Meriden fire officials say three oil trucks were involved in a fire overnight into Friday. Crews were originally dispatched ...

The large transformer caught on fire at Pepco's Benning Service Center at the 3400 block of Benning Road Northeast. The ...

One of the worst oil rig disasters in the world happened on British shores, as 167 people were killed when the Piper Alpha ...

THE first thing Ed Punchard knew about the explosion on the Piper Alpha oil rig was when the roof of his “bomb proof” office collapsed on his head. The diver, who’d already come close to one ...

A recent BBC documentary series, The Piper Alpha Disaster, introduced a new generation to the precarious nature of rig life - telling the story of the July 1988 tragedy, in which 167 men died on one ...

At least three men have been injured after a fire broke out in an oil rig tank battery near Loco, in Stephens County, Oklahoma. In a world awash with information, Upstream helps readers filter out the ...

BRIAN, HOW ARE FOLKS MOVING ON THE HIGHWAYS? WE’VE GOT SOME SLOW TRAFFIC HERE ON NORTHBOUND I-5. THIS ALL DUE TO A BIG RIG THAT CAUGHT FIRE EARLIER THIS MORNING. IT’S OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SHOULDER.

ALAMEDA COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) — A big rig fire on the Altamont Pass east of Livermore early Friday morning spread to the nearby hillside, prompting the closure of westbound Interstate 580, according ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Crews have cleared what remained of a big rig after a fire on the southbound East Loop on Monday. The truck and another vehicle were involved in an incident on I-610 near ...