A man injured in a steampipe blast in New York City three years ago has settled his lawsuit against the utility company that maintained the pipe. Gregory McCullough and Consolidated Edison said in court papers Wednesday that they had reached a settlement. The papers ...

An oven at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh exploded Wednesday, injuring 15 workers, at least one critically, and causing a fire that burned for hours afterward, emergency officials said. The blast in the coke oven at United States Steel Corp.'s Clairton Coke Works happened around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Allegheny County spokesman Kevin Evanto said. Fourteen ...

Romanian officials say one firefighter has died and seven have been injured while trying to put out a fire in a sprawling shopping area on the outskirts of Bucharest. Emergency services spokeswoman Anca Onofrei says the firefighter died saving a colleague when a wall partially collapsed on him at the Red Dragon Market. Onofrei says the fire which burned for ...

One person was critically burned and another is missing following an explosion and fire at a San Antonio refinery. San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood says they are still looking for the driver of a truck that exploded late Wednesday morning, causing chain reaction blasts at ...

Australian scientists are working towards creating a living, full-thickness replacement skin for burns victims and hope to begin animal trials later this year. Research is under way to reproduce in the laboratory fully-functioning skin for transplant which could transform the lives of those left with serious burn injuries, a spokeswoman for the Sydney Burns Foundation said Sunday. Burns victims are ...

A 62-year-old sledder looking for a burst of power got it when the homemade rocket strapped to his back exploded, burning him over nearly 20 percent of his body. Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe said the man, whose identity hasn't been released, was hospitalized ...

Australia's government on Sunday welcomed a call from India for restraint in media coverage of attacks on Indians, stressing there was no evidence that race was a factor in two recent incidents. New Delhi urged its media to act responsibly after an Indian man was burned in an incident in Melbourne on Saturday, a week after 21-year-old Nitin Garg ...

Australia's government on Sunday welcomed a call from India for restraint in media coverage of attacks on Indians, stressing there was no evidence that race was a factor in two recent incidents. New Delhi urged its media to act responsibly after an Indian man was burned in an incident in Melbourne on Saturday, a week after 21-year-old Nitin Garg ...

Australia's government on Sunday welcomed a call from India for restraint in media coverage of attacks on Indians, stressing there was no evidence that race was a factor in two recent incidents. New Delhi urged its media to act responsibly after an Indian man was burned in an incident in Melbourne on Saturday, a week after 21-year-old Nitin Garg ...

A Colorado toddler is hospitalized with third-degree burns on her tongue after apparently being shocked by a USB cable connected to a laptop computer. Jeffrey Anderson says his granddaughter Trinity Anderson of Longmont was playing next to a recliner Monday while her mother, Rhianna Anderson, sat ...