A downtown Joplin, Mo., building exploded and burst into flames early Tuesday. The Joplin Fire Department says no injuries were reported after the fire at the Wholesale Auto Paint Store. The two-story building was unoccupied when the explosion occurred about …
Prosecutors have charged a former Lincoln Public Schools employee with second-degree arson in a fire that destroyed the district’s office building. Sharon Brewster was charged on Wednesday. A Lancaster County judge set her bond at $1 million. A preliminary hearing …
Authorities say an employee with Lincoln Public Schools in Nebraska has been arrested for allegedly setting a fire that destroyed the district’s office building. The Lincoln Journal Star says Sharon Brewster was booked in the Lancaster County jail on Monday …
A northeastern Pennsylvania deputy coroner accused of trying to hire and undercover officer to burn down a building for insurance money is in rehab. The Times-Tribune of Scranton reports Lackawanna County Deputy Coroner Joseph Swoboda has been admitted to a …
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 …
A four-alarm apartment complex fire in suburban Dallas has left one person hurt and more than 80 residents displaced during extreme hot weather. American Red Cross spokeswoman Anita Foster says volunteers worked Thursday to provide housing after 24 units at …
A Ruston man has been sentenced to five years at hard labor in connection with an arson case. The Daily Leader reported that Danny Wayne Moss, 27, withdrew his earlier plea of not guilty in state District Court and entered …
Five fires this week in the drought-stricken Texas Panhandle have been declared arson as investigators try to determine whether the blazes are linked. The Amarillo Fire Marshal’s Office says two structure fires, a grass fire and a fence fire were …
A new study says a big Southern California earthquake would rattle the region’s economy as well as its buildings. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says a magnitude-7.8 quake would affect hundreds of thousands of businesses and millions of workers …
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. …