NEW YORK, Oct 16 — An old, degraded piece of metal pipe that had not been tested for corrosion led to a June fire and explosions at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation …
Insurers of a fire-damaged Philadelphia refinery have indicated they would make a $50 million initial advance payment in connection with a June blaze that led to the plant’s closure, court documents showed. The infusion of funds would buy cash-strapped Philadelphia …
Authorities say arson is to blame for destroying a mobile office on the site where a new $3.7 million Michigan State Police post is being built in the Bay City area. The Bay City Times reports the fire was spotted …
Fire has destroyed a New Jersey home that was so chock full of surplus military equipment, dressers, refrigerators and other material that a fire official called it “one of the most extreme examples of hoarding.” Avenel Assistant Fire Chief Frank …
Firefighters in Southern California have surrounded a blaze that burned nearly 1,000 acres and briefly trapped about 50 drivers when it jumped a freeway. Officials from the Riverside County Fire Department said in a statement Sunday night that the wildfire …
A complex of apartments and commercial space that was under construction in Cedar Rapids has been destroyed by fire. The Cedar Rapids fire department says the blaze at the two-story building was reported early Saturday morning. Flames and smoke were …
Arraignment is scheduled Tuesday in the case of four young volunteer firefighters charged with arson. Houston County Sheriff’s Department criminal investigator Brian Hooper said the suspects were arrested Friday night after a series of fires, including one that destroyed a …
Atlanta firefighters have put out a fire in a building at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site. The blaze was reported around 6 a.m. Wednesday at a building about half a block from King’s tomb. Battalion Chief Todd …
Minneapolis police are investigating what they say was an arson fire at Gov. Mark Dayton’s former home. Sgt. Steve McCarty says firefighters were called about 2 p.m. Saturday but the home’s current owners extinguished the blaze before they arrived. He …
About 50 firefighters battled a blaze at an apartment building in downtown Madison, Wisconsin Thursday. The fire at the Capitol Hill Apartments still burned more than five hours after it began at 5 a.m. Plumes of black smoke and flames …