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The FDNY says a 2-alarm fire broke out in a commercial strip in Morris Heights Thursday evening.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (KGO) -- There has been a massive explosion at the Chevron refinery in Los Angeles County Thursday night. This in El Segundo near Manhattan Beach. The fire has been burning since 9:30 p.m. There is no word yet if anyone has been hurt, or what caused the explosion. No evacuation orders have been issued, but people are being told to stay inside.

Media reports have said there was an explosion in the northern part of the city. A fire in a detached house in northern Munich set off a large emergency operation on Tuesday, with police and firefighters blocking roads and urging residents to avoid the Lerchenau area. A police spokesman said there was no danger to the public, though the incident caused significant traffic disruption.

A fire ripped through a 19th-century warehouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn, late Wednesday, collapsing parts of the building and wiping out dozens of artist studios ahead of a major neighborhood open studios weekend. Reports say the blaze began around 11:35pm at 481 Van Brunt Street, near the waterfront. Flames quickly spread through the four-story structure, forcing firefighters to pull back and attack the blaze from outside.

This building is a very large, four-story commercial building. Upon arrival, we had heavy fire on the second, third, fourth floor and through the roof.

About 100 firefighters are tackling a blaze in a restaurant located at the BBC's former headquarters, Television Centre, in west London. London Fire Brigade said 15 engines were at the nine-storey building on Wood Lane, White City, after a fire broke out in the early hours of Saturday morning. The building is now home to a restaurant and flats, as well as television studios.

The London Fire Brigade (LFB) said 15 fire engines were in attendance at the building on Wood Lane. The fire is affecting floors towards the top of the building, which include a restaurant and an area of external decking and ducting, while an unknown number of flats have also potentially been affected. LFB and the Metropolitan Police are working to evacuate nearby buildings as a precaution with a rest centre being set up for those who had to leave their homes.

The blaze erupted shortly after 7pm on Thursday in a commercial property just off Oliver Plunkett Street, one of Cork's busiest city centre retail and entertainment areas. Motorists were urged to avoid the area as multiple Cork Fire Brigade crews deployed to tackle the fire after the alarm was raised by pedestrians who saw smoke pouring from the building roof. The blaze also triggered a number of fire alarms.

The fire, which occurred early Monday morning, resulted in the tragic deaths of two adults and two children, sparking an investigation by authorities.

Firefighters have extinguished a massive blaze that was burning in the historic mosque-turned-cathedral in the southern Spanish city of Cordoba.

A vegetation fire, referred to as the Real fire, burned 7 acres in Jurupa Valley, threatening structures and prompting evacuations.

Fire broke out overnight at Congregation Beth El in Rutherford, New Jersey, starting around 2:45 a.m. and resulting in complete destruction of the synagogue.

The PSNI confirmed that an elderly woman in her 70s has died following a fire at a residential property in Derrycush Park, Aughnacloy.

A person died early Wednesday in a fiery crash on an East Bay highway that closed down a transition ramp. The crash happened about 3:10 a.m. on northbound Highway 13.

Firefighters responded to a blaze at a home in New Brighton on Monday morning, with the fire reported at a multi-story structure around 10:25 a.m. Firefighters could be seen extending ladders to the roof and upper floors of the building, with visible burn damage on the side of the structure.

A fire that began on a big rig spread to a hillside near the Altamont Pass early Friday and forced a closure to one direction of a freeway.

The fire broke out at the Harlan House, which is one of the oldest houses in San Ramon, according to a social media post from the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District.

On Saturday evening, flames could still be seen at the site, with firefighters using tall ladders to spray water down onto difficult-to-access parts of the warehouse.

Of the seven victims in the explosion and fire at Devastating Pyrotechnics, four were Bay Area residents, including brothers Jesus and Jhony Ramos, along with Neil Justin Li and Christopher Goltiao Bocog.