Probe of Valero refinery fire begins in Texas
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Federal safety investigators headed for a Texas refinery on Saturday, a day after an explosion and fire shut the plant operated by leading U.S. refiner Valero Energy Corp., a government spokesman said.
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By STEVE PATTERSON  A mulch fire that started Sunday at a Southside Jacksonville composting center is expected to burn through today, possibly sending smoke across Philips Highway.
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By Robert Crowe, Houston Chronicle  Dec. 19--Four people were taken to hospitals after a 55-gallon drum of sulfuric acid exploded Monday night at a southeast Houston chemical plant.   The fire started about 8:20 p.m. at SET Environmental Inc., 5738 Cheswood.
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Police are investigating two small  fires at a southern California branch of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  that led to 500 people being evacuated from the smoke-filled  store on Wednesday.
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Firefighters are concentrating on two locations Saturday as they search for workers missing after the deadly explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery near Savannah, Georgia, a fire official said Saturday.
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WEST Yorkshire firm N G Bailey has launched an investigation after internet site YouTube showed footage of a worker having his feet set on fire while wrapped in plastic.  (c) 2007 Liverpool Echo. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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A fire at a natural gas storage site in  Liberty County, Texas continued to burn into its sixth day, as  emergency crews moved heavy equipment into place to prepare to  cap the blaze, officials said on Tuesday.
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An investigation into a fire which claimed the lives of four firefighters finds officers were not given enough information.
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Investigators combed through an apartment complex early Saturday, trying to determine what caused a fire that killed two people, injured 18 others and forced rescuers to pull trapped residents from balconies.
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Investigators found a propane torch and a map of a housing development in the home of one of the men accused of setting fire to the neighborhood last month, according to federal court documents made public Tuesday.
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By The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 13--LAKEWOOD RANCH -- A tractor cutting brush at the Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park sparked a brushfire Tuesday afternoon that burned three acres and left the strong smell of burning wood lingering in the air.
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Questions were being raised about how the fire-fight has been coordinated and how resources have been deployed.
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BP PLC is facing a growing federal investigation into possible criminal environmental and safety violations at its Texas refinery where a 2005 explosion killed 15 workers, lawyers suing the firm said.
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One of the larger fires in Southern California is a suspected arson, a fire official confirmed Thursday.
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Investigators are probing whether oxygen tanks, among other possible causes, may have started a fire at an adult care home that killed one person and put more than a dozen in the hospital, authorities said Tuesday.
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A board of inquiry set to work in Scotland to determine the cause of a fatal fire that disabled Canada's newest British-built submarine on its maiden voyage home.
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CHICAGO-While police and fire officials sifted through charred remains of the 29th floor to determine the cause of Monday nightâs blaze at 135 S. LaSalle St.