fire
-
Aussie Doctors Had To Put Out A Fire In Patient’s Chest During Open Heart Surgery
An Australian patient’s life-saving surgical procedure went up in flames, and unfortunately we don’t mean that figuratively. Doctors say their attempts to perform emergency heart surgery on the man went slightly awry at one point, when a flash fire sparked in the man’s cracked-open chest cavity. Amazingly, the doctors were able to put out the…
-
California’s Viral Fire Tornado Has Scientists Searching For Answers
Weather geeks went wild last week when the US National Weather Service announced that the Carr Fire near Redding, California had spawned the equivalent of an EF-3 tornado on July 26. And for good reason: Fire tornados are among the rarest weather phenomena on Earth and this vortex had the added distinction of possibly being…
-
Firefighters Suspended For Allegedly Filming Porn In Fire Station
The city of Akron, Ohio has suspended two firefighters after they allegedly filmed a porn video in a fire station, then uploaded the proof of their fiery love life on the internet.
-
Trump Tower Fire That Killed Tenant Resulted From Power Strips Plugged Into Each Other, FDNY Says
The fire that raged through President Donald Trump’s famous New York skyscraper and headquarters, Trump Tower, and killed residential tenant Todd Brassner on April 7 appears to have been the result of too many power strips, the New York Fire Department said today.