Russia's transport ministry said this week experts had established that about 2,400 metric tons of oil products had spilled into the sea, a smaller spill than initially feared. When the disaster ...

A veteran Orange County Fire Authority engineer suffered cardiac arrest and died after searching for any residents during a kitchen fire at a Laguna Niguel home early Sunday morning, Jan.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea have announced a regional emergency after oil was ...

In this photo taken from video released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, rescuers and volunteers work to clean up tons of fuel oil that spilled out of two ...

Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday (Jan 4) in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, as workers cleared tons of contaminated sand and earth on either side of the ...

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Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea announced a regional emergency on Saturday, as oil was detected on the shores of Sevastopol, the peninsula’s largest city. Fuel oil spilled ...

A huge fire that erupted at a clothing market in Ghana’s capital Accra has destroyed hundreds of livelihoods and businesses. The fire at Kantamanto Market – one of the world’s largest ...

Jamie Waffle says it was a "very tragic" end to 2024 in Windsor, Ont., and start to his role as the city's new fire chief. He officially took over Jan. 1, on the heels of two fatal fires to close ...