2017 - FEB - Spotlight Stories

Category: Other Stories Of Interest

2017-02-01 - Hydrogen sulfide hitting coastal Laguna Beach (California):
http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-0202-lb-laguna-terrace-odor-update-20170201-story.html

Quote: "The owner of a manufactured-home park in Laguna Beach said Tuesday there is a 'high probability' that the odors that some residents have complained about are coming from outside the park and not from the sewer system. Residents of Laguna Terrace Park, on South Coast Highway, gathered at their clubhouse to hear Stephen Braun, Hometown America Corp.'s chief operating officer, give an update on the company's investigation into the source of what has been identified as hydrogen sulfide, a colorless gas that collects in low-lying, poorly ventilated areas and smells like rotten eggs at certain concentrations. Residents have reported odors emanating from sinks, toilets and air conditioning vents as well as outside of their units, and they have attributed various ailments such as headaches and difficulty breathing to the gas."

Quote: "For example, the average indoor reading taken from the seven homes from Oct. 1 through Nov. 28 was 0.694 parts per million, while the outdoor average reading near one of the houses was 0.686 parts per million from Oct. 1 through 11, according to results. The inference, said Braun, is that the odor is not coming up through the indoor sewer pipes, that there is something in the unrestricted outdoor air that is just as powerful."

Note: So it was just as strong outdoors as indoors, so yeah, not likely coming in from the sewers, but just blowing around in the atmosphere. It's probably blowing in off the ocean, Earth's traditional source of hydrogen sulfide. Off the West Coast is the huge and growing Great Pacific Garbage Patch. As the oceans become more 'landfill-like', they emit more 'landfill gases', like hydrogen sulfide and methane. This problem will continue to get worse until there are no more human beings left alive on the surface of the planet. And then it'll get REALLY bad, but that'll be a problem for the bugs and weeds and bacteria and jellyfish...

2017-02-01 - Hydrogen sulfide found in well water in San Antonio (Texas):
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Willis-opens-West-Side-Loop-addresses-rotten-egg-10901302.php

Quote: "Construction begins Thursday for two cooling towers for two Catahoula wells. The $1.2 million towers will help fix a harmless smell caused by hydrogen sulfide emitted by the well water, according to Riley."

Note: Harmless?! Hydrogen sulfide is as deadly as hydrogen cyanide, which is what they use to EXECUTE PEOPLE in gas chambers. The British weaponized it in WWI to kill German soldiers in trenches. They chose it because A) it's easy to produce, B) it's a heavier-than-air gas which would flow across fields and down into the trenches, and C) it's extremely deadly. Harmless my ass! Lets see these officials drink some water that's just 0.1% hydrogen sulfide and see how harmless they think it is then...

2017-02-01 - Man, 37, Canadian filmmaker, goes missing while diving at coastal Alligator Reef (Florida):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rob-stewart-missing-1.3961210
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/02/sharkwater-filmmaker-rob-stewart.html
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/02/01/search-for-missing-diver-off-alligator-reef/
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article129995244.html
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Crews-Searching-For-Missing-Filmmaker-Off-Florida-Keys-412420993.html
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/coast-guard-searches-canadian-diver-off-florida-keys-45194855
http://cbs12.com/news/local/coast-guard-searching-for-missing-diver-near-alligator-reef
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/u-s-coast-guard-searches-for-missing-diver-off-florida-believed-to-be-canadian-director-of-sharkwater
http://www.bgdailynews.com/news/national/coast-guard-searches-for-missing-diver-off-florida-keys/article_667bfa2e-4758-51e1-86d0-724a0b1c1bc1.html

Quote: "'Rob has done thousands of dives, dove all over the world with some of the worst equipment,' his father said. 'This was some of the best state of the art equipment. So something went terribly wrong.'"

2017-02-01 - Two men, 68 and 48, go out on boat, go missing, on the Mississippi River near Montrose (Iowa):
http://khqa.com/news/local/boat-of-missing-iowa-men-recovered
http://khqa.com/news/local/names-of-missing-boaters-released

2017-02-01 - Volcano Piton de la Fournaise Volcano erupts on the island of Reunion (France):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20170202-56997-REU
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/video/piton-la-fournaise-volcano-erupts-160929695.html
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/video/other/piton-de-la-fournaise-volcano-erupts-at-night/vp-AAmvaNW
http://www.sott.net/article/341380-Piton-De-La-Fournaise-Volcano-erupts-on-French-island-of-Reunion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RptI7tgZO0A

2017-02-01 - Tip of Thwaites Glacier calves off in Antarctica:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-twaites-glacier-iceberg.html

Quote: "Recent studies indicate that the greatest risk for future rapid sea-level rise now comes from the Thwaites Glacier due to the large changes already underway, the potential contribution to sea-level rise, and the fact that a collapse could occur within decades or centuries—a remarkably rapid change in relatively short geological time."

Note: So from decades or centuries to...it has begun.

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-02-02 - Man, 57, found dead in burning van at 6:15 AM in Lawrence (Massachusetts):
http://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/Burned-Body-Found-in-Lawrence-Massachusetts-412591333.html
http://www.eagletribune.com/news/merrimack_valley/update-body-found-in-burnt-van-in-lawrence/article_c26a70e7-caed-5174-b8ae-59bb9d9e6905.html
http://ripplenews.com/read/boston/burned-body-found-in-lawrence-mass-1qo84gg7

Quote: "The male has not been identified, but officials say he was a 57-year-old man. Foul play is not expected at the time."

2017-02-02 - Car bursts into flame and burns man to death on road in Nagpur (India):
http://www.nagpurtoday.in/missing-man-charred-to-death-mysteriously-as-car-catches-fire/02031100

Quote: "A missing man was 'mysteriously' charred to death when the car he was travelling caught fire on Outer Ring Road in Nandanvan Police Station jurisdiction on Wednesday."

2017-02-02 - Man ignites and burns to death while burning debris in Lawndale (North Carolina):
http://www.wbtv.com/story/34410896/source-man-catches-fire-dies-after-explosion-in-cleveland-co

2017-02-02 - Mysterious explosion chars some grass near hotel in Richmond suburb of coastal Melbourne (Australia):
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/source-of-loud-explosion-in-richmond-leaves-investigators-baffled-20170202-gu4dp2.html
http://www.mailtimes.com.au/story/4444297/source-of-loud-explosion-in-richmond-leaves-investigators-baffled/

Quote: "When firefighters arrived, they found a patch of burnt grass at the scene. The explosion appeared to have occurred in some bushes close to the hotel."

2017-02-02 - Lake Baikal spewing methane, lake now flammable, in Siberia (Russia):
http://strangesounds.org/2017/02/fire-emerges-from-frozen-lake-baikal-video.html
http://www.sott.net/article/341508-Fire-emerges-from-beneath-frozen-Lake-Baikal-in-Siberia

2017-02-02 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing in Calgary (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20170204-57011-CAN
http://globalnews.ca/news/3226326/westjet-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-calgary-after-smoke-issues-for-second-time/
http://globalnews.ca/news/3223227/westjet-flight-forced-to-make-an-emergency-landing-in-calgary-thursday-westjet/
http://www.inews880.com/syn/60/222619/westjet-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-calgary-after-smoke-issues-for-second-time

Quote: "A WestJet spokesperson said flight 662 set to depart from Calgary to Toronto experienced a maintenance issue Friday morning, which caused the air conditioning system to emit smoke into the aircraft. 'The smoke quickly dissipated however out of an abundance of caution the crew declared an emergency and returned to Calgary,' Lauren Stewart said in an email to Global News."

Note: This is the 11th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-02-02 - Car dealership destroyed massive fire in the Town of Salina, near Syracuse (New York):
http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/02/massive_fire_destroys_cars_leaves_salina_car_dealership_with_unrepairable_damage.html
http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/02/salina_car_dealership_fire_under_investigation_destroys_building_video.html
http://cnycentral.com/news/local/911-half-of-onondaga-county-responding-to-large-industrial-fire-on-syracuses-north-side
http://www.twcnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2017/02/2/large-fire-on-wolf-street-in-syracuse.html
http://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/firefighters-on-the-scene-of-a-large-fire-on-wolf-street-near-7th-north-street/649074387
http://www.wcax.com/story/34417565/fire-crews-battle-large-industrial-fire-at-ny-dealership
http://www.wbng.com/story/34419579/fire-crews-battle-large-industrial-fire-at-ny-dealership

Quote: "The fire occurred around 9 p.m. at Hot Rides Auto Sales & Service, 1212 Wolf St., in the town of Salina. Firefighters from multiple departments were called to the fire. Flames shot through the roof of the car dealership and into the sky."

2017-02-02 - Auto shop destroyed by explosion and fire in Dennison (Ohio), 2 injured:
http://yourradioplace.com/local-news/two-injured-in-explosion-at-dennison-semi-truck-repair-shop/

2017-02-02 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, 8-12 junk cars burn, in Sun Valley (California):
http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20170202/8-to-12-cars-burn-in-junkyard-fire-in-sun-valley

Note: A big pile of cardboard and rubbush just went up in flames at a recycling center in Sun Valley the day prior too, mentioned in the 2017-02-01 update...

2017-02-02 - Three trucks and 20 tons of cardboard go up in flames at scrapyard on Harvey Road in Basildon (Britain):
http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/i6493/

Quote: "Firefighters were called to a fire at a scrap yard in Harvey Road, Basildon. When crews arrived they reported that approximately 20 tonnes of recycled cardboard was on fire. The fire was also affecting three lorries and some machinery."

2017-02-02 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads to home, on Lighthouse Way in coastal Gloucester (Massachusetts):
http://www.msonewsports.com/gloucester-fire-department-extinguishes-car-fire/
http://gloucester.wickedlocal.com/news/20170203/gfd-snuff-car-and-home-fire
http://essex.wickedlocal.com/news/20170203/gfd-snuff-car-and-home-fire
http://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/local_news/fire-totals-car-damages-condo/article_1dfb3cc5-a639-57ef-9e06-33a7db3ea892.html

Quote: "The vehicle, a 2016 BMW sedan, was completely destroyed. Damage to the home and vehicle is estimated at $50,000."

Note: Looks like a place you'd expect a parked car to ignite and burn a home nowadays. Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

Category: Variety Pack

2017-02-03 - Hydrogen sulfide kills worker at home in Montgomery (Alabama):
http://www.wsfa.com/story/34422125/1-person-dead-after-gas-leak-at-montgomery-home

Quote: "When Montgomery Fire and Rescue personnel arrived, they identified a chemical release from a sewage drain pipe and then discovered an unresponsive service worker under the house. The unidentified worker, who had been exposed to gas later identified as hydrogen sulfide, was taken to an area hospital for treatment. The man was pronounced dead a short time later."

2017-02-03 - Hydrogen sulfide driving people away at Sunset Harbour in coastal Miami Beach (Florida):
http://www.local10.com/news/florida/miami-beach/business-owners-say-foul-odor-is-driving-away-customers-from-up-and-coming-area

Quote: "The smell can be found for blocks in the upscale area. "There's not a sewage issue," Miami Beach Public Works Assistant Director Roy Coley said. 'We determined it’s a hydrogen sulfide smell that is associated with groundwater.' Hydrogen sulfide is dangerous in high concentrations, but Coley said it's benign at the level of what's being emitted in Sunset Harbour."

Note: It's never 'benign', regardless of the concentration. Being a heavier-than-air gas, it'll accumulate and concentrate in ditches and ravines and basements and other low-lying areas, and then the concentration may reach lethal levels. Even at non-lethal levels, it may cause unconsciousness, kidney damage, brain damage, heart damage, heart attacks or strokes, etc...

2017-02-03 - Man, 62, burns to death in burning car shortly at 1:36 AM inside garage at home in Columbus (Ohio):
http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170216/police-identify-man-who-died-in-garage-fire
http://nbc4i.com/2017/02/03/man-found-dead-after-southeast-columbus-housefire/
http://usflash.org/columbus/2017/02/04/174046-man-found-dead-after-southeast-columbus-garage-fire.html
http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170204/man-dies-in-columbus-east-side-fire

Quote: "Firefighters were called to the scene of a garage fire on the 2500 block of Kenview Road S. early Friday morning. The call went out shortly after 1:30 am. When they arrived on scene, firefighters found a car in the garage had caught on fire. After extinguishing the fire, they discovered a man in the car."

2017-02-03 - Woman, 83, dies in small kitchen fire at 1:31 AM at home in Catonsville (Maryland):
http://www.wbal.com/article/218261/3/catonsville-woman-83-found-dead-in-kitchen-fire
http://www.wbaltv.com/article/woman-83-found-dead-in-catonsville-fire/8674308
http://www.abc2news.com/news/region/baltimore-county/83-year-old-woman-found-dead-in-home-following-fire
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-co-fire-death-20170203-story.html
http://www.fxtribune.com/local/woman-83-found-dead-after-catonsville-kitchen-fire-h527020.html

2017-02-03 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, second day in a row, plane makes emergency landing in Calgary (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-westjet-plane-smoke-cockpit-turn-around-1.3965744

Quote: "For the second day in a row, a Disney-themed WestJet plane leaving Calgary had to turn back after smoke was reported in the cockpit. Flight 662 to Toronto turned back shortly after takeoff on Friday. 'There was an odd smell, and then an alarm went off,' said passenger Becky Salmond."

Note: This is the 12th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-02-03 - Underground electrical explosion at 5:15 AM hits Santa Ana (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/02/02/santa-ana-homes-in-the-dark-after-underground-transformer-explodes/

2017-02-03 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Brownsville area in coastal Brooklyn (New York):
http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/fire-utility-crews-respond-to-manhole-fire-in-brownsville-1.13060399

2017-02-03 - Railroad bridge goes up in flames at midnight near San Antonio (Texas), train passengers trapped for hours:
http://woai.iheart.com/articles/local-news-119078/rail-bridge-fire-stops-amtrak-train-15533282/
http://woai.iheart.com/articles/local-news-119078/railroad-bridge-fire-halts-main-eastwest-15531885/
http://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/fire-destroys-railroad-trestle-in-southwest-bexar-county-train-traffic-stopped
http://www.follownews.com/railroad-bridge-fire-strands-amtrak-train-for-hours-in-south-texas-2hoo7
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article130627549.html

Quote: "Marc Magliari, an Amtrak spokesman, told the station that passengers have food, water, electricity and air conditioning, but a passenger called to report that the train smelled of urine and feces. 'We can’t even flush the toilet,' she said. Jeff DeGraff of the Union Pacific Railroad told the station that the fire broke out around midnight. He said the rail line carries freight as well as passenger trains and also connects to a main rail line south into Mexico that brings freight north into the U.S."

2017-02-03 - Nearly naked man, 33, runs around with two naked toddlers, unknown chemical smell at his apartment, in Antioch (Illinois):
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/crime/ct-lns-antioch-hazmat-naked-man-sy-0204-20170204-story.html
http://newstrends.today/2017/02/antioch-police-nearly-naked-man-running-outside-leads-to-hazmat-alert/
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/02/04/Antioch_man_charged_with_child_endangerment_after_naked_man_/
http://us.baruaja.com/75761/antioch-police-nearly-naked-man-running-outside-leads-to-hazmat-alert.html
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170204/news/170209443/

Quote: "A nearly naked man who was reported running with two naked toddlers through a parking lot near Routes 173 and 83 in Antioch on Friday night prompted a hazardous materials alert at the man's apartment on Main Street, according to Antioch police."

Quote: "The investigation led to the man's apartment in the 1200 block of Main Street; at the residence, officers detected an 'overpowering, unidentified chemical odor,' so the Antioch Fire Department was called to the scene, according to Guttschow."

Quote: "The hazardous-materials concern turned out to be unfounded, but the man and his two children were transported to the hospital for an evaluation, according to the statement."

Note: So what WAS that 'overpowering, unidentified chemical odor'? Seems like an important thing to know after an event like this. Looks like they just want this story to go away ASAP...

Category: Variety Pack

2017-02-03 - Hydrogen sulfide kills worker at home in Montgomery (Alabama):
http://www.wsfa.com/story/34422125/1-person-dead-after-gas-leak-at-montgomery-home

Quote: "When Montgomery Fire and Rescue personnel arrived, they identified a chemical release from a sewage drain pipe and then discovered an unresponsive service worker under the house. The unidentified worker, who had been exposed to gas later identified as hydrogen sulfide, was taken to an area hospital for treatment. The man was pronounced dead a short time later."

2017-02-03 - Hydrogen sulfide driving people away at Sunset Harbour in coastal Miami Beach (Florida):
http://www.local10.com/news/florida/miami-beach/business-owners-say-foul-odor-is-driving-away-customers-from-up-and-coming-area

Quote: "The smell can be found for blocks in the upscale area. "There's not a sewage issue," Miami Beach Public Works Assistant Director Roy Coley said. 'We determined it’s a hydrogen sulfide smell that is associated with groundwater.' Hydrogen sulfide is dangerous in high concentrations, but Coley said it's benign at the level of what's being emitted in Sunset Harbour."

Note: It's never 'benign', regardless of the concentration. Being a heavier-than-air gas, it'll accumulate and concentrate in ditches and ravines and basements and other low-lying areas, and then the concentration may reach lethal levels. Even at non-lethal levels, it may cause unconsciousness, kidney damage, brain damage, heart damage, heart attacks or strokes, etc...

2017-02-03 - Man, 62, burns to death in burning car shortly at 1:36 AM inside garage at home in Columbus (Ohio):
http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170216/police-identify-man-who-died-in-garage-fire
http://nbc4i.com/2017/02/03/man-found-dead-after-southeast-columbus-housefire/
http://usflash.org/columbus/2017/02/04/174046-man-found-dead-after-southeast-columbus-garage-fire.html
http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170204/man-dies-in-columbus-east-side-fire

Quote: "Firefighters were called to the scene of a garage fire on the 2500 block of Kenview Road S. early Friday morning. The call went out shortly after 1:30 am. When they arrived on scene, firefighters found a car in the garage had caught on fire. After extinguishing the fire, they discovered a man in the car."

