Disaster

A self-storage facility in Anchorage, Alaska, suffered damage last week from a mudslide caused by a water-line break at an adjacent condominium complex. The bluff above AAA Muldoon Mini Storage at 7801 Peck Ave. gave way about 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 14...

Tenants of a Croydon, England, Shurgard Self Storage facility that was destroyed by fire on Dec. 31 are planning to sue the company. Though it’s not clear if legal steps will include a class-action suit, 1,198 customers lost belongings in the...

Three volunteer firefighters suffered minor injuries Saturday morning while battling a fire at a self-storage facility in Waldorf, Md. The blaze at Economy Storage of Waldorf, 3325 Leonardtown Road, began just after 6 a.m. About 40 units were...

A police officer responding to a call on Monday evening crashed into a U-Haul self-storage facility in Miami. Surveillance video from the adjacent Shell gas station shows four police cars with flashing lights heading east on N.W. 54th St. at 9:30...

Isabelle Cobb and Janice Danielson, managers of Bainbridge Self Storage in Bainbridge Island, Wash., continue to help pets displaced by natural disasters through Kitsap SPICE (Saving Pets In Crisis Everywhere), a charitable organization they...

The pilot of a small aircraft clipped a building at Spencer Mini Storage in La Porte, Texas, before crashing into a nearby wooded area. The 39-year-old pilot had just taken off from nearby La Porte Municipal Airport around 6 a.m. when he...

A 19-year-old construction worker fell to his death last Thursday while working on the roof of a CubeSmart self-storage facility in Baltimore. Cesar Ismael Villalobos Lima tried to use his foot to stop a large cart from rolling off the roof, but...