoke/power-to-be-cut-to-downtown-businesses-after-transformer-explodes/article_3272c33a-e0f0-5789-8e18-ec5d46745da4.html
2016-05-19 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in the Loop in Chicago (Illinois):
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/vault-fire-closes-washington-and-lasalle-streets-in-loop/
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/142938889-story
2016-05-19 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Sherborne (Britain):
http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Road-Sherborne-believed-closed-electrical/story-29288065-detail/story.html
2016-05-19 - Recycling center hit by fire at 11:53 PM, building burns, in Medford (New York):
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/fire-at-gershow-recycling-in-medford-contained-officials-say-1.11816876
http://us.geosnews.com/p/us/ny/fire-at-gershow-recycling-in-medford-contained-officials-say_4893721
2016-05-19 - Recycling center erupts in flame at 2:39 AM near Stansted (Britain):
http://www.essexchronicle.co.uk/Essex-crews-battle-giant-waste-heap-near-Stansted/story-29294383-detail/story.html
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-20 - Update on EgyptAir crash - plane caught fire before it crashed into the Mediterranean Sea:
http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/21/egyptair-crash-fire-started-in-toilet-of-doomed-flight-ms804-5896004/
http://nypost.com/2016/05/21/fire-detected-aboard-egyptair-flight-just-before-crash-report/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/egyptair-804-plane-crash-doomed-8017048
http://www.dw.com/en/fatal-egyptair-flight-suffered-on-board-fire-minutes-before-crash/a-19274278
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/20/middleeast/egyptair-flight-804-main/
http://news.sky.com/story/1699713/egyptair-crash-data-shows-smoke-near-cockpit
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d8d8564a-1e93-11e6-a7bc-ee846770ec15.html
http://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/world/fatal-egyptair-flight-suffered-on-board-fire-minutes-before-crash/ar-BBti1I7
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141457957
Quote: "The aircraft disappeared from radar at 2.29am. 'There was a fire on board,' aviation expert Tim van Beveren told the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle. 'The system sent very clear messages. There was a lavatory smoke detected. A minute later, avionics compartment smoke detected...Two minutes later, the flight control units are failing.'"
Note: This is the 50th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016. That's probably a huge undercount though. A lot of small planes have crashed and burned and then they find the burning plane and some corpses. Some of those planes were probably on fire BEFORE they crashed, and that's why they crashed in the first place, but when you show up and all that's there is the smoldering wreckage of a plane on the ground, it's impossible to tell whether it was on fire before impact, especially when there are no survivors to discuss what happened...
2016-05-20 - Massive Fort McMurray wildfire in Canada spews huge amounts of carbon into the air, smoke hits US East Coast:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/05/20/fort-mcmurray-fire-a-carbon-catastrophe.html
http://www.syracuse.com/weather/index.ssf/2016/05/smoke_from_expanding_canadian_wildfires_floats_over_upstate_ny_again.html
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Smoke-from-Canadian-Wildfires-Obscuring-Sun-380269631.html
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/usworld/the-fort-mcmurray-fire-s-stunning-pulse-of-carbon-to/article_ccd9437e-3516-5da6-9269-c6a9e97c6d97.html
2016-05-20 - 'Cone of silence' over Fort McMurray following devastating wildfire - ANYONE going to ruined city must sign non-disclosure agreement:
http://www.sott.net/article/318684-Sott-Exclusive-Cone-of-silence-over-Fort-McMurray-following-devastating-wildfire-ANYONE-going-to-ruined-city-must-sign-non-disclosure-agreement
2016-05-20 - Metal recycling business hit by fire shortly after 1 AM, scrap metal burns, in Chattanooga (Tennessee):
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/32024922/fire-crews-battle-morning-fire-at-psc-metals
http://newschannel9.com/news/local/firefighters-head-off-big-fire-at-psc-metals
Quote: "Officials say shortly after 1:00 a.m., Chattanooga Police officers were the first to notice heavy smoke in the area, and called in a fire at PSC Metals. Upon arrival, Battalion Chief Lesley Morgan said firefighters found a large amount of scrap metal and other materials on fire."
2016-05-20 - Metal business heavily damaged by blaze in Champaign (Illinois):
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-05-20/updated-three-agencies-battling-blaze-west-champaign-foundry.html
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/firefighters-battle-champaign-warehouse-fire
http://www.wandtv.com/story/32030547/3-alarm-fire-at-warehouse-in-champaign
2016-05-20 - Underground debris fire breaks out in Colorado Springs (Colorado):
http://www.kktv.com/content/news/CSFD-closes-Fillmore-closed-east-of-Nevada--380210711.html
Quote: "It made for an eerie sight Thursday night: smoke drifting out of the sewer as a fire burned below ground. There was no public threat, but witness Andrew Lemson said the sight of smoke coming out of the sewer was disconcerting all the same. The fire department said a large pile of debris caught fire under the street. Even after getting the fire out, residual smoke continued to waft out of the sewer."
