Posts Tagged Fires

16 children, 1 teacher dead in Pakistan bus fire

Pakistani women, mourn next to the bodies of their friends and relatives, who were killed in a gas cylinder explosion on a minibus, in Gujrat, Pakistan, Saturday, May 25, 2013. Police say that a teacher was among more than a dozen people burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught fire. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher burned to death in eastern Pakistan early Saturday when a short-circuit near a leaking gas tank caused their minibus to burst into flames, police said.

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Smoke, dust and humidity produce Albuquerque haze

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A combination of wildfire smoke, dust from windy conditions and higher humidity is combining to produce haze and poor air quality in Albuquerque and areas north and south of the city.

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Grinder sparks started brush fire near Silver City

SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say sparks from a grinder being used by a resident in his garage started a fire that burned 160 acres of brush and grass near Silver City before being contained.

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Crews battling brush fires in southern New Mexico

SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — Fire crews are mopping up brush fires along the Texas-New Mexico line near Sunland Park.

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2 arrested in Las Vegas killing, related fire

LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Two Las Vegas men sought in a homicide and related fire in the northern New Mexico city have been arrested in Albuquerque.

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