Jun 08 Watch 5:52 NASA scientists try to stop space fires — by setting them By PBS News Hour Confined spaces, low gravity and high concentrations of oxygen mean any unexpected fire on a space station could well be a death sentence, especially since fire extinguishers aren’t very effective away from Earth. So NASA scientists are trying to develop… Continue watching
Mar 08 This pyrotechnic artist paints with gunpowder and fire By Twin Cities PBS For pyrotechnic artist Lisa Friedrich, playing with fire is just part of the artistic process. Continue reading
Dec 13 Police arrest man, 23, in suspected arson-hate crime at Coachella mosque By Michael D. Regan Police have arrested a 23-year-old man for setting a California mosque on fire Friday as congregants were preparing for an afternoon prayer service. He is being held on $150,000 bail. Continue reading
Oct 31 27 dead, dozens injured after fire blazes through Romanian nightclub By Carey Reed A fire in an underground nightclub in Romania Friday night claimed the lives of more than two dozen people and injured another 184 others. Continue reading
Aug 16 Death toll rises from massive warehouse explosion in Tianjin, China By Daniel Costa-Roberts The official death toll from the inferno and massive explosions that devastated a container port in the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin has climbed to 104 on Saturday. Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch 6:01 News Wrap: Hackers break into federal personnel office By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, suspected Chinese hackers reportedly broke into the Interior Department as well as the office that handles security clearances. Data for 4 million people may have been compromised. Also, at least 150 people were killed in… Continue watching
Mar 26 12 injured after building collapses in New York City’s East Village By Anna Sillers An explosion at a residential building in Manhattan’s East Village neighborhood caused the building to collapse and started a fire a neighboring building Thursday afternoon. Continue reading
Mar 03 Two airlines ban rechargeable batteries from cargo By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Two major U.S airlines say they will no longer accept rechargeable battery shipments as new government tests confirm that explosions and violent fires are likely to occur when large numbers of batteries enclosed in cargo containers overheat. Continue reading
Dec 17 GIF: Christmas tree to blazing inferno in less than a minute By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy A dried-out, eight-foot Christmas tree can light, blaze and burn to ash in less than a minute. By setting Christmas trees ablaze in the safety of a lab, scientists and engineers are learning how to keep you safe from the… Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch News Wrap: Rescue teams search for missing victims of deadly Quebec fire By PBS News Hour Continue watching