2016-05-20 - Transformer bursts into flame, ignites huge brush fire in the Mohave Valley (Arizona), nearby homes evacuated:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20160521-53405-USA
http://www.azfamily.com/story/32029673/gordon-fire-in-mohave-valley-grows-to-400-acres
http://www.cbs5az.com/story/29742212/raging-brush-fire-forces-evacuations-in-mohave-valley
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-northern-az/other/gordon-fire-400-acre-fire-burning-in-mohave-valley-evacuations-ordered
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2016/05/21/60-homes-evacuated-wildfire-northwest-arizona/84695730/
Quote: "The fire is believed to be electrical in origin, according to initial reports. A transformer caught fire around 5 p.m., and the flames spread to nearby trees."
Category: Other Stories Of Interest
2016-05-21 - Volcano Sinabung erupts in Indonesia, 7+ killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20160521-53411-IDN
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36352501
http://www.yahoo.com/news/volcano-erupts-western-indonesia-killing-3-villagers-143733150.html
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/05/21/3-dead-after-volcano-erupts-in-indonesia.html
http://weather.com/news/news/indonesia-sumatra-mount-sinabung-eruption-may-2016
http://www.inquisitr.com/3121157/mount-sinabung-volcano-eruption-kills-exceed-three-as-death-toll-rises/
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/more-bodies-found-after-indonesia-volcano-eruption-34736115.html
http://www.newsunited.com/mount-sinabung-volcano-eruption-news/29661486/
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/22/seven-killed-in-violent-eruption-from-indonesias-mount-sinabung-volcano/
Quote: "Seven people have been killed after a volcano in western Indonesia erupted, blasting clouds of volcanic ash 3km (2 miles) into the sky."
2016-05-21 - Mount Etna erupts at daybreak near Sicily (Italy), near the coast:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36351921
http://www.rt.com/news/343986-italy-etna-volcano-eruption/
2016-05-21 - Magnitude 4.8 and 4.9 earthquakes rattle Macedonia, Albania and Greece:
http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id4388
http://www.sott.net/article/318731-2-earthquakes-rattle-Macedonia-Albania-and-northern-Greece
2016-05-21 - Magnitude 4.4 earthquake strikes near Bárðabunga volcano on the island of iceland:
http://www.icenews.is/2016/05/21/earthquakes-around-bardabunga-volcano/
http://www.sott.net/article/318747-4-4-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-around-Barabunga-volcano-Iceland-as-unprecedented-seismic-activity-continues
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/22/earthquakes-return-to-icelands-bardabunga-volcano-sudden-rise-in-activity-surprises-geologists/
Quote: "The last earthquake was at 7am this morning and measured 4.4 on the Richter scale, the biggest one measured since the end of the eruption in February. Right now there is considerable seismic activity in Bárðabunga and scientists are keeping a close eye on it, the events up there are unprecedented and so scientists are observing with great alertness."
2016-05-21 - Two small but unusual earthquakes strike in one week near coastal Oban (Scotland):
http://www.scotsman.com/news/mini-earthquake-hits-oban-for-second-time-in-a-week-1-4132548
http://www.sott.net/article/318749-Earthquake-hits-Oban-Scotland-for-second-time-in-a-week
Note: MISA Theory keeps on chuggin'...
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-22 - Underground electrical explosion(s) and fire blows 3 manholes off in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/05/22/underground-explosion-rocks-600-block-of-pine-street/
http://www.msn.com/en-au/health/watch/second-underground-explosion-in-12-hours/vp-BBtlsUi
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/34233963-underground-explosion-forces-washington-square-residents-to-evacuate/
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Underground-Blast-Fire-Causes-Power-Outages-Evacuations-in-Downtown-Philadelphia-380402911.html
Quote: "The incident came on the heels of an underground explosion near Philadelphia's 30th Street Station on Saturday that damaged the road outside the transit center."
Note: An underground electrical explosion and fire blew a manhole off in Center City in Philadelphia the day prior too, mentioned in the 2016-05-21 update...
2016-05-22 - Electrical substation damaged by fire in Huddersfield (Britain), 1 injured:
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/power-worker-trapped-huddersfield-substation-11370004
2016-05-22 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, two vehicles burn, in Arroyo Grande (California), near the coast:
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article79205017.html
2016-05-22 - Auto salvage yard erupts in flame, fire gets huge, in coastal Riffa (Bahrain):
http://www.newsofbahrain.com/viewNews.php?ppId=20950&TYPE=Posts&pid=21&MNU=18&SUB=
2016-05-22 - Wildfire rages through 6 square miles on the Central Coast (California):
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article79226097.html
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20160523-53428-USA
Quote: "The fire is burning near Soledad in Monterey County between the Salinas River and Pinnacles National Park."
2016-05-22 - Deadly fire rips through school dormitory at 11 PM in Chiang Rai (Thailand), 18+ schoolgirls killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20160523-53424-THA
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/05/23/thailand-boarding-school-fire-kills-18-girls.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thai-dormitory-fire-kills-18-girls-thought-it-was-prank/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/thailand-school-dormitory-fire-kills-schoolgirls-chiang-rai-a7042861.html
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/18-girls-killed-fire-school-dormitory-thailand-39297489
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fire-thailand-girls-dorm-1.3596212
http://www.sunherald.com/news/nation-world/article79223737.html
http://triblive.com/usworld/world/10513890-74/story
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36355971
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-23 - Massive atmospheric explosion and flash of light turns night into day in Puebla de Zaragoza (Mexico):
http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/673017/WATCH-Sudden-boom-and-flash-of-light-in-sky-leaves-thousands-terrified-and-baffled
Quote: "Sudden boom and flash of light in sky leaves thousands terrified – and baffled. A sudden roar and flash of light so bright it turned night into day has terrified residents."
