'Tower of fire' destroys L.A. apartment complex under construction
The fire engulfed a towering residential project, raining ash on much of downtown Los Angeles and lighting the predawn sky a smoky orange. Computers and cubicles melted in neighboring buildings....
View ArticleFall 2016 Dean’s List, Honor Roll released (University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh)
(Source: University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh) University of Wisconsin Oshkosh officials have announced the names of students who qualified for the University Dean's List and Honor Roll in fall 2016. To...
View Article5 get serious burns in explosion at apparent hash oil lab
REDDING, Calif. — Five people suffered serious burns when an explosion blew apart a garage where authorities believe the group...
View ArticleMan arrested after suspected hash oil explosion rocks apartment
The man was one of two people that witnesses saw running from the apartment complex at 4363 S. Quebec St. Denver police...
View ArticleWesterly Resident Sentenced for Operating Butane Hash Oil Lab (United States...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island) PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Scott Slagel, 41, of Westerly, RI, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr.,...
View ArticleExplosion at Kent home linked to hash oil operation
KENT, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say an explosion at a Kent home was apparently caused by efforts to make a...
View ArticleFeds seek maximum of 10 years in Bellevue hash-oil blast
SEATTLE (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeking a 10-year, maximum sentence for a man who joined two tech workers in running a hash-oil operation that exploded in 2013, destroying a Bellevue apartment...
View ArticleFalling tree branch halts BART service in East Bay
BART passengers were experiencing a severely disrupted commute as service was halted in parts of the East Bay...
View ArticleTwo charged in 2014 hash-oil explosion at apartment complex
Two men badly burned last year when a butane-fueled fire tore through an apartment complex have been charged with running a hash-oil operation that caused the explosion, authorities said Tuesday. ......
View Article'People were dropping children and jumping': Dozens hurt, 7 missing after...
"It was one big boom, like nothing I'd ever heard." - Resident Willie Morales SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Dozens of people, including three firefighters, were injured after an explosion and large fire at...
View ArticleWalnut Creek: Riviera Family Apartments praised on several levels
From left, Walnut Creek City Council members Rich Carlston and Bob Simmons, and County Supervisor Candace Andersen, at Nov. 4’s groundbreaking for the Riviera Family Apartments. WALNUT CREEK — That the...
View Article3-alarm fire burning at apartment complex
Fire crews fought a three-alarm blaze that spread to two apartment buildings Wednesday morning, a dispatcher for the Contra Costa Fire Protection District said. Crews were working to bring the fire in...
View ArticleFire official: Dozens hurt in Maryland apartment blaze
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Dozens of people, including three firefighters, were injured after a large fire at an apartment complex in a Maryland suburb of Washington and searchers are looking for up to seven...
View ArticleBody found after apartment fire at complex off Chenal Parkway in Little Rock
One person died in a fire at a Little Rock apartment complex Thursday morning, the Little Rock Fire Department...
View ArticleBody found after LR apartment fire
One person died in a fire at a Little Rock apartment complex Thursday morning, the Little Rock Fire Department...
View ArticleDubai skyscraper catches fire, though no one killed in blaze
Add comment Reprints + - This photo provided by Jose Vicente shows flames coming from a high rise tower in Dubai's marina district Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. The fire broke out early Saturday in the...
View ArticleKirkland pair to serve time for hash oil explosion
Two Kirkland men connected to a 2014 hash oil lab explosion were sentenced to federal prison Tuesday. Robby Wayne Meiser, 46, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, while 62-year-old Bruce W. Mark was...
View ArticleHash oil burns are a growing problem for Calif. hospitals
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Explosions and fires from the illegal manufacture of butane hash oil - cheap and easy to make but extremely volatile - have sharply increased in California in recent years....
View ArticleMan, 22, charged in hash oil explosion, fire at Denver apartment complex
A 22-year-old man has been charged with multiple counts of arson following a hash oil explosion in northeast Denver. Nicholas Castro...
View ArticleWesterly Resident Admits to Operating Butane Hash Oil Lab (United States...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island) PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Scott Slagel, 41, of Westerly, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence on Friday to endangering...
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