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Basics of the Lac-Mégantic derailment and fire
2013-07-07 19:30:14| Green Car Congress
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Firefighters warn of extreme fire danger in central California
2013-07-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fresno Bee: Nineteen of the country's best firefighters died last week in Arizona defending Yarnell, population about 700 -- "where a desert breeze meets the mountain air," as the town's entrance sign reads. It also is where urban living meets wildlands. Firefighters dig in to protect people and property in places like this all over the arid West. Sometimes, nature suddenly takes their lives. No one remembers this kind of heartbreak over the last century along Fresno County's Highway 168 up to Shaver Lake,...
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Fire uncovers hidden gas leak in Fresno
2013-07-07 10:02:00| Energy - Topix.net
A fire that started early Saturday morning in a basement of the old JC Penney building in downtown Fresno may have averted a gas explosion, officials said.
Jilin officials, executives punished over deadly fire, colliery blasts
2013-07-07 07:17:01| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
More than 100 Chinese officials and enterprise executives found to be responsible for two deadly workplace accidents were prosecuted, sacked, demoted or given disciplinary punishment, the State Council said Saturday.
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A Painful Mix of Fire, Wind and Questions
2013-07-06 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: They trained their eyes on the mountain that smoldered in the distance as they carved a path through a forest choked by fire and drought. The ground crackled underfoot. Packs sagged from their backs, heavy with the gear frontline firefighters must carry: pickaxes, temperature gauges, spades, radios, plenty of water. Down in the valley, a village burned. "This is pretty wild," one of the firefighters, Andrew Ashcraft, wrote in a text message to his wife, Juliann, at 2:02 p.m. that Sunday as the...
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