Vehicle fires
A fire alert flag flies in strong Santa Ana winds at the intersection of Silverado Canyon Road and Santiago Canyon Road in Silverado, Calif., early on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 19, 2021, as winds picked up throughout Orange County and Southern California. (Mark Rightmire/The Orange County Register/SCNG via AP)
Fierce California winds fan fires, topple trees and trucks

Jan. 19, 2021 05:50 PM EST

The Apple Fire burns behind mountains near Beaumont, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Vehicle malfunction sparked Southern California wildfire

Aug. 03, 2020 02:43 PM EDT

Moto-taxi driver Manuel Peña, who survived a deadly fuel tank explosion in his village of Tasajera when people tried to siphon fuel from a crashed fuel truck, clasps his burned hands during an interview after spending two weeks in the hospital and recovers at a relative’s home in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, July 23, 2020. Peña said a neighbor hired him to go to the site of the accident and he hopped on his motorcycle with a few empty jugs, only to arrive when the truck exploded, killing 45 people. Peña's brother died in the intensive care unit. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Explosion deaths reveal desperation among Colombia's poor

By Manuel Rueda And Cesar Garcia Jul. 30, 2020 10:43 AM EDT

Police: Explosion leaves 7 dead, over 40 injured in Colombia

Jul. 06, 2020 02:47 PM EDT
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A fuel truck fire in Colombia has left seven people dead and more than 40 injured after a large group of people apparently hoping to...

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By The Associated Press Jul. 06, 2020 03:05 AM EDT
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Daylan McLee sits on the porch of his home in Uniontown, Pa., Monday, June 22, 2020. On Sunday McLee helped pull Uniontown Police Officer Jay Hanley from his burning patrol car following a collision. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Man wronged in past by police saves officer from burning car

By Claudia Lauer Jun. 23, 2020 12:56 PM EDT

Ryan Newman (6) drives during the NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, May 17, 2020, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
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May. 17, 2020 11:32 AM EDT

Tennessee truck fire ruined N95 masks, medical gowns

Apr. 20, 2020 11:14 AM EDT
CARTHAGE, Tenn. (AP) — A truckload of medical masks and protective surgical gowns were destroyed when a tractor-trailer caught fire on a highway in Tennessee,...