Category : Explosions and Fires
One Dead in Truckee Gas Explosion
At least one person has been confirmed dead in an explosion in an apartment complex in Truckee in Nevada County on Tuesday.
According to news reports, a 27-year-old woman has been killed in the explosion and her husband and their three children, aged 12, 7 and 10 years old, sustained injuries in the explosion. The woman died from her injures on Tuesday night. The three children suffered burns, and received treatment in the hospital, but have been discharged. The children’s father sustained serious burn injuries, and had to be airlifted to a hospital. He is reported to be in a critical condition.
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Family of Fire Victims Receive $21 Million Settlement
There was nothing on the eve of July 10, 2006 that could have prepared the Higdon family for what was to come the next day. Patrick and Margaret Higdon, along with their twin boys, James and Patrick, and daughter Megan, Margaret’s siblings and her parents, were holidaying at a vacation rental at Cedar Grove Resort about 200 miles north of Milwaukee. They had gone to bed after the usual vacation day – lazing around, eating at the restaurant nearby and playing cards.
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Settlements Reached in Cook County Building Fire
A series of settlements have been announced in the Cook County Administration Building fire of 2003, which killed six people. Victims will now receive $25.3 million, of which Cook County will pay $9 million.
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Los Angeles Explosion Kills Firefighter
A tragic explosion in an office building in a Westchester business district had one casualty on Wednesday afternoon. There won’t be a huge media coverage of the incident, no politicians dropping sound bytes. Every time a firefighter or other service personnel dies in the line of duty we need to remind ourselves that these are people who risk their lives and put their safety on the line, so we can be safe.
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Settlement in Saratoga Gas Explosion
The husband and young daughter of a young woman killed in a gas explosion in Saratoga Springs, Utah last year have settled with Questar Gas and other contractors.
The amount has not been disclosed, but according to Utah’s Daily Herald, it is a seven-figure cash payment.
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Resident Killed in Westlake Apartment building fire
It was a fiery day in the 700 block of the South Westlake Avenue in Los Angeles, California. A fire that began in the apartment of a 58-year-old resident, killed him and displaced at least 11 other residents. In all, two children and nine adults have been displaced from the 10-unit building. Seventy-one firefighters had to be pressed into service to bring the fire under control. Luckily for the residents, the flames were contained in the apartment where the fire started.
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