2017-02-03 - Woman, 83, dies in small kitchen fire at 1:31 AM at home in Catonsville (Maryland):
http://www.wbal.com/article/218261/3/catonsville-woman-83-found-dead-in-kitchen-fire
http://www.wbaltv.com/article/woman-83-found-dead-in-catonsville-fire/8674308
http://www.abc2news.com/news/region/baltimore-county/83-year-old-woman-found-dead-in-home-following-fire
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-co-fire-death-20170203-story.html
http://www.fxtribune.com/local/woman-83-found-dead-after-catonsville-kitchen-fire-h527020.html

2017-02-03 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, second day in a row, plane makes emergency landing in Calgary (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-westjet-plane-smoke-cockpit-turn-around-1.3965744

Quote: "For the second day in a row, a Disney-themed WestJet plane leaving Calgary had to turn back after smoke was reported in the cockpit. Flight 662 to Toronto turned back shortly after takeoff on Friday. 'There was an odd smell, and then an alarm went off,' said passenger Becky Salmond."

Note: This is the 12th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-02-03 - Underground electrical explosion at 5:15 AM hits Santa Ana (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/02/02/santa-ana-homes-in-the-dark-after-underground-transformer-explodes/

2017-02-03 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Brownsville area in coastal Brooklyn (New York):
http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/fire-utility-crews-respond-to-manhole-fire-in-brownsville-1.13060399

2017-02-03 - Railroad bridge goes up in flames at midnight near San Antonio (Texas), train passengers trapped for hours:
http://woai.iheart.com/articles/local-news-119078/rail-bridge-fire-stops-amtrak-train-15533282/
http://woai.iheart.com/articles/local-news-119078/railroad-bridge-fire-halts-main-eastwest-15531885/
http://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/fire-destroys-railroad-trestle-in-southwest-bexar-county-train-traffic-stopped
http://www.follownews.com/railroad-bridge-fire-strands-amtrak-train-for-hours-in-south-texas-2hoo7
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article130627549.html

Quote: "Marc Magliari, an Amtrak spokesman, told the station that passengers have food, water, electricity and air conditioning, but a passenger called to report that the train smelled of urine and feces. 'We can’t even flush the toilet,' she said. Jeff DeGraff of the Union Pacific Railroad told the station that the fire broke out around midnight. He said the rail line carries freight as well as passenger trains and also connects to a main rail line south into Mexico that brings freight north into the U.S."

2017-02-03 - Nearly naked man, 33, runs around with two naked toddlers, unknown chemical smell at his apartment, in Antioch (Illinois):
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/crime/ct-lns-antioch-hazmat-naked-man-sy-0204-20170204-story.html
http://newstrends.today/2017/02/antioch-police-nearly-naked-man-running-outside-leads-to-hazmat-alert/
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/02/04/Antioch_man_charged_with_child_endangerment_after_naked_man_/
http://us.baruaja.com/75761/antioch-police-nearly-naked-man-running-outside-leads-to-hazmat-alert.html
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170204/news/170209443/

Quote: "A nearly naked man who was reported running with two naked toddlers through a parking lot near Routes 173 and 83 in Antioch on Friday night prompted a hazardous materials alert at the man's apartment on Main Street, according to Antioch police."

Quote: "The investigation led to the man's apartment in the 1200 block of Main Street; at the residence, officers detected an 'overpowering, unidentified chemical odor,' so the Antioch Fire Department was called to the scene, according to Guttschow."

Quote: "The hazardous-materials concern turned out to be unfounded, but the man and his two children were transported to the hospital for an evaluation, according to the statement."

Note: So what WAS that 'overpowering, unidentified chemical odor'? Seems like an important thing to know after an event like this. Looks like they just want this story to go away ASAP...

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-02-05 - Person found dead and on fire at Harris Lake County Park in New Hill (North Carolina):
http://www.wral.com/burned-body-found-at-harris-lake-park/16505974/
http://abc11.com/news/body-set-on-fire-at-harris-lake-county-park/1738930/
http://wncn.com/2017/02/05/death-investigation-underway-at-wake-county-park/
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article130924414.html
http://wncn.com/2017/02/06/no-foul-play-suspected-in-burning-body-found-at-wake-county-park/

2017-02-05 - Ten cars and auto dealership destroyed by huge blaze at 6:30 AM in Loves Park (Illinois), nobody there:
http://www.wrex.com/story/34430545/fire-destroys-advantage-auto-sales-in-loves-park
http://www.wifr.com/content/news/Used-car-lot-goes-up-in-flames-in-Loves-Park-412817883.html
http://www.mystateline.com/news/loves-park-fire-battles-an-early-morning-fire-at-advantage-auto-sales/650067768

Quote: "The Loves Park Fire Department responded to a fire at Advantage Auto Sales on North 2nd St. around 6:30 a.m. Sunday. Around 20 firefighters spent roughly 30 minutes getting the fire under control. No one was inside the building at the time. Fire officials say around 10 cars at the dealership were also burned."

2017-02-05 - Plastic recycling center erupts in flame, fire gets huge, in Stoke-On-Trent (Britain):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20170205-57025-GBR
http://fastnewsuk.org/stokeontrent/2017/02/06/116143-fire-engulfs-recycling-centre-in-milton-stoke-on-trent.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4193056/Huge-fire-recycling-centre-Stoke-catches-fire.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2788471/firefighters-tackle-huge-fire-at-plastics-recycling-centre-in-stoke-as-thick-plume-of-smoke-is-visible-for-miles/
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/02/05/Fire_engulfs_recycling_centre_in_Milton_StokeonTrent/

2017-02-05 - Electrical substation damaged by explosions and fire in Centerville (Massachusetts), near the coast:
http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20170205/transformer-fire-kills-power-to-neighbors-in-centerville

Quote: "Ann Condon, who lives adjacent to the substation, said she was watching television at around 10 a.m. when a big explosion shook her house. 'It sounded like a bomb went off. It shook all our houses,' she said. Ten minutes later she heard a second explosion, then a third. Neighbors gathered at her house wondering, which is 40 to 100 feet from the substation. Then they could see the flames and the smoke."

2017-02-05 - Car bursts into flame on Lewes Road in coastal Brighton (Britain), man goes into cardiac arrest separately at seafront in coastal Hove too:
http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2017/02/05/car-catches-fire-at-the-level/

Quote: "Firefighters were called out to Kingsway, on Hove seafront, yesterday (Saturday 4 February) to bring down a man who is believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest."

Note: Seafront, that's where you'd expect peoples' hearts to stop beating nowadays...

2017-02-05 - Wildfire burns railroad bridge(s) in Canterbury (New Zealand):
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/02/rail-bridges-damaged-by-canterbury-blaze.html
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/323846/canterbury-fire-damages-at-least-one-railway-bridge
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/89095925/fire-at-lower-waimak-gorge
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/mid-canterbury-selwyn/89125452/south-island-loses-another-railway-as-fire-damages-christchurch-to-greymouth-link

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-02-06 - RV trailer goes up in flames at 4:50 AM and kills person, on Pink Dill Mill Road in Greer (South Carolina):
http://www.goupstate.com/news/20170206/1-dead-in-greer-camper-fire
http://www.wyff4.com/article/one-person-found-dead-in-burned-camper-coroner-says/8682167
http://www.live5news.com/story/34437810/investigation-underway-after-burned-body-found-in-camper
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/south-carolina/article131057974.html
http://wspa.com/2017/02/06/one-dead-in-camper-fire-in-greer/

2017-02-06 - Metal recycling plant erupts in flame at 11 PM on River Road in Louisville (Kentucky):
http://www.wave3.com/story/34441113/recycling-plant-catches-fire
http://www.wlky.com/article/no-injuries-reported-after-louisville-recycling-plant-catches-fire/8685171

Quote: "Fire crews are working to put out flames at a recycling plant in Louisville. The fire was reported at River Metals Recycling, in the 2000 block of River Road, around 11 p.m. Monday, according to MetroSafe."

2017-02-06 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, fire gets big, in coastal Glasgow (Scotland):
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/fire-rips-through-scrapyard-glasgow-9770072
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/15074009.Fire_at_scrap_yard_in_Possilpark_causes_road_closures/
http://www.glasgowcityinfo.co.uk/e/18203/Fire+at+scrap+yard+in+Possilpark+causes+road+closures

Quote: "A Police Scotland spokeswoman said the fire at the B&M Metals scrapyard was creating a lot of smoke. The fire broke out at 8.20pm and had soon ripped through the building, destroying the roof. Thick palls of smoke were seen, leading police to make major road closures ion the local area."

2017-02-06 - Volvo factory heavily damaged by major fire in coastal Gothenburg (Sweden):
http://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/volvos-main-factory-in-gothenburg-hit-by-violent-fire/57006261
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/news/fire-breaks-volvo-safety-centre-ingothenburg/

Quote: "Described in local media as a 'violent fire, released images showed smoke coming out of the Volvo factory's roof in Torslanda, a remote area in Gothenburg."

2017-02-06 - New performing arts center heavily damaged by fire on the waterfront in coastal Kuwait City (Kuwait):
http://www.sunherald.com/news/nation-world/article130966799.html
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/fire-breaks-kuwaits-performing-arts-center-45297510
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/02/06/world/middleeast/ap-ml-kuwait-fire.html
http://trib.com/news/world/fire-breaks-out-at-kuwait-s-new-performing-arts-center/article_fed61fe0-4bb1-54fd-bfc8-bd14f11ca9bb.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/celebrities/article130966799.html

Quote: "Kuwaiti authorities say firefighters have extinguished a blaze at the oil-rich country's recently opened performing arts center. The official Kuwait News Agency said no one was hurt in Monday's fire at the Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Center in the capital, Kuwait City. It says five fire departments helped battle the fire, which sent thick smoke pouring from the futuristic-looking, waterfront complex."

Note: Kuwait City has the distinction of being the first major metropolitan area in human history to have its residents told to shelter-in-place because of hydrogen sulfide, mentioned in the 2012-10-17 update...

2017-02-06 - Transformer bursts into flame at intersection in Colorado Springs (Colorado):
http://www.koaa.com/story/34438163/transformer-fire-causes-power-outage-at-i-25-and-circle

2017-02-06 - Transformer bursts into flame in Panmure suburb of coastal Auckland (New Zealand), blackouts ensue:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/89132846/transformer-on-fire-in-east-auckland-blocking-off-road
http://www.globalheadlines.uk/news/17486528/Transformer-on-fire-in-east-Auckland-cut-off-power-to-550-homes.html

2017-02-06 - Gas line explodes during test between Bazman and Zahedan (Iran), 2 killed:
http://in.reuters.com/article/gas-line-explosion-in-southeast-iran-kil-idINL5N1FR1Y8

Category: Variety Pack

2017-02-07 - Man, 41, burns to death in burning SUV before 3 AM in Northampton (Massachusetts):
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/northampton-county/index.ssf/2017/02/death_reported_in_northampton.html
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-northampton-fatal-crash-0207-20170207-story.html
http://fastnewsuk.org/northampton/2017/02/07/116685-1-person-dies-in-northampton-suv-fire.html
http://www.wfmz.com/news/lehigh-valley/1-killed-in-fiery-northampton-borough-crash/316042065

Quote: "The SUV came to a stop near a backyard shed, but police said the vehicle did not appear to have hit the shed or the nearby house, and no one else was injured."

Quote: "It has yet to be determined if the vehicle was burning before the crash, Morey said."

Note: So the SUV didn't hit anything that would cause a fire, so it may have been on fire as it rolled down the hill...

2017-02-07 - Car bursts into flame and burns man to death on street in Mundka area in Delhi (India):
http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20170208/3051910.html
http://www.siasat.com/news/driver-dies-car-catches-fire-delhis-mundka-1126970/
http://www.nyoooz.com/news/delhi/727633/35yearold-charred-to-death-after-car-catches-fire
http://www.india.com/news/agencies/driver-dies-as-car-catches-fire-in-delhis-mundka-1820024/
http://www.dnaindia.com/delhi/report-35-year-old-charred-to-death-after-car-catches-fire-2316996
http://www.asianage.com/metros/delhi/080217/driver-dies-as-car-catches-fire-in-delhis-mundka.html
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-vehicle-catches-fire-cabbie-charred-to-death-4514929/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/driver-dies-as-car-catches-fire-in-delhi/videoshow/57038063.cms
http://www.4-traders.com/INTERGLOBE-AVIATION-LTD-25531239/news/Delhi-Car-catches-fire-in-Mundka-area-1-killed-23833038/
http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/man-gets-trapped-in-burning-cab-in-northeast-delhi-dies-before-help-arrives/story-mpsZDD5UrwLD1P5t3SP7xL.html

Quote: "In an untoward incident, a man was killed after an Indigo car caught fire near Delhi's Mundka area. The incident took place yesterday night at around 10.30 p.m. The deceased who was the driver of the car, succumbed to his burn injuries. The fire tenders reached the spot to douse the flame and control the situation. The police, with the help of forensic team are trying to find out the reason as how the car caught fire."

2017-02-07 - Person found dead near burning burn pile in St. Charles County (Missouri):
http://www.ksdk.com/news/crime/body-found-in-burning-debris-pile-near-hwy-94/401882241
http://www.kctv5.com/story/34443396/human-remains-found-in-burn-pile-in-st-charles-county
http://www.thenewscommenter.com/news/burning-body-found-by-st-charles-police-remains-mystery/713593
http://www.kmov.com/story/34442952/human-remains-found-in-burn-pile-in-unincorporated-st-charles-county
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2017/02/07/burning-body-found-by-st-charles-police-remains-mystery/
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/human-remains-found-in-burn-pile-in-st-charles-county/article_0e1e16fb-f975-5f10-8ef4-207553c69844.html

2017-02-07 - More than 1000 homes destroyed by massive blaze in coastal Manila (Philippine Islands), 15,000 people homeless, 7 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20170208-57062-PHL
http://www.dw.com/en/shantytown-fire-leaves-thousands-homeless-in-manila/a-37451401
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/08/manila-fire-destroys-homes-of-15000-shantytown-residents
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/world/asia/fire-tears-through-manila-slum-leaving-15000-homeless.html
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/08/shanty-town-fire-in-philippines-leaves-15-000-homeless/21709711/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/08/shanty-town-fire-philippines-leaves-15000-homeless/
http://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/15000-residents-lose-homes-in-manila-shantytown-fire/983797
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/philippines-manila-shantytown-fire-1.3971752
http://www.rt.com/news/376689-manila-fire-philippines-photos/

Quote: "An overnight fire blazed through a Manila shantytown before being put out on Wednesday morning, leaving roughly 15,000 poor residents homeless. The flames spread quickly through a section of the Parola Compound, a collection of tiny homes piled on top of each other near the port in the Philippine capital."

Quote: "Seven people were injured but nobody was killed in the fire, which destroyed more than 1,000 homes."

2017-02-07 - Hydrogen sulfide wiped out life on Earth during the Permian-Triassic:
http://www.chemistryworld.com/news/ocean-chemistry-changes-triggered-earths-greatest-extinction-event/2500368.article
http://cosmosmagazine.com/palaeontology/marine-life-suffocated-during-end-permian-mass-extinction
http://ucalgary.ca/utoday/issue/2017-02-10/ancient-rock-record-sheds-light-ocean-responses-global-warming

Quote: "By analysing sulfur isotopes in pyrite minerals, the team concluded that 'the main killing agents' were brought about by the mixing of sulfide-rich waters from the deep ocean with oxygenated shallow waters. Exactly what caused this increased mixing is still a mystery, however. 'Sulfide is toxic to eukaryotic cells and we know that hydrogen sulfide at concentrations of a few hundred parts per million would be lethal to humans, if exposed for a prolonged time,' explains Shen. 'The shoaling of sulfidic waters, therefore, would kill marine animals in the Permian–Triassic oceans.'"

Quote: "Although the end-Permian extinction happened over a quarter of a billion years ago, the events that triggered it have added significance in the light of current-day climate change. 'Satellite remote sensing has clearly shown that massive fish mortality in the Namibian coastal waters are associated with sulfidic waters,' says Shen. 'As a matter of fact, due to human-induced eutrophication and global warming, the episodic occurrence of hydrogen sulfide has been reported in many coastal waters – such as those of the Gulf of Mexico, California and western India.' This warning is echoed by Lyons, who notes that there 'are lessons to be learned from this event, as we face warming in the present-day ocean'."

Note: The same thing is happening right now, and has been underway since at least as early as 2002, when sea life began fleeing the depths in the ocean off the Pacific Northwest. And the lesson I would learn from this is that we're no more likely to survive this event than all the other species that it's wiped off the face of the Earth in the past and, therefore, we should focus on Plan B options, or else this is the final chapter in the Book of Humanity...

2017-02-07 - Hydrogen sulfide hitting areas in coastal East Providence (Rhode Island):
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20170206/moving-toward-solution-to-nuisance-odor-at-east-providence-sewer-plant

Quote: "Waste from Barrington is sitting inside its pipe so long - a situation apparently exacerbated by dry conditions over the past year - that the resulting anaerobic (oxygen-less) conditions are causing it to decompose and give off hydrogen sulfide. Not only does the gas smell of rotten eggs, it's also acidic, said Gray. As a result, it can be corrosive to equipment at the wastewater plant."

2017-02-07 - Scientists warn we could be extinct by 2026:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/02/near-term-extinction-on-rt.html

Note: That's not far-fetched. Once the barely-frozen clathrates in the Artic blow their wads, global firestorms will begin, sweeping southward and incinerating everything on the surface of the Earth. That could begin at any time now, and the area of the planet warming faster than any other area IS the Arctic...

