House Promptly Explodes After Contractors Strike Gas Line
First responders were praising a SoCal Gas worker Tuesday night after he urged homeowners out of a Woodland Hills house moments before a gas explosion and fire gutted the structure.
June 21, 2017
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Property
Subrogation
California
Tropical Storm Expected To Make Landfall In Louisiana
There is a 90 percent chance that a tropical storm will develop in the Gulf of Mexico in the next day or two, threatening oil and natural gas facilities and other energy infrastructure as it advances toward Texas and Louisiana.
June 20, 2017
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Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Deadly Dust Storm Pile-Up On New Mexico Highway
Authorities closed a massive stretch of Interstate 10 in southeast Arizona on Monday due to a deadly vehicle pile-up caused at least in part by a dust storm blowing through the area.
June 20, 2017
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Liability
Arizona
New Mexico
Crop Fraud Farmers In Six-Figure Settlement
Julian Rigby, a Bacon County farmer, and Jasper Allen and Benjamin Swain, his sons-in-law, have agreed to pay the federal government $675,000 to settle a suit accusing them of creating false crop insurance claims.
June 16, 2017
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Fraud
Georgia
Blimp Catches Fire And Crashes At U.S. Open
Videos posted to social media captured the moment a commercial blimp flying over the U.S. Open golf tournament in Wisconsin crashed Thursday morning into an open field.
June 16, 2017
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Wisconsin
17 Injured In Multiple-Vehicle Crash On Georgia Highway
One person is dead and 17 others were injured in a fiery crash on Georgia Highway 316 Monday afternoon. The 8-vehicle accident also shut down all eastbound lanes of traffic for several hours.
June 13, 2017
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Liability
Georgia
Chase Of Stolen Semi Leaves Trail Of Wreckage On Texas Interstate
Hank Morgan was driving eastbound on Interstate 30 on Friday when an 18-wheeler, using the left shoulder as a passing lane, sped by him “with both front tires out and on fire, doing at least 80 miles per hour.”
June 12, 2017
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Liability
Texas
Fuel Tanker Blaze Shuts Down Interstate Near Denver
Road crews pulled one person from flaming wreckage Wednesday morning as a fuel tanker caught fire after crashing into a median on I-25. Colorado Department of Transportation officials immediately closed down the interstate when the tanker caught fire.
June 1, 2017
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Colorado
One Dead, Two Missing After Milling Plant Explosion In Wisconsin
An explosion and subsequent fire at a corn milling plant in Wisconsin early Thursday morning evening left one person dead and several injured, local authorities said.
June 1, 2017
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Workers' Compensation
Wisconsin
Sports Stars Pick Up Insurance Ahead Of Big Money Drafts
Star players in search of mega-deals in the upcoming major league sports drafts really dont want to get injured — it could cost them millions of dollars.
May 31, 2017
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JetBlue Flight Diverted After Lithium-Ion Battery Starts Smoking
A fire on board forced a JetBlue flight to make an emergency landing Tuesday. Airport officials said the fire was caused by a lithium battery in an electronic device.
May 31, 2017
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Michigan
Multiple Units Damaged In Raleigh Apartment Fire
Raleigh firefighters battled a fire at an apartment complex in the 9000 block of Prince George Lane on Friday. The fire started on the porch of a rear, second-floor apartment, burned down through the porch floor to the first floor, then spread from there, officials said.
May 30, 2017
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North Carolina
Insurer Sues Hotel Patron To Reclaim Water Damage Losses
In 2015, Tina Grimes left a microwave running unattended in her Virginia Beach hotel room, according to court documents. It started a fire, and the sprinkler system activated. The hotels insurance company now wants Grimes to pay $1.83 million.
May 25, 2017
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Virginia
4 Fatalities In Multi-Vehicle Wreck On Mississippi Interstate
The westbound lanes of Interstate 10 in Gautier reopened about 1 p.m. Wednesday after a several-hour shutdown stemming from a four-vehicle crash that claimed four lives.
May 25, 2017
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Mississippi
Driver Killed After Tanker Truck Explodes In Atwater, California
Fire crews are investigating a Tanker explosion in Atwater near Highway 99 that killed one person. About 200 people in the area were evacuated.
May 24, 2017
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