CHERRYVILLE, N.C. — Cherryville firefighters responded to an outside fire on West Academy Street Monday afternoon involving a large diesel fuel tank near a commercial building. Crews arrived to find ...

We've all thought about what would happen when you pour jet fuel into a diesel engine. Will it work or lead to immediate catastrophic failure, perhaps even an explosion? Planes are among the most ...

Suggested Citation: "III. Presented Papers: Aircraft Fuel System Requirements." National Research Council. 1997. Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety: A Proceedings. Washington, DC: The National ...

As far too many people who try to light a bonfire with it learn the hard way, gasoline likes to explode. Inside an engine, that's usually a good thing, but in order to make the tiny explosions happen ...

In a shocking incident, a UPS cargo aircraft crashed on Tuesday evening shortly after departing from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. The massive explosion and fire led officials to ...