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The Benton fireworks disaster was an industrial disaster that occurred on May 27, 1983, on a farm near Benton, Tennessee.A powerful explosion at an unlicensed fireworks factory producing illegal fireworks killed eleven and injured one, revealing the existence of the factory for the first time to law enforcement and the public.
Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire: Xinjiang 61st Regiment: China: 694 deaths, 161 disabled [3] public hall 1983-05-27: Benton fireworks disaster: Benton, Tennessee: United States: 11 deaths, 1 injury: factory 1984-09-07: C23 tragedy: Qala, Gozo: Malta: 7 deaths, 1 injury: navy 1985-05-20: Illegal fireworks factory explosion: Beaver Township ...
The Benton City fire was the first of two that destroyed buildings Tuesday. Kennewick firefighters responded to a burning manufactured home about 3 p.m. Tuesday at 1321 Cascade Street.
Benton Fire District 1 was forced to suspend its daytime dousing of the fire, because trucking in the large quantity of water was no longer practical. The fire district feared that the canal might ...
Fire districts in Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties were looking for increases to cover rising costs. Tri-City area fire levies see mixed results, some districts heading toward 2nd failure ...
The Range 12 fire was started on July 30, 2016 in eastern Washington at the Yakima Training Center east of Yakima, Washington near Moxee, Washington. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It quickly grew to over 176,000 acres (71,000 ha) to cover parts of Yakima County and Benton County . [ 4 ]
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The fire continued to burn for weeks after Benton Fire District 1 crews had trouble reaching the center of the building. The blaze has been regarded as one of the largest structure fires in ...