Fire

Utilities Respond to Fires Raging Across California

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September 8, 2020

Utility warnings and power shutdowns are aimed at mitigating risks as wildfires grow in dry, hot and high-wind conditions in the state.

Four-Alarm Blaze Torches Construction Site Outside Washington, D.C.

Owner declares mixed-use project in Alexandria, Va. “destroyed”

Bruce Buckley

February 8, 2020

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About 150 firefighters from Fairfax County Fire and Rescue responded to a four-alarm fire at a construction site outside Washington, D.C., on Feb. 8.

Welding Sparks Fire at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas

Louise Poirier

December 18, 2019

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On Dec. 14 at 2:27 p.m., the Arlington Fire Dept. responded to a two-alarm structure fire at Globe Life Field, a $1.1-billion project under construction in Arlington, Texas.

Investigations Underway After Worker Killed in Cincinnati Partial Building Collapse

Preston Todd Delph, 58, died when a section of the seventh floor of the under-construction building collapsed

Jeff Yoders

December 2, 2019

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Preston Todd Delph, 58, an employee of Gateway Concrete Forming in Miamisburg, Ohio, died after the seventh-floor of a mixed-use development on Fourth and Race streets in Cincinnati, collapsed on him November 25. OSHA and the City of Cincinnati are investigating the incident.

MBTA Crews Restore Blue Line Service in Boston Following Fire and Flood

March 20, 2019

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Service resumed on March 18 for the Boston MBTA Blue Line following disruption from a fire that raged for two days at an East Boston casket company, forcing evacuation of 150 homes.

Crews Are Finally Ready to Complete Pittsburgh's Liberty Bridge

Punch list items will be finished by January

Justin Rice

September 24, 2018

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Punch-list items are just about all that remain to be completed in the effort to rehabilitate Pittsburgh's Liberty Bridge

NYC Sprinkler Retrofit Law Could Trump Fire-Sensitive Construction

Eydie Cubarrubia

April 18, 2018

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More than 209,000 residential buildings would likely require retrofitting if a proposed New York City law, spurred by the Trump Tower fire, is passed.

What Local Officials Want to Do About Wood-Frame Building Fires in Massachusetts

Johanna Knapschaefer

August 9, 2017

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After massive fires in Waltham, Mass. and Boston destroyed large residential complex employing wood-frame construction this summer, officials from both municipalities are questioning the safety of wood-frame construction for large apartment complexes and urging the state for stricter regulations on the size of such building.

Massive Fire Guts Nearly Completed Boston Building

Justin Rice

June 29, 2017

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A day before it was slated to have its fire-alarm inspection, a nearly completed 83-unit mixed-use building in Boston went up in flames.

Five-Alarm Blaze at College Park, Md. Construction Site Leaves $39-Million in Damages

Seven-story mixed-use development was slated to be completed by July

Justin Rice

April 25, 2017

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More than 200 emergency responders battled a large fire at a construction site in College Park, Md. on Monday. Causing approximately $39 million in damages, the fire at the wood-framed apartment complex is the largest “suppression effort and the highest fire loss estimate” in the history of the Prince George County, according to fire department officials.