2017-02-07 - North Atlantic storm to send more heat into the Arctic, again:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/02/major-north-atlantic-storm-to-send.html

2017-02-07 - Rare polar phenomenon, Sudden Stratospheric Warming, could trigger big freeze across UK:
http://weather.com/en-GB/unitedkingdom/weather/news/snow-polar-weather-chaos-socltand
http://www.sott.net/article/341824-Rare-polar-phenomenon-Sudden-Stratospheric-Warming-could-trigger-big-freeze-across-UK

Quote: "The North Pole's high-altitude air has suddenly warmed up and is set to shunt cold low-level Arctic air south to Scotland."

2017-02-07 - Antarctic ice shelf rift grew 17 miles in the last two months:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/02/antarctic-ice-shelf-rift-grew-17-miles.html

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-02-08 - RV trailer explodes and burns, kills 2 children, injures 3 people, off Green Swamp Road in Brunswick (Georgia):
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/several-children-rescued-from-fire-in-glynn-county-toddler-severely-burned/492283231
http://jacksonville.com/news/2017-02-08/trailer-fire-kills-infant-injuries-four-family-members
http://goldenisles.news/breaking/explosion-destroys-camper-home-in-sterling-hazmat-police-investigating/article_eabeb73a-9399-5380-9e6a-94bdbb01ee7e.html

Quote: "A second child has died from injuries suffered in an explosion and fire that killed an infant Wednesday, Glynn County said. The fire in a trailer in the Sterling Community just off U.S. 341 was reported about 12:40 p.m. The structure was described as a fifth-wheel trailer and appeared to be a camper."

2017-02-08 - Another massive mysterious explosion rattles people at 11 PM in Salford (Britain):
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/another-mysterious-loud-bang-heard-12578355

Quote: "Last month scores of people in Salford, Trafford, Chorlton and Sale said they heard a loud bang and saw a plume of smoke coming from Buile Hill Park. The cause of the noise remained unexplained, despite a police investigation."

Note: A massive explosion and a plume of smoke, but no damage to be found - had to be an atmospheric explosion...

2017-02-08 - Chemical plant rocked by massive explosion and fire in Tongling (China), 2+ injured:
http://www.rt.com/news/376722-china-chemical-plant-blast/
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2069248/huge-blast-metal-plant-leaves-least-two-injured-central-china
http://www.stomp.com.sg/singapore-seen/from-around-the-world/giant-ball-of-fire-lights-up-the-sky-after-massive-explosion-at
http://cn.shafaqna.com/EN/CN/4066580

2017-02-08 - Chemical plant devastated by huge explosion and fire, toxic gas cloud released, in Paterna (Spain):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/massive-chemical-explosion-spanish-chlorine-9777314
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/586377/valencia-Fuente-del-Jarro-paterna-chemical-planet-explosion-fire
http://sputniknews.com/europe/201702081050460284-spain-blast-chemical-plant/
http://cadenaser.com/emisora/2017/02/08/radio_valencia/1486543346_883552.html
http://www.thelocal.es/20170208/explosion-at-chemical-works-near-valencia

2017-02-08 - Chemical plant heavily damaged by fire in Dera Bassi (India):
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/goods-worth-rs-10-crore-perish-in-pharma-plant-fire/361567.html

2017-02-08 - Chemistry building damaged by fire at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2017/02/um_chemistry_building_evacuate.html

2017-02-08 - Refinery damaged by fire in Meraux (Louisiana):
http://www.wdtimes.com/news/national/article_936b73db-61fb-511d-9611-80bbeac4e031.html
http://wgno.com/2017/02/08/breaking-explosion-reported-at-valero-refinery-in-meraux/
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article131428149.html
http://www.richmond.com/news/ap/article_893cfe24-a12a-51bf-9686-6860d9652421.html
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2017/02/refinery_fire_reported_at_vale.html
http://www.wdsu.com/article/fire-breaks-out-at-valero-refinery-in-meraux/8691596
http://www.katc.com/story/34455585/sheriffs-spokeswoman-fire-at-valero-refinery-under-control
http://www.kalb.com/content/news/Sheriffs-spokeswoman-Fire-at-Valero-refinery-under-control-413179183.html

2017-02-08 - Oil well fire breaks out in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma):
http://www.koco.com/article/crews-responding-to-oil-well-fire-in-northeast-okc/8691803
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/koconews/829347608426471425

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Likewise, chemical plants of all types will burn and/or explode, including biofuels plants, fertilizer plants, specialty chemical plants, petroleum-related facilities and more."

2017-02-08 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Hartford (Connecticut):
http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-hartford-manhole-fire-0208-20170207-story.html
http://www.ctscoop.com/2017/02/07/electrical-fire-reported-in-downtown-hartford-manhole/

2017-02-08 - Underground electrical explosion and fire causes panic in subway in Paris (France):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20170209-57066-FRA
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2820312/paris-metro-evacuated-fire-underground/
http://www.sott.net/article/342053-Paris-Metro-Eight-injured-in-fire-following-a-loud-explosion
http://www.rt.com/news/376755-paris-metro-blast-fire/

2017-02-08 - Samsung battery plant damaged by fire in coastal Tianjin (China):
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/samsung-battery-factory-fire/
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/08/samsungs-note-7-battery-supplier-has-fire-at-china-factory/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-08/samsung-sdi-puts-out-minor-fire-at-tianjin-battery-factory
http://www.forbes.com/sites/bensin/2017/02/08/a-fire-broke-out-at-a-samsung-battery-factory-in-china/
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2069166/fire-breaks-out-chinese-factory-makes-samsung-note-7-batteries

Note: This is the city where a massive deadly explosion destroyed a warehouse at 11:30 PM in 2015, killing dozens and injuring hundreds, mentioned in the 2015-08-12 update...

2017-02-07 - Battery pack explodes and burns in backpack on subway train in coastal London (Britain):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20170208-57063-GBR

2017-02-08 - Ships carrying vehicles increasingly burning:
http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/insurers-warn-on-ro-ro-fires
http://shipmanagementinternational.com/increase-in-frequency-of-fires-onboard-carro-ro-passenger-vessels/
http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/iumi-fires-on-ro-ro-passenger-vehicle-decks-on-the-rise/

Quote: "The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has today (Wednesday) published a position paper voicing its concerns with fires on ro-ro passenger vehicles. Marine underwriters have witnessed an increase in the frequency of fires in the car/ro-ro passenger vessel segment and IUMI have put forward recommendations to mitigate the risks."

Quote: "While the paper mainly focuses on ro-ro passenger vessels, similar concerns with fires exist also for car carriers. It is also worth noting that damage to the cargo on these vessels can be significant, although the fire itself may be contained."

Note: If they'd listened to me five years ago, they maybe could have saved themselves umpteen million dollars by being pro-active instead of reactive. I also said recycling facilities would be going up in flames, and two years later almost all major international insurers had bowed out of the business because of heavy losses due to the increasing numbers of recycling center fires, mentioned in the 2014-04-04 update. Not that I'm one to shed too many tears over insurance companies...

2017-02-08 - Many homes destroyed by huge blaze in coastal Malabon City (Philippine Islands), 1000 families homeless:
http://www.philstar.com/nation/2017/02/09/1670562/fire-razes-urban-poor-community-malabon
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/598879/news/metro/hundreds-of-families-lose-homes-to-fire-in-malabon-city

Note: More than 1000 homes just went up in flames and rendered 15,000 people homeless the day prior in coastal Manila too, mentioned in the 2017-02-07 update...

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-02-09 - Car bursts into flame at 4:30 AM and kills man in garage at home in Cicero (Illinois):
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/person-found-dead-after-garage-fire-in-cicero/
http://abc7chicago.com/news/body-found-in-garage-after-early-morning-fire-in-cicero/1746742/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-cicero-fire-death-20170209-story.html
http://cltv.com/2017/02/09/body-found-in-burned-out-garage-in-cicero/

Quote: "The fire broke out around 4:30 a.m. at the 3500-block of 58th Avenue. Fire investigators believe it was started by a car left running in the garage. The person was found in the car."

Quote: "Investigators found no evidence of foul play, Hanania said."

Note: This is the second man in a week to burn to death in a burning car in their garage at home. The other was a man who burned to death at 1:30 AM inside a burning car in his garage in Columbus (Ohio), mentioned in the 2017-02-03 update. This is an increasingly popular way to die nowadays...

2017-02-09 - Passenger plane bursts into flame at 11 PM on the tarmac at coastal JFK Airport (New York):
http://nypost.com/2017/02/10/video-shows-moment-planes-engine-catches-fire-at-jfk-airport/
http://nypost.com/2017/02/10/plane-engine-catches-fire-just-before-takeoff-at-jfk/
http://ripplenews.com/read/new-york/plane-bound-for-buenos-aires-suffered-engine-fire-at-jfk-airport-sources-say-1rb5tolu
http://abc7ny.com/news/plane-bound-for-buenos-aires-suffers-engine-fire-at-jfk-airport-sources-say/1747334/

Quote: "Aerolineas Argentinas flight 1301, bound for Buenos Aires, is sitting on the runway after experiencing an engine fire around 11 p.m. People on the ground said they heard a loud bang. Other pilots reported seeing a fire."

2017-02-09 - Passenger plane bursts into flame in flight, plane makes emergency landing in Delhi (India):
http://mashable.com/2017/02/10/goair-flight-fire/
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/goair-flight-emergency-landing-teens-spot-plane-fire-alert-saves-194-lives-4516723/

Quote: "A major mishap was averted Wednesday evening after two teenagers informed authorities about fire in the tail of a GoAir flight that flew overhead. The flight, carrying 194 people, did an emergency landing at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport minutes after it was informed about the fire."

Quote: "Saurabh Tandon, who was on the flight, said, 'At least five to seven minutes after take-off, I heard people screaming about a fire. As I looked to my left, I noticed that the left engine had caught fire. The plane was flying at around 5,000-6,000 feet. The fire, which lasted for about 30 seconds, somehow went off, probably because the pilots switched off the engine,' he added."

Note: These are the 13th and 14th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-02-09 - Nuclear plant rocked by explosion and fire in coastal Flamanville (France):
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38918010
http://www.thelocal.fr/20170209/french-nuclear-hit-by-explosion
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/09/explosion-at-flamanville-nuclear-plant-in-western-france
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/news/no-casualties-and-fire-controlled-at-edfrun-french-nuclear-plant-35437291.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/french-nuclear-power-plant-explosion-latest-injured-flamanville-la-manche-normandy-accident-fire-a7570876.html

Quote: "The explosion occurred on Thursday at 10am in the engine room of the Flamanville nuclear power plant on the Normandy coast."

Quote: "Marmion said five people had reported feeling unwell but that there were no serious injuries, adding that rescue services were at the site."

2017-02-09 - Gas pipeline explodes and burns in Paradis (Louisiana), evacuations ensue, 2 injured, 1 missing:
http://wgno.com/2017/02/09/fire-reported-at-natural-gas-plant-in-paradis/
http://www.wdsu.com/article/crews-battling-fire-at-st-charles-plant/8700297
http://www.wwltv.com/news/breaking-large-fire-at-plant-in-paradis/406610202
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2017/02/william_discovery_plant_fire.html
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2017/02/phillips_66_pipeline_explosion.html
http://www.wlox.com/story/34471546/update-residents-being-evacuated-near-paradis-pipeline-fire
http://www.wafb.com/story/34471546/sheriff-says-pipeline-fire-could-burn-for-hours-maybe-days
http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/34471546/sheriff-says-pipeline-fire-could-burn-for-hours-maybe-days
http://927thevan.com/news/articles/2017/feb/10/two-workers-taken-to-hospital-in-phillips-66-pipeline-fire-in-louisiana/

2017-02-09 - Agricultural research site explodes and burns in coastal Bandar Abbas (Iran), 5 killed, 9 injured:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/5-dead-9-hurt-in-iran-underground-gas-explosion/

2017-02-09 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire at 6:30 AM, junk cars burn, in Glassboro (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2017/02/companies_fought_a_multi-car_blaze_at_glassboro_ju.html

Quote: "This fire came about a week after another car fire at the junkyard on Feb. 1."

2017-02-09 - Rail bridge damaged by fire in Tongi (Bangladesh):
http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/02/09/dhaka-rail-line-blocked-after-rail-bridge-catches-fire-in-tongi
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2017/02/09/fire-damages-rail-track-tongi-disrupts-train-services/
http://www.thedailystar.net/country/rail-service-disrupted-fire-tongi-1358395

2017-02-09 - Car bursts into flame at 1:30 AM while parked at home, fire spreads, home destroyed, in Pasadena (Texas):
http://cw39.com/2017/02/09/defective-ford-mustang-leads-to-house-fire/
http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/pasadena/news/article/Ford-Mustang-catches-fire-overnight-destroys-10920118.php
http://www.click2houston.com/video/pasadena-neighbor-credited-with-saving-family-before-car-fire-spreads-to-home
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/KPRC2/829661708633378816

Quote: "A Thursday morning fire that started in a Ford Mustang destroyed a garage and spread to the main house on in the 2400 block of Shenandoah in Pasadena. Homeowner Alvaro Rico said he went to bed at about 12:15 a.m. and was woken at about 1:30 a.m. by a woman knocking on the door."

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-02-10 - Woman, 85, burns to death in burning car along Phils Creek Road in Jersey County (Illinois):
http://www.kmov.com/story/34478879/body-found-in-burned-vehicle-believed-to-be-missing-elderly-woman
http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/police-looking-for-missing-85-year-old-woman2/405022014
http://fox2now.com/2017/02/10/902570/

2017-02-10 - Person found dead and on fire at 1:10 AM near overpass in Portland area in Louisville (Kentucky):
http://www.wave3.com/story/34473130/body-found-near-overpass-in-the-portland-neighborhood

Quote: "Police and fire crews were called to the intersection of 22nd Street and Northwestern Parkway at 1:10 a.m. Friday on a report of a fire, according to MetroSafe. The body was found after the fire was put out."

2017-02-10 - Man burns to death after igniting in bathroom at Wendy's in Highland Park (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2017/02/reports_man_dies_after_catchin.html
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/man-dies-in-highland-park-after-walking-out-of-wendys-bathroom-engulfed-in-flames
http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/235070303-story

Quote: "Officials are unsure how the man caught on fire but it's believe that he set himself on fire inside the bathroom. By the time he walked out, his entire body was covered in flames. Employees tried to put out the fire but were unsuccessful. Officials arrived on scene and extinguished the fire. The man was pronounced dead at the scene."

Note: Why do they think he set himself on fire? Because they don't want people to know that people are bursting into flame and burning to death? Why not just ask him? Oh, right, they can't. How convenient...

2017-02-10 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane returns to coastal Boston (Massachusetts):
http://abc11.com/news/rdu-bound-plane-returns-to-boston-airport-after-pilot-smells-smoke/1748797/
http://www.wral.com/rdu-bound-flight-returns-to-boston-airport-after-pilot-smells-smoke/16521248/
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/durham/rdu-bound-plane-returns-to-boston-airport-after-pilot-smells-smoke/
http://www.wcvb.com/article/flight-leaving-boston-makes-emergency-landing-for-possible-smoky-odor/8730871
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/02/10/delta-flight-pilot-smoke-logan-airport-boston/

Quote: "A Delta plane headed to Raleigh-Durham International Airport Friday night returned to Boston's Logan International Airport after the pilot smelled smoke in the cockpit."

Note: This is the 15th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-02-10 - Underground electrical fires break out in coastal Brooklyn (New York):
http://abc7ny.com/news/manhole-fire-in-brooklyn-knocks-out-power-to-buildings/1747562/

Quote: "A manhole fire has knocked out power to several buildings in Brooklyn. The fire cut power to 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148 and 150 North Seventh Street in Williamsburg Friday."

2017-02-10 - Three underground electrical explosions hit coastal Queens (New York):
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/02/11/sunnyside-manhole-explosions/

Quote: "Three manhole covers exploded Friday night along 39th Avenue in Sunnyside, Queens."

2017-02-10 - Underground fire breaks out near school in Oldbury (Britain):
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/80-schoolchildren-moved-after-smoke-12587902

2017-02-10 - Transformer bursts into flame just after midnight at power plant near Hanging Rock (Ohio), near the Ohio River:
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Transformer-catches-fire-at-power-plant-413261063.html

2017-02-10 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, pile of junk cars and parts burns, in coastal Waipahu (Hawaii):
http://hawaiinformer.com/20054/fire-ignites-at-auto-graveyard-in-waipahu/
http://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/02/10/hawaii-news/911-report/fire-ignites-at-auto-graveyard-in-waipahu/
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/honolulu-star-advertiser/20170210/281956017531141
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/02/10/Fire_ignites_at_auto_graveyard_in_Waipahu/

2017-02-10 - Landfill erupts in flame at 3 AM near beach in coastal Khlong Yai District (Thailand):
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1196349/fire-at-trat-garbage-dump-pollutes-community

Quote: "A fire at a garbage dump near Pailin beach in Khlong Yai district in the early hours of Friday sent thick smoke billowing over the nearby community."

Category: Variety Pack

2017-02-11 - Two people found dead in apartment in coastal Berkeley (California):
http://abc7news.com/news/2-found-dead-in-berkeley-apartment/1750482/
http://www.dailycal.org/2017/02/11/2-people-found-dead-apartment/
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Pair-found-dead-in-Berkeley-apartment-10926468.php
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Pair-found-dead-in-Berkeley-apartment-10926468.php
http://patch.com/california/berkeley/2-people-found-dead-berkeley-apartment
http://bayareanewstalk.com/two-found-dead-this-morning-in-berkeley-apartment/
http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2017-02-10/article/45453
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/02/11/police-investigating-possible-toxic-poisoning-after-2-found-dead-in-berkeley-apartment/
http://usnews.naijamotherland.com/2017/02/12/police-investigating-possible-toxic-poisoning-after-2-found-dead-in-berkeley-apartment/
http://www.ktvu.com/news/235248891-story

Quote: "Berkeley Police Lt. Joe Okies said officers received a call at 11:30 Saturday morning from family members reporting a medical emergency on the 1300 block of Haskell Street. The Fire Department arrived first and discovered two occupants inside, both dead."

