Hundreds of Northern California wildfire victims desperate for housing and living in recreational vehicles on their burned-out lots were ordered off their properties Monday after federal authorities threatened to cut off funding for the state’s biggest natural disaster cleanup. The …
A trench around an underground fire at an Arkansas landfill containing wood waste has saved up to $7.5 million in cleanup costs, according to environmental officials. Engineering consultant Environmental Works Inc. dug the trench last month around the Bella Vista …
The Fairbanks North Star Borough will waive landfill fees for rubble of an apartment building destroyed in a January fire that killed two people. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner says the Alaska borough Assembly voted unanimously last week to waive the …
A tire fire in Torrington, Conn., that stopped burning more than a week ago has led to health concerns among local residents. The Toce Brothers Co. warehouse fire began April 3 and was extinguished the next day. Water from fire …