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One Year After Gabriel House Fire, Massachusetts Moves to Force Checks on Recalled Sprinklers

A push to require recalled sprinkler checks aims to stop the mechanical failures that helped last year’s fire spread.

Hauz Rani B&B Fire Toll Rises to 23 as Licensing and Safety Probe Deepens

Selm Factory Hall Blaze Triggers Public Health Alert

Ruhpolding Wildfire Contained as Crews Battle Persistent Hotspots

Xcel to Cut Power in Southern Colorado Today to Lower Wildfire Risk

Ammonia Tanker Overturns on Hermosillo–Guaymas Highway, 27 Treated as Cleanup Narrows Traffic

Brookfield Target Evacuated After Reported Freezer Refrigerant Leak

DFB Campus Sauna Fire Causes €1.5 Million Damage in Frankfurt

US Air Force Confirms 11,000-Gallon Jet-Fuel Leak at Kunsan as Separate Osan Spill Under Review

Hazmat Team Secures Suspicious Package After Rideshare Pair Fall Ill in Logan Square

Ammonia Leak at Pemex Veracruz Complex Contained After Evacuations

Carbon Monoxide Alarm Triggers Evacuation at Florida Charter School, 22 Students Taken for Evaluation

Franschhoek Wildfire Jumps Berg River as Strong Winds Keep Air Crews Grounded

Spider Monkey Bites Shop Worker in Chiapas, Prompting Rabies Protocol

Six-Alarm Fire Tears Through Roselle Park Warehouse

Nine Hospitalized After High Carbon Monoxide Levels Found in Commerce City Home

Popocatépetl Sends Ash Toward Southern Mexico City and Puebla as Activity Persists

Planchón-Peteroa Ash Reaches Malargüe Area as Yellow Alert Holds

Butyric Acid Odor Prompts Evacuation at Saarbrücken Apartment Building

One Worker Killed, Two Seriously Hurt in Explosion at Socuéllamos Medical-Waste Plant