Staff members provide consultation services to a passenger from New Zealand at a service center in Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 8, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua ...

Beijing has made a fresh rebuke to some voices labeling China's recent cases of infection with human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, as an "unknown virus", calling such claims "run counter to basic ...

"We know we need 62 new fire stations. We need to double the size of our firefighters. The growth of this city since 1960 has doubled and we have less fire stations," she said. "So when you talk ...

Mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted for the Hurst Fire in the San Fernando Valley community of Sylmar as progress is made by firefighters, authorities said Thursday. The rapidly expanding ...

Los Angeles firefighters, aided by multiple water-dropping helicopters, were able to bring the Archer Fire in Granada Hills under control Friday hours after it started about 10:25 a.m. The fire ...

Now, this area is the subject of an investigation as a potential starting point for the Palisades fire, which burned thousands of structures last week. The general area was the site of a small ...

To find the ignition point, investigators trace the spread of a fire backwards, which is easier in wind-driven wildfires like the Eaton and Palisades fires than in a fire that broke out on a calm ...

MIAMI — Passengers were forced to evacuate a plane at Miami International Airport on Friday after the aircraft filled with an "electrical smell," officials said. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue told CBS ...

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There were foreboding warnings before the Palisades Fire would spark early Tuesday — a blaze that would rapidly rip through a residential neighborhood on Los Angeles’ west side, forcing the ...

Severe wildfires raged across a huge swath of the Los Angeles area in early January, sparked by high winds and prime fire conditions. The blazes — including the Pacific Palisades, Eaton ...

The Fuels Industry Association of South Africa (Fiasa) says it is working around the clock to ensure continued fuel supply to the OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) following a fire at the ...