LASALLE, Ill. (CBS) -- After an extra-alarm fire sent a billow of smoke into the air like a volcano in LaSalle, neighbors expressed concern about the chemical particles that landed on their property ...

More than 100 kg of highly toxic uranium (U) and plutonium (Pu) was dispersed in the form of tiny 'hot' radioactive particles after the British detonated nine atomic bombs in remote areas of South ...

When rockets fire into space, the insides of their engines become an extreme environment where temperatures soar and tiny ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has detected particulate matter from smoke in the air near an ongoing plastics fire in Indiana, officials said Wednesday, raising fears that cancer-causing toxins ...

Smoke from a massive industrial fire in Indiana has displaced scores of residents because of possible harmful particles in the air. The fire is contained, but it's expected to burn for days. Smoke ...

As the Bootleg Fire rages across south-central Oregon and the Dixie Fire scorches Northern California, obliterating hundreds of thousands of acres of forest, the roiling flames have launched massive ...

A trash fire at Eagle Point Energy Center (EPEC), a waste-to-energy facility in Orrington, broke out on Oct. 1 and continued burning until it was extinguished on Oct. 11. Due to high winds moving ...

In 2018, fires raged throughout the nation — and their victims weren’t just those who perished in the flames. New research attributes 20,000 premature deaths in the United States that year to small ...

Wildfire smoke is no longer just a short‑lived air quality problem drifting over cities for a few hazy days. New research shows that when these plumes rise high into the atmosphere, they can spawn ...

Last Updated on May 31, 2026 by Ellen Christian A house fire in Grand Forks causes destruction that extends well ... Read ...