SAN DIEGO—An evacuation order issued for two apartment complexes in Mira Mesa following a natural gas leak caused by a vehicle collision was lifted March 15 evening. One person was injured in the crash and taken to Palomar Medical Center, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. The leak was reported at 3:18 p.m. at…

Some Laguna Beach streets were evacuated March 5 after a parked car fell into a sinkhole, causing a gas leak, according to authorities. Around 7 a.m. South Coast Water District and Laguna Beach police and fire crews responded to a large amount of water reportedly running down 10th Avenue and spilling onto South Coast Highway….

Arrow Energy has been granted environmental approval to drill 55 coal seam gas wells near a site contaminated with benzene, naphthalene and cyanide in western Queensland. The project is an expansion of the Shell and PetroChina joint venture’s existing six-well facility at Hopeland near Chinchilla on the western Downs. The Department of Environment and Science (DES) says…

Good news for workers: The latest government indicator for layoffs hit a five-month low, despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool off the job market. The NATO military alliance weighs in on the gas leaks in Europe, warning it’ll take action if anyone attacks its members’ infrastructure. The Chinese yuan is weakening against the dollar—fast, prompting a…

Good news for workers: The latest government indicator for layoffs hit a five-month low, despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool off the job market. The NATO military alliance weighs in on the gas leaks in Europe, warning it’ll take action if anyone attacks its members’ infrastructure. The Chinese yuan is weakening against the dollar—fast, prompting a…

Officials are voicing concerns that three mysterious leaks that hit the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines on the same day maybe due to sabotage. Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, told reporters that sabotage could not be ruled out as the cause behind the unexplained gas leaks that hit Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2…

BAGHDAD—A chlorine gas leak at a water purification plant in southern Iraq injured at least 300 people, officials said Monday. The incident happened Sunday night when the potentially fatal gas leaked from a container in the plant in the district of Qal’at Sukkar north of the southern city of Nasiriyah. Hundreds of people suffering severe…

At least 12 people died and 251 were injured in a chlorine gas leak from a storage tank at Jordan’s Aqaba port, officials and state media reported on Monday. The leak came after a tank filled with 25 tonnes of chlorine gas being exported to Djibouti fell while being transported, officials said. A video posted…

PASADENA, Calif.—Hundreds of gallons of fuel flowed into the Alhambra Wash Dec. 19 after a vehicle struck the gasoline pump in Pasadena, authorities said. The incident occurred Sunday around 3 p.m. at the 76 gas station located on Arroyo Seco Parkway and Glenarm Street. What appeared to be a black SUV smashed into the pump…

MILAN—Firefighters in Sicily were digging through the rubble of a collapsed apartment building Sunday in the search for six missing people after an explosion apparently caused by a gas leak killed at least three, authorities said. The building was occupied by nine members of an extended family, and two visiting relatives—a heavily pregnant woman and…