2016-05-23 - Skydiving plane bursts into flame, crashes and explodes, on the island of Kauai (Hawaii), 5 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20160524-53434-USA
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/skydiving-plane-catches-fire-explodes-crash-killing-39334647
http://www.firerescue1.com/fatal-incident/articles/93659018-Skydiving-plane-catches-fire-explodes-in-crash-killing-5/
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/skydiving-plane-catches-fire-explodes-in-crash-killing-5/
http://www.twcc.com/articles/2016/05/24/s/skydiving-plane-catches-fire-explodes-in-crash-killing-5
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/32051128/skydiving-plane-catches-fire-explodes-in-crash-killing-5
http://khon2.com/2016/05/23/small-plane-crashes-in-hanapepe-kauai/
http://abc13.com/news/two-plane-crashes-within-2-hours-kill-5-in-hawaii/1352276/
http://www.dothanfirst.com/news/2-plane-crashes-rock-hawaii
Quote: "Cisco Campos was fishing nearby Monday and told news outlets that the engine sounded strange after the plane left the runway. He told Hawaii News Now that it looked like the plane was trying to go back to the airport when it caught fire and then 'everything exploded' as it crashed."
Quote: "Investigators are reviewing the records and the burned-out wreckage of the single-engine plane in Hawaii that went up in flames just after takeoff and then exploded as it hit the ground, killing the pilot, two instructors and two tandem jumpers."
Note: This is the 51st aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...
2016-05-23 - Underground electrical explosion and fire blacks out part of coastal St. Petersburg (Florida):
http://www.wpxi.com/video?videoId=302312472&videoVersion=1.0
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/transformer-fire-cuts-power-to-part-of-downtown-st-pete
http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2016/5/23/underground_fire_in_.html
http://www.wtsp.com/news/manhole-cover-blown-off-in-explosion-in-st-pete/209417729
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/st-pete-police-investigate-cause-of-manhole-cover-explosion
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/underground-transformer-explodes-in-downtown-st-petersburg/2278642
http://newsbout.com/id/16232805260/Transformer-fire-cuts-power-to-part-of-downtown-St-Pete
http://patch.com/florida/stpete/transformer-explosion-leaves-downtown-without-power-0
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/transformer-blast-cuts-power-to-downtown-st-pete/212397555
http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/144212968-story
Quote: "St. Petersburg Fire Rescue battled an underground transformer fire Monday at Third Street and Central Avenue that knocked out power to a portion of downtown."
Quote: "The transformer exploded Monday evening, sending flames and black smoke into the air."
2016-05-23 - University blacked out by electrical explosions and fire in coastal Invercargill (New Zealand):
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/invercargill/384292/explosion-cuts-power-campus
2016-05-23 - Wildfire season gets off to abrupt, early start in Washington State:
http://www.kxly.com/news/northwest/washingtons-wildfire-season-gets-off-to-abrupt-early-start/39683078
http://www.chronline.com/crime/washington-s-wildfire-season-gets-off-to-abrupt-early-start/article_61140dee-204f-11e6-acdc-57b0b10434bd.html
2016-05-23 - Island erupts in flame in Lake Lanier (Georgia):
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/117130/
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/117162/
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-24 - Colossal wildfires rage through thousands of square miles in Russia:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-wildfire-size-vermont-delaware-greenpeace-says-n579311
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/05/russia-wildfires-size-of-vermont-and.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318923-More-than-15000-hectares-of-forest-burnt-in-Russia-over-past-24-hours
http://tass.ru/en/society/877663
Quote: "Colossal wildfires in Russia have burned an area the size Vermont and Delaware combined, Greenpeace said Tuesday, amid fears the country could suffer its worst wildfire season in more than 100 years."
2016-05-24 - Railroad bridge over the San Joaquin River damaged by fire in Lathrop (California):
http://www.kcra.com/news/local-news/news-stockton/crews-battle-grass-fire-in-lathrop/39700872
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2016/05/24/multiple-agencies-battling-fire-near-railroad-bridge-in-lathrop/
http://californiadolphin.com/news/53635/multiple-agencies-battling-fire-near-railroad-bridge-in-lathrop
Quote: "The blaze was burning near the Mossdale Marina along Manthey Road, near Interstate 5. It spread to a railroad bridge over the San Joaquin River."
2016-05-24 - Pontoon and platform damaged by fire at River Tyne bridge near Newcastle (Britain):
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/swing-bridge-fire-mystery-surrounds-11381669
http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/update/2016-05-24/fire-extinguished-at-newcastle-swing-bridge/
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/firefighters-battle-swing-bridge-blaze-11379815
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14512802.Fire_at_Swing_Bridge_over_River_Tyne/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-36367969
Quote: "One nearby office worker said he just can’t understand how a fire would start in the middle of a river."
