@idealmagn3t / Twitter screen shot EV Owners Get Massive Victory After Chevy Forced to Admit Spontaneous Combustion Plagues Electric Cars By offering rebates and including a contingency, Chevy seems to be tacitly admitting the problems with Bolt batteries were legitimate. By Grant Atkinson, The Western Journal August 4, 2022
@StoichioGuy / Twitter screen shot Electric Jaguar I-Pace Catches Fire While Charging, Reduced to Ashes in Middle of Road I-Pace vehicles use LG pouch battery cells. LG Chem battery cells have previously caused fires due to a defect in it. By Andrew Jose, The Western Journal August 3, 2022
@mikeswriting / Twitter screen shot Dems' Electric Bus Dreams Go Up in Flames, Entire Fleet Taken Off Road Amid Massive Failure An entire fleet of electric buses has been pulled off the streets after one of them was destroyed in spectacular fashion. By Michael Austin, The Western Journal July 28, 2022
@EwenMcEwen / Twitter screen shot Desperate Farmer Tears Through Field, Plows a Line Just Yards Away from Wildfire A farmer in England took it upon himself this weekend to stop a raging wildfire from consuming any more than 20 acres of land. By David Zimmermann, The Western Journal July 26, 2022
Hamden Fire Department / Facebook screen shot Electric Bus Spontaneously Catches Fire as Black Smoke Fills the Air, 3 Sent to Hospital 'I just remember some of our firefighters standing there shooting so much water at that electric vehicle, and it not going out.' By Randy DeSoto, The Western Journal July 26, 2022
@ChristineEliaz / Twitter screen shot Cargo Plane Packed with 11 Tons of Military Explosives Down Over Europe, Strange Smell Kept Firefighters Away Experts and residents worry about toxic substances after a plane carrying 11 tons of military explosives crashes. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal July 17, 2022
Britt Downing / Facebook screen shot 'Angel' Spots House Fire in Middle of Night, Warns Family of 11: 'She Saved Our Family' The good Samaritan spotted the fire from a mile away in the middle of the night and drove to the house to warn the family. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal July 15, 2022
WCVB Channel 5 Boston / YouTube screen shot Heroes Risk Lives to Rescue Hotel Guests from Massive Fire That 'Could've Burned the Town Down' An off-duty fire captain and a good Samaritan worked together to get everyone out of the historic hotel before it burned down. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal July 14, 2022
City of Madison Police Department / Facebook screen shot Video: Hero Officers Catch Multiple Kids as They Jump from Second Story During Apartment Fire The children were trapped with no way out, so the officers coached them to break out the window and jump into their waiting arms. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal July 14, 2022
@LitsaPappas / Twitter screen shot Young Boy Saves Nanny and Painter After Four-Alarm Fire Breaks Out in $3 Million Home The family had just moved into the home and had been renovating it when the fire broke out and burned it to the ground. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal July 12, 2022
@MikeSington / Twitter screen shot Fatal Electric Car Crash with a Parked Semi So Horrific a Special Crash Investigation Unit Has Been Assigned Both a local law enforcement agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are investigating the tragic event. By Grant Atkinson, The Western Journal July 12, 2022
Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images; @TheRealKeean / Twitter screen shot Bill Gates-Backed Food Center Burned to the Ground, Fire Might Have Been Sparked by EV 'Hybrid electrics, which have both a high voltage battery and an internal combustion engine, have a 3.4% likelihood of vehicle fires.' By Andrew Jose, The Western Journal July 11, 2022
@KWCH12 / Twitter screen shot US Gas Plant Explosion Rocks Small Town, Major Evacuations Undertaken Effective midnight on Sunday, a Mayoral Executive Order extended the evacuation order for residents to 12:00 p.m. By Andrew Jose, The Western Journal July 10, 2022
Plant City Police Department / Facebook image screen shot Rookie Cop and Rookie Firefighter Help Save Autistic Boys from House Fire: 'I Would Do It Again' The off-duty cop knew something was wrong when he saw smoke and saw his neighbor run out of her home with only one of her three children. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 28, 2022
Kendyl Young / Flickr Massive Recall Announced, Normal Home Item Has Been Spontaneously Bursting Into Flames One home product containing a lithium-ion battery and solar panels is now being recalled as a fire hazard. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal June 26, 2022
West Allis Police Department / Facebook video screen shot Video: First Responders Enter 'Fully Engulfed' Home to Rescue 3-Year-Old Trapped in Back Bedroom The police searched desperately for the little boy, calling his name and trying to find him in the smoke-filled room. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 24, 2022
CBS Philly / YouTube screen shot 'Catastrophic Accident': Philadelphia Firefighters Trapped in Rubble After Deadly Building Collapse Tragedy struck in Philadelphia after a building that caught fire collapsed while responders were still inside. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal June 18, 2022
WCCO - CBS Minnesota / Youtube screen shot Tens of Thousands of Chickens Killed in Massive Farm Fire — Adds to Bizarre String of Food Disasters Across US It happened again. Another fire at a food processing plant. Is this another coincidence like the fact-checkers say? By Mike Landry, The Western Journal June 7, 2022
@dcfireems / Twitter screen shot While Helping Battle Apartment Blaze, Rookie Firefighter Hears Noise and Saves Woman's Life Kojo Saunders proved his mettle at an apartment fire after entering a unit and finding the inhabitant still inside, in serious condition. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal May 30, 2022
Calf Canyon and Hermits Peak Fire / Facebook screen shot Firefighters Find Newborn Elk While Battling Massive Wildfire: 'Didn't Think It Was Alive' If all goes well, in four months the little calf named 'Cinder' will be big enough to release back into the wild. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal May 26, 2022