City officials are warning that the old hospital building in Ketchikan is deteriorating and likely will collapse, perhaps as early as this winter if nothing is done. The City Council is expected Thursday to consider declaring the building a public …
Authorities say nearly a dozen people were taken to the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak was found in an apartment building in New London, Wis. The New London Fire Department says firefighters were called to the scene about 6 …
Authorities are investigating what caused Tuesday’s fire at a Mississippi foam plant. The small factory manufactured cut foam used in furniture making. About a dozen volunteer and full-time fire departments, including Tupelo and Saltillo, responded to the call around 11 …
An Associated Press Television journalist says a 7-story building has collapsed two days after a powerful earthquake hit eastern Turkey. The building, with 46 apartments, collapsed on Tuesday in the city of Van. It was not known if anyone was …
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolted Indonesia’s popular resort island of Bali on Thursday, injuring more than 50 people and sending others fleeing from their hotels and houses in panic. Ceilings caved in at two high schools and several ancient Hindu …
Passing trucks shook the six-story office building constantly in the months after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in September 2010. “There were quite big cracks, you could see daylight from some offices with outside walls,” said receptionist Maryanne Jackson. But, she …
Alabama poultry farmers continue to rebuild, five months after last spring’s tornadoes shattered many of their chicken house operations. The April 27 storms destroyed or heavily damaged more than 700 chicken houses, and about 70 percent of the affected farmers …
Twenty-eight people are homeless as a result of a fire in a Manchester, N.H., apartment building. WMUR-TV says emergency crews found a fire in the center of the common cellar shooting up towards the second floor when they arrived early …
State and federal officials are cautioning South Dakota flood victims that time might be running out to file flood insurance claims. Normally, claims for flood damage under policies underwritten by the National Flood Insurance Program must be filed within 60 …
Boston police and fire officials say a woman plunged four stories to her death down a shaft on a building’s roof. Acting Deputy Fire Chief Ronald Marston tells the Boston Herald that the woman fell Saturday night from a seven-story …