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The view of the City of Providence during WaterFire from Waterplace Park. WaterFire is a sculpture by Barnaby Evans presented on the rivers of downtown Providence, RI.It was first created by Evans in 1994 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of First Night Providence, and has since become a free public art installation.
Crews with the Providence Fire Department were called to the riverfront site of Recycled Metals at 11:35 p.m. Wednesday for a fire that had started in a 100-foot by 100-foot pile of scrap ...
Fire crews work to extinguish the July 10 fire at the Rhode Island Recycled Metals scrapyard next to the Port of Providence, which sent plumes of smoke billowing over nearby neighborhoods.
PROVIDENCE – A large fire at the Rhode Island Recycled Metals scrapyard near the Port of Providence on Wednesday morning sent large plumes of thick, black smoke billowing over nearby ...
January 21 — The first "Great Fire" destroys 37 buildings and leaves many families homeless [23] Providence Marine Corps of Artillery founded. [24] 1802 – Providence Phoenix newspaper begins publication. [25] 1805 — Providence streets receive official names for the first time [23] 1810 Cathedral of St. John built. [2] Population: 10,071. [23]
A fire at the Star City amusement park in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. [240] October 22 – New Zealand International Convention Centre fire. A fire in the roof of an under-construction building led to disruption in Auckland's central business district for three days. [241] The fire was left to burn itself out, four were injured. [242]
Providence Deputy Assistant Fire Chief Robert Jackson said firefighters rushed to the Elmwood Avenue apartment building around 2 a.m. and found flames shooting from the roof.
The Providence River is a tidal river in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It flows approximately 8 miles (13 km). It flows approximately 8 miles (13 km). There are no dams along the river's length, although the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier is located south of downtown to protect the city of Providence from damaging tidal floods.