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And once the election process for a new pope begins, gatherers will turn upward each day, waiting for black or white smoke to fill the sky. Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21. He was 88 years ...

In 1958's conclave, when the black smoke was made by adding damp straw to the burned ballots, the straw's failure to ignite caused several false alarms when the smoke first appeared white ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The cardinals who enter the Sistine Chapel May 7 to elect a new pope use smoke signals to communicate with the outside world. Black smoke indicates they have cast their votes ...

If you saw big plumes of black smoke in southern Indiana, it was coming from a building in Charlestown.WLKY NewsChopper spotted the smoke Tuesday afternoon over an industrial complex off ...

Smoke detectors save lives in emergencies. However, false alarms occur frequently - for example, due to excessive steam in the kitchen or low batteries. What should you do when the smoke detector ...

In the event that the smoke is black, it is understood that no definitive agreement has been reached and the vote must be repeated. To produce this second color, potassium perchlorate, anthracene ...

April 7 (UPI) --A large fire in Paris sent thick, black smoke billowing over the French capital on Monday as hundreds of firefighters battled flames at one of the city's largest recycling plants.

If no pope is chosen, the ballots are mixed with cartridges containing potassium perchlorate, anthracene (a component of coal tar), and sulfur to produce black smoke. But if there is a winner ...

Footage from Marcin Jedrykiak has captured the huge black flumes of smoke bellowing over the M275 as fire crews tackle a blaze in a boatyard. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News ...