Risk Insurance Briefs (RIBs)
Property loss prevention bulletins analyzing recent fire and natural hazard events.
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Ten Acres Burn in Recycling Center Fire
Sunday night, October 30th, fire started at the Evergreen Recycling Center in Park City, Kansas. Early the next morning...
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Chemical Plant Explosion
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Pulp and Paper Plant Fire
A large fire started on October 6th at a paper plant. Even with aggressive control efforts, the fire continued to burn for two weeks...
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Fire Destroys Multi-Tenanted Commercial / Industrial Complex
The fire began at 2:30 am in a laundromat within the complex before spreading to neighboring businesses. Flames and smoke flew into the night sky.
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Large Flames as Greenhouse Burns
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Fire Destroys Historic Building
A fire on September 21st destroyed a vacant, historic building in downtown Shreveport, Louisiana. A total of 32 fire units...
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Five – Alarm Warehouse Pallet Fire
A five-alarm fire erupted Monday, September 12, in an outside pallet storage area next to a distribution warehouse. Dispatchers called...
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Fire Engulfs 42-Story Building
On Friday, September 16th, a blaze ravaged a 42-floor high-rise office building in central China. Dozens of stories...
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Warehouse Fire Burns 5 Businesses
A commercial warehouse fire burned five businesses Monday, September 5. More than 180 firefighters were called from two Fire Departments.
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Large Transformer Explosion
Monday, August 9th... The fire was caused by a large transformer explosion, creating a massive fireball and an extremely loud bang...
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Flooding Leads to Heavy Property Damages
Monsoonal rain poured down over multiple parts of Las Vegas, resulting in mass flooding across the area that led to heavy damages...
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Shoppers Flee Store Fire
At 7:20 p.m. on August 24th, 2022 a massive fire in a retail store forced shoppers to flee. As the fire engulfed the retail portions of...
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