Tag: Fires
Takeaways from The Associated Press' report on lost shipping containers
LONG BEACH, Wash. -- From clothes to metals used for manufacturing, most of the world’s everyday goods and raw materials moved over long...
Chemical smoke spewing from a Georgia factory is projected to spread toward Atlanta as winds shift
MARIETTA, Ga. -- Heavy smoke was causing low visibility Wednesday along Interstate 20 east of Atlanta as chemicals continued spewing from a beleaguered...
Over 90,000 Georgia residents sheltering a day after chemical plant fire sends chlorine into the air
CONYERS, Ga. -- More than 90,000 residents in a county east of Atlanta were told to keep sheltering in place Monday and businesses...
Interstate is closed outside Atlanta as residents evacuate due to a chemical plant fire
CONYERS, Ga. -- Some residents east of Atlanta were evacuated while others were told to shelter in place Sunday to avoid contaminants from...
As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds — and obstacles
BELLVUE, Colo. -- Camille Stevens-Rumann crouched in the dirt and leaned over evergreen seedlings, measuring how much each had grown in seven months."That's...
Report finds a faulty component could have caused 'extensive damage' to Cathay Pacific jet
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong’s air safety authority said Thursday that a defect in an engine component of a Cathay Pacific Airways Airbus...