2016-05-24 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire in Whitby (Canada), near Lake Ontario:
http://www.durhamradionews.com/archives/92279
http://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/6689925-fire-breaks-out-at-whitby-auto-scrap-yard/
http://www.cdnfirefighter.com/headlines/fire-crews-tackle-auto-yard-blaze-40335
http://www.firefightingincanada.com/headlines/fire-crews-tackle-auto-yard-blaze-23070
http://www.cp24.com/news/crews-tackle-fire-at-auto-yard-in-whitby-no-injuries-reported-1.2915167
http://myinforms.com/en-ca/a/34448702-crews-tackle-fire-at-auto-yard-in-whitby-no-injuries-reported/
2016-05-24 - Tire recycling center erupts in flame in Ford Heights (Illinois):
http://www.nwitimes.com/digital/photos/local/gallery-tire-fire-in-ford-heights/collection_588a45c5-c0b1-5c97-b4ae-508c108fa00f.html
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/illinois/burning-tires-blackens-ford-heights-skies/article_cec52061-e05a-55dc-9efa-d0d19e81bfd9.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-tire-recycling-fire-st-0525-20160524-story.html
2016-05-24 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in coastal Honolulu (Hawaii):
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/32056176/possible-underground-fire-reported-in-downtown-honolulu
http://www.aroundhawaii.com/news/possible-underground-fire-reported-in-downtown-honolulu/
http://newsofhawaii.com/police-reopen-bishop-street-after-reports-of-underground-fire/
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/34458036-police-reopen-bishop-street-after-reports-of-underground-fire/
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-25 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, makes emergency landing in Tulsa (Oklahoma):
http://www.fox23.com/news/plane-makes-emergency-landing-after-smoke-seen-from-cockpit/303204117
http://airflightdisaster.com/index.php/united-airlines-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-tulsa/
Quote: "Officials confirmed that smoke was seen in the flight deck of a plane landing in Tulsa Wednesday evening."
Note: This is the 52nd aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...
2016-05-25 - Monstrous wildfires raging in Alberta set to shrink Canada's economy:
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article79773102.html
2016-05-25 - Smoke clears over Fort McMurray wildfire in Canada and it's bigger than previously thought:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/alberta-wildfires-update-05242016.html
2016-05-25 - Underground electrical fire breaks out, ignites car, in Chandigarh (India):
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/cities/chandigarh/two-fire-incidents-in-sector-17/242334.html
Quote: "In the second incident, a car, which was parked in Sector 17-B, caught fire resulting in damage to the rear side of the vehicle. According to fire officials, the car caught fire due to a short circuit in an underground cable."
2016-05-25 - Auto salvage yard hit by huge fire in Revesby (Australia), near the coast, 2 injured:
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/two-men-critical-after-revesby-car-wrecking-yard-inferno-that-burnt-off-their-clothes-20160525-gp415r.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-25/crews-tackle-revesby-factory-fire-sydney/7446002
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/05/25/16/39/two-suffer-burns-in-factory-fire-in-revesby
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/two-men-injured-in-factory-fire-at-revesby-in-sydneys-south-west-20160525-gp3p7q.html
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/crews-battle-sydney-blaze/news-story/8dd7f52fb90408a54f8d3602aca7e498
http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/firefighters-battling-massive-factory-fire-in-revesby/news-story/effebcabe6d1fb816894e9caa5c8518e
Quote: "The blaze, which started just before 4pm, has consumed a car wrecking yard on Fitzpatrick Street and spread to an adjoining factory, Fire and Rescue NSW said."
Quote: "A witness described how the men, aged 40 and 32, emerged naked from the car yard in Fitzpatrick Street, Revesby, on Wednesday afternoon after the blaze apparently burnt the clothes from their bodies."
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-26 - Passenger plane bursts into flame before takeoff at airport in coastal Tokyo (Japan), 19 injured/sickened:
http://abc13.com/news/hundreds-evacuate-korean-air-jet-after-engine-catches-fire--/1358537/
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/korean-air-jet-catches-fire-takeoff-tokyo-airport-n581481
http://abc7chicago.com/news/korean-air-jet-has-engine-fire-in-tokyo-people-evacuated/1359679/
http://abcnews.go.com/International/hundreds-evacuate-korean-air-jet-engine-catches-fire/story?id=39418885
http://komonews.com/news/nation-world/19-injured-as-boeing-777-engine-catches-fire-in-tokyo-plane-evacuated
http://www.bgdailynews.com/news/international/korean-air-jet-has-engine-fire-in-tokyo-people-evacuated/article_72bdc7a2-eff8-5c1f-bc06-a2c5cb68eed8.html
Quote: "Hundreds of passengers onboard a Korean Air flight at Tokyo's Haneda Airport were forced to evacuate onto the tarmac Friday after one of the Boeing 777-300's engines caught fire, the airline said. Flight KE2708 was taxiing for take-off to Seoul, South Korea, when flames were detected from engine No.1. The take-off was immediately canceled, Korean Air said."
