#homes

8:12am, 1st August, 2019

Gas explosion in rural Kentucky kills one, ignites homes

A gas line explosion early on Thursday in a residential community in rural Kentucky sent up a ball of flame that could be seen for miles, killing one person and setting several houses on fire, a local sheriff said.

Israel approves new homes for settlers, Palestinians in West Bank

4:39am, 31st July, 2019

World

Israel approves new homes for settlers, Palestinians in West Bank

Israel has approved the construction of 6,000 new homes for Jewish settlers and 700 new homes for Palestinians in an area of the occupied West Bank where it has full control, an Israeli official said on Wednesday.

Suspect caught after seven bodies found at two Tennessee homes

12:33am, 29th April, 2019

US

Suspect caught after seven bodies found at two Tennessee homes

A suspect in the killings of seven people in rural Tennessee was shot and captured by police after an hours-long manhunt triggered by the discovery of the bodies in two separate homes, authorities said on Sunday.

Gang member pleads guilty after firebombing black homes in Los Angeles

10:06pm, 9th April, 2019

US

Gang member pleads guilty after firebombing black homes in Los Angeles

A member of a Hispanic street gang has pleaded guilty to federal charges after he orchestrated the 2014 firebombing of African-American homes in a Los Angeles public housing complex, officials said on Tuesday.

Crews fight to save homes from massive California wildfires

5:53pm, 10th November, 2018

US

Crews fight to save homes from massive California wildfires

Crews on Saturday fought two massive, out of control wildfires burning at both ends of California, including a blaze now considered the most destructive in state history and a conflagration menacing the tony beach colony of Malibu.

Millions of Americans still trapped in debt-logged homes ten years after crisis

12:27am, 14th September, 2018

US

Millions of Americans still trapped in debt-logged homes ten years after crisis

School bus driver Michael Payne was renting an apartment on the 30th floor of a New York City high-rise, where the landlord's idea of fixing broken windows was to cover them with boards.

California wildfire rages unchecked, threatens homes, shuts interstate

4:46am, 7th September, 2018

US

California wildfire rages unchecked, threatens homes, shuts interstate

A wildfire burned unchecked early on Friday in northern California, threatening homes and shutting down an interstate highway where motorists had to race from their vehicles.

Myanmar dam breach floods 85 villages, drives thousands from homes

10:20pm, 29th August, 2018

World

Myanmar dam breach floods 85 villages, drives thousands from homes

As many as 85 villages were flooded in Myanmar after a dam failed, unleashing waters that blocked a major highway and forced more than 63,000 people from their homes, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday.

Exclusive: U.S. Army forms plan to test 40,000 homes for lead following Reuters report

1:33pm, 27th August, 2018

US

Exclusive: U.S. Army forms plan to test 40,000 homes for lead following Reuters report

The U.S. Army has drafted a plan to test for toxic lead hazards in 40,000 homes on its bases, military documents show, in a sweeping response to a Reuters report that found children at risk of lead poisoning in military housing.

Rescuers pull people from cars, homes in flooded New York, Pennsylvania

10:09am, 14th August, 2018

US

Rescuers pull people from cars, homes in flooded New York, Pennsylvania

More forecasts of heavy rains posed new danger on Tuesday in parts of New York state and Pennsylvania, where rescuers hauled people from waterways, flooded cars and homes.

Greek wildfire kills at least 24 near Athens, residents flee homes

1:46am, 24th July, 2018

World

Greek wildfire kills at least 24 near Athens, residents flee homes

At least 24 people died and more than 100 were injured when a wildfire swept through a small resort town in eastern Greece, with many victims trapped by flames as they fled.

Trump to avoid London protests with tour of English country homes

12:54pm, 6th July, 2018

UK

Trump to avoid London protests with tour of English country homes

President Donald Trump would like a quick trade deal with Britain once Brexit is finished, the U.S. ambassador to Britain said on Friday ahead of a presidential visit to London next week that will keep Trump largely away from planned mass protests.

Homes evacuated as British moorland fire rages

2:46am, 27th June, 2018

UK

Homes evacuated as British moorland fire rages

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 30 homes have been evacuated near Greater Manchester in northern England as firefighters battle a blaze which has been spreading for days in hot weather across the hills of Saddleworth Moor.

Hawaiians build homes for volcano evacuees

6:09pm, 9th June, 2018

US

Hawaiians build homes for volcano evacuees

PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - Hundreds of construction workers hammered together 20 temporary housing units on Saturday for families forced from their homes by Hawaii's erupting Kilauea Volcano in what Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim called a source o...

Scores more homes destroyed by lava flow on Hawaii's Big Island

9:30pm, 5th June, 2018

US

Scores more homes destroyed by lava flow on Hawaii's Big Island

PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - A growing river of molten rock flowing from a fissure at the foot of Kilauea Volcano is believed to have demolished scores of additional homes and filled in a small bay at the eastern tip of Hawaii's Big Island, civil d...

Hawaii evacuees leave newly lava-threatened homes on Big Island

9:30pm, 2nd June, 2018

US

Hawaii evacuees leave newly lava-threatened homes on Big Island

PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - National Guard troops, police and firefighters ushered the last group of evacuees from homes on the eastern tip of Hawaii's Big Island early on Saturday, hours before creeping lava from the Kilauea volcano severed all r...