#emergency-response

#emergency-response

Local officials said the cause of the fire is not yet known but they have ruled out any kind of attack. Experts have not yet been able to go inside the building. Two women told French broadcaster BFMTV that they were inside when they saw a barman carrying a barmaid on his shoulders. The barmaid was holding a lit candle in a bottle that set fire to the wooden ceiling. The flames quickly spread and collapsed the ceiling, they told the broadcaster.

Two trains have collided on the rail line serving Peru's famed archaeological site of Machu Picchu, killing at least one person and injuring dozens. Rail agency Ferrocarril Transandino said a train operated by PeruRail collided with another locomotive belonging to Inca Rail around lunchtime on the single track that links the town of Ollantaytambo with Machu Picchu.

A train carrying 250 people has derailed partially in southern Mexico, killing at least 13 people and injuring 98, according to officials. The Mexican Navy said that the Interoceanic Train linking the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz went off the rails on Sunday as it passed a curve near the town of Nizanda. It said that 98 people were injured and that, unfortunately, 13 people lost their lives. The train was carrying nine crew members and 241 passengers at the time of the accident.

NYC's Emergency Management's Code Blue remained in effect through Sunday morning, alerting residents to ongoing extreme cold weather. The weekend storm, which prompted a state of emergency from Gov. Kathy Hochul on Dec. 26, covered the city with its deepest snow accumulation since Jan. 28-29, 2022, when 8.3 inches of the white stuff fell on the Big Apple. Snowfall began at around 5:30 p.m. during Friday's afternoon rush hour.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.

Utility provider PG&E is hoping you'll forget about this weekend's one- to three-day power outage with a $200 credit for residential customers and a $2,500 credit for businesses, though some businesses say they lost ten times that much. The finger-pointing and blame games continue over PG&E's massive power outage that left more than 200,000 San Franciscans without electricity this weekend, as well they should.

An explosion at a chemical factory in Lyon, in eastern France, has led to the closure of road and rail links, while local residents have been advised to stay indoors. The blast happened at a factory in the Saint-Fons area, south of Lyon, on Monday afternoon. The factory was classed as a Seveso site - a European classification meaning a site with a potential risk to health.

SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- A surfer is recovering after being bitten by a shark at North Salmon Creek Beach in Sonoma County Friday morning, according to authorities. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office posted on Facebook that the surfer was bitten on the hand and was able to get out of the water before fire crews arrived. Officials say the surfer declined medical treatment at the scene and transported themselves to the hospital.

New details emerged this week about the massive February fire that erupted at the Martinez Refinery Company and released more than 7,000 gallons of hydrocarbon materials into the air, as officials revealed that oil crews had been using incompatible radio systems that prevented immediate contact with local public safety agencies. While county firefighters arrived on the scene 14 minutes after being notified of a fire at MRC, crews were stalled outside, unable to contact the refinery operators on site - a communication gap that delayed the establishment of a unified command center by nearly two hours.

"The younger girl had blood all over the face. She was in complete shock. I think there might have been something with her arm being dislocated because she had kind of like an awkward position. They looked in shock and easily that the explosion took out their ear drum - I assume - because people were trying to talk to them and they were not really hearing it," said Oscar Vazquez, a resident in the area.

A Port Authority bus slammed into a building in Midtown during the Thursday evening rush hour, amNewYork has learned. The bus crashed into scaffolding and appears to have made contact with a building on Lexington Avenue and 41st Street. The incident occurred at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Dec. 11, just before sunset. So far, sources close to the incident have reported that one person appears to be injured.

Google launched Android Emergency Live Video on Wednesday, which allows people to stream video when contacting emergency responders. This feature could help give first responders extra context in circumstances like car accidents, fires, or medical crises. There's no setup required to use this feature. Instead, during an emergency call or text, a dispatcher can send a request to your device. Then, you can opt into sharing your camera's live video, which is encrypted and can be stopped at your discretion.

"Gardaí and emergency services responded to medical incident which occurred at a sports facility in Longford town today, Monday December 8 at approximately 10.40am," said a garda spokesperson. "A man, aged in his 50s, was taken to the Regional Hospital Mullingar where he was pronounced deceased. The Health and Safety Authority has been notified (and) the local Coroner has been informed. "A post-mortem examination will take place in due course, the results of which will determine the course of the investigation."

The London Fire Bridgade (LFB) said it has now left the scene following a suspected pepper spray attack at Heathrow Airport. In a post on X the service said: We were called at 8.14am today to assist emergency service colleagues at an incident at a car park at Heathrow Airport. Firefighters have been providing specialist assistance alongside multi-agency partners at the scene.

Two people were killed and another person was injured in a crash on Pacific Coast Highway on Thursday evening, according to authorities. The Ventura County Fire Department was dispatched around 6:57 p.m. along with the Oxnard Fire Department and Federal Fire Ventura County to a traffic collision near the 9000 block of Pacific Coast Highway, according to Ventura County Fire Department spokesperson Andrew Dowd.

Landman might hook viewers at first with its all-star cast, but the Texas oil drama starring Billy Bob Thornton, Sam Elliott, and Demi Moore really hits its stride every time the series tackles the real-life dangers of working on an oil rig. Creator Taylor Sheridan first explored the risky job in the season 1 premiere when a pipe explosion shockingly killed three oil patch workers. Ever since then, the Paramount+ series has explored every facet of the hazardous industry.

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Four people were injured after an AC Transit bus crashed into a building in Oakland on Tuesday afternoon, according to fire officials. The crash happened just before 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of Foothill and 68th Ave. SKY7 was over the scene, which showed the front of the bus several feet inside a building. Fire officials say the crash trapped the bus driver, who had to be rescued by crews.

In this file photograph, National Guards are positioned along Constitution Avenue near the White House and Washington MonumentImage: Samuel Corum/Getty Images Two National Guard soldiers were shot Wednesday near the White House and their conditions aren't immediately known, according to law enforcement officials and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. Emergency vehicles were seen responding to the area and at least one helicopter landed on the National Mall.

A young man pulled nearly lifeless from the waters just off the Coney Island boardwalk died at the hospital Monday morning, cops said. The unidentified man - believed to be in his 30s - was unconscious and unresponsive when cops responded to a 911 call around 7:30 a.m. and found him floating in the Atlantic on the east side of the iconic Brooklyn beach, police said. A witness told police he'd been in the water for a "period of time," sources said.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.