Quote: "The Tokyo Fire Department said 19 people were either injured in the evacuation or felt unwell after it, Japan's Kyodo News service reported."
Note: This is the 53rd aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...
2016-05-26 - Chemical factory explodes and burns near coastal Mumbai (India), 11 killed, 140+ injured:
http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/five-killed-140-hurt-in-explosion-at-industrial-unit/
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20160526-53471-IND
http://www.freepressjournal.in/thane-blast-huge-explosion-rocks-dombivali-3-dead/858198
http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharashtra/huge-blast-in-chemical-factory-sends-shock-waves-in-dombivali-near-mumbai_1889037.html
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/at-least-three-feared-dead-in-chemical-factory-explosion-in-dombivali/article8649508.ece
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thane/Thane-factory-blast-toll-11-3-from-owners-family-among-dead/articleshow/52472950.cms
Quote: "Local residents said that the explosion shattered window glasses of houses and establishments as far as two kilometres from the factory."
Quote: "Dombivli chemical factory owner hospitalized after news of sons’ deaths, toll rises to 11..."
2016-05-26 - Electrical substation damaged by explosion and fire in Mahopac Falls (New York), blackouts ensue:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=PW-20160527-53480-USA
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NYC-Fire-Cuts-Power-to-Thousands-in-New-York-Suburbs-Upstate-NYSEG-381060681.html
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/putnam/2016/05/26/westchester-power-outage/85015886/
Quote: "Tens of thousands of Putnam residents are in darkness Thursday evening as the result of a massive power failure. The Putnam 9-1-1 Center dispatched the Mahopac Falls FD to a report of an explosion and fire at the NYSEG substation on Secor Road in Mahopac Falls around 9 p.m."
Quote: "Emergency equipment has been summoned countywide for reports of alarms sounding, individuals on oxygen needing assistance and burning odors."
2016-05-26 - Transformer explodes and burns, ignites boat and truck, in coastal Branford (Connecticut):
http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20160526/transformer-fire-disrupts-train-service-in-branford
http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Transformer-explosion-in-Branford-stalls-Amtrak-7948418.php
http://wtnh.com/2016/05/26/transformer-explodes-near-branford-train-tracks/
http://fox61.com/2016/05/26/amtrak-reporting-delays-in-connecticut-after-transformer-fire-in-branford/
Quote: "The truck and boat caught fire because the explosion sent burning oil spewing onto the vehicles."
2016-05-26 - Underground electrical explosion and fire hits coastal Belfast (Ireland):
http://www.belfastbulletin.com/index.php/sid/244433869
http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/northern-ireland-news/underground-explosion-closes-part-of-belfast-city-centre-1-7403667
http://internet-us.com/news/290183/underground-explosion-closes-part-of-belfast-city-centre-belfast-newsletter
http://www.webzilla.co.uk/uk/underground-explosion-closes-part-of-belfast-city-centre
http://myinforms.com/en-gb/a/34660286-castle-place-blaze-belfast-city-centre-fire-in-underground-electrical-apparatus-causes-rush-hour-disruption/
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/castle-place-blaze-belfast-city-centre-fire-in-underground-electrical-apparatus-causes-rush-hour-disruption-34749568.html
2016-05-26 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Cobham (Britain):
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/manhole-fire-cobham-hits-morning-11390206
http://surrey.localroundup.co.uk/article/1838129/manhole-fire-in-cobham-hits-morning-rush-hour-traffic/
http://www.haslemereuk.com/manhole-fire-in-cobham-hits-morning-rush-hour-traffic/
http://myinforms.com/en-gb/a/34605649-manhole-fire-in-cobham-breaks-out-this-morning/
2016-05-26 - Crane bursts into flame at 3:33 AM at scrap metal yard in coastal Jersey City (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2016/05/early_morning_fire_at_metal_scrap_yard_in_jersey_c.html
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/02/crane_fire_at_jersey_city_metal_recycling_plant.html
2016-05-26 - Update on the wildfires raging in Alberta (Canada):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/the-alberta-wildfires-05262016.html
2016-05-26 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home, starts itself, crashes into home, in Bradford (Britain):
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/14518898.Car_catches_fire_and_reverses_itself_into_owner__39_s_house/
Quote: "One of the firefighters involved in putting out the blaze said: 'I’ve been a firefighter for more than ten years and I’ve never seen anything as strange as that. Without seeing the CCTV footage, I’d never have believed what happened. It was bizarre.'"
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-27 - Aircraft, RV and barn destroyed by fire in Live Oak (Florida):
http://www.suwanneedemocrat.com/news/storage-building-engulfed-thursday-night/article_02fc58e2-2437-11e6-8885-33141a6c7fb2.html
Quote: "A storage building with a motor home and a small aircraft caught fire Thursday night around 10 p.m. According to James Sommers, the public safety director for Suwannee County Fire Rescue, the property owner was able to remove two of his boats from the building before it was fully engulfed."
Note: This is the 54th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016 and this is the 209th RV to burn in 2016...
