January 7, 2014

Home Heating Safety Tips In 2011, heating equipment was the cause of more than 50,000 home fires, causing 400 deaths and 1,500 injuries. Space heaters accounted for one-third of all home fires and 80% of all deaths. Half of all home heating fires happen in December, January, and February. With a few simple safety tips and precautions, you can prevent…

January 6, 2014

Shenango Township explosion kills one, injures two more Tragedy struck Shenango Township in Mercer County this past Saturday night when a fiery explosion took one man’s life and injured two others. The explosion took place in the deceased man’s garage at 659 Bedford Road in Shenango Township. He, his son, and a friend were working on the man’s snowmobile in…

December 6, 2013

Portable gas cans lead to explosive consequences Recent scientific tests have shown that the plastic red portable gas containers most of us have in our basements or sheds to use for our lawnmowers, or an emergency fuel back-up for our vehicles, may really be portable bombs–fiery explosions just waiting to happen to the unsuspecting. Over the past fifteen years, there…

November 27, 2013

Electric cars – are they safe? People are injured in fires and explosions every day across America, and Pittsburgh is no exception. However, fires, and explosions do not occur without a reason. Either someone has started a fire, rather by accident or on purpose, someone has set off a bomb, or a more likely reason is that it is the…

October 16, 2013

Popular hair dryer being recalled for fire and burn risk It’s a common, everyday thing. You climb out of the shower and grab the hair dryer to get your coif in proper shape. The last thing anyone expects is that the device will short out, shoot out an internal part that could injure the user or catch fire and burn…

September 27, 2013

 Probe of apparent fatal fire in York County, PA underway Pennsylvania state police and other officials, including members of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, are investigating an explosion and fire that apparently killed one person this week. At the time this is being written, authorities hadn’t been able to confirm whether the person, whose remains were…

September 6, 2013

Pittsburgh area fire called suspicious Following a recent fire in North Huntington that is just southeast of Pittsburgh several individuals were taken to the hospital. Officials state that the circumstances of the fire were suspicious. Police officers were continuing to interview witnesses at the time that this fire was reported, and there apparently have been a number of different accounts…

July 11, 2013

Pennsylvania fire code gap like ‘speed limit without police’ Fires and explosions have been the subject of a lot of headlines in recent days. Eyes in Pittsburgh have likely been focused on the deadly runaway oil train explosion and fire that leveled part of a Canadian town and killed at least 20 people. Then there’s the commercial plane crash and…

June 12, 2013

Propane Gas Grill Safety Tips As grilling season is in full swing, it is important to remember a few safety tips when using a propane gas grill. Last year, ESPN SportsCenter anchor Hannah Storm was badly burned while preparing to cook dinner for her children. After wind blew out the flame, propane gas pooled on her grill and became an…

May 31, 2013

Uninsured Rankin home destroyed by fire: Cause unknown Authorities in Allegheny County are investigating a fire that destroyed a home in Rankin this morning. Two individuals who were in the home at the time of the blaze escaped unharmed, but officials are at a loss at this point as to what might have started the whole thing to go up…