Palm Harbor Fire Rescue / Facebook screen shot Florida Fire Department Issues Warning to EV Owners After Seeing What Hurricanes Trigger The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration claims to have been working on this problem since 2012, but apparently without results. By George C. Upper III September 2, 2023
Michael Varaklas / AP Hundreds of Firefighters, Aircraft Struggle to Contain Wildfires More than 600 firefighters are trying to tackle the remnants of three major wildfires in Greece on Sunday. By The Associated Press August 27, 2023
UH Better Tomorrow Speaker Series / YouTube screen shot; Jae C. Hong / AP Hawaii Official Delayed Releasing Water for More Than 5 Hours as Fires Raged On: Report Kaleo Manuel, who had called for the use of water resources on the basis of "equity," has been reassigned to a new position. By Richard Moorhead August 22, 2023
@GoldEagleMedia1 / Twitter video screen shot Five Confirmed Dead After US Explosion Rocks Quiet Neighborhood Five people were found dead after a house explosion in western Pennsylvania that destroyed three structures and damaged others. By The Associated Press August 13, 2023
@TribLIVE / Twitter screen shot Three Homes Destroyed in US Explosion, Multiple People Unaccounted For A house explosion in western Pennsylvania destroyed three structures and damaged at least a dozen others. By The Associated Press August 12, 2023
Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Woman Wakes Up to Nightmare Happening Outside Home as Her EV Goes Up in Flames About 30 minutes after the situation appeared to be under control, the car reignited, firefighters told the local media. By Johnathan Jones August 8, 2023
Chesnot / Getty Images Electric Vehicle 'Spontaneously' Catches on Fire While at High-End Auto Dismantler Firefighters were called out to the location of the fire and discovered a black Tesla Model S lifted on a rack and in flames. By Johnathan Jones August 3, 2023
Flying Focus - ANP - AFP / Getty Images Plan to Tow Burning Cargo Ship Away from Coast Fails - Firefighters Can't Use Water The crew of the ship was evacuated in the early hours of Wednesday. One crew member died and others were injured after the fire broke out. By The Associated Press July 30, 2023
@jimmy_farring / Twitter screen shot Video: Crane Collapses, Falls on Busy NYC Streets During Building Fire, Nearly a Dozen Injured Two workers reportedly ran out into the street and stopped traffic just before the crane fell, likely averting serious injuries or deaths. By Lorri Wickenhauser July 26, 2023
Petros Giannakouris / AP Tourists Forced to Evacuate as Wildfire Sweeps Vacation Island “Care has been taken to accommodate all those that needed to be taken away from the stricken areas,” a fire department rep. said. By The Associated Press July 22, 2023