At least one person is dead after a massive fire broke out at a resort in the Dominican Republic on Friday, officials said.
A woman died after a fire at a detached garage near Redwood City early Friday morning, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. Two other people were able to escape from the fire unharmed.
On the first anniversary of the most destructive wildfires in the L.A. area, the scant home construction projects stand out among the still mostly flattened landscapes.
Fire safety inspections hadn't been carried out since 2019 at the Swiss bar where a fire at a New Year's party left 40 people dead and over 100 injured, local authorities said.
Somber mourners, many with reddened eyes, filed silently out of the chapel to organ music after the hourlong Mass at the Chapelle Saint-Christophe in Crans-Montana.
Swiss investigators said Friday that they believe sparkling flares atop Champagne bottles ignited the fatal fire at a ski resort when they came too close to a crowded bar's ceiling.