2016-05-27 - Raging forest fires in Siberia spewing carbon monoxide into the air, methane levels far beyond survivability:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/carbon-monoxide-emissions-from-siberian.html
Quote: "More than 1250 ppb and methane builds up more heat than what dissipates. Over 1250 ppb and earth heats up. Too thick of a blanket. The entire map is red or pink. We are headed toward an overheated and unlivable planet."
2016-05-27 - Auto salvage yard erupts in flame in Chicopee (Massachusetts), near the Connecticut River:
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/05/fire_at_chicopee_auto_salvage.html
http://wwlp.com/2016/05/27/heavy-smoke-from-fire-in-chicopee/
http://photos.masslive.com/4502/gallery/fire_behind_center_street_auto_parts_in_chicopee/index.html#/0
http://ban.jo/Enterprise/Customer-Support/20160527/Fire-Reported-At-Auto-Parts-Store-In-Chicopee-MA-Chicopee/
http://www.wcvb.com/news/gasoline-fluids-fuel-fire-at-automotive-center/39772456
2016-05-27 - Landfill fire breaks out in Live Oak (Florida):
http://www.suwanneedemocrat.com/news/landfill-fire-continues-to-burn/article_6895fdf8-246d-11e6-a04e-1f58d82f5f12.html
Note: So that aircraft, motorhome and barn went up in flames AND a landfill ignited in Live Oak too. I bet there were people in the area having medical problems too, like chest pains, heart attacks, stokes, seizures, that kind of thing, which rarely get reported...
2016-05-27 - Recycling center hit by fire in Johnston (Rhode Island), near the coast:
http://wpri.com/2016/05/27/johnston-fire-2/
2016-05-27 - Train bridge over the Potomac River damaged by fire near coastal Washington DC:
http://patch.com/virginia/arlington-va/csx-bridge-fire-over-potomac-d-c-fire-officials
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/27/bridge-fire-temporarily-shuts-down-rail-traffic-ov/
http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/dc/csx-brigde-over-the-potomac-river-caught-on-fire/218228706
http://wjla.com/news/local/fire-on-bridge-over-potomac-stops-csx-amtrak-and-vre-rail-traffic-05-27-2016
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/27/bridge-fire-temporarily-shuts-down-rail-traffic-ov/
Quote: "D.C. fire spokesman Doug Buchanan said the department battled the fire from above and below the Long Bridge after it was reported at about 1:45 p.m. Friday. Two fireboats pulled water from the river to spray the underside of the structure."
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-28 - Compressor explodes at gas station in coastal Coral Gables (Florida), 1 killed:
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/05/29/police-investigating-what-caused-deadly-coral-gables-explosion/
http://www.local10.com/news/1-dies-after-explosion-at-gas-station-in-coral-gables
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/coral-gables/article80591132.html
http://wsvn.com/news/local/employee-killed-in-explosion-at-coral-gables-gas-station/
2016-05-28 - Landfill erupts in flame in Davidson County (North Carolina):
http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20160528/NEWS/160529814
http://myfox8.com/2016/05/28/fire-reported-at-davidson-county-landfill/
http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/davidson-county-landfill-catches-fire/article_f61f3a86-393e-550a-962f-d6c82e96d294.html
http://m.the-dispatch.com/Section/431/Article/160529814
http://www.wopular.com/davidson-county-landfill-catches-fire
2016-05-28 - Transformer bursts into flame at 2:15 AM on Sledds Lake Road in Mechanicsville (Virginia), 300 homes go dark:
http://www.nbc12.com/story/32087587/hundreds-left-without-power-after-transformer-fire-in-hanover
http://www.nbc12.com/story/32087587/power-back-on-after-hundreds-left-in-the-dark-after-transformer-fire-in-hanover
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/34832962-power-back-on-after-hundreds-left-in-the-dark-after-transformer-fire-in-hanover/
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/34828178-hundreds-left-without-power-after-transformer-fire-in-hanover/
2016-05-28 - Luxury vehicle showroom goes up in flames at 12:30 AM in Bedminster (Pennsylvania):
http://www.phillyfirenews.com/2016/05/28/car-dealership-burns-pipersville-bucks-co/
http://6abc.com/news/luxury-vehicle-showroom-catches-fire-in-bucks-county/1360295/
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Bucks-County-Barn-Burns-Vehicles-Inside-Scorched-381196801.html
http://www.yahoo.com/news/luxury-vehicle-showroom-catches-fire-111700533.html
http://www.phillyvoice.com/fire-breaks-out-bucks-county-luxury-car-business/
Quote: "Flames broke out at Import One Motorsport on the 6700 block of Easton Road in Bedminster. The business sells Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, and BMW vehicles. Crews quickly went to work battling the flames and called in neighboring fire companies to help battle the blaze."
2016-05-28 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home in Live Oak (Florida):
http://www.wtxl.com/news/suwannee-county-car-fire-almost-spreads-to-home-friday-night/article_7ce8ff9a-2516-11e6-95a4-3f62f655e140.html
Note: An aircraft, RV and barn just went up in flames in Live Oak, and a landfill burst into flame in Live Oak too, both events mentioned in the 2016-05-27 update...
