Disasters

Firefighters in the Minnesota Iron Range town of Virginia had to battle bitter cold while fighting a fire that struck three houses Friday.
Audio gives details of Luke Bucklin plane crash
The pilot of a single-engine airplane was struggling to get over Wyoming's highest mountains in bad weather before it crashed and killed the pilot and three of his young sons, a voice recording shows.
Carelessly discarded cigarettes are being blamed for a house fire that killed a University of St. Thomas student and injured three others last month.
Panel: Gulf oil spill could happen again
Disasters like the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig could happen again without significant reform, according to the conclusions of a presidential panel that has the companies involved in the nation's largest oil spill pointing fingers at each other again.
A state Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation has found no hazards at a Minnesota Power work site where a company employee was electrocuted last September.