Quote: "Officers said they are looking into whether toxic substances or gases killed the two."

Note: On the coast in California, where hydrogen sulfide and rotten egg odors have regularly been hitting towns - toxic substances or gases killing people would certainly not be surprising...

2017-02-11 - Cars increasingly bursting into flame in India:
http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2017-02-12/Spurt-in-car-fire-cases-sparks-concern-/280117

Quote: "Four-wheelers are increasingly catching fire while on the move resulting in loss of life, property and also causing serious traffic snarls."

2017-02-11 - Landfill erupts in flame, fire gets huge, in coastal Chennai (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/fire-rages-for-four-hours-at-kodungaiyur-dumpyard-in-chennai/articleshow/57086673.cms

2017-02-11 - Satellite image of the horrendous wildfires burning near the coast in Chile:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/02/image-of-day-satellite-view-of-forest.html

2017-02-11 - Oroville Dam severely eroded in California, expected to fail, 130,000+ people evacuated:
http://katu.com/news/local/emergency-spillway-expected-to-fail-at-tallest-us-dam-evacuations-ordered
http://abc7ny.com/news/oroville-dam-emergency-spillway-expected-to-fail;-thousands-evacuated/1751484/
http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2017/02/evacuation_near_california_dam.html
http://www.itv.com/news/2017-02-13/130-000-evacuated-over-fears-of-dam-bursting/
http://www.krcrtv.com/news/local/butte/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-oroville-dam-and-evacuations/330864538
http://www.sott.net/article/342450-Californias-Oroville-Dam-overtopping-spillway-fails-from-sinkhole-damage-Update-evacuation-ordered

Quote: "Officials have ordered thousands of residents near the Oroville Dam to evacuate the area, saying a 'hazardous situation is developing' after an emergency spillway severely eroded. The Butte County Sheriff's Office says the emergency spillway could fail within an hour unleashing uncontrolled flood waters from Lake Oroville."

Quote: "At least 130,000 people were asked to evacuate in Northern California after authorities warned an emergency spillway in the country's tallest dam was in danger of failing Sunday and unleashing uncontrolled flood waters on towns below."

Quote: "'Immediate evacuation from the low levels of Oroville and areas downstream is ordered,' the Butte County sheriff said in a statement posted on social media. 'This is NOT A Drill.'"

Category: Variety Pack

2017-02-12 - 'Nasty odours' sickens 68 people at airport in Hamburg (Germany):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_update&edis_id=HZ-20170212-57116-DEU
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/587528/Hamburg-airport-evacuated-ambulance-gas
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/50-people-fall-ill-after-apparent-toxin-released-at-hamburg-airport/
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/766317/Hamburg-airport-germany-evacuated-passengers-breathing-difficulties
http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20170212/hamburg-airport-halts-flights-evacuates-in-bad-air-scare-in-germany
http://www.rt.com/news/377108-hamburg-airport-injured-substance/
http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20170212_02725977

Quote: "Nearly 70 people have been taken ill at Hamburg Airport after 'nasty odours' were pumped through the terminal's air-conditioning system."

Quote: "All flights were stopped after scores of people reported 'respiratory irritation' at the airport. People were treated for coughing, breathing problems and burning eyes by paramedics at the scene. Medics raced to the terminals 1 and 2 to treat holidaymakers who had reported feeling unwell."

Note: They're trying hard to blame this on a small canister of pepper spray that a worker threw in the trash. There's all kindsa stuff wrong with that excuse. First, you have to assume their employees are incompetent, to dispose of such a canister unsafely. Then you have to assume more employees were incompetent and put a trash can near an air return vent. Then you have to assume that the canister vented spontaneously for some reason but nobody heard the sound or noticed haze coming out of the trash can. Then you have to assume that people would call pepper spray a 'nasty odour' - it's not, it smells like pepper, it's just very irritating to the eyes and mucous membranes. Then you have to assume that a personal-sized canister that mysteriously went off by itself for some reason could possibly HOLD enough pepper spray to disperse enough to sicken 68 people. And then you have to assume that even though it's not NORMALLY invisible, the pepper spray, in this instance, somehow became invisible because nobody reported any haze. Any ONE of those things...sure, maybe. But all of them? Nah, far too implausible. If it smells like a bullshit story and it looks like a bullshit story, most likely it's a bullshit story.

Now, instead of assuming ALL of those impossible or improbable things, you could alternatively just assume it was hydrogen sulfide - it would be more apt to be called a 'nasty odour', it would come in through the outside air intakes, it could easily be plentiful enough to sicken 68 people with exactly those symptoms, it would be invisible and create no haze, and the authorities would attempt to disguise a major hydrogen sulfide poisoning incident with some inane excuse like, say, pepper spray.

Which of the two above scenarios is more likely, the one they WANT you to believe, filled with improbabilities and impossibilities, or the one they don't even want you to consider because it's far more plausible? When they try to steer your thinking, it's best to be wary. And obviously they have to come up with SOME excuse that people will accept, at least gullible trusting people. In this case the excuse was pepper spray. They've used this excuse many times. As long as people will buy it, they'll keep on using it. But soon enough, it won't just be enough hydrogen sulfide to sicken a few dozen people - there will be piles of corpses. At that point they'll have to switch to an entirely different excuse which will probably be...'terrorists done it!'

2017-02-12 - Person burns to death before 7 AM beneath overpass in Santa Ana (California):
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/One-Dead-Homeless-Encampment-Fire-Santa-Ana-413531753.html
http://abc7.com/news/body-discovered-in-fire-at-santa-ana-homeless-encampment/1750960/
http://ktla.com/2017/02/12/body-found-after-homeless-encampment-fire-is-extinguished-in-santa-ana/
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/fire-743842-horner-body.html

2017-02-12 - Car bursts into flame at 12:30 AM, car crashes, in coastal Paralimni on the island of Cyprus (Greece), 1 killed:
http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/02/12/man-dies-rental-car-bursts-flames-impact-wall/

Quote: "Further investigations revealed later on Sunday that according to a witness, the car burst into flames long before it hit the wall. A driver who was travelling behind said the victim only lost control of the car after the fire broke out."

2017-02-12 - Passenger bus bursts into flame and kills passenger, near Siliguri (India), 10 people injured too:
http://siliguritimes.com/one-dead-as-bus-catches-fire-near-siliguri/
http://echoofindia.com/siliguri-passenger-killed-after-bus-catches-fire-123515

Quote: "A passenger died in a Purulia bound AC bus after it caught fire at the Bidhan Nagar area near Siliguri on Sunday afternoon. The fire spread rapidly and engulfed the bus in no time creating panic. In their scramble to get off the burning vehicle, 10 people got injured and had to be taken to the Bidhan Nagar Primary Health Centre."

Note: This is the 155th bus to burn in 2017...

2017-02-12 - At least two mysterious explosions shake homes and rattle people in Whitley County (Indiana):
http://www.thepostandmail.com/content/loud-booms-first-responders-probe-house-rattling-bangs-southern-whitley
http://www.sott.net/article/342510-First-responders-probe-loud-house-rattling-booms-in-northeast-Indiana

Quote: "Homeowners reported the explosive noise literally shook their houses. Possible sonic booms from air craft in the area were discounted as the cause as there were no Air National Guard exercises ongoing at the time. Another cause could be the phenomena named "frost quakes," although those usually happen in much colder weather; however, there is also a moisture component to the freak winter events."

Note: Yeah, well, these mysterious explosions have been happening in the spring, summer and fall too, so there's no reason to think these current ones were caused by something different just because they happened in the winter. Whatever is causing these explosions - likely atmospheric explosions, since 'flashes of 'light' and 'sulfur smells' and smoke have been reported with some of them - is something that is happening year-round. This will be way more obvious once a few towns have been turned into charred craters...

2017-02-12 - Mysterious explosions shake homes in Eastern Pennsylvania:
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/what-s-causing-the-house-shaking-booms-in-southern-lancaster/article_246d9b60-ef09-11e6-953c-6bda747cf50d.html
http://www.sott.net/article/342518-Loud-mystery-booms-rattle-homes-in-Eastern-Pennsylvania

2017-02-12 - More than 80 brush fires raging in New South Wales (Australia), town heavily damaged or destroyed:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38952206
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38948669
http://news.sky.com/story/tiny-australian-community-uarbry-destroyed-by-bushfire-10766331
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4216238/Bushfires-threaten-properties-NSW-mid-coast.html
http://sputniknews.com/asia/201702131050607694-australian-bushfires-heatwave-hell-emergency/
http://www.sott.net/article/342467-Australia-battles-out-of-control-bushfires-amid-catastrophic-heatwave
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/02/13/australian-homes-destroyed-in-wildfires-amid-high-temperatures-winds.html
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/environment/nsw-bushfires-rural-fire-service-issues-emergency-warnings-as-bushfires-head-for-towns-20170212-gub217.html

Quote: "Most buildings in a tiny Australian town have been damaged as bushfires ravage New South Wales (NSW) state, authorities have said. More than 80 fires - including 20 uncontained - were still burning on Monday following record temperatures. The Rural Fire Service (RFS) said it was remarkable no lives were lost amid 'catastrophic' weekend conditions. But about nine of 12 buildings in Uarbry, a very small community, had been destroyed, one local man said."

2017-02-12 - Chemical plant explodes and burns in Xinjiang (China), 2 killed, 8 injured:
http://indianexpress.com/article/world/two-killed-in-chemical-plant-explosion-in-china/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/two-killed-in-chemical-plant-explosion-in-china/articleshow/57109741.cms
http://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/two-killed-in-chemical-plant-explosion-in-china---/986823
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1032533.shtml

2017-02-12 - In separate events, transformer explodes and burns, and dumpster ignites, in coastal Waikiki (Hawaii):
http://khon2.com/2017/02/12/transformer-explosion-closes-hobron-lane-in-waikiki/

Quote: "Witnesses told KHON2 the loud blast shook buildings and brought clouds of dust into the air. Police and fire department also reported of a call of a dumpster fire in the same area around 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The incidents did not cause any injuries, and no word if the two cases are connected."

Note: Definitely connected by timeframe, general area, proximity to the coast and the atmosphere...

2017-02-12 - Underground explosion blows manhole cover off in underground carpark in coastal Adelaide (Australia):
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/work-shutdown-at-the-new-royal-adelaide-hospital-and-investigation-underway-into-cause-of-explosion-in-basement-car-park/news-story/b0fc9dcdafa662a26b217b9e68d461d8

2017-02-12 - Hundreds of motorcycles and motorcycle dealership destroyed by mammoth fire in Escondido (California), near the coast:
http://fox5sandiego.com/2017/02/12/fire-destroys-escondido-motorcycle-dealership/
http://www.cbs8.com/story/34485072/escondido-motorcycle-dealership-destroyed-by-fire
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-motorcycle-fire-20170211-story.html
http://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2017/02/12/2-alarm-blaze-consumes-motorcycle-dealership-in-escondido/
http://sandiegonewsdaily.com/escondido-motorcycle-dealership-destroyed-by-fire-cbs-news-8-san-diego-ca-news-station/
http://californiadolphin.com/news/159344/escondido-motorcycle-dealership-destroyed-by-fire
http://snewsi.com/id/17148826789/Escondido-motorcycle-dealership-destroyed-by-fire

Quote: "Fire destroys hundreds of motorcycles at dealership..."

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-02-13 - Woman found burned to death at coastal beach on the Isle of Anglesey (Britain):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-38957996
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/womans-badly-burned-body-found-9812566
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/body-woman-found-burned-newry-12597439
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2858111/womans-badly-burned-body-found-in-seaside-shelter-at-picturesque-beach-in-anglesey/

Quote: "A woman's body has been found badly burned close to a picturesque beach in Anglesey, Wales. The woman, who is as yet unidentified, is believed to have been burned by the time her body was found in a shelter near Newry beach."

Quote: "At this time the death is not being treated as suspicious, and the coroner for north west Wales has been informed."

2017-02-13 - Two planes, two boats, two cars, RV trailer and hangar damaged or destroyed by explosion and fire near Paulding (Ohio):
http://www.progressnewspaper.org/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/Four-fire-departments-respond-to-report-of-explosion/198/1210/194049
http://www.timesbulletin.com/Content/Default/Homepage-Rotator/Article/Fire-departments-respond-to-airplane-hangar-fire/-3/1168/208150

Quote: "Weidenhamer said the contents probably will be a total loss. Two airplanes, two boats, two cars and a camper were damaged or destroyed by fire, heat or smoke. The hangar, although damaged, remains standing."

Note: These are the 16th and 17th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017, and these are the 97th and 98th boats/ships to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-02-13 - Massive mysterious explosion shakes homes in Eutawville, Cope, Cordova and Norway (South Carolina):
http://thetandd.com/news/local/source-of-earth-shaking-saturday-explosion-remains-a-mystery/article_db117a34-e36e-5e40-ab3a-606f1221163e.html

2017-02-13 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes in Hamilton (Ohio):
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/butler-county/hamilton-community/mysterious-boom-leaves-hamilton-neighbors-stumped
http://www.journal-news.com/news/hamilton-west-side-big-boom-remains-mystery/Vho0pDJTl14p0Bb5Uaw1zK/
http://www.sott.net/article/342631-Mysterious-boom-in-Ohio-shakes-homes-knocks-items-off-wall

2017-02-13 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes in Mansfield (Ohio):
http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/ohio/cause-of-loud-boom-in-mansfield-remains-a-mystery/407879024

2017-02-13 - Underground electrical fire spits flame from manhole in coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Manhole-Fire-East-87th-Street-Lexington-Avenue-Blaze-Flame-Traffic-Official-413582763.html

2017-02-13 - Transformer explodes and burns at 2:41 AM, businesses lose power, in Waldwick (New Jersey):
http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/waldwick/2017/02/13/waldwick-businesses-lose-power-after-transformer-fire/97862386/

2017-02-13 - Recycling center hit by fire, building destroyed, in Hendron (Kentucky), near the Ohio River:
http://www.lex18.com/story/34497456/recycling-plant-catches-fire-overnight

2017-02-13 - 70+ huts go up in flames at village in coastal Chennai (India):
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2017/feb/14/overnight-fire-engulfs-73-huts-at-fishing-hamlet-kvk-kuppam-in-chennai-1570401.html

Category: Variety Pack

2017-02-14 - Temperature hits almost 100 degrees in winter in Mangum (Oklahoma):
http://thinkprogress.org/its-been-45-above-normal-in-oklahoma-this-february-ba30f7bde27a
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/02/oklahoma-temperatures-hit-nearly-100f.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028657061
http://newsok.com/article/5537866

Quote: "Oklahoma just endured a spell of exceptionally hot weather. Mangum, Oklahoma saw temperatures close to 100º F, setting a state record. The average February high in Mangum is 56º F."

Note: Holy sh#t, that's crrrazy! Only one state over from me. If that happened here in Misery in the middle of winter, I'd be freaking out. Kinda freaking out anyway!

2017-02-14 - Person found dead in burning car near pond in Kansas City (Missouri):
http://www.kmbc.com/article/body-found-in-burned-car-in-southeast-kansas-city/8800584
http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/body-found-in-burned-car-in-southeast-kansas-city
http://www.devilslakejournal.com/news/20170215/body-found-inside-burned-car-in-southeast-kc
http://fox4kc.com/2017/02/14/body-found-in-burned-car-near-woods-chapel-road-and-little-blue-parkway/
http://www.kctv5.com/story/34508453/body-found-in-burned-vehicle-in-southeast-kansas-city
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article132682869.html
http://www.therepublic.com/2017/02/15/mo-burned-body-vehicle/

2017-02-14 - Coal mine rocked by explosion at 1:30 AM in Hunan Province (China), 8 killed, 3 missing:
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2070790/eight-dead-three-missing-after-explosion-chinese-coal-mine
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-4223392/Huge-explosion-rips-coal-central-China.html
http://www.kalb.com/content/news/8-dead-3-missing-in-central-China-coal-mine-explosion-413658003.html
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201702141050649652-8-killed-mine-southeastern-china/

Note: In other more positive news, 8-11 coal miner jobs just opened in Hunan Province in China!

2017-02-14 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame at 5 AM in El Paso (Texas):
http://kfoxtv.com/news/local/fire-breaks-out-at-sa-recycling-in-the-lower-valley
http://www.kvia.com/news/top-stories/fire-in-recycling-plant-now-under-control/332898378
http://cbs4local.com/news/local/fire-under-control-at-sa-recycling-center-in-the-lower-valley

2017-02-14 - Two wildfires rage in the Port Hills, several homes destroyed, near coastal Christchurch (New Zealand):
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/02/port-hills-family-loses-classic-car-collection-home-in-fire.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/89420865/Smoke-from-Christchurch-Port-Hills-fires-blankets-city
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/02/15/hundreds-evacuate-after-new-zealand-wildfires.html
http://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/live-its-pretty-sad-all-blacks-legend-richie-mccaw-port-hills-fires-disaster
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/zealand-wildfires-prompt-hundreds-evacuations-45501659
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/89420865/More-homes-evacuated-as-Christchurch-Port-Hills-fire-rage-out-of-control
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/89376043/two-fires-on-christchurchs-port-hills-destroy-house-force-evacuations
http://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/two-large-fires-in-port-hills-south-christchurch
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/89372687/Christchurch-Port-Hills-ablaze
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/89378018/Photos-Huge-fires-tear-through-Christchurchs-Port-Hills

2017-02-14 - Car bursts into flame in the wee hours while parked at home, fire spreads to home, in Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.azfamily.com/story/34500252/car-fire-spreads-to-phoenix-home
http://www.fox10tv.com/story/34500252/car-fire-spreads-to-phoenix-home

2017-02-14 - Sea ice extent shrinks to lowest level ever recorded in Antarctica:
http://www.sunherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article132718374.html

Category: Variety Pack

2017-02-15 - Oceans losing oxygen, posing threats to marine (and non-marine) life:
http://www.nature.com/articles/nature21399.epdf
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/02/global-ocean-de-oxygenation-quantified.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/02/15/its-official-the-oceans-are-losing-oxygen-posing-growing-threats-to-marine-life/

Quote: "'When the upper ocean warms, less water gets down deep, and so therefore, the oxygen supply to the deep ocean is shut down or significantly reduced,' Schmidtko said."

