The State Fire Marshal’s Office says three fires in Sussex County that caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage were deliberately set. The first fire was reported about 9:10 p.m. Thursday in a Blades home. The house was not …
A wildfire that’s burned nearly 8 square miles of Central California wilderness is nearing containment. Kern County fire spokesman Sean Collins says the blaze that began Sunday is 95 percent contained Tuesday morning and should be entirely surrounded by evening. …
Roughly 100 firefighters are battling a rooftop blaze in central London. The fire at a ten-story building being refurbished on The Strand sent smoke billowing throughout the area. Officials said Tuesday no injuries have been reported. The building was evacuated. …
Firefighters are stamping out a 1,000-acre brush fire near a Lockheed Martin facility in central Florida. More than 30 Orange County firefighters joined Florida Division of Forestry teams Sunday to get the blaze under control. Authorities say there are no …
An asbestos-cleanup worker testified at a manslaughter trial that three construction-company supervisors learned quickly about a dramatic break in a firefighting water pipe linked to a deadly blaze. Adolpho Ortiz testified Monday that workers heard a piece of the pipe …
A team of investigators plans to study how five District of Columbia firefighters seriously injured in a blaze became trapped in a building. DC fire spokesman Pete Piringer said Saturday that one of the firefighters remained in critical but stable …