Crews from Johnstown Fire Department battle a fire that erupted following a reported explosion this evening at North American Hoganas. The plant off Bridge Street in the Moxham Section was evacuated. Randy Griffith
JOHNSTOWN — Flames erupted just after 6 p.m. today at the North American Hoganas plant in the Moxham section of Johnstown.
Initial calls indicated there may have been an explosion. Fire was seen coming through the roof until Johnstown Fire Department responders knocked down the blaze.
For more on the fire, see Tuesday's editions of The Tribune-Democrat, in print and on line.
Huge tornado hits Oklahoma
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise.
VIDEO | Sci-Fi expo connects with fans
The Force is strong with Casey Bassett.
In two years of feverish planning and laborious love, the 24-year-old has roughly tripled the size of his homegrown geek convention, Sci-Fi Valley Con, being held this year at the Jaffa Shrine in Altoona. Today is the 2013 convention’s final day.
The story behind Johnstown’s viral video
The way John Porter tells it, some of his co-workers now call him “John Deer.”
VIDEO | Deer gets on, off city bus
A CamTran bus picked up an unscheduled passenger on Tuesday evening – a white-tailed deer.
DEP seeks missing nuke gauge
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and West Virginia state officials are searching for a missing portable gauge containing sealed sources of radioactive material that was lost May 3 along Interstate 81 between West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
AAABA Tournament legend dies at 83
Johnstown and the All American Amateur Baseball Association (AAABA) lost a friend and an icon on Thursday as George Arcurio Jr. died at age 83 after a lengthy illness.
Eatery moving to Incline location
The restaurant atop Johnstown’s venerable Inclined Plane will be sporting a familiar name with some familiar faces at the door when it reopens for business this summer.
Frantic 911 call leads to 3 missing women in Ohio
The woman's voice was frantic and breathless, and she was choking back tears. "Help me. I'm Amanda Berry," she told a 911 dispatcher. "I've been kidnapped and I've been missing for 10 years and I'm, I'm here, I'm free now."
Giant duck splashes into Hong Kong harbor
A six-story-high rubber duck is making a big splash in Hong Kong.
For 3, bomb suspect's friendship leads to charges
Just hours before one of the Boston Marathon suspects and his brother allegedly gunned down a campus police officer, authorities say he exchanged a series of text messages with a friend who'd become suspicious after seeing what looked like a familiar face being flashed on television.
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