A candle caused a closet shelf to catch fire in a Mountain View apartment today (Nov. 3), but firefighters put out the flames before they spread to the rest of the building, the city's fire department said in a statement. At 10:58 a.m., Mountain View Fire Department received a call about a fire on the second floor of an apartment complex on the 800 block of Heatherstone Way, according to the statement.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (KGO) -- There has been a massive explosion at the Chevron refinery in Los Angeles County Thursday night. This in El Segundo near Manhattan Beach. The fire has been burning since 9:30 p.m. There is no word yet if anyone has been hurt, or what caused the explosion. No evacuation orders have been issued, but people are being told to stay inside.
Media reports have said there was an explosion in the northern part of the city. A fire in a detached house in northern Munich set off a large emergency operation on Tuesday, with police and firefighters blocking roads and urging residents to avoid the Lerchenau area. A police spokesman said there was no danger to the public, though the incident caused significant traffic disruption.
A fire ripped through a 19th-century warehouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn, late Wednesday, collapsing parts of the building and wiping out dozens of artist studios ahead of a major neighborhood open studios weekend. Reports say the blaze began around 11:35pm at 481 Van Brunt Street, near the waterfront. Flames quickly spread through the four-story structure, forcing firefighters to pull back and attack the blaze from outside.
About 100 firefighters are tackling a blaze in a restaurant located at the BBC's former headquarters, Television Centre, in west London. London Fire Brigade said 15 engines were at the nine-storey building on Wood Lane, White City, after a fire broke out in the early hours of Saturday morning. The building is now home to a restaurant and flats, as well as television studios.
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) said 15 fire engines were in attendance at the building on Wood Lane. The fire is affecting floors towards the top of the building, which include a restaurant and an area of external decking and ducting, while an unknown number of flats have also potentially been affected. LFB and the Metropolitan Police are working to evacuate nearby buildings as a precaution with a rest centre being set up for those who had to leave their homes.
The blaze erupted shortly after 7pm on Thursday in a commercial property just off Oliver Plunkett Street, one of Cork's busiest city centre retail and entertainment areas. Motorists were urged to avoid the area as multiple Cork Fire Brigade crews deployed to tackle the fire after the alarm was raised by pedestrians who saw smoke pouring from the building roof. The blaze also triggered a number of fire alarms.
Firefighters responded to a blaze at a home in New Brighton on Monday morning, with the fire reported at a multi-story structure around 10:25 a.m. Firefighters could be seen extending ladders to the roof and upper floors of the building, with visible burn damage on the side of the structure.
