Underground firework trade fears
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Chief fire officers say they are increasingly worried about black market trading in dangerous fireworks.
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People living beside a meat plant in Coleraine are told to stay inside amid fears of an ammonia leak in a huge fire.
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By Karl Terry, The Portales News-Tribune, N.M.  Feb. 21--Concerns about a proposed year-round fire ban have apparently been spreading like wildfire since Roosevelt County Commissioners tabled the measure two weeks ago.
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Tough new regulations put a curfew on the misuse of fireworks across Scotland.
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By WAYNE PARRY  PLAINFIELD, N.J. - The first sign this would not be a normal day at the Plainfield Fire Department came shortly after 8 a.m., when someone banged on the firehouse door, yelling, "The building next door is on fire!" It soon got worse.
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Reporter Ahmad Taufik caught a break as he looked for a follow-up story after a fire devoured a centuries-old garment market in the heart of town last year. A city official had told him anonymously that plans to renovate the market were submitted by a powerful businessman three months before the fire.
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A number of people are reported injured as a large fire breaks out at a fireworks factory in Sussex.
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By Danielle Zielinski, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Jun. 27--As the sound of fireworks echo across Hampton Roads this Fourth of July, firefighters are hoping the booms won't be followed by the crackling of flames.
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By Anna M. Tinsley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 8--Safety signs. Fire extinguishers. Better inventories of hazardous chemicals.
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Six families were moved from their homes in a chemical scare when fire broke out in a disused former steelworks building. About 40 firefighters were called out to the blaze at the old Ivor Works building at Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, at 4.40pm yesterday.
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Firefighters were battling a large blaze Saturday night at London's famed Camden Market and braced for possible casualties, authorities said.
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Britain's cities are preparing to mark the New Year with firework displays, concerts and sports events, but the celebrations will be overshadowed by the Asian tsunami disaster.
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Global warming concerns are pushing bulbmakers and environmentalists to talk about phasing out the common light bulb.
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Business & money: Critical upgrade work on network could be scaled back, London Underground boss warns.
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A number of people are reportedly trapped in a serious blaze at London's iconic Camden Market.
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A major blaze has broken out at Camden Market, one of the most famous markets in London, while not everyone in the area had been accounted for, a London Fire Brigade spokeswoman said Saturday.
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Timed stock market trades will go awry. Manufacturing lines will grind to a halt. Perplexed executives will hold court before empty conference rooms. These are just a few of the doomsday scenarios that have been tossed out in advance of Daylight Savings Time, which has been bumped up by two weeks this year by order of the U.S. Congress.