Fire

26 Sep 24

Fire destroys historic Canadian truss bridge

Suspected arson caused timber bridge fire, say emergency services.
25 Jun 24

Track damaged in US bridge deck blaze

West Virginia and Maryland rail travel disrupted by bridge fire.

16 Feb 24

US government releases funds for fire wrecked Vermont bridge

Emergency US$1.2 million to pay for replacement of Vermont bridge destroyed by tanker fire.
21 Jun 23

Collapsed I-95 Bridge reopened in 12 days

Traffic on the USA I-beam steel bridge brought down by fire in June was restored in less than two weeks.
13 Nov 20

Repairs begin at fire-damaged US interstate bridge

Emergency work is under way to repair and reopen the Brent Spence Bridge following an intense fire.

29 Jul 20

Derailed train causes partial collapse of Arizona bridge

A freight train has derailed, caught fire and caused the partial collapse of a bridge in the US city of Tempe, Arizona.   

03 Feb 20

Fire brings down section of Manila viaduct

A section of viaduct under construction in Manila in the Philippines has collapsed following a fire in a nearby building.

11 Nov 19

Fire-resistant coating for composite crossings

A newly launched fire-resistant coating developed especially for composites has found its first bridge application on two fibre-reinforced plastic footbridges in north-west England.

18 May 17

Burning issue

With no standards for fire protection of bridges in existence, how can engineers and transport authorities confidently address the potential risk of events such as the recent bridge fire in Atlanta? Jose Maria Sanchez de Muniain reports on efforts to address this  

12 May 17

Burnt-down US bridge rebuilt in just six weeks

It has taken just six weeks to rebuild a US highway bridge whose destruction by fire has caused widespread traffic disruption in the city of Atlanta.  

03 Apr 17

Fast-track project begins to rebuild destroyed US highway bridge

Demolition has begun of a bridge that burnt down a few days ago on a major highway in the US state of Georgia.

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