Note: And the bottom of the oceans is where the ancient anaerobic bacteria and archaea live that produce hydrogen sulfide. And they don't like oxygen, so this is just wonderful news for them. This is what I said more than 5 years ago. It took them five years to ALMOST catch up to where I was 5+ years ago. (They still don't grok the full extent of the threat.) At this rate, by the time they realize what's actually happening, that another 'Great Dying' has begun ...we'll all be dead. In the meantime, the destruction of human civilization continues!

2017-02-15 - Hydrogen sulfide continues blowing through neighborhood in Plano (Texas):
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/02/15/i-team-update-rotten-egg-odor-in-plano-neighborhood-not-a-health-risk/

Quote: "It turns out what neighbors are smelling is the potentially dangerous gas, hydrogen sulfide (H2S). However, after two weeks of testing, engineers found the levels of H2S were not high enough to be considered a health risk."

Note: Yeah, that's bullshit. First off, nobody knows what effects chronically breathing even low levels of hydrogen sulfide does to people. There've been no studies done. It would be hard to get volunteers for such studies even if it were legal, which it isn't. 'Say, we'd like to conduct a study to see what breathing low levels of a deadly neurotoxin does to people. Wanna sign up?!' Secondly, because it's a heavier-than-air gas, it settles into low-lying areas and it then concentrates. So if the levels are 'safe' on a rooftop monitoring unit, they might concentrate in the basement of that same building and be lethal. So there's never any 'safe' or 'benign' level. If you've got a deadly heavier-than-air neurotoxin blowing around, you've got a serious problem...

2017-02-15 - Many people having 'medical emergencies' in Hagerstown (Maryland):
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/police_fire/hagerstown-firefighters-respond-to-calls/article_c0d129d8-e5f0-5ef7-b268-4e6e175fa14e.html

2017-02-15 - More heat heading to the Arctic:
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2017/02/more-heat-on-the-way.html

2017-02-15 - Pine Island Glacier sheds another iceberg in Antarctica:
http://www.rt.com/viral/377485-aftershock-pine-glacier-iceberg/
http://www.sott.net/article/342758-Pine-Glacier-sheds-another-block-of-ice-a-glacial-aftershock

2017-02-15 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Victorville (California), blackouts ensue:
http://www.vvng.com/underground-vault-fire-causes-power-outage-victorville/

2017-02-15 - Underground explosion and ball of fire blow manhole cover off in Northampton (Britain), 1 injured:
http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2017-02-14/ball-of-fire-after-manhole-explodes-in-northampton/
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2863861/one-person-injured-after-northampton-high-street-gas-explosion/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4223952/One-person-injured-gas-explosion-Northampton.html
http://www.itv.com/news/central/story/2017-02-14/one-person-injured-in-suspected-gas-explosion-in-northampton/

Quote: "A manhole cover was flung into the air today and smoke billowed out of the ground as a huge gas explosion in a town centre left one woman injured. Witnesses were screaming and the pavement appeared to be 'on fire' after the blast rocked the street in Northampton which was busy with people at 12.30pm. Flames and smoke were seen 'shooting out' of the ground and the road was shut to both traffic and pedestrians this afternoon as police investigated."

2017-02-15 - Electrical substation damaged by explosion and fire near Ephrata (Washington), Ephrata goes dark:
http://www.khq.com/story/34517220/town-of-ephrata-surrounding-area-without-power-due-to-substation-fire
http://komonews.com/news/local/video-explosion-fire-at-substation-knocks-out-power-in-ephrata-area

Quote: "The Grant County Sheriff's Office said it happened about 7:00 p.m. at the substation located at 134 Nat Washington Way in downtown Ephrata. An adjacent PUD building also caught fire. Videos posted to social media show huge flames coming from the substation along with flashes that lit up the sky, before the city went dark."

2017-02-15 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, 1000 tires burn, in Coles County (Illinois):
http://wibqam.com/news/articles/2017/feb/16/tire-fire-at-coles-county-salvage-yard/

2017-02-15 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire in Williams Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2017/02/scrapyard_fire_outside_easton.html

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-02-16 - Man burns to death in burning car in parking garage at shopping center in Dallas (Texas):
http://www.fox4news.com/news/236321936-story
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/DFW-BREAKING-NEWS-TEMPLATE-414002163.html
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/dallas/article133209589.html
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/dallas/fatal-car-fire-in-uptown-parking-garage/
http://dfwliving.com/firefighters-respond-to-fatal-car-fire-in-uptown-garage/
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/02/17/police-working-to-id-person-found-dead-in-burning-car/
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Investigation-Continues-Into-Mysterious-Car-Fire-in-Uptown-414127073.html
http://ban.jo/News/US-Canada/20170216/Deadly-Vehicle-Fire-In-Parking-Garage-In-Dallas-TX-Dallas/
http://usflash.org/dallas/2017/02/17/180367-report-1-killed-in-car-fire-at-uptown-dallas-parking-garage.html
http://amp1037.cbslocal.com/2017/02/17/police-investigating-car-fire-that-claims-one-life-in-uptown-garage/
http://www.fox4news.com/news/236333702-video

Quote: "Witnesses said the car that caught fire was parked on the top floor of a parking garage. When firefighters arrived, the car was completely engulfed in flames. Firefighters then discovered a body inside the car. The person's identity hasn't been released."

2017-02-16 - Bellandur Lake bursts into flame again in Bellandur (India):
http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/bengaluru-bellandur-lake-catches-fire-yet-again-creates-chaos/articleshow/57200156.cms
http://www.oneindia.com/india/bengaluru-s-bellandur-lake-catches-fire-again-2350714.html
http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/after-toxic-foam-clouds-bellandur-lake-catches-fire-second-time-57358
http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/bengaluru-bellandur-lake-fire-city-choked-in-toxic-fumes-once-again/554844/

2017-02-16 - Container full of raw sewage bursts into flame at dock area in coastal Dundee (Scotland):
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/371375/large-fire-breaks-dundees-dockyard-area/
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/597146/fire-crews-race-to-tackle-large-fire-at-dundees-waterfront/
http://fastnewsuk.org/dundee/2017/02/16/120220-fire-breaks-out-at-building-on-dundee-docks.html

Quote: "It is thought the container involved in the blaze contained raw sewage. Four units were initially sent by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS). A witness said: 'I don’t know what started it but it looks like it is getting worse by the second. There are lots of fire engines at the scene so hopefully they can get it under control. Parts of the roof appear to be falling from the building. The whole sky surrounding the docks is covered in smoke billowing from the building. The actual fire is also visible.'"

2017-02-16 - Oilfield rocked by explosion in Pittsburg County (Oklahoma), 1 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20170217-57165-USA
http://www.kjrh.com/news/ohp-several-injured-in-oil-field-explosion-in-pittsburg-county-oklahoma-thursday
http://www.news9.com/story/34523875/the-latest-1-injured-in-oklahoma-oil-field-explosion
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-injured-oklahoma-oil-field-explosion-45543660
http://www.kfdi.com/news/injuries-reported-in-oklahoma-oilfield-explosion

2017-02-16 - Scrapyard hit by fire, scrap metal burns, on Bidder Street in Canning Town area in coastal London (Britain):
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/LatestIncidentsContainer_canningtown16february17.asp
http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/fire_at_canning_town_scrapyard_brought_under_control_1_4894027
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/more-50-firefighters-tackle-east-london-blaze-scrapyard-canning-town-1606989
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/canning-town-fire-smoke-seen-for-miles-as-firefighters-tackle-huge-blaze-in-east-london-a3468701.html
http://www.theeastender.net/canning-town-scrapyard-fire-smoke-seen-for-miles/
http://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/london-scrap-metal-fire-brought-control/
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/LondonFire/832711475059847170

2017-02-16 - Pallet business hit by fire, huge stack of pallets burn, in Flat Rock (Michigan):
http://www.monroenews.com/news/20170215/one-person-injured-in-pallet-fire-near-flat-rock-wednesday
http://www.thenewsherald.com/news/flat-rock-rockwood-fire-officials-assist-in-putting-out-huge/article_14b08110-07c2-5ca0-992a-e4dc21c469d4.html

Quote: "Based on comments in social media, several people thought the fire was in Flat Rock or Rockwood. However, it originated at Four-Way Pallet Services, 3988 Will Carleton Road, in Monroe County."

Quote: "Vack said it was fortunate that the burning pallets were situated a considerable distance from the building. He estimates the stack was approximately 100 feet long and 75 feet deep."

Quote: "According to Vack, the property sits on portions of both Berlin and Ash townships."

Note: More of it on the Ash Township side, looks like...

Category: Animal Die-Offs

2017-02-17 - Whales and dolphins dying on Irish coasts at five times the rate as in 2010:
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/dolphin-and-whale-deaths-rise-fivefold-with-56-mammals-washing-up-on-beaches-443235.html
http://www.sott.net/article/342952-Dolphin-and-whale-deaths-on-the-Irish-coast-rise-fivefold-with-56-cetaceans-washing-up

Quote: "Fifty-six dolphins and whales have washed up on beaches in Ireland so far this year making 2017 the worst on record for such strandings. The number of deaths is a fivefold increase on the same period in 2010."

Quote: "The death toll is heaviest every January and February and it is rising ever year."

Note: As to be expected with a primarily ocean-based planetary extinction event underway...

2017-02-17 - Crocodile found floating dead in the Gulf of Nicoya (Costa Rica):
http://www.ticotimes.net/2017/02/17/crocodile-turns-dead-gulf-nicoya-following-thousands-dead-fish

Quote: "Worry is growing among locals and experts as more dead marine creatures turn up in Costa Rica’s Gulf of Nicoya. On Friday morning, social media messages from locals near Manzanillo, Puntarenas showed an overturned crocodile, apparently dead, in the gulf. Just two days prior, the community was shocked by the appearance of thousands of dead sardines that drifted onto a two-kilometer stretch of coast."

Note: The incident involving the mammoth number of fish found dead in the Gulf of Nicoya was mentioned in the 2017-02-15 update...

2017-02-17 - Six dolphins found dead at Tañon Strait Protected Seascape (Philippine Islands):
http://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/123153/dead-dolphins-found-along-tanon-strait-protected-seascape

Quote: "Three spinner dolphins were found dead, one off Panagsama Beach in Barangay Basdiot, Moalboal town and two in Barangay Montañeza in Malabuyoc, all along the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape (TSPS). Kristina Luz Uy Tapales, TSPS operations head of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7, said a tourist discovered the dead dolphin at around 7 a.m. yesterday as he was waking along the shore at Panagsama beach. 'We still have to identify the cause of death because there are no wounds found,' Tapales told Cebu Daily News."

2017-02-17 - Six dolphins wash ashore dead in coastal San Felipe (Mexico):
http://www.el-mexicano.com.mx/informacion/noticias/1/22/policiaca/2017/02/15/1015712/hallaron-delfines-muertos-en-san-felipe
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.el-mexicano.com.mx%2Finformacion%2Fnoticias%2F1%2F22%2Fpoliciaca%2F2017%2F02%2F15%2F1015712%2Fhallaron-delfines-muertos-en-san-felipe&edit-text=&act=url

2017-02-17 - 17 tons of fish found dead in dam reservoir in Piaui (Brazil):
http://cidadeverde.com/noticias/241347/cerca-de-17-toneladas-de-peixe-mortos-sao-encontrados-em-barragem-do-piaui
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcidadeverde.com%2Fnoticias%2F241347%2Fcerca-de-17-toneladas-de-peixe-mortos-sao-encontrados-em-barragem-do-piaui&edit-text=&act=url

2017-02-17 - Tens of thousands of fish wash ashore dead along the Cooloola Coast (Australia):
http://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/kilometres-of-cooloola-coastline-covered-in-dead-f/3145067/
http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/kilometres-of-cooloola-coastline-covered-in-dead-f/3145067/

2017-02-17 - Numerous birds found dead in Magnitogorsk (Russia):
http://lentachel.ru/news/2017/02/15/ptitsy-gibnut-v-magnitogorske.html
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Flentachel.ru%2Fnews%2F2017%2F02%2F15%2Fptitsy-gibnut-v-magnitogorske.html&edit-text=&act=url

2017-02-17 - More than 80 turtles found dead in La Paz and Los Cabos (Mexico):
http://www.bcsnoticias.mx/marea-roja-provoca-la-muerte-86-tortugas-la-paz-los-cabos-informa-profepa/
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bcsnoticias.mx%2Fmarea-roja-provoca-la-muerte-86-tortugas-la-paz-los-cabos-informa-profepa%2F&edit-text=&act=url

Note: It's not just people sickening and dying...

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-02-18 - Refinery rocked by explosion and fire at 6 AM in coastal Torrance (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20170218-57193-USA
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-fire-idUSKBN15X0MF
http://abc7.com/news/fire-explosion-reported-at-torrance-refinery-police-say/1761292/
http://www.kmbc.com/article/massive-explosion-fire-reported-at-oil-refinery-near-los-angeles/8951531
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/02/18/fire-breaks-out-at-torrance-refinery/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/02/18/firefighters-knock-down-blaze-at-california-oil-refinery.html
http://www.dailynews.com/business/20170218/fire-erupts-at-torrance-refinery-just-hours-before-protest-rally
http://www.wtae.com/article/massive-explosion-fire-reported-at-oil-refinery-near-los-angeles/8951531
http://www.mynbc5.com/article/massive-explosion-fire-reported-at-oil-refinery-near-los-angeles/8951531
http://927thevan.com/news/articles/2017/feb/18/fire-extinguished-after-explosion-at-torrance-california-oil-refinery-police/
http://www.hickoryrecord.com/entertainment/explosion-fire-reported-at-oil-refinery-near-los-angeles/article_86cfdb8c-067a-5949-916a-d0e04d44cbd8.html
http://www.richmond.com/news/national-world/ap/explosion-fire-reported-at-oil-refinery-near-los-angeles/article_1448c9ce-bfc2-5689-9ed3-5bad2629cab0.html
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/02/18/fire-breaks-out-at-torrance-refinery/

Note: A pool of water burned at this same refinery earlier this month, mentioned in the 2017-02-01 update. They mentioned then that this refinery has been plagued by a series of incidents in recent months, including a fire this past November, and I said then, "As long as this refinery remains on the coast, they're going to continue to be plagued by 'incidents'." And here we are, with another explosion and fire...

2017-02-18 - Metal scrapyard hit by fire at 3 AM, scrap cars burn, in Redditch (Britain):
http://www.redditchadvertiser.co.uk/news/15101765.Fire_breaks_out_in_Redditch_scrapyard/
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/regional/worcestershire/15101765.Fire_breaks_out_in_Redditch_scrapyard/
http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/regional/15101765.Fire_breaks_out_in_Redditch_scrapyard/
http://www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/regional/15101765.Fire_breaks_out_in_Redditch_scrapyard/

Quote: "Around 15 firefighters were tackled a large fire at a Redditch metal scrapyard today (Saturday, February 18). Three crews from Redditch were called out to the site off Hewell Road Enfield Industrial Estate at around 3am this morning. The fire involved a number of scrap vehicles in the yard and waste materials."

2017-02-18 - Transformer explodes and burns, fire ignites UPS facility, in Richmond (Virginia):
http://wtvr.com/2017/02/18/transformer-explodes-starts-fire-at-ups-building-in-manchester-neighborhood/
http://wric.com/2017/02/18/transformer-fire-evacuates-south-richmond-ups-freight-building/
http://www.nbc12.com/story/34538249/ups-building-in-south-richmond-evacuated-due-to-transformer-fire

2017-02-18 - Gas cyclinder warehouse devastated by explosions and fire in Jonquières (France):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/series-mysterious-explosions-france-caught-9842288

2017-02-18 - Recycling center hit by fire, hundreds of tons of waste burn, in Westbury (Britain):
http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/15101360.Thousands_of_tonnes_of_waste_goes_up_in_flames_at_Westbury_recycling_centre/

2017-02-18 - Car bursts into flame while parked near home in Pasco (Washington):
http://keprtv.com/news/local/unusual-car-fire-breaks-out-in-pasco
http://www.kvewtv.com/article/2017/feb/18/pasco-man-finds-car-fire-no-explanation/

2017-02-18 - Car bursts into flame while parked in underground carpark at Midtown Plaza in Saskatoon (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/midtown-plaza-parkade-fire-1.3990148
http://ckom.com/article/1327477/vehicle-fire-evacuates-midtown-plaza
http://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/midtown-plaza-evacuated-after-car-fire-1.3292154
http://globalnews.ca/news/3259644/midtown-plaza-evacuated-due-to-smoke-from-car-fire-in-underground-parkade/

2017-02-18 - Four cars go up in flames while parked at mosque in Andalus area in coastal Kuwait City (Kuwait):
http://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/police-chase-didnt-cause-injury-interior/

Quote: "Four vehicles caught fire outside a mosque in Andalus Thursday night. Firefighters tackled the blaze and prevented flames from spreading to nearby vehicles. "

2017-02-18 - Three cars, motorcycle, trailer and home go up in flames, fire started in garage, in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma):
http://okcfox.com/news/local/fire-crews-working-a-house-fire-in-sw-okc
http://www.koco.com/article/family-escapes-dog-dies-in-southwest-oklahoma-city-house-fire/8953806
http://www.koco.com/article/loud-explosions-alert-family-of-fire-at-southwest-okc-home/8954420

Quote: "Damage estimate is set at $250,000. That includes heavy smoke damage inside of the home, three cars, a motorcycle, a trailer and extensive damage to the garage."

