Posts Tagged Fires

16 injured, 1 serious after Spanish GP fire

Williams's team mechanics try to put out the fire inside of one garage of their team at the end of the Spanish Grand Prix at the Montmelo racetrack near Barcelona, Sunday May 13, 2012. Maldonado won the race. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Sixteen people were injured when a fire broke out in the garage of the Williams Formula One team Sunday following Pastor Maldonado’s victory in the Spanish Grand Prix.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Maldonado holds off Alonso for Spanish GP win

Ferrari Formula One driver, Fernando Alonso, from Spain, bottom left, leads the pack on the first corner during Spanish Grand Prix at the Montmelo racetrack near Barcelona, Sunday May 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pastor Maldonado held off Fernando Alonso to win the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, giving Williams its first Formula One victory in eight years. The celebration quickly gave way to concern when a fire in the team garage left 16 people injured.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Fire strikes iconic Gallup building

GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — An iconic building in downtown Gallup that had been in the planning stages of being converted into apartments has been damaged by fire.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , ,

Recovering from Las Conchas Fire a daunting task

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Biologist Craig Allen snatched at a clump of cheatgrass growing in the middle of a ragged trail snaking through some of the worst of the mountain landscape burned in last year’s Las Conchas Fire.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,