FLORIDA, United States (Reuters) — The number of homes to be condemned as a result of a massive sinkhole in a residential neighborhood of Land O’ Lakes, Florida, has risen to seven, officials told reporters on Monday (August 7). The sinkhole originally opened up on July 14 and grew dangerously hundreds of feet within a matter of hours, Florida officials initially said, before it stopped increasing in size the following day. Two homes were initially […]
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Police mull manslaughter charges over London blaze
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)–Manslaughter charges could be filed over London’s deadly tower blaze, police said Friday after they found that outside cladding had failed safety tests and that the fire started with a faulty fridge. “We are looking at every criminal offense from manslaughter onwards,” Fiona McCormack from London’s Metropolitan Police said at a briefing on the June 14 blaze in west London, which left 79 people presumed dead. Referring to the tiles and insulation […]
Fire rages at arms warehouse in eastern Ukraine
KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) — A massive fire broke out on Thursday (March 23) at an arms warehouse in the east Ukrainian province of Kharkiv. Several hours after the fire started, flames were still rising from the territory around the arsenal. Explosions could also be heard. Ukrainian prosecutor Anatoly Matios was quoted as saying the warehouse area covers 368 hectares and there were 138 tons of arms stored on it. According to local media, Ukrainian emergency […]





