LAS VEGAS (AP) — An engine on a British Airways jet caught fire while the plane was preparing to take off from Las Vegas, forcing passengers to escape on emergency slides.
An engine on a plane at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas caught fire as it was preparing for takeoff. All passengers and crew escaped, though 14 people were injured in the rush to get out.
Cities and towns across the West are warning residents that high levels of smoke from forest fires threaten their health, with no sign of abating. That means indoor recess and no vacuuming.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas high-rise hotel has reopened its rooftop swimming pool a day after a fire sent patrons running and black smoke billowing above the Strip.
Exceptionally dry conditions are fueling major blazes across the Pacific Northwest. A drought and rapid development in Washington mean the state may not be prepared to deal with a long, hot summer.
A woman who suffered burns to 90 percent of her body has died. Investigators are looking at what caused powder sprayed from the stage during a performance to catch fire. Nearly 500 people were burned.
The blaze started during a musical performance, NPR's Frank Langfitt reports, after colored powder shot out from the stage over the audience — and ignited.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials say a fire broke out on the 31st floor of the Monte Carlo hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. The Clark County Fire Department said...
LAS VEGAS - Authorities say four vehicles caught fire in the parking garage of the Venetian Wednesday night. Investigators are looking into what caused...
A federal agency is calling on museum and school administrators to change the way they do science demonstrations after a fire that injured 13 people,...
Mount Charleston is a "sky island," an isolated hub of biological diversity right in the middle of the Mojave Desert. But experts are worried about the impact of the devastating Carpenter 1 fire on some of the more unique species that live on the mountain.
The Arizona Wallow Fire might be the largest in the state's history, and it's only 5 percent contained. The blaze has already displaced 10,000 people and scorched 600 square miles.
