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Mechanical Failure
Lynn, MA
Police & Fire
Investigators ID Appliance That Sparked Fatal Fire In Georgetown, Destroyed Home
A malfunctioning refrigerator is to blame for a four-alarm fire that killed an 80-year-old woman and destroyed a home in Georgetown over the weekend, investigators said. Firefighters were called to the 238 East Main St. home just before 11 p.m. on Saturday, June 22. Three people escaped the flames, but Nancy Holbrook was trapped inside, the State Fire Marshal's Office said. Fire crews pulled her from the house through a second-story window and rushed her to an area hospital, where she died the next morning. Investigators traced the start of the fire to a small refrigerator …
Bel Air, MD
Police & Fire
Two-Alarm Car Fire Tears Through Harford County Garage, Home
A malfunctioning car that had just been parked in the garage of a Harford County home sparked a two-alarm blaze that caused approximately $500,000 in damage and left a family temporarily displaced, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. First responders were called shortly before 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, when a fast-moving fire spread from the garage of a two-story home to the rest of the residence on Adelaide Lane in Bel Air. Volunteer Firefighters from @BelAirVolFireCo are on the scene of a house fire in the 500 block of Adelaide Lane in #BelAirMD. A 2nd alarm has been requeste…
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Truck Destroyed By Engine Fire Outside Maryland Community Center (
Photos
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An investigation has been launched after flames tore through a truck that was parked outside a Montgomery County community center on Monday afternoon. Fire crews were called to the Crown Park Community Center on Crown Park Avenue, where a truck that had recently been towed to the lot went up in flames, according to officials. Crown Park Avenue near Decloverly Drive, IAO Crown Farm community center, vehicle fire — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) October 9, 2023 The fire sparked in the engine compartment, investigators determined, and it left the front-end destroyed with damage to the interio…
Yorktown, NY
Police & Fire
New Update: Pilot Injured After Small Aircraft Crashes Near School In Mohegan Lake
This story has been updated. A pilot was injured after a single-manned aircraft crashed on the grounds of a school in Northern Westchester. The incident happened just after 12 p.m. on Thursday, June 29, when Yorktown Police were notified by a resident that a small plane had crashed on the property of the Shrub Oak International School in Mohegan Lake at 3151 Stony Street. According to the department, officers arrived at the scene within minutes and confirmed that a single-engine Cessna plane had crashed on the school property, which resulted in the building being placed on locko…
Lakewood, NJ
News
Kingda Ka Rollercoaster Closes After Malfunction At Six Flags Great Adventure
Kingda Ka, the world’s tallest roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure, is closed after a malfunction (scroll for video of the ride). It's the second coaster ride closed after El Toro closed in August, also due to a malfunction. El Torro is set to reopen on Saturday, June 17. Kingda Ka, which is 456 feet high, has been shut down since June 5 after suffering an apparent unintended rollback. Front Rider's Perspective on Kingda Ka (Intamin AG: Accelerator Coaster) at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, Sharp Productions The malfunction involved "a mechanical failure of a co…
York, PA
News
Lightweight Plane Crashes At Central Pennsylvania Airport
An ultralight aircraft crashed in central Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Nov. 9, authorities say. While trapped in the airplane, the pilot called 911 to a field near Shoestring Airport Ebaugh Road in North Hopewell Township around 2:20 p.m., according to emergency dispatchers. Upon arrival, rescue crews freed the pilot and found that "the pilot was entangled in the wreckage and was most likely suffering from broken lower extremities," authorities with North Hopewell-Winterstown Volunteer Fire Company said. The scene of the crash.North Hopewell-Winterstown Volunteer Fire Company. Crews us…
Newark, NJ
News
Sparks Shoot Out Of Plane After Takeoff In Newark (
Video
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Falling debris, a sparking wing at take-off, and a mechanical failure had a United Airlines flight circling the Atlantic until it could make an emergency landing in Newark (scroll for video). The Sao Paulo, Brazil Boeing 777-200, flight UA149 had taken off with 256 passengers aboard from New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport around 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 20, according to flight data. "After our aircraft experienced a mechanical issue shortly after takeoff, it remained in the air to burn fuel and then landed safely. Passengers deplaned at the gate and a new aircraft is sch…
New Haven, CT
Obituaries
CT Woman Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash At 37 Remembered For 'Heart Of Gold'
Loved ones are mourning the loss of a Connecticut woman who was killed in a tractor-trailer crash in Vermont. New Haven County native Nicole Ende, of Milford, died Thursday, June 2, at the age of 37 when the truck she was riding in lost control and drove off an Orange County highway before flipping onto its roof, according to WCAX in Vermont. Investigators believe mechanical failure may have been to blame, as witnesses told police the tractor-trailer's brakes were smoking just moments before the crash, Vermont State Police said. Ende was pronounced dead at the scene while …
Brookfield, CT
News
Four Confirmed Dead After Plane Crashes Into Building In CT
Police have confirmed that all four people aboard a small jet that crashed into a commercial building in Connecticut have died. The Cessna citation 560X business jet crashed around 9:50 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 2, in Hartford County at Trumpf Inc., a manufacturer in Farmington. The jet had just taken off from the Robertson Airport in Plainville, headed for Dare County Regional Airport in North Carolina, said the Federal Aviation Administration. Farmington Police confirmed that all four, two pilots, and two passengers died during the crash. Police said during a press conference the first offi…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Four-Vehicle Lindenhurst Pileup Sends Four To Hospital
A mechanical failure on a vehicle caused a four-vehicle crash on Sunrise Highway in North Lindenhurst. The crash took place around 8:50 a.m., Monday, Aug. 5, when a man driving a1995 Chevrolet Caprice station wagon westbound on Sunrise Highway, near N. Queens Ave., when his vehicle experienced a possible mechanical failure and his vehicle struck two other vehicles and one of those struck another vehicle, said the Suffolk County Police. Four people went to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip for treatment of minor injuries. The driver of the Chevrolet refused medical a…
