Nearly a Decade Later, Fire at a Brazilian Nightclub offers Similarities to the Station Nightclub Fire

Sunday morning, 233 people died and more than 100 were injured in a nightclub fire in Brazil. The fire is being called one of the deadliest the world has seen in almost 10 years and occurred at Kiss, a nightclub located in…

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Machine Explosion Kills One and Injures 10

A machine exploded last week at Arens Controls, a commercial automotive technology manufacturing plant in Arlington Heights, IL, killing one worker and injuring 10 others. The victim, a man in his 50’s, has not yet been…

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100th Anniversary of the Triangle Waist Co. Fire

As a fire safety engineer that has been practicing for over 30 years, I think the devastating fire at Triangle Waist Co was one of the most tragic to occur in the history of our country. On March 25, 1911, a fire in this shirt…

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Origin & Cause Investigation begins for Hawaii Fireworks Storage Explosion that Killed 5 People

According to media reports, an investigation is underway into the origin and cause of an explosion that occurred in a fireworks storage bunker in Waikele on Friday, April 8, 2011 at about 9:00 a.m. local time. Audrey McAvoy of…

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