2016-05-28 - Car and home destroyed by fire at 6:06 AM in Austin (Texas), nobody there:
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/fire-burns-west-austin-home/nrWfG/
Quote: "No one was hurt in the fire. Neighbors told firefighters the residents of the home were in San Antonio when the fire broke out."
Note: Brave people to leave town with a car parked at their home...
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-29 - Landfill erupts in flame, again, in Happy Valley-Goose Bay (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dump-fire-happy-valley-goose-bay-may-2016-1.3605747
2016-05-29 - Landfill hit by fire in Ringwood (Britain), near the coast:
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/14523812.Fire_crews_tackle_blaze_at_landfill_in_Ringwood/
http://www.samfm.co.uk/southcoast/news/local-news/firefighters-tackle-big-fire-at-a-landfill-sight/
http://www.thebreeze.com/southampton/news/local-news/firefighters-tackle-big-fire-at-a-landfill-sight/
http://uknip.co.uk/2016/05/ffire-crews-battle-massive-landfill-blaze-in-ringwood/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwZuh-Bk4tY
Quote: "Residents have been warned to close windows and doors to protect themselves from smoke following a fire at a landfill in Ringwood."
2016-05-29 - Recycling center hit by fire, 30 tons of waste wood burns, at Burnt Mills Industrial Estate in Basildon (Britain):
http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/i5865/
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/14523813.Smoke_billows_into_sky_after_30_tonnes_of_waste_wood_catch_fire_at_recycling_centre/
http://www.basildonrecorder.co.uk/news/14523813.Smoke_billows_into_sky_after_30_tonnes_of_waste_wood_catch_fire_at_recycling_centre/
http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/news/echo/14523813.Smoke_billows_into_sky_after_30_tonnes_of_waste_wood_catch_fire_at_recycling_centre/
Note: From the full hypothesis: "Trash-related facilities such as recycling centers and landfills will burn hard too, as hydrogen sulfide is absorbed into flammable absorbent materials like wood, paper, cardboard, straw, hay, dried brush, generic trash, clothing, cotton, wool."
2016-05-29 - Underground electrical fire breaks out at Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station in coastal Washington DC:
http://wjla.com/news/local/fire-officials-underground-manhole-fire-knocks-out-power-at-rhode-island-metro-station
2016-05-29 - Utility pole bursts into flame, ignites car and two trailers, in coastal Bay Shore (New York):
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/bay-shore-pole-fire-ignites-car-3-firefighters-hurt-cops-say-1.11854527
2016-05-29 - Heap of scrap metal bursts into flame at scrap yard on Marsh Lane in Henstridge, Templecombe (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=37188&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
Quote: "One fire appliance from Wincanton attended the above location after reports of a heap of metal on fire at a scrap yard. The fire was approximately 8m squared involving scrap metal and crews requested an additional appliance which came from Sherborne."
2106-05-29 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads, two homes destroyed, in Midland (Texas):
http://www.newswest9.com/story/32093299/midland-house-fire-destroys-two-homes
Quote: "Firefighters said the fire began from the neighbor's car which was parked in the car port and spread to both homes."
Category: Variety Pack
2016-05-30 - Man, 22, and woman, 21, die, and 57 people sickened, at music festival in coastal Tampa (Florida):
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/387226e3aabc4dcc9d440c9a7af5835d/2-dead-57-hospitalized-after-tampa-music-festival
http://wsvn.com/news/local/2-dead-57-hospitalized-after-tampa-music-festival/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/dead-57-hospitalized-tampa-music-festival-39515314
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-kissimmee-woman-dies-tampa-music-festival-20160531-story.html
http://q13fox.com/2016/05/31/2-dead-57-hospitalized-after-tampa-music-festival/
http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/150380486-story
Quote: "Tampa police reported in a news release that a 22-year-old Melbourne man and a 21-year-old Kissimmee woman were hospitalized Saturday. The man died Sunday, and the woman died Monday. The medical examiner's office wasn't immediately reporting a cause of death. Police didn't say why the 57 other people were hospitalized."
Note: Sounds similar to the five people who recently dropped dead in the wee hours at an outdoor concert in coastal Pasay (Philippine Islands), mentioned in the 2016-05-22 update...
2016-05-30 - Couple, 54 and 50, drop dead in mobile home in House Springs (Missouri):
http://fox2now.com/2016/05/31/mysterious-deaths-of-jefferson-county-couple-under-investigation/
http://www.kmov.com/story/32098132/2-elderly-residents-found-dead-inside-house-springs-mobile-home
http://www.myleaderpaper.com/news/police_fire/two-found-dead-in-house-springs-mobile-home/article_d447931e-2750-11e6-be8d-47e608d98abf.html
Quote: "Detectives say they have been deceased for some time inside a Brookshire Village Mobile Home residence. There is no immediate indication of foul play. They say it is odd that both residents died of natural causes at the same time."
