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Federal government files suit against Edison over 2009 fire
2015-08-21 14:47:46| Energy - Topix.net
Just days before the federal statute of limitations would have run out, the government has filed a lawsuit against Southern California Edison in connection to a 2009 fire that primarily burned the San Bernardino National Forest east of Hemet. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports that according to the lawsuit filed Wednesday, an equipment malfunction sparked the fire that burned almost 4 square miles, about 3 of which were national forest land.
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Lightning strike fire temporarily shuts down Texas City refinery
2015-08-20 23:28:23| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A fire caused by a lightning strike temporarily shut down a Valero Energy Corp. refinery just south of Houston on Aug. 20. The lightning strike happened at the San Antonio-based company's refinery off South Loop 197 in Texas City just before 6:30 a.m. The lightning strike caused a fire that ignited the transformer's fuel source, which burned until 11:30 a.m. Aug. 20. No injuries were reported and Chief Zacherl said the fire was self-contained.
California Is on Fire. This Map Shows Where
2015-08-18 22:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: On August 17, 2013--two years ago today--a deer hunter near California's Yosemite National Park ignored a campfire ban and burned trash from his dinner. The embers blew into dry brush, starting the third worst wildfire in the state's history. All told, the Rim Fire, as it came to be called, burned 257,314 acres in and around Yosemite. No wildfires of that scale have occurred since, but, thanks to drought and climate change, California is far from out of the woods. In fact, in 2015, 4,382 wildfires...
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Missouri Orders New Measures to Prevent Spread of Bridgeton Landfill Fire
2015-08-18 22:00:00| Waste Age
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Missouri regulators are ordering the owner of the smoldering Bridgeton Landfill to add more safeguards and develop a backup plan to prevent the spread of an underground fire past existing defenses. read more
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Fire at Maryland college won't affect beginning of fall semester
2015-08-18 18:22:00| American School & University
Weekend blaze caused $3.5 million in damage to building that housed business and IT personnel. read more
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