Tag Archives: burning
Alps Coach Crash: Dead British Driver Named
Maurice Wrightson apparently alerted passengers to the imminent crash so they could escape through the burning vehicle’s windows. Continue reading
Syrian rebels preparing for advance on capital
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels brought their fight within a mile of the heart of Damascus on Friday, seizing army checkpoints and cutting a key highway with a row of burning tires as they pressed their campaign for the heavily guarded capital, considered the likely endgame in the nearly 2-year-old civil war. Continue reading
Overcharged batteries likely to blame in Boeing 787 fires
It’s likely that burning lithium ion batteries on two Boeing 787 Dreamliners were caused by overcharging, aviation safety and battery experts have said, pointing to developments in the investigation of the Boeing incidents as well as a battery fire in a business jet more than a year ago. Continue reading
Exxon, BHP to Invest Over US$1 Billion in Australia Gas Plant
ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM) and BHP Billiton (BHP) will spend more than US$1 billion on natural gas processing facilities in southeastern Australia to handle new supplies of the cleaner-burning fuel from offshore fields in the Bass Strait. Continue reading
Graduate Murder: Third Person Charged
Another man is charged with killing uni graduate Catherine Wells-Burr, whose body was found in her burning vehicle in Somerset. Continue reading
US sues Wells Fargo over loan defaults
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara says the bank’s plan to reward employees for the number of loans they approved “was an accelerant to a fire already burning.” Continue reading
Pakistan: Christian ‘Blasphemy’ Girl Freed
A 14-year-old Christian girl accused of burning pages from the Koran is released on bail from a Pakistan prison. Continue reading
Venezuela restarts two refinery units after blast
CARACAS (Reuters) – Workers have restarted two key production units at Venezuela's biggest refinery after an explosion a week ago that killed nearly 50 people, sparked a huge fire and halted operations at the facility, state oil company PDVSA said on Friday. Continue reading
U.S. military: No charges in Quran burning, video
U.S. military leaders widely condemned both the Quran burning and the urination, which was captured on video Continue reading
WWE Stage Catches Fire at ‘Monday Night Raw’ Rehearsal
DO YOU SMELLLLLLL …. something burning? TMZ has learned … Continue reading
