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“This wind-driven fire contributed to the rapid acceleration of fire conditions that caused damage to the siding of one neighbor’s home and quickly spread the fire onto the roof and into the attic space of a second neighbor’s home,” said Commander Roger Caisse. Caisse also said there is no doubt that the quick actions of the neighbors activating the 911 system and alerting sleeping residents in this home saved their lives. One elderly resident suffered some minor burns and was taken to Bridgeport Hospital by American Medical Response, according to officials. The Red Cross was on scene...

Space Accidents Fast Facts Here’s a look at space accidents that have affected astronauts or other staff related to spaceflight. Accidents that involved unmanned spacecraft are not included. Timeline October 24, 1960 – The first space-related fatalities occur when a rocket explodes at the Soviet Union’s Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, killing 165 people, including Air Marshal Mitrofan I. Nedelin, the head of Soviet rocket forces. The accident is officially denied until 1990. March 23, 1961 – Russian cosmonaut Valentin Bondarenko is killed during a routine training exercise. Bonda...

In the end, the Argentine carrier got away. Key point: The British won the war and sunk an Argentine battleship. However, Argentina could have also lost a carrier. On the afternoon of April 30, 1982, the War Cabinet of Prime Minister Margret Thatcher transmitted a message to three Royal Navy submarines in the South Atlantic—designating the carrier Veinticino de Mayo a priority target to be hunted down and destroyed. The Argentine carrier—ironically, of British origin—posed an unpredictable threat to the Royal Navy taskforce commencing amphibious operations to retake the disputed Falkl...