Emergency responders rescued a man from the scene of a mine disaster in Zambia more than a week after being buried. The survivor, a 49-year-old, was saved Tuesday night at the scene of the landslide in Chingola, Zambia, by the country’s Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit. He was transported to …
Read More »New Jersey 13-car pileup leads to injuries, jackknifed tractor trailer leaking fuel
New Jersey police and emergency crews responded to a 13-car pileup on Tuesday night that was caused by black ice, injuring some motorists while a jackknifed tractor trailer leaked diesel fuel onto the highway and into the Passaic River, according to reports. Video of the incident shot by Freedom News …
Read More »FEMA employees placed on leave after claiming Trump leadership could spark next Hurricane Katrina
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees who signed an open letter slamming the Trump administration’s leadership of the office have been placed on leave, with FEMA leadership subsequently slamming the “bureaucrats who presided over decades of inefficiency” for “objecting to reform.” More than 190 current and former FEMA employees signed …
Read More »Midair plane crash kills one person near Colorado airport as both planes catch fire
One person was killed, and three others were injured after two planes collided midair near the Fort Morgan Municipal Airport in Colorado on Sunday, law enforcement officials said. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office said deputies and emergency personnel rushed to the scene after receiving a report of a plane crash …
Read More »OceanGate Titan submersible damaged on multiple dives before catastrophic implosion, NTSB report finds
A scathing new report into the Titan submersible disaster that killed five people has found the vessel was damaged during earlier dives and built through a flawed engineering process that failed to meet safety standards — conditions that ultimately led to its fatal implosion. The report released by the National …
Read More »Palisades Fire suspect has courtroom outburst while pleading not guilty at arraignment
The suspect accused of starting what prosecutors have described as “one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history” reportedly had an outburst in federal court as he pleaded not guilty. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, of Melbourne, Florida, entered a not guilty plea Thursday to counts of destruction of property …
Read More »Officials investigating after deadly crane collapse at industrial site north of Boston: 'Unfortunate accident'
Two people are dead after a crane collapsed Friday at an industrial site on a river just north of Boston. One person died at the scene and a second person died at the hospital, according to Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria. DeMaria said the two men, in their 30s and 40s, …
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