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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Nearly a month after a massive fire prompted the closure of the 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles, Caltrans crews continued to remove flammable materials from ...

The area under an elevated Los Angeles freeway that burned last weekend, damaging a section of a key thoroughfare in the car-dependent city, was stacked with flammable materials on lots leased by the ...

EFFECTIVE management of flammable and combustible materials is a critical fire prevention and protection issue. The essence of fire prevention is keeping potential fuel away from ignition sources.

When a BNSF freight train carrying six cars of liquefied petroleum gas derailed near Manuelito, New Mexico, in 2024, the resulting fire shut down more than 100 miles of an interstate highway. The ...

The Lafayette Fire Department's Hazardous Materials Unit was called out Monday morning to assist Scott firefighters when a tractor-trailer carrying a highly flammable liquid flipped. Scott ...

The Michigan Department of Transportation announced Friday they will lift some restrictions on the transportation of flammable liquids and corrosive materials across the Ambassador Bridge. The ...

KUWAIT: Five fire teams successfully controlled a fire that broke out in several storage tanks containing highly flammable materials in the Ahmadi industrial area on Saturday. The operation was ...

Twenty people were evacuated and one was taken to hospital to receive treatment for smoke inhalation as about 70 firefighters fought to bring the blaze under control. Several construction workers were ...