Accidents and Disasters

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Train with petcoke, chemicals derails in Houston

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 2 days ago

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Union Pacific Corp train derailed Monday, sending 16 carloads of petroleum coke off the tracks and spilling much of the cargo, a UP spokeswoman said. No one was hurt in the derailment late Monday morning on the south ...

China Mine Explosion

AP News 2 days ago

Relatives of miners who were killed in a gas explosion cry outside the entrance of Xinxing coal mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang province, China, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Grieving miners' families demanded answers Monday from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that ...

China families protest mine disaster, toll hits 104

Reuters US Online Report World News 2 days ago

HEGANG, China (Reuters) - Relatives of victims of a gas blast at a northeast Chinese coal mine scuffled with police and demanded answers from the owners on Monday as state media put the toll from the latest in a series of mine ...

Five dead in Italian transport plane crash: military

AFP Global Edition 2 days ago

A military C-130 Hercules transport plane crashed on take-off during a training flight near Pisa in northwest Italy Monday, killing all five people on board, the Italian air force told AFP. The aircraft hit the ground almost immediately after take-off and caught ...

Four dead in Italian transport plane crash: report

AFP Global Edition 2 days ago

A military C-130 Hercules transport plane crashed on take-off near Pisa in northwest Italy on Monday, killing at least four people, the ANSA news agency reported. The Italian air force press service said the aircraft hit the ground almost immediately after take-off ...

Indonesia Ferry Sinks

AP News 2 days ago

A relative of victims of a sunken ferry speaks on the phone Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 while waiting for news at Sekupang port in Batam, Indonesia. Rescuers returned to choppy waters off Indonesia's Sumatra island Monday to search for passengers still missing ...

Australia battles wildfires as threat eases: officials

AFP Asian Edition 3 days ago

Australian firefighters battled to contain scores of blazes in the country's southeast on Monday as a sharp drop in temperatures eased fears for dozens of threatened homes. About 600 firefighters backed by water-bombing aircraft were fighting 82 fires around New South Wales ...

NRC investigating radiation at Three Mile Island

AP News 3 days ago

Nuclear Regulatory Commission investigating radiation release at Three Mile Island in Pa. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sending investigators to the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant after a small amount of radiation was detected there. About 150 employees were sent ...

3.7 magnitude quake hits Big Bear Lake in Calif.

AP News 3 days ago

3.7 magnitude earthquake hits California's Big Bear Lake area, followed by sharp aftershock A magnitude 3.7 earthquake has rattled Southern California's Big Bear Lake area, followed by a sharp aftershock. The U.S. Geological Survey says the first quake struck at 7:55 a.m. ...

Homes under threat as Australian wildfires blaze

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

Hundreds of residents in eastern Australia were on alert Sunday as out-of-control wildfires fanned by soaring temperatures and windy conditions threatened properties, officials said. A bushfire emergency warning, the highest level of alert, has been issued for those living in the New ...

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