Note: All vehicles are now randomly-igniting firebombs that can go off at any time, so it's best to keep vehicles a distance away from your residence, unless you've got a hankerin' to be homeless or dead as has already happened to many people...

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-02-19 - Underground electrical explosions and fire rattle people, 3 cars damaged, in coastal Queens (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/foresthills/explosions-forest-hills-queens-reported
http://abc7ny.com/news/powerful-manhole-fire-rattles-forest-hills-residents-/1762921/
http://heavy.com/news/2017/02/forest-hill-explosion-explosions-manhole-fire-photos-videos-queens-new-york/
http://patch.com/new-york/foresthills/explosions-forest-hills-queens-reported
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/explosions-manhole-fires-queens-coned-fire-smoke-forest-hills-new-york-414244733.html
http://snewsi.com/vid/17149271266

Quote: "Queens residents are on edge after a manhole fire that apparently caused a loud noise and a blast so powerful it shook buildings. At least 3 separate manhole explosions in Forest Hills, Queens Blvd and 68th. Rocking street, building. Power now out."

2017-02-19 - Three transformers go up in flames at substation in Leroy (Alabama):
http://wkrg.com/2017/02/19/leroy-substation-catches-on-fire/

2017-02-19 - Transformer explodes and burns in coastal Sandwich (Massachusetts), blackouts ensue:
http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20170219/fire-knocks-out-power-in-sandwich

2017-02-19 - Car bursts into flame just before 11 PM while parked at home, fire spreads to home, in coastal Adelaide (Australia):
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/man-wife-and-dog-escape-enormous-house-fire-in-dulwich-in-adelaides-east-overnight/news-story/a017160f26834414d620eb78eb7a10bf

Quote: "A man, his wife, and their dog have escaped a large fire on Sunday night after a car burst into flames and caused half a million dollars worth of damage to their home in Adelaide’s east. Fire crews were dispatched to the home on Scott St in Dulwich just before 11pm after a vehicle parked in the house’s carport unexpectedly caught fire."

Quote: "The blaze quickly spread to rest of the house, prompting the man, his wife and their 15-year-old kelpie to beat a timely escape."

2017-02-19 - SUV bursts into flame while parked at university, fire spreads to more vehicles, in Warrensburg (Missouri):
http://www.dailystarjournal.com/news/local/suv-fire-on-lot-spreads-to-cadillac-ford/article_778aae15-5206-581a-9385-36e43cecdfb9.html

2017-02-19 - SUV bursts into flame while parked at CVS, fire spreads to another car, in coastal Bridgeport (Connecticut):
http://www.doingitlocal.com/2017/02/todays-vehicle-fire-90/

Quote: "Today’s vehicle fire is at 2610 East Main Street in the CVS parking lot where a Hummer is on fire and it spread to another parked car."

2017-02-19 - SUV bursts into flame in Effingham, and car bursts into flame 20 miles away in South Nutfield (Britain):
http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/surrey-firefighters-attend-two-car-fires-in-one-night/story-30147107-detail/story.html

2017-02-19 - Car and garage destroyed by fire shortly before 1 AM, home heavily damaged, in Cottage Grove (Oregon), 1 injured:
http://kstp.com/news/cottage-grove-garage-fire-february-19-2017/4404566/
http://www.twincities.com/2017/02/19/one-injured-in-cottage-grove-garage-fire/
http://www.kare11.com/news/1-injured-in-cottage-grove-fire/409671336
http://www.swcbulletin.com/news/crime-and-courts/4221080-cottage-grove-home-damaged-fire
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/02/20/One_injured_in_Cottage_Grove_garage_fire/
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/PioneerPress/833489851152470016

2017-02-19 - Tow truck, three vehicles, barn and outbuilding destroyed by fire at home in Utica (Kentucky):
http://www.14news.com/story/34543412/officials-investigating-barn-fire-in-utica
http://snewsi.com/id/17149259042/Officials-investigating-barn-fire-in-Utica

Quote: "The family didn't want cameras on their property, but I am told two outbuildings, three vehicles, and a tow truck were all destroyed in the fire."

2017-02-19 - Car and garage go up in flames at home in coastal Jacksonville (Florida), nobody there:
http://www.news4jax.com/news/fire-damages-home-destroys-car-parked-in-garage

2017-02-19 - Car(s) and garage destroyed by fire in Glenburn Township (Pennsylvania):
http://wnep.com/2017/02/19/flames-wreck-garage-near-clarks-summit/

Quote: "Crews were called to the building on Old Trail Road in Glenburn Township just before 4:30 p.m. There were several vehicles stored in the garage. At least one was destroyed."

2017-02-19 - Car and garage destroyed by fire at home, home damaged, in Kenosha (Wisconsin):
http://www.kenoshanews.com/news/fire_destroys_southside_barn_491781864.php

Quote: "Fire destroyed a garage, a car parked in it and other items at south-side home on Sunday."

2017-02-19 - Six cars, trailers, three auto shops and another business destroyed by fire in Stockton (California):
http://www.kcra.com/article/crews-battle-fire-at-stockton-warehouse/8953878
http://fox40.com/2017/02/19/stockton-fire-working-3-alarm-warehouse-fire/
http://www.recordnet.com/news/20170219/two-auto-businesses-lost-in-3-alarm-blaze

Quote: "A fire ripped though an industrial warehouse complex in Stockton that housed at least four businesses, including three auto body repair shops, Sunday morning. Firefighters were alerted to the big blaze just after 9 a.m. in the 1000 block of E. Oak Street in Stockton."

Quote: "The fire destroyed Magic Auto Repair, owned by Adalid Alcazar, who has no insurance for the vehicles that were trapped inside his family-run shop. 'Six cars and trailers,' he said. 'A lot of money there.'"

2017-02-19 - Several pickup trucks and RV trailer destroyed by fire in Great Falls (Montana):
http://www.krtv.com/story/34543737/several-vehicles-damaged-in-fire-on-east-side-of-town

Quote: "Emergency crews responded to a trailer fire behind Sport City Cyclery on Sunday. Sand Coulee Volunteer Fire Chief Blake Brawley says they received reports of the fire shortly after 3 p.m. Brawley says a fifth-wheel trailer was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. Several pickup trucks and a power pole were also deemed a total loss due to damage from the fire."

Note: Things are getting mighty obvious. Also, just as more parked vehicles are going up in flames, the same is true of homes going up in flames with nobody there. Homes generally have all the same vulnerabilities as cars - electrified copper, rusty iron/steel, adsorbent flammable materials - so that makes sense. Expect that trend to continue and to worsen - more parked vehicles igniting and more unoccupied homes bursting into flame - at least for a while. Eventually there will be no more vehicles or homes left unburned and then no more vehicles or homes will burn - problem solved!

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-02-20 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame and kills man, 57, at 6:15 AM while parked at truck stop near Portage (Wisconsin):
http://www.wiscnews.com/news/article_ece24858-a67b-56a3-b473-23aff5daa68a.html
http://www.wiscnews.com/portagedailyregister/news/article_ece24858-a67b-56a3-b473-23aff5daa68a.html
http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime/investigators-searching-for-cause-of-fatal-semi-fire-at-i/article_ad2bd3c9-bbcc-55a0-9c4c-64e1fc4ff7cd.html
http://www.livetrucking.com/driver-found-dead-inside-truck-that-burned-at-wisconsin-petro/
http://cdllife.com/2017/top-trucking-news/investigators-seek-answers-trucker-found-dead-burning-rig-truck-stop/

Quote: "Investigators are searching for a cause to a semi-truck fire on Sunday morning in which the driver was found dead. The Portage Fire Department received a call about 6:15 a.m. Sunday reporting a fire in the parking lot of the Petro Travel Plaza at the Interstate-90/Interstate-39 interchange. When the five-man crew arrived just before 6:30, the firefighters found a 53-foot semi-truck with its engine and cab fully engulfed in flames."

Quote: "After the fire was out, Portage firefighters found the driver, a 57-year-old Idaho man, dead in truck’s sleeper compartment."

Note: This is the 278th tractor/tanker/semi to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-02-20 - In separate incidents, SUV bursts into flame on street, and cars and barn go up in flames, in Lake Geneva (Wisconsin):
http://fox6now.com/2017/02/20/this-was-a-busy-weekend-lake-gevena-fire-dept-responded-to-10-incidents-over-the-weekend/

Quote: "At 7:31 a.m. on Monday, February 20th fire department members extinguished a car fire on Wells Street near Townline Road, involving a Jeep that was destroyed. The intense heat caused the tires to explode and pavement to melt."

Quote: "At 3:46 p.m., Engine 1 assisted Bloomfield Fire for a MABAS Box Alarm on Bloomfield Road. A large pole barn filled with cars, tools, and farm equipment was fully engulfed in fire."

2017-02-20 - In separate incidents, three cars burst into flame on the M25 in eight hours in Surrey (Britain):
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/m25-car-fires-compound-miserable-12633007
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/m25-delays-third-car-fire-12631857
http://www.964eagle.co.uk/news/local-news/2228550/surrey-drivers-held-up-after-another-car-fire-on-m25/
http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/j/story-30149740-detail/story.html
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/589841/Traffic-updates-news-motorway-M25-delays-car-fire-travel-rush-hour
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/m25-leatherhead-car-fire-dramatic-12627527
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/769513/M25-vehicle-fire-motorway-commuter-disruption

Quote: "Surrey motorists faced major delays on the M25 on Monday (February 20) due to three car fires in just eight hours. The third incident came on the clockwise carriageway between junction 5 for the M26 and junction 6 for Godstone shortly before 4.30pm."

Note: Gonna be interesting hearing what they have to say when it's a dozen cars going up in flames 'separately' in the same area, or fifty, or a hundred...

2017-02-20 - Metal recycling business erupts in flame at 12:30 AM in Evansville (Indiana), near Pigeon Creek and the Ohio River:
http://44news.wevv.com/evansville-recycling-business-fire/

2017-02-20 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, 60 junk cars burn, in Gary (Indiana):
http://www.nwitimes.com/investigation-underway-after--car-blaze-at-gary-auto-lot/article_11becb6a-16a2-536c-9897-b92b5c978f14.html

2017-02-20 - Clothing ignites inside clothing store in Dillon (South Carolina):
http://wpde.com/news/local/deputies-investigating-fire-at-clothing-store-in-dillon

Quote: "Officials said it appears the fire started somewhere around the clothing rack and burned several pieces of clothing."

Note: Like the clothing that's ignited on many people who've burned to death, and I mean the people who've burst into flame themselves, not the people who've burned to death in their burning vehicles, though who knows how many of the vehicle fires have begun from upholstery bursting into flame inside the vehicle...

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-02-21 - Two people found burned to death in burning pickup truck just after 1 AM in Fresno (California):
http://abc30.com/news/2-bodies-found-inside-burning-vehicle-in-fresno/1765095/
http://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/truck-found-on-fire-with-two-bodies-inside/660955379

2017-02-21 - Transit bus bursts into flame at 12:25 AM, fire kills woman, injures 9 people, in Nelamangala (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/woman-killed-as-ksrtc-bus-catches-fire/article17339015.ece
http://english.sakshi.com/news/2017/02/21/woman-passenger-burnt-to-death-as-running-bus-catches-fire
http://www.newskarnataka.com/bangalore/ksrtc-bus-catches-fire-charring-woman-to-death-in-nelamangala
http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bengaluru-bound-government-bus-catches-fire-one-woman-killed-57551
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/ksrtc-bus-catches-fire-one-dead-seven-injured/articleshow/57266401.cms
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bengaluru-woman-dies-after-state-transport-bus-catches-fire-on-outskirts-of-city/story-BKk101oClXpQRNZsvWXFEO.html
http://www.asianews.online/top-news/bengaluru-woman-dies-after-state-transport-bus-catches-fire-on-outskirts-of-ci.html
http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/bengaluru-ksrtc-bus-catches-fire-1-dead-7-injured/articleshow/57269078.cms
http://www.news18.com/news/india/1-killed-4-injured-as-ksrtc-bus-catches-fire-1351564.html
http://www.siasat.com/news/bus-catches-fire-near-bengaluru-1-killed-1136418/
http://www.pressreader.com/india/the-asian-age/20170222/281835758468094
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=439289
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UL1jIo6yVE

Quote: "A 52-year-old woman died and nine persons, including two children, were injured after a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation(KSRTC) bus caught fire in Nelamangala during the early hours of Tuesday. According to KSRTC sources, the bus plying between Sringeri and Bengaluru caught fire when it reached Nelamangala around 12.30 a.m on Tuesday. 'The bus was heading towards Bengaluru,' said a police officer."

Quote: "New bus, good tyres, no short circuit; Bengaluru bus fire leaves KSRTC clueless..."

2017-02-21 - Passenger bus explodes near coastal Ha Long Bay (Vietnam), 2 killed, 12 injured:
http://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/bus-explosion-kills-two-in-northern-vietnam-3545049.html
http://tuoitrenews.vn/society/39686/two-killed-12-injured-in-passenger-bus-explosion-in-northern-vietnam

Quote: "12 were injured and the bus was ripped apart in the unexplained incident. A sleeper bus exploded on Tuesday evening in northern Vietnam, killing two people and injuring 12. The bus was running from the northern province of Bac Ninh to Quang Ninh Province, home to the world-renowned Ha Long Bay."

Note: These are the 177th and 178th buses to explode/burn in 2017. A lot of boats have gone up in flames in Ha Long Bay too. Ha Long until they figure out what's going on?

2017-02-21 - Cars and car dealership building go up in flames in Louisville (Kentucky):
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2017/02/21/cars-fire-preston-highway-dealership/98214742/
http://www.wlky.com/article/fire-reported-at-louisville-car-lot/8961362
http://www.wave3.com/story/34559782/business-catches-fire-on-preston-hwy-lanes-shut-down
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/fire-at-auto-dealership-on-preston-hwy/411020448
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/louisville/auto-sales-business-catches-fire-on-preston-hwy/

Quote: "The blaze was reported at Carter 1 Auto Sales, 6307 Preston Highway, at 4:30 p.m., according to MetroSafe. Several cars inside the building were on fire as well, and the business was evacuated. Okolona Fire Chief Chris Gosnell said the building was 'heavily involved' in fire and smoke was coming through the roof when crews arrived."

2017-02-21 - Metal scrapyard erupts in flame in Fatorda (India), near the coast:
http://www.navhindtimes.in/fire-breaks-out-at-fatorda-scrapyard/
http://news.titosgoa.com/2017/02/21/fire-breaks-out-at-fatorda-scrapyard/
http://www.newslocker.com/en-in/sport/goa/scrapyard-in-fatorda-gutted-times-of-india/

2017-02-21 - Man's clothes ignite while smoking cig outside Palmer Park Mall near Easton (Pennsylvania), man badly burned:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/22/smoker-badly-burned-when-shirt-catches-fire-outsid/
http://www.newsdump.com/article/smoker-badly-burned-when-shirt-catches-fire-outside-mall
http://6abc.com/news/smoker-badly-burned-when-shirt-catches-fire-outside-mall/1767153/
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/smoker-accidentally-lights-sweatshirt-on-fire-burns-himself/
http://www.poconorecord.com/news/20170222/smoker-accidentally-lights-sweatshirt-on-fire-burns-himself
http://www.ydr.com/story/news/2017/02/22/smoker-badly-burned-when-shirt-catches-fire-outside-mall/98246224/

2017-02-21 - SUV bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads, home heavily damaged, in Fort Mill (South Carolina), nobody there:
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/firefighers-battle-house-fire-in-fort-mill/496052051

Quote: "Investigators believe a fire that ripped through a home in Fort Mill originated in the family’s SUV. First responders were called to the home on Morel Avenue around 10 a.m. Tuesday. When firefighters arrived at the scene, a white SUV in the family’s driveway and a portion of the home were engulfed in flames."

2017-02-21 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked at home, home scorched too, in Brenham (Texas):
http://kwhi.com/brenham-fire-department-extinguishes-vehicle-fire-2/
http://www.brenhambanner.com/news/truck-engine-catches-fire/image_e4f0f69b-5396-5e6e-957a-3c0d502890bf.html

Note: More crazy people parking vehicles near their homes. Good for the construction industry though, rebuilding the destroyed homes. Sometimes good for the funeral industry too, burying the dead people...

2017-02-21 - Electric toy car bursts into flame, almost burns toddler, in Monks Risborough (Britain):
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2017-02-22/mum-snatches-toddler-from-electric-car-fire/
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15107298.Quick_thinking_mum_saved_toddler_from_flaming_toy_car_before_it_melted/

2017-02-21 - Warehouse full of pallets destroyed by fire in Brattleboro (Vermont):
http://www.wcax.com/story/34556483/brattleboro-warehouse-collapses-in-fire

Quote: "Firefighters say a warehouse filled with wooden pallets in Brattleboro, Vermont, has collapsed from a fire."

