Load-Bearing Wall Collapases In South Boston Apartment Building
No one was hurt after part of an apartment building collapsed in South Boston overnight. People in about ten different units on O Street were evacuated around 2 a.m. when part of a load bearing wall suddenly collapsed into the basement.
March 22, 2017
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Subrogation
Massachusetts
17 Homes Damaged By Massive Blaze At Nearby Construction Site
Hours after it broke out, firefighters from across the metro are still battling a massive fire at an apartment complex in Overland Park. The fire is at the building of the $450 million City Place development in the area of College Avenue and Switzer Road.
March 21, 2017
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Property
Subrogation
Workers' Compensation
Kansas
Record Rainfall Creates Deadly Conditions In Peru
A sudden and abnormal warming of Pacific waters off Peru has unleashed the deadliest downpours in decades, with landslides and raging rivers sweeping away people, clogging highways and destroying crops.
March 20, 2017
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Property
DUI Garbage Truck Driver Hits Eight Vehicles
Six people were injured when multiple vehicles were involved in crashes near exit 7 on Interstate 24 and traffic in both directions was at a standstill for about 90 minutes afterwards. The suspect was arrested after a pursuit into the next county.
March 20, 2017
Auto
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Liability
Kentucky
Hazmat Spill From Truck Kills Driver, Closes Ontario Highway
A stretch of Highway 401 through eastern Ontario remained closed early Wednesday following weather-related collisions that left one person dead, 28 people injured and officials scrambling to contain a chemical spill.
March 17, 2017
Auto
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Liability
Workers' Compensation
SpaceX Pre-Launch Liability Insurance Massively Increased Following FAA Requirement
A new mandate was put into place which increased the minimum coverage requirement by five times. SpaceX changed its launch schedule to today at 1:35am but was required to carry far more pre-launch liability insurance than it previously held.
March 17, 2017
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Liability
Florida
Investigators Look Into Family-Owned Business Destroyed Overnight
Raymond Christy has not put down his phone since last night. The owner of AWS Carpenter Contractors is trying to make sure his 45 plus employees will be taken care of while he tries to rebuild.
March 16, 2017
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Florida
Muskegon Industrial Facility Rendered A Total Loss In Fire
The "horrific" fire that destroyed a Muskegon foundry overnight was likely caused by equipment failure, the Muskegon public safety director said Wednesday morning.
March 16, 2017
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Michigan
Semi Trailer Splits After Hitting Overpass Supports, Spills Cargo
A flipped semi-truck blocked all lanes traffic on Northbound Interstate 405 in downtown Bellevue Wednesday morning. At one point, traffic was backed up for at least 7 miles.
March 16, 2017
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Washington
Fire Burns Through Yonkers Apartment Building
One person has died after a four-alarm fire burned through a large Yonkers apartment building Wednesday, forcing firefighters to battle both flames and weather conditions.
March 15, 2017
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New York
Uber Driver Slams Into Gas Pump, Creating Fireball
Surveillance video shows a gas pump burst into a ball of flames after being hit by an SUV on Monday night in North Seattle.
That crash ended a series of incidents in which another driver was seriously injured.
March 15, 2017
Auto
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Liability
Washington
That crash ended a series of incidents in which another driver was seriously injured.
U.S. Wildfires Ravage Ranches In Three States
When the Schwerzenbach family saw a wildfire racing toward their remote ranch in Lipscomb, Texas, there was no time to run. "We had a minute or two and then it was over us," said 56-year-old Nancy Schwerzenbach.
March 15, 2017
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Property
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Firefighters Battle Strip Mall Blaze Threatening East Hollywood Apartments
A fire roared through the second floor of an East Hollywood strip mall and threatened nearby apartments before it was brought under control early Tuesday morning, officials said.
March 14, 2017
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California
Fiery Iowa Derailment Prompts Call For Quicker Replacement Of Old Cars
A federal safety official called on the rail industry to move faster to upgrade aging rail tankers following a fiery train derailment in rural Iowa that spilled ethanol into a creek and was still burning nearly two days after it erupted.
March 13, 2017
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Iowa
Burglars Grab More Than 30 Weapons From Maryland Gun Store
Police and federal investigators are searching for two burglars who stole more than 30 weapons from a gun shop in Rockville, Md. Montgomery County police said they received an alert about an alarm going off around 3:50 a.m.
March 13, 2017
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Maryland



