Huge Fire Breaks Out at Beirut Port a Month After Explosion September 11, 2020 By Zeina Karam and Hassan Ammar BEIRUT — A huge fire broke out Thursday at the Port of Beirut, sending up a thick column of black...
Sri Lanka Assessing Environment Damage From Oil Tanker Fire September 8, 2020 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s government is sending scientists to determine whether a three-day fire on a giant oil...
Blaze Breaks Out Again on Oil Tanker Off Sri Lanka, Cargo Area Intact September 4, 2020 By Arjuna Ranawana and Nidhi Verma COLOMBO/NEW DELHI — A new fire broke out on a supertanker carrying about 2 million barrels of oil in the...
Riot Declared as Fire Burns in Portland Police Union Offices August 10, 2020 By Martha Bellisle and Gillian Flaccus PORTLAND, Ore. — A fire inside a police union building led authorities in Portland, Oregon, to declare a riot and...
U.S. Refining Capacity Poised For First Big Drop in Nearly a Decade August 5, 2020 By Laura Sanicola and Erwin Seba NEW YORK/HOUSTON — U.S. oil refining capacity this year could decline by the largest amount in nearly a decade as...
Murder, Arson Charges Filed Against Man in Seattle Fire August 3, 2020 SEATTLE — A deadly fire that sent people jumping from a fourth-floor window at an apartment building-turned motel in Seattle...
Portland Protesters Gassed After Setting Fire at Courthouse July 21, 2020 PORTLAND, Ore. — Protesters outside Portland’s U.S. courthouse set a fire in the building’s entryway early Monday in yet another...
Fire at French Cathedral in Nantes Destroys Famed Organ July 20, 2020 By Laetitia Notarianni and Thomas Adamson NANTES, France — French officials launched an arson inquiry Saturday after a fire broke out in the famed Gothic Cathedral...
Explosion Threat Eases at Burning Navy Warship in San Diego July 16, 2020 By Julie Watson SAN DIEGO — A fire aboard a U.S. warship moved away from fuel tanks, easing the threat of an explosion...
Portland’s Downtown Police Precinct Boarded Up July 2, 2020 PORTLAND, Ore. — Workers have installed plywood over windows and washed off graffiti near the entrance to the downtown Portland...