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-02-22 - Woman, 33, found dead in burning SUV at 11:10 PM in Lakeside (California):
http://www.10news.com/news/body-found-inside-lakeside-car-fire-identified
http://fox5sandiego.com/2017/02/24/woman-found-in-burning-car-identified/
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-body-id-20170224-story.html
http://www.cbs8.com/story/34584163/body-found-inside-burning-car-in-lakeside
http://www.10news.com/news/crews-responding-to-suv-fire-in-lakeside-discover-body-inside
http://fox5sandiego.com/2017/02/23/car-fire-leads-to-suspicious-death-investigation/
http://patch.com/california/santee/body-found-burning-car-lakeside
http://www.760kfmb.com/story/34584163/body-found-inside-burning-car-in-lakeside
http://www.cw6sandiego.com/body-discovered-lakeside-car-fire/

2017-02-22 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes and alarms people in coastal Doha (Qatar):
http://www.qatarday.com/news/local/early-morning-residents-hear-loud-boom-in-doha/46650
http://www.sott.net/article/343522-Residents-of-Doha-Qatar-report-loud-earthquake-like-boom

2017-02-22 - Gas plant rocked by explosion, felt 55 miles away (!), building destroyed, in Rice County (Kansas):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20170222-57240-USA
http://www.hayspost.com/2017/02/22/cause-of-explosion-at-kansas-gas-plant-under-investigation/
http://www.hutchpost.com/2017/02/22/cause-of-explosion-at-kansas-gas-plant-under-investigation/
http://www.kwch.com/content/news/Crews-respond-to-gas-explosion-in-Bushton-414438523.html
http://www.kfdi.com/news/explosion-reported-at-oneok-plant-in-rice-county

Quote: "The blast, just after 9:40p.m., was felt up to 55 miles away in Hutchinson and destroyed a brick building, according Gregg Klein, with Rice County Emergency Management."

2017-02-22 - Natural gas pipeline explodes and burns in Rivers State (Nigeria):
http://newtelegraphonline.com/news/explosion-rocks-nlngs-pipelines/
http://sunnewsonline.com/pipeline-explosion-causes-panic-in-rivers/
http://www.nairaland.com/3644918/explosion-rocks-nlng-pipeline-rivers

2017-02-22 - Electrical plant damaged by explosion and fire in Nogales (Arizona), blackouts ensue:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20170223-57250-USA
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/34576719/power-surge-leaves-much-of-nogales-without-power
http://tucson.com/news/local/power-restored-after-explosion-at-nogales-power-plant/article_91b491cc-f933-11e6-8069-536c0fea1330.html

2017-02-22 - Waste recycling factory erupts in flame, fire gets big, in coastal Sydney (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20170223-57249-AUS
http://www.rt.com/news/378344-sydney-fire-recycling-factory/
http://newstral.com/en/article/en/1057210396/factory-fire-sends-plume-of-smoke-high-into-sydney-sky
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/chullora-fire-massive-blaze-rips-through-recycling-centre/news-story/2f259647a6ab53e5cd7d7eb104d821ce

2017-02-22 - Car bursts into flame in the wee hours while parked at home, fire spreads to 2 garages, in Denver (Colorado):
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/02/22/car-fire-spreads-to-nearby-garages-tree/
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/denver/car-fire-spreads-to-nearby-garages-tree/
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/CBSDenver/834528273270845440

2017-02-22 - Car bursts into flame while parked at apartment building, fire spreads to building, in San Antonio (Texas):
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Ammunition-in-burning-car-explodes-police-say-10951425.php
http://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2017/02/22/car-loaded-with-ammo-catches-fire-explodes-on-south-side
http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/firefighters-battling-large-fire-at-southeast-side-apartment-complex
http://www.ksat.com/news/car-catches-fire-spreads-to-apartment-building-on-se-side

2017-02-22 - Car bursts into flame while parked at gas station on Lake Cook Road in Buffalo Grove (Illinois):
http://www.journal-topics.com/news/article_7696d6c4-f91b-11e6-ba0b-47c0cea7fbaa.html
http://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2017/02/vehicle-fire-at-shell-gas-station-at-lake-cook-rd-and-mchenry-rd-buffalo-grove/

Category: Variety Pack

2017-02-23 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in coastal Brooklyn (New York), 2 injured:
http://abc7ny.com/news/2-con-edison-workers-hurt-in-manhole-fire-/1770561/

2017-02-23 - Waste management plant heavily damaged by huge fire in coastal Singapore:
http://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/huge-fire-engulfs-tuas-waste-management-plant
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2017/02/23/fire-at-singapore-waste-management-plant/
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/fire-breaks-out-at-tuas-view-circuit-public-advised-to-avoid-the-area
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/huge-fire-breaks-out-at-tuas-view-circuit-003058511.html
http://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/huge-fire-engulfs-tuas-waste-management-plant

2017-02-23 - Chemical plant explodes and burns in Fergana (Uzbekistan), fatalities reported:
http://sputniknews.com/asia/201702231050989847-uzbekistan-chemical-plant-explosion/
http://www.dailysabah.com/asia/2017/02/23/casualties-feared-in-chemical-plant-explosion-in-uzbekistans-ferghana
http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2017/02/23/416601/daily-sabah-casualties-feared-in-chemical-plant-explosion-in-uzbekistans-ferghana.html

2017-02-23 - Ammunition recycling plant explodes and burns near Policka (Czech Republic), 19 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20170224-57258-CZE
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/02/23/19-injured-explosion-czech-ammunition-recycling-plant/
http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/at-least-18-injured-in-czech-explosion/news-story/b7ad0e82b020a6d3c115a0af94b7b3a3
http://www.news24.com/World/News/series-of-explosions-at-czech-plant-many-injured-20170223

2017-02-23 - Driver, 26, has 'medical emergency', SUV slams into home, in Newark (Delaware), 2 injured:
http://6abc.com/news/driver-suffers-medical-emergency-slams-into-newark-del-home-/1769494/

Quote: "A vehicle slammed into a house on the 200 block of Bent Lane in Newark, Delaware, around 3 p.m. Thursday. Investigators say the 26-year-old driver suffered a medical emergency prior to the crash."

2017-02-23 - Passenger plane hit by unknown odor, plane makes emergency landing in Omaha (Nebraska):
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Southwest-Flight-to-Chicago-Makes-Emergency-Landing-in-Omaha-414658403.html

Quote: "A Southwest Airlines flight traveling from Denver to Chicago's Midway Airport made an emergency landing in Omaha after an 'unusual odor' was detected in the cabin Thursday, the airline confirmed."

2017-02-23 - Passenger plane lands at airport, landing gear collapses, in coastal Amsterdam (Netherlands), another passenger plane has engine failure too:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20170224-57265-NLD
http://wtvr.com/2017/02/23/video-shows-planes-landing-gear-collapse-in-amsterdam/
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/632049/edinburgh-plane-crash-flybe-amsterdam-airport/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/flybe-plane-amsterdam-crash-landing-storm-doris-glasgow-edinburgh-birmingham-a7596246.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/flybe-plane-emergency-landing-shut-down-engine-glasgow-birmingham-flight-pilot-a7595771.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/world/plane-amsterdam-landing-gear-collapse/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39070490

Quote: "It came just hours after Flybe flight 783 from Glasgow to Birmingham made an emergency landing after the pilot was forced to shut down one of its engines mid-air due to a technical fault."

2017-02-23 - Anak Krakatau erupts in Indonesia:
http://strangesounds.org/2017/02/eruption-krakatau-indonesia-confirmed-pictures.html

2017-02-23 - Greenland ice loss accelerating:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2017/02/23/the-great-greenland-meltdown/
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/great-greenland-meltdown

Quote: "The accelerating surface melt has doubled Greenland’s contribution to global sea level rise since 1992–2011, to 0.74 mm per year. 'Nobody expected the ice sheet to lose so much mass so quickly,' says geophysicist Isabella Velicogna of the University of California, Irvine. 'Things are happening a lot faster than we expected.'"

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-02-24 - Charred corpse found near zoo in coastal Thessaloniki (Greece):
http://int.ert.gr/charred-body-found-near-thessaloniki-zoo/

2017-02-24 - Nuclear plant hit by fire in coastal Niigata Prefecture (Japan):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=NC-20170224-57268-JPN

Quote: "Smoke emerged at a service building of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture on Thursday but it quickly dissipated after a firefighting effort by workers, its operator said."

Note: A nuclear plant was just damaged by an explosion and fire on the coast in France earlier this month too, mentioned in the 2017-02-09 update...

2017-02-24 - Metal recycling plant erupts in flame in Corinth (Mississippi):
http://corinthtoday.com/2017/02/25/no-injuries-fire-behind-recycling-plant-north-harper-road-friday/

Quote: "There were no injuries in a fire that occurred Friday night behind SMC Recycling on North Harper Road, according to the Corinth Fire Department. The main fire was on scrap piles, but there was also significant damage to some equipment, according to the fire department."

2017-02-24 - Huge tire fire breaks out at tire recycling center in Prachinburi Province (Thailand):
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1204729/huge-blaze-at-tyre-recycling-site
http://bangkokthaimoods.com/2017/02/fire-consumes-tyres-awaiting-recycling/

2017-02-24 - US car-carrier ship 'Honor' erupts in flame just before 4 AM in the English Channel near coastal Cherbourg (France):
http://www.marinelink.com/news/carrier-breaks-aboard422489
http://gcaptain.com/american-car-carrier-suffers-fire-english-channel/
http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/213686/car-carrier-catches-fire-in-english-channel/
http://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2017/17315/car-carrier-honor-seemingly-resumed-voyage-after-f/
http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=25190:fire-breaks-out-on-us-flag-car-carrier&Itemid=231
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15116017.UPDATE__Firefighters_tackle_blaze_on_car_carrier_after_it_leaves_Southampton/
http://www.ybw.com/news-from-yachting-boating-world/fire-on-board-car-carrier-honor-in-the-english-channel-48362
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/story/2017-02-24/us-car-carrier-returns-to-southampton-after-fire/
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15116017.Fire_breaks_out_on_car_carrier_after_leaving_Southampton/
http://felixstowedocker.blogspot.com/2017/02/fire-breaks-out-on-us-car-carrier-ship.html
http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/fire-on-board-ship-off-the-isle-of-wight-97787.aspx
http://www.tradewindsnews.com/casualties/1218632/fire-sealed-in-on-arc-car-carrier
http://www.seanews.com.tr/vehicles-carrier-caught-fire-off-cherbourg/164344/
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Honor-9126297.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-39079750

Quote: "A fire has broken out out aboard the U.S. car carrier Honor in the English Channel while the vessel was en route to Baltimore from Southampton on February 24."

Quote: "While the Honor's 21 crew member were safe and well, a number of the cars being transported by the vessel were involved in the blaze according to the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service."

Note: This is the 149th boat/ship to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-02-24 - Forty cars destroyed by fire at 4:10 AM while parked at car dealer in Aimargues (France), near the coast:
http://www.languedocliving.com/40-cars-burnt-in-a-garage-in-aimargues-news-7033.html

Quote: "The firemen of the Gard intervened in the middle of the night in Aimargues for a fire in the car park of a car dealership. About forty vehicles were burned, but thankfully, no injuries. It was at 4:10am on Friday morning when the Fire Department of the Gard arrived in Aimargues. The parking lot of an car concession on avenue Henri Aubanel was ravaged by flames. As a result, about forty cars were burned, and those vehicles are now heading for the scrap yard."

2017-02-24 - Dozens of vehicles, pallet business and auto shop go up in flames in Balch Springs (Texas):
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/dallas/article134944169.html
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/02/24/3-alarm-fire-at-auto-collision-business-in-balch-springs/
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Large-Fire-at-Balch-Springs-Auto-Shop-414761133.html
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/fire-1/2017/02/24/multiple-fire-crews-battling-3-alarm-blaze-balch-springs

Quote: "The fire began about 7 p.m. at a wood pallet supplier and auto repair shop near the 2800 block of South Beltline Road but officials could not say exactly where the flames originated from. A collision repair shop was also damaged in the fire, said Sean Davis, Balch Springs deputy fire marshal. Dozens of vehicles between the three businesses were also severely damaged. WFAA reported that flames reached heights that could be seen from miles around."

Note: A pallet business next to an auto shop - that's just asking for a fire nowadays!

Category: Variety Pack

2017-02-25 - Camper-van bursts into flame just before 7 AM and kills 55-year-old man in coastal Surrey (Canada):
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/man-found-dead-after-camper-van-fire-in-surrey-1.3301277
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fire-camper-van-surrey-b-c-1.3999751
http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/surrey-man-dead-after-camper-fire
http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2017/02/26/surrey-man-dies-in-camper-van-fire.html
http://www.cheknews.ca/man-dies-in-surrey-b-c-camper-van-fire-281556/
http://globalnews.ca/news/3273309/man-dies-in-surrey-camper-van-fire/
http://www.castanet.net/news/BC/189947/Van-fire-kills-sleeping-man
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/man-dies-surrey-b-c-230643753.html
http://www.newstalk770.com/syn/112/278456/278456
http://www.surreyleader.com/news/414794273.html

2017-02-25 - Taxi bursts into flame and burns two men to death on bridge in coastal Penang (Malaysia):
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2175332
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/02/25/2-men-die-in-taxi-fire-on-penang-bridge/
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/02/25/two-burnt-to-death-in-taxi-on-penang-second-bridge/
http://www.nst.com.my/news/2017/02/215220/two-burn-death-taxi-catches-fire-penangs-second-bridge

Quote: "Police ruled out foul play in the incident where two men were burned to death in a car near the Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah Bridge on Saturday. South Seberang Prai district police chief Supt Shafee Abdul Samad said there was no elements of foul play found in their investigations. 'They died due to smoke inhalation according to post-mortem results,' he said in a media statement today. The bodies of teacher G. Saravanan, 28, and his technician friend T. Solomon, 26, were found burnt beyond recognition inside the car in the 8.10am incident."

2017-02-25 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing in coastal Daytona Beach (Florida):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20170227-57306-USA
http://www.fox35orlando.com/home/238081681-story
http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20170225/german-plane-diverts-to-daytona-due-to-smoke-in-cockpit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAk45M511u8

Quote: "Officials say the flight was diverted to Daytona Beach International Airport just after 1 p.m. The FAA confirmed to Fox 35 that the flight was diverted due to smoke in the cockpit."

Note: This is the 20th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2017...

2017-02-25 - High-rise hotel heavily damaged by deadly fire in Nanchang (China), near Poyang Lake, 10+ killed, many injured:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/25/world/china-hotel-fire-nanchang/
http://whotv.com/2017/02/25/china-hotel-fire-kills-at-least-10-people/
http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/huge-fire-at-luxury-hotel-in-china-many-feared-trapped-reports-1663318
http://www.wionews.com/world/10-killed-14-injured-as-massive-fire-breaks-out-in-china-hotel-12776
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-39087231

2017-02-25 - Organisms creating vast amounts of methane in the Pacific Ocean:
http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/marine-life-adding-to-global-warming-by-generating-methane-in-pacific-778768.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2949970/scientists-discover-underwater-pool-of-gas-and-claim-its-helping-to-cause-catastrophic-global-warming/
http://www.techworldnews.co/2017/02/source-of-enormous-pacific-methane-pool.html
http://www.pressreader.com/uk/yorkshire-post/20170225/281706909455550
http://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-herald/20170225/281646779913964

Quote: "Microbes are generating a vast pool of marine methane that is contributing to global warming, a British team of scientists has confirmed. Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London, traced the source of methane in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Sediment collected from the ocean floor, where there is very little oxygen, revealed how bugs are creating the largest region of marine methane on Earth."

Note: And there are OTHER bugs - ancient anaerobic bacteria and archaea - that eat methane (or biomatter like dead stuff and sh#t) and produce hydrogen sulfide, so here's a huge amount of food for them...

2017-02-25 - Warming ocean temps could kill deep ocean life:
http://www.ibtimes.com/climate-change-warming-temperatures-could-kill-deep-ocean-life-forms-2100-2497147
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/07092016/oceans-climate-change-marine-global-warming-temperatures-study-coral-reef-bleaching

Note: Deep ocean life began dying and fleeing the depths off the Pacific Northwest as early as 2002, so this is already underway. And since then, virtually ever major coral reef on the planet has started dying. So this isn't some distant hypothetical possibility - it's already happening. And the ancient anaerobic bacteria and archaea that produce hydrogen sulfide LIKE warmer waters and lower oxygen levels, and they eat dead stuff, so not only are conditions becoming more favorable for them in terms of temperature and oxygen levels, but the dying stuff provides them a steady source of food, which they turn into poison gas, which kills more stuff, which provides more food, which creates more poison gas, and so on and so on...

2017-02-25 - Parts of the North Atlantic could suddenly cool and freeze Europe:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/24/drastic-cooling-north-atlantic-beyond-worst-fears-scientists-warn
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2017/02/24/drastic-cooling-in-north-atlantic-beyond-worst-fears-scientists-warn/

Quote: "Current climate models foresee a slowing of the meridional overturning circulation (MOC), sometimes known also as the thermohaline circulation, which is the phenomenon behind the more familiar Gulf Stream that carries warmth from Florida to European shores. If it did slow, that could lead to a dramatic, unprecedented disruption of the climate system."

Note: Greenland is melting increasingly fast now, which dumps all kinds of cold fresh water into the Atlantic, which alters salinity, and that could also change the flow of the Gulf Stream. So they're not saying that the Earth is going to get colder. They're saying that the heat which would normally flow from the Gulf of Mexico over to Europe will be stalled and won't reach Europe  - so since that heat doesn't just disappear, where does it go? Wherever it goes, there will be serious problems there too: fish dying, oxygen loss in the waters, thawing of methane clathrates (like along the US East Coast), nuclear plants having to shut down because the ocean is too warm (that's already happened sporadically on the US East Coast in recent times), ancient anaerobic bacteria and archaea spewing more hydrogen sulfide, etc, etc.