2016-05-30 - Mysterious explosion just after 9 PM alarms people in Struthers (Ohio):
http://wkbn.com/2016/05/30/struthers-officials-investigate-monday-night-explosion/
2016-05-30 - Salvage yard hit by fire, 6 cars burn, in Campbellfield (Australia), near the coast:
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/cars-on-fire-in-campbellfield-wrecking-yard-blaze-20160530-gp7fry.html
2016-05-30 - Passenger plane ignites and blows tire at takeoff in coastal Tampa (Florida):
http://abc13.com/news/houston-bound-flight-blows-tire-catches-fire/1362867/
http://www.w3livenews.com/2016/05/31/Houston-bound-flight-blows-tire-on-takeoff-catches-fire/2553303
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/united-plane-blows-tire-at-tampa-international-airport/223348264
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-tampa/tire-blows-during-takeoff-of-united-flight-from-tia-causing-tire-to-catch-fire
http://abc11.com/news/plane-blows-tire-on-takeoff-catches-fire/1363685/
Quote: "There was a bit of a scare on a Houston-bound flight today, as a tire blew on takeoff, causing a small fire."
Note: I bet they got that backwards - the tire blew because the tire(s) and/or brakes had already caught fire, which has been happening regularly with big rigs too. This is the 55th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...
2016-05-30 - Passenger plane hit by unknown odor, makes emergency landing in Milwaukee (Wisconsin):
http://www.cbs58.com/story/32097022/southwest-flight-makes-unscheduled-landing-at-mitchell
Quote: "Flight 4187 touched down safely after reports of an unusual odor in the back galley."
2016-05-30 - Small plane goes missing after taking off from airport in Grayson County (Kentucky):
http://www.wlky.com/news/Pilot-plane-missing-after-leaving-Grayson-County-airport/39802970
http://www.wave3.com/story/32102870/police-crews-search-for-missing-plane-in-western-kentucky
Note: A small plane just went missing after departing from coastal Catalina Island (California) too, mentioned in the 2016-05-29 update...
Category: Fires And Explosions
2016-05-31 - Army munitions depot devastated by deadly fire before 2 AM in Pulgaon (India), 17+ killed, 19+ injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20160531-53532-IND
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/05/31/17-killed-fire-indian-army-ammunitions-depot/85180560/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/deadly-explosion-fire-at-indias-biggest-ammunition-depot/
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/live-central-ammuntion-depot-pulgaon-wardha-maharashtra-2826707/
http://www.yahoo.com/news/report-least-17-killed-army-ammunitions-depot-fire-050137260.html
http://www.newsunited.com/17-reportedly-killed-in-india-army-news/29816474/
http://dunyanews.tv/en/World/339087-17-killed-in-India-army-ammunition-depot-fire-rep
http://time.com/4352031/india-pulgaon-ammunition-depot-fire/
http://www.rt.com/news/344890-india-ammunition-depot-fire/
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/pulgaon-ammo-depot-fire-two-more-bodies-recovered-toll-climbs-to-18-2828486/
Quote: "At least 17 people have been killed and 19 others injured in fire at India's biggest ammunition storage facility in Maharashtra state's Pulgaon area, some 420 miles east of Mumbai."
Note: Apparently this was India's largest munitions depot that burned. India also lost one of its two largest and most important museums in late April, when India's National Museum of Natural History was destroyed by a huge blaze at 2 AM in Delhi, mentioned in the 2016-04-26 update...
2016-05-31 - Battery plant explodes and burns in coastal Qidong, Jiangsu Province (China), 2 killed, 18 injured:
http://www.cihan.com.tr/en/china-dead-injured-batter-plant-blast-2086798.htm
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/12-injured-in-battery-workshop-explosion-in-china-116053101424_1.html
2016-05-31 - Metal recycling business hit by fire in Saginaw County (Michigan):
http://www.wnem.com/story/32103935/firefighters-called-to-scrap-yard-fire
Quote: "A scrap yard fire sent a cloud of thick black smoke into the sky Tuesday afternoon. It happened at Flint Recycling located at 2416 N. Towerline Road in Buena Vista Township's Saginaw County. Some people reported seeing the smoke as far away as Bridgeport."
2016-05-31 - Metal recycling business hit by fire in Burlington (Canada), near Lake Ontario:
http://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/6699909-updated-another-fire-at-burlington-metal-recycling-facility/
Note: Also see the man found dead at 4:30 AM in a swimming pool at home in Burlington on this day...
2016-05-31 - Chemical plant devastated by huge blaze in Yichang (China), near the Yangtze River:
http://www.rt.com/news/345006-huge-blaze-china-plant/
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/519703/Chemical-factory-fire-china-viral-video
http://www.sott.net/article/319362-Another-huge-chemical-plant-fire-in-China-black-smoke-engulfs-Yichangon-in-central-Hubei-Province
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3618418/Massive-fire-large-chemical-factory-sends-huge-clouds-black-smoke-city-central-China.html
2016-05-31 - Passenger plane hit by smoke in the cockpit, plane makes emergency landing in Portland (Oregon):
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2016/05/portland-bound_jet_reports_smo.html
http://portlanddaze.com/flight-from-portland-to-california-forced-to-turn-around-because-of-mechanical-problem-oregonlive-com/
Quote: "A SkyWest Airlines jet operating for Alaska Airlines landed safely at Portland International Airport after smoke was reported in the cockpit, said Layne Watson, a SkyWest spokesman."
Note: This is the 56th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2016...
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