Fire Causes Evacuations at NYC Station
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Penn Station was evacuated and train service was halted for about three hours Monday after a fire erupted in a transformer beneath the East River, causing chaos for thousands of travelers at one of the nation's busiest commuter hubs.
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One subway line serving tens of thousands of New Yorkers each day was knocked out of service and another severely limited, possibly for years, because a trash fire set on a station platform destroyed hard-to-replace equipment.
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Fire broke out on the top floor of a historic cancer hospital in west London on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of patients
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A spectacular fire destroyed a vacant, century-old warehouse early Wednesday, injuring three firefighters and forcing some people to evacuate nearby apartments.
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Orange flames erupt from a train carriage, at right, at Atocha railway station in Madrid, Spain. The image shows people, foreground, atop an escalator leaving a crowded platform as the station is already shrouded
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A power outage struck Manhattan's wealthy Upper East Side during a heat wave on Wednesday, snarling subway service during rush hour in another embarrassment for utility Con Edison.
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A fire at the WABC-TV studios in Manhattan knocked out Sunday night's programming and caused the evacuation of the television network's building.
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A fire broke out on the top floors of  a 3,000-room Las Vegas hotel and Casino on Friday, forcing the  evacuation of guests and staff and quickly engulfing parts of  the building's facade and roof.
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A fire at the WABC-TV studio in New York City interrupted Sunday night's broadcast and caused the evacuation of the television network's building.
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Everyone got out alive, the train operator did as he was trained and the passengers did as they were told. Still, that a small fire on a major commuter line could leave passengers gasping for air and send 152 of them to the hospital highlights just how vulnerable transit systems are to disaster.
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Patients and staff have been evacuated from the Royal Marsden hospital in west London as firefighters tackle a major blaze
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Fire broke out on the top floor of a historic cancer hospital in west London on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of patients, the fire brigade said.
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A three-story building collapsed in   Manhattan on Monday morning after an apparent gas explosion,   causing injuries, a frantic rescue operation and sending smoke   billowing into the air.
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A train carrying an explosive material derailed Monday in a city neighborhood, forcing homes and three schools to be evacuated, fire officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
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Heavy rain played havoc with routines in the New York City metropolitan area today, forcing some people to evacuate their homes.
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PORT DARLINGTON, Ont. (CP) - Exploding gas tanks that went off "like rockets" and a blaze at a propane company forced the evacuation of hundreds of people late Tuesday, police said.
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Firefighters responded to reports of a fire at Mount Sinai Medical Center on Wednesday morning, and a security supervisor said parts of the hospital were being evacuated.