Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District firefighters were working Monday afternoon to douse a nearly 330-acre blaze near Rancho Cordova that was spreading in windy conditions. Firefighters were called to the area of Douglas Road and Sunrise Boulevard shortly after 3 p.m. as flames spread through dead grass around the Mather Golf Course and Mather Lake. Cal […]
Fire tore through a building on a golf course in Westmoreland County. Westmoreland County dispatchers say emergency crews were called to Champion Lakes Golf Course on the 4700 block of Route 711 in Ligonier Valley at 5:45 p.m. on Sunday. Flames were tearing through a building on the course and could be seen coming out […]
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Mt. Taylor Ranger District says the Cottonwood Creek Wildfire has burned about 40 acres in the Zuni Mountains. They say the cause is undetermined but that lightning was detected in the area. Start Date: June 14, 2024 Location: 12 miles west of Bluewater Lake and 9 miles south of I40 in the […]
Cambodian authorities on Friday destroyed more than seven tons of illicit drugs and the ingredients for them, as a drug-fighting official said educating people about their danger is the best way of combating the illegal trade. Some 4.1 tonnes of the destroyed items were drugs including heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine, ecstasy and ketamine that had been […]
CAPITAN, N.M. (KRQE) – Crews are keeping an eye on the Mitt Fire, burning in the Lincoln National Forest. The wildfire was caused by lightning and is burning 12 miles northeast of Capitan. Officials say the area has been the site of multiple lightning starts in the past. Start Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024 Location: 12 miles northeast […]
The Rose Fire southeast of Wickenburg burned 150 acres on Wednesday evening and prompted evacuations, according to the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management. The fire, first reported by state foresters around 5 p.m., had quickly spread to more than 100 acres before 6 p.m., according to an update on the social platform X. […]
GAA president Jarlath Burns says he understands that a €100 “is a lot” for a stand ticket at next month’s All-Ireland senior finals. Croke Park confirmed prices for the finals would increase from €90 for entry to one of the three stands and €55 for the Hill 16 terrace. Tickets for All-Ireland quarter-finals and semi-finals […]
A huge seven-alarm fire tore through a building in Paterson overnight Sunday. The fire was first reported shortly after midnight at Broadway near Straight Street. Flames and dark smoke could be seen coming out of the mixed-use residential and commercial building. Nearby fire departments Hawthorne and Prospect Park responded to the scene and reported the […]
MALVERN, Ark.- Lifepoint church in Malvern asking for prayers of peace and wisdom as the leadership and congregation have lost three decades of history due to the flash of lightning after storms rolled into Arkansas. “There is a lot of history for a lot of people here,” Student Pastor of Lifepoint Church in Malvern Boone […]
According to fire officials, state fire crews were called to assist with a brush fire burning in the Phoenix Metro area on Friday night. The fire was burning in Avondale near the Agua Fria River and Van Buren Street, AZ511.gov, and could be seen from the Interstate 10 only feet away. At about 5:18 p.m., […]
The Simmons fire that started on Tuesday burned at least 300 acres north of Kearny and prompted immediate evacuations. At around 6:20 p.m., the fire was reported about 10 miles north of Kearny on the eastside of the Gila River, according to the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management. By around 8 p.m., the […]
An uncrewed Russian cargo spacecraft came crashing back to Earth today (May 28) as planned. The Progress 86 freighter undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) today at 4:39 a.m. EDT (0839 GMT) and headed back down to Earth. Progress 86 gave up the ghost a few hours later, burning up as planned over the […]