Category: Fires And Explosions

2017-02-26 - Update on man who ignited while smoking cig outside mall in Easton (Pennsylvania) - man has died:
http://q13fox.com/2017/02/27/smoker-who-accidentally-lit-sweatshirt-on-fire-has-died/
http://fox59.com/2017/02/27/elderly-smoker-who-accidentally-lit-sweatshirt-on-fire-has-died/
http://www.startribune.com/smoker-who-accidentally-lit-sweatshirt-on-fire-has-died/414899744/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/smoker-accidentally-lit-sweatshirt-fire-died-45787393
http://townhall.com/news/us/2017/02/27/smoker-who-accidentally-lit-sweatshirt-on-fire-has-died-n2291481
http://mynorthwest.com/558373/smoker-who-accidentally-lit-sweatshirt-on-fire-has-died/

2017-02-26 - Woman's clothes ignite while cooking and burn her to death at home in Morton Grove (Illinois):
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/woman-dies-after-clothes-catch-fire-in-morton-grove-home/

Note: From the full hypothesis: "People's clothing will spontaneously combust from time to time, or ignite very very easily from the slightest spark or heat, as has been happening with increasing frequency and people will be burned to death as a consequence."

2017-02-26 - Person found burned to death in burning car at 6:15 AM in garage at home in Tomball (Texas):
http://www.click2houston.com/news/body-discovered-in-vehicle-after-garage-fire-in-tomball-police-say

Quote: "Tomball police are investigating Sunday after a body was found in a car after a garage fire, police said. The incident was reported at 6:15 a.m. in the 30000 block of Quinn Road. Police said after firefighters battled the fire, the body was discovered inside a car in the garage. Investigators said the fire started in the garage and spread through the breezeway and kitchen."

Note: This is the third person to burn to death in a burning car in a garage at their home THIS MONTH. A car burst into flame at 4:30 AM and killed a man in garage at home in Cicero (Illinois), mentioned in the 2017-02-09 update, and a car burst into flame shortly after 1:30 AM and killed a man in a garage at home in Columbus (Ohio), mentioned in the 2017-02-03 update. That's not counting the man who burned to death in a burning car at a parking garage in Dallas (Texas), mentioned in the 2017-02-16 update. From the full hypothesis: "Vehicles of all kinds will continue to burn, as they have been, and the number of vehicular fires will continue to escalate, inevitably resulting in a corresponding increase in the number of people being incinerated in their vehicles."

2017-02-26 - Person found dead in burning car at 1:40 AM in Chatsworth (California):
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Body-Found-Inside-Burning-Car-414807973.html
http://mynewsla.com/crime/2017/02/26/car-with-body-in-backseat-found-burning-in-chatsworth/
http://ktla.com/2017/02/26/body-found-in-burned-vehicle-in-chatsworth-possible-homicide-investigation-underway-lapd/
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/02/26/Body_found_inside_burning_car_in_Chatsworth/
http://www.newsdump.com/article/body-found-inside-burning-car-in-chatsworth

2017-02-26 - Refinery damaged by fire in Oregon (Ohio), near Lake Erie:
http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2017/02/26/Fire-reported-at-Toledo-Refinery-in-Oregon.html

2017-02-26 - Recycling center erupts in flame in the wee hours in Merrifield (Virginia):
http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/fairfax/two-alarm-fire-at-fairfax-county-recycling-center/415522754

2017-02-26 - Two boats destroyed by fire after 5 AM while docked on coastal Wilmington Island (Georgia), nobody aboard:
http://www.wjcl.com/article/two-boats-dock-damaged-in-marina-fire-on-wilmington-island/8983314
http://wsav.com/2017/02/26/watch-early-morning-wilmington-island-boat-fire/
http://www.wtoc.com/story/34607184/fire-destroys-2-boats-on-wilmington-island
http://www.wtoc.com/story/34608499/boat-owner-reacts-to-fire-at-lee-shores-marina-that-destroyed-2-boats
http://fox28media.com/news/local/sassers-marina-boat-fire-on-wilmington-island-leads-to-two-sunken-ships
http://www.georgiaworld.com/2017/02/26/watch-early-morning-wilmington-island-boat-fire/
http://snewsi.com/id/17149674045/Boat-owner-reacts-to-fire-at-Lee-Shores-Marina-that-destroyed-2-boats
http://www.telemundoamarillo.com/story/34616637/fire-destroys-2-boats-dock-at-lee-shores-marina

Quote: "Charles and Ceryle Stewart own the Lee Shore Marina as well as their beloved two boats. Both the 'Sassafras' and 'Little Emma' were destroyed in a fire that began on Sunday morning after 5 a.m. "

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

2017-02-26 - Cruise ship 'Costa Magica' erupts in flame at 1:30 AM in the Caribbean Sea near the island of Antigua:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Costa-Magica-9239795.html
http://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2017/17343/costa-magica-engine-room-fire/
http://www.maritimeherald.com/2017/costa-magica-caught-fire-in-engine-room-during-eastern-caribbean-cruise/
http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2017/02/articles/fires-1/fire-on-the-costa-magica/index.html

Quote: "Cruislawnews on Feb 25 reported to have received a message from a passenger aboard the 'Costa Magica'. The passenger indicated that a fire broke out on the cruise ship on Feb 24, while the cruise ship was heading toward Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe which is in the eastern Caribbean between St. Kitts and Antigua & Barbuda to the north and Dominica to the south. He indicated that the fire started around 1:30 a.m. apparently in the engine room. It lasted at least 90 minutes."

Note: These are the 152nd, 153rd and 154th boats/ships to burn/explode in 2017...

Category: Variety Pack

2017-02-27 - Unknown odor sickens several dozen people at business park in Hanover Township (Pennsylvania):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20170228-57323-USA

Quote: "Complaints of a strong odor Monday inside a business park along Route 22 just north of Bethlehem caused 400 people to be evacuated and sent several dozen to area hospitals with complaints of nausea and vomiting. While emergency crews filled the parking lot at 90 S. Commerce Way with ambulances, firefighters combed through the building with hand-held air measuring units to try to track down the scent that caused a flurry of 911 calls, Northampton County dispatchers say. The building sits on 7.4 acres in Hanover Township, Northampton County, and as crews searched inside the building, evacuees outside complained of nausea and vomiting, with several sitting in a grassy area until paramedics could tend to them. The parking lot soon became a triage unit with different-colored tarps for potential victims to be laid out on. Officials said 31 people were taken to area hospitals for further evaluation, and UGI spokesman Joe Swope said 400 were evacuated from the building. But as of Monday evening, exactly what caused the odor remained a mystery, said Township Manager John Finnigan."

Note: Sounds similar to an event in June of 2014 when a large cloud of 'toxic gas of unknown origin' hit coastal Rayong (Thailand) in the wee hours, sending thousands of people puking and fleeing their homes, mentioned in the 2014-06-08 update. Nothing to worry about, just random areas around the planet being hit by poison gas. Well, nothing to worry about unless you're one of those don't-wanna-die kind of people...

2017-02-27 - Home hit by unknown odor, man sickens too, near Bay Street in Davison (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2017/02/potential_chemical_situation_a.html

2017-02-27 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes and alarms people in Natchitoches Parish (Louisiana):
http://www.ksla.com/story/34608478/npso-investigates-dozens-reports-of-a-loud-boom
http://www.sott.net/article/343960-Louisiana-sheriffs-office-investigating-reports-of-loud-house-shaking-boom

2017-02-27 - Passenger train bursts into flame at train station in coastal London (Britain):
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/west-croydon-delays-commuters-face-rush-hour-chaos-after-fire-on-southern-rail-train-in-south-london-a3477266.html
http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/watch-fire-which-caused-southern-rail-train-to-be-evacuated/story-30166540-detail/story.html
http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/passengers-evacuated-from-southern-rail-train-as-it-catches-fire-at-west-croydon/story-30166415-detail/story.html
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/592069/Travel-news-traffic-rush-hour-train-fire-West-Croydon-Southern-Rail

Quote: "Southern Rail passengers face rush hour chaos after a fire broke out on a train in south London. Dramatic footage posted on social media showed smoke billowing out of a train window at West Croydon station. Flames can be seen flickering inside the carriage which set alight just before 3pm on Monday. Passengers were evacuated and services using the line were cancelled for two hours while fire fighters and train staff dealt with the issue."

2017-02-27 - Two SUVs and a car destroyed by fire at 1:30 AM while parked at apartments in Lauderdale Lakes (Florida), near the coast:
http://www.local10.com/news/several-cars-catch-fire-in-lauderdale-lakes
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/02/27/cars-go-up-in-flames-in-lauderdale-lakes/
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/lauderdale-lakes/fl-sb-laud-lakes-cars-burn-20170227-story.html
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Multiple-Cars-Destroyed-After-Fire-at-Lauderdale-Lakes-Apartment-Complex-414847543.html

2017-02-27 - Three cars destroyed by fire while parked in parking lot in Vile Parle West area in coastal Mumbai (India):
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/3-cars-catch-fire-nearby-amitabh-bachchans-juhu-residence-watch-video/
http://localpress.co.in/2017/02/3-cars-charred-fire-near-womens-hostel-opposite-utpal-sanghvi-school-vile-parle/

2017-02-27 - Four cars destroyed by fire while parked in parking lot in coastal Thane (India):
http://localpress.co.in/2017/02/4-cars-destroyed-fire-near-rutu-estate-opposite-commissioners-bungalow-thane/

2017-02-27 - Main market devastated by huge fire in coastal Mogadishu (Somalia), 2+ killed:
http://www.voanews.com/a/mogadishu-fire-market/3741518.html
http://tribuneonlineng.com/somali-fire-sweeps-mogadishus-main-market/
http://www.richmond.com/news/latest-news/ap/fire-sweeps-through-mogadishu-s-main-market-killing-people/article_f041028d-bf9d-5bc3-a2d8-88a913fc1714.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/fire-sweeps-through-mogadishus-main-market-killing-2-people/2017/02/27/70ca25bc-fce4-11e6-9b78-824ccab94435_story.html
http://www.reuters.com/news/picture/mogadishu-market-goes-up-in-flames?articleId=USRTS10MZ8

Quote: "A huge fire engulfed Somali capital's main market, killing at least two people, a Somali police officer said Monday. The overnight inferno started at the gold bazaar and winds spread it rapidly through the market, razing large buildings, shops and food stores, said Capt. Mohamed Hussein. Firefighters eventually put out the fire which sent hundreds of people fleeing across the streets of Somali capital's commercial hub."

2017-02-27 - Small plane crashes into two home and explodes into flame in Riverside (California), 3 killed, 2 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20170228-57315-USA
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/02/28/riverside-deadly-plane-crash/
http://wsls.com/2017/02/28/plane-crash-survivor-burned-on-90-percent-of-body/
http://www.click2houston.com/news/national/small-plane-crashes-into-homes-in-california
http://www.wtae.com/article/4-dead-2-injured-after-plane-crashes-into-california-homes/8988657
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/02/27/small-plane-crash-california/98506746/
http://abc7.com/news/4-dead-1-survivor-after-plane-crashes-into-riverside-home/1776422/
http://www.kcra.com/article/plane-crashes-into-home-starting-large-fire-in-riverside/8988627
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-riverside-crash-20170227-story.html
http://katu.com/news/nation-world/1-dead-5-injured-after-plane-hits-houses-in-california-02-28-2017
http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20170228/i-got-to-get-out-of-here-or-die-man-thought-as-plane-hit-house

Quote: "Three people were killed and two were injured Monday when a small plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in Riverside, California, said Riverside Fire Chief Michael Moore. Officials had previously said that four people had died when a Cessna 310 crashed near Riverside Municipal Airport. Moore said that of the five people on the plane, three had died and two were injured."

2017-02-27 - Tour bus veers over centerline, hits 2 cars head-on, on State Route 58 near Kramer Junction (California), 1 killed, 26 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20170228-57308-USA
http://abc13.com/news/1-killed-21-injured-in-california-tour-bus-crash/1776098/
http://www.newser.com/story/239018/1-killed-26-hurt-in-california-as-tour-bus-hits-2-cars.html
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/02/27/bus-crash-in-southern-california-kills-1-injures-21-more.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/killed-21-injured-california-tour-bus-crash-45787399
http://abc30.com/news/1-killed-21-injured-in-california-tour-bus-crash/1776093/
http://abc7.com/news/1-killed-at-least-27-injured-in-kramer-junction-bus-crash/1775979/
https://www.firerescue1.com/fire-ems/articles/199381018-1-killed-26-injured-in-Calif-tour-bus-crash/
http://www.kerngoldenempire.com/news/local-news/sb-county-fire-one-dead-several-injured-in-tour-bus-crash-east-of-kern/663634857

Quote: "A tour bus crossed into oncoming traffic and hit two cars head-on, killing one woman and injuring 26 others in the Southern California high desert, according to the California Highway Patrol. It's unclear why the tour bus crossed into the westbound lanes of State Route 58 near Kramer, about 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles, CHP Officer Brian Benson said. There was no remarkable weather in the area at the time of the collision, he said."

Category: Variety Pack

2017-02-28 - Hydrogen sulfide sickening staff and students at schools in South Sioux City (Nebraska):
http://www.ktiv.com/story/34631335/2017/02/28/displaced-and-disgruntled-resident-to-city-council-ill-see-you-in-court

Quote: "Concern was also raised, this evening, regarding the potential of the city's schools experiencing levels of hydrogen sulfide gas. Students and staff have reported head and stomach aches from exposure to the gas."

2017-02-28 - At least three people sicken at medical facility in coastal New Haven (Connecticut):
http://patch.com/connecticut/newhaven/four-fall-ill-yale-officials-examining-coffee-machine
http://fox61.com/2017/02/28/2-people-faint-in-lab-during-hazmat-incident-at-yale-school-of-medicine/

Quote: "Two people fainted and two others became sick at the Yale School of Medicine Tuesday afternoon. A Keurig Coffee maker is being analyzed as part of the investigation after there were reports of people drinking from it, according to Fox 61. Two of the people fainted, one was ill at the scene and another went home. The person who went home was advised to go to the hospital."

2017-02-28 - Woman burns to death at 4:21 AM in burning car at railroad tracks in Okeechobee (Florida):
http://okeechobeenews.net/crime/womans-body-found-burnt-car/

2017-02-28 - Man, 37, found on fire at home in Lisbon Falls (Maine), near the Androscoggin River:
http://www.wmtw.com/article/crews-respond-to-report-of-man-on-fire-in-lisbon-falls/8992908
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/02/28/emergency-crews-aid-man-reported-on-fire-in-lisbon/
http://www.centralmaine.com/2017/02/28/emergency-crews-aid-man-reported-on-fire-in-lisbon/

Quote: "Lisbon police responded to a home Lisbon Street just after 7:00 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a man on fire. Officers arrived at the Lisbon Falls residence to discover a 37-year-old man with second-degree burns to his body. The Lisbon Fire Department was called to assist. Police said the male was transported to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston by Lisbon Emergency."

2017-02-28 - Massive mysterious explosion scares people in Nottingham (Britain):
http://www.nottinghampost.com/mystery-surrounds-terrifying-explosion-which-frightened-families-in-nottingham/story-30171116-detail/story.html

Quote: "Mystery surrounds a terrifying 'explosion' which could be heard for miles and frightened families in Nottingham. The Post received numerous messages on Tuesday night from concerned locals saying they heard a 'huge bang' in the Sneinton and Colwick areas."

2017-02-28 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, three cars burn, in Geddes (New York), near Onondaga Lake:
http://usnewz.com/2017/02/28/no-serious-injuries-after-vehicles-catch-fire-geddes-scrap-yard
http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/02/fire_at_syracuse-area_recycling_center_knocked_down.html
http://cnycentral.com/news/local/911-fire-breaks-out-recycling-plant-in-geddes-multiple-crews-on-scene
http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/02/firefighters_ambulances_responding_to_syracuse-area_scrap_recyling_center_fire.html
http://www.firehouse.com/video/12310938/ny-firefighters-respond-to-scrap-yard-fire-in-geddes
http://www.localsyr.com/news/crews-responding-to-fire-at-weitsman-recycling/664203516

2017-02-28 - Metal recycling center heavily damaged by major fire in Elkton (Maryland):
http://www.cecildaily.com/police_and_fire_beat/article_e02b8a74-63c0-5ce3-83e4-7cfbff66cd07.html

2017-02-28 - Recycling center erupts in flame, fire gets big, in Coolaroo (Australia), near the coast:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-28/fire-breaks-out-at-coolaroo-recycling-plant/8309168
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/large-fire-at-coolaroo-recycling-factory-brought-under-control-20170227-gumobq
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/fire-engulfs-melbourne-recycling-plant/news-story/f4f68bb2b0c2b6d4795ad7f6a72db370
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/factory-fire-at-skm-recycling-plant-in-coolaroo/news-story/9426d70b0a2ea9defc232ded4d3c4452
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1420671/Warning-Melbourne-residents-huge-factory-fire.html

2017-02-28 - Massive wildfire rages through coastal Plettenberg Bay (South Africa), 3 homes destroyed, evacuations ensue:
http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/devastating-fire-sweeps-through-plettenberg-bay-7984126
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2017/02/28/Three-houses-burnt%E2%80%9A-Old-Nick-evacuated-as-fire-flares-up-in-Plett
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2017/03/01/Plettenberg-Bay-fire-destroys-three-homes

Quote: "Plettenberg Bay homes were destroyed and residents evacuated as a massive wildfire swept through the coastal holiday town on Tuesday."

Quote: "As night fell‚ a wall of flames covering an area of about 1 000 hectares stretched as far as the eye could see‚ with firefighters from across the region called in to assist."

2017-02-28 - Landscaping business, auto shop and other businesses destroyed by fire at 3:20 AM in White River Junction (Vermont):
http://www.vnews.com/WRJ-buildings-destroyed-by-fire-8369897
http://www.wcax.com/story/34622154/crews-fight-fire-in-hartford
http://www.mynbc5.com/article/fire-destroys-multiple-businesses-in-white-river-junction/8979553
http://www.wcax.com/story/34622154/fire-in-hartford

Quote: "Investigators say the fire started this morning near the back of a trucking garage located in the middle of three destroyed buildings."