Explosions heard before 13 school buses damaged or destroyed in suspicious fire at NJ depot

September 30th, 2009 Suspicious packages close Minn. school districtPRINCETON, Minn.

September 29th, 2009 TAIPEI - A fire has damaged a historic building that had housed Taiwan's late leader Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong May-ling, just two years after a suburban residence of the late Chiang burned down, officials said Tuesday. "The fire took place Monday night at around 10.36 pm (1436 GMT), and initial findings showed the blaze was caused by short circuit of an electric device temporarily installed at the west corridor of the residence building," said Wang Yu-chi, spokesman for the Presidential Office.

September 23rd, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Thieves used a helicopter and explosives early Wednesday to rob a cash depot in Stockholm, police and witnesses said, in what appeared to be a well-planned and expertly executed heist. Two or three men lowered themselves from the helicopter onto the roof of the building used by security services company G4S around 5 a.m.

September 13th, 2009 Deadly Russian base fire also burns secret papersMOSCOW — Five soldiers died Sunday in a fire at a military base in Russia and a state news agency said the blaze may have destroyed sensitive security documents. The RIA-Novosti agency said the fire at the base in Tambov, about 300 miles (500 kilometers) south of Moscow, damaged a large section of a building of the GRU, the military's foreign intelligence unit.

August 26th, 2009 Athens fires contained, up to 60 homes destroyedATHENS, Greece — Authorities in Greece say all fires in greater Athens have been put out or confined to small areas. The fires burned 21,000 hectares (51,890 acres) of pine forest, olive grove, brush and farmland.

August 26th, 2009 Capt.: Detroit plant fire started in chemical ovenDETROIT — Investigators say chemicals in a heating oven sparked a fire and explosions that destroyed part of a Detroit factory complex. Detroit Fire Capt.

August 25th, 2009 DETROIT — Explosions and a fire at a chemical factory Monday forced firefighters to evacuate employees and police to caution nearby residents to stay inside their homes. Several explosions were heard from inside Diversified Chemical Technologies Inc., where dense black smoke billowed from the blaze that began about 2:30 p.m.

August 12th, 2009 Prison riot to cost California millions in repairsSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's corrections chief says it will cost taxpayers $5 million to $6 million to make repairs and clean up from last weekend's prison riot.

August 8th, 2009 Mass. boat yard blaze causes millions in damagesIPSWICH, Mass. — A three-alarm blaze destroyed a vacant Massachusetts boat yard and caused several million dollars in damage, fire officials said Friday.

July 31st, 2009 VANCOUVER - A school being run by a society set up by Ripudaman Singh Malik, a suspect acquitted in the Air India Kanishka bombing, was destroyed in a fire. Arson is suspected.

July 6th, 2009 KOLKATA - At least five buses were torched and several others damaged by a mob in West Bengal's Howrah district after a 14-year-old girl was killed when she came under the wheels of a speeding bus Monday, police said. "Riya Das, a class-VII student of Darnagar St Thomas High School in the district, was run over by a bus at Domjur locality.

June 5th, 2009 Bus fire in southwestern China kills 25BEIJING — At least 25 people died and dozens were hurt Friday when a packed commuter bus burst into flames and was destroyed within minutes during the morning rush hour in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu. Videos posted online and shown on state television showed thick black smoke and flames pouring from the bus on the side of a busy highway.

June 4th, 2009 Fire destroys 60 of Ike-damaged Galveston condosGALVESTON, Texas — A fire has destroyed at least 60 condos in a Galveston, Texas, beachfront development that was being rebuilt after being damaged by Hurricane Ike. Fire Chief Mike Vaerla Sr.

May 11th, 2009 77 homes destroyed in Santa Barbara fireSANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Authorities now say 77 homes have been destroyed in the Santa Barbara County wildfire, more than doubling the previous figure of 31.

April 28th, 2009 2 dozen children injured when 2 buses crash in DCWASHINGTON — Two dozen students are injured after two buses taking children on a school trip crashed in Washington, D.C. None of the children's injuries were serious.