Sentences with phrase «electrical fire at»

For example, an electrical fire at the Milwaukee County Courthouse in July of 2013 resulted in more than $ 10 million in clean - up costs alone.

Recovered $ 30 million for a group of insurers in a suit against a major utility company arising out of a high - voltage electrical fire at a large manufacturing facility in Rhode Island.

Suppose, he said, you had a small electrical fire at home and a structural engineer told you there was a 50 percent chance your house would burn down in the next few years unless you spent $ 20,000 to fix faulty wiring.

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«There is enormous pressure when a missile reenters the atmosphere... If (electrical) circuits break and a trigger device fails to detonate nuclear fuel, you can imagine that only some twisted metal will fall on Alaska or Hawaii, even if North Korea fires missiles at them,» said Kim Dong - yub, an analyst at Seoul's Institute for Far Eastern Studies.

More than 1,500 Ford employees were evacuated Monday morning after a fire broke out at an electrical sub-station at Ford World Headquarters.

If a fire starts, the first place they will look is at YOUR electrical system.

I feel very strongly about electrical and fire safety at home.

Accidental Electrical Fire Destroys Buildings at Pasadena Waldorf Altadena Country Club offers space for childcare, thanks in part to Five Acres CEO Chanel Boutakidis

(Tuesday, September 22, Altadena CA)-- On Friday August 29th at approximately 5:30 pm, an accidental electrical fire destroyed the building housing Pasadena Waldorf School's first and second grade classrooms at their historic campus on Mariposa Street in the foothills of Altadena.

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Authorities are not reporting the cause of the explosion at this time, though a similar incident occurred in 2015 when an electrical fire ignited built up gas under the street.

A fire in an electrical switch room on Tuesday briefly knocked out cooling for a pool holding spent nuclear fuel at the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant outside Omaha, Neb., plant officials said.

Although BFRs reduce the risk of electrical fires and PVC makes plastic more pliable, the former produces brominated dioxins and furans that can irritate the skin and respiratory system when heated at high temperatures and the latter often contains toxic phthalate plasticizers, suspected to be a carcinogen.

More than 100 gigawatts of geothermal power (one tenth of the current U.S. electrical generation) could be developed for $ 1 billion during the next 40 years — at the full cost of one carbon - capturing coal - fired power plant or one - third the cost of a new nuclear generator.

In the early 2000s, when Tsao was a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard Medical School, she and electrophysiologist Winrich Freiwald showed that neurons in a monkey's face patches would fire electrical signals every time the animal saw pictures of a face.

Some of it is returned to watersheds in altered forms - like water heated during coal - fired electrical production and stored in cooling towers or ponds before being released - at higher temperatures - back into rivers.

When looking at a face, brain cells in the amygdala fire electrical impulses or «spikes» in response.

Immediately after a concussion, all the cells in the brain fire at once — a massive electrical discharge «like a miniseizure,» he says — indiscriminately releasing an excitatory neurotransmitter called glutamate, which in turn triggers brain cells to release potassium.

Neuroimaging studies showed that such triggers set off an electrical wave of firing neurons that spread over the occipital cortex at a rate of several millimeters per minute.

The GRS also found at Greifswald that electrical cables to pumps, the emergency cooling system and other equipment also run side by side, so a single fire could destroy both main and backup circuits.

In 1994, as a postdoctoral researcher then at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany, he became the first scientist to «patch» two living neurons simultaneously — to apply microscopic pipettes to freshly harvested rat neurons to measure the electrical signals fired between them.

During a seizure, the normal patterns of electrical activity are disrupted, and the cells start to fire at the same pace all at once.

«During an on state the neurons all start firing rapidly,» said Kwabena Boahen, a professor of bioengineering and electrical engineering at Stanford and a senior author on the paper.

Remember: When checking for spark at the coil or at the distributor cap; The line that gives you the strongest electrical flow is usually the line leading to the mis - firing cylinder.

There was a small electrical fire behind the dashboard in the car due to a wiring issue but fortunately Richard was at Turn 17 when it happened so he quickly peeled off into the pits.

The MX - 5 Miata is the best sports car the British never built.If you always have loved the beautiful lines and the rasping exhaust sounds of British sports cars but were scared away by stories of electrical fires, oil leaks and pieces falling off, then take a look at the Mazda Miata.It proves you can have classic styling, fun and dependability in a vehicle that will hold together.The Miata has a snappy, 16 - valve, 116 - horsepower four cylinder that gives the 2,182 - pound car excellent performance.

If you always have loved the beautiful lines and the rasping exhaust sounds of British sports cars but were scared away by stories of electrical fires, oil leaks and pieces falling off, then take a look at the Mazda Miata.

All the appliances and electrical gadgets you probably have at home are provided including a log fire, BBQ, dressing gowns and child's cot and high chair.

These are critical and broad areas as employees in the wind industry are deploying their activities in a risky environment such as working at heights, electrical hazards, manual handling, fire, confined space, and other surrounding aspects as extreme temperatures, onshore and offshore access, wildlife, etc..

At first glance, yes: natural gas releases less CO2 into the atmosphere than coal, so replacing coal - fired electrical plants with gas - fired plants is a win for global warming.

An underground fire at an electrical substation caused a loss of electricity in parts of the city's downtown.

Successfully represented a group of national and international insurance companies in appeal proceedings that stemmed from the issuance of a multimillion - dollar arbitration award that arose out of an insurance loss that occurred at a coal - fired electrical generating facility.

Ensuring that at least one of them will weather a plumbing disaster or an electrical fire?

A Comprehensive cover against loss / damage to Audio / AV appliances at home due to fire and allied perils, Burglary / theft, Accidental external means, Mechanical and electrical breakdown, legal liability.

Also like homeowners, if you are unable to stay at your place due to a covered incident (such as a fire or electrical hazard) your renters insurance will help cover costs to stay at a hotel or other lodging while you are waiting for damages to be fixed.

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