Actor Denis Leary plans to present to the Detroit fire department new equipment paid for by proceeds from a documentary film about the city’s firefighters. “Burn” chronicles the struggles of Detroit firefighters. The donation is being made through the Leary …
Authorities say fires that burned seven recreational vehicles at a southwest Ohio storage facility were set deliberately. The state fire marshal’s office said in a release Tuesday that six of the vehicles damaged or destroyed in Monday’s arson fires were …
Burning restrictions are in place across much of southern Minnesota this week because of the high fire risk. The National Weather Service has posted red flag warnings for much of the southern part of the state because of the fire …
In a meeting space at the Hyatt Regency Cincinnati, nearly three dozen hotel housekeepers are focused on the 62-year-old Cold Spring woman, whose face and hands are like no others in the room. She’s helping lead sensitivity training in advance …
Volkswagen is recalling more than 30,000 Jetta sedans from the 2011 and 2012 model years because the tailpipes can stick out too far and burn people. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says on its website that stainless steel exhaust …
Kathy Lanpher was showing a property to a client when she heard the improbable, gut-wrenching news: a wildfire like the one that destroyed her home four months ago was threatening the nearby subdivision where she had relocated. The real estate …
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 …
For more than 140 years, the House of Reeves was a landmark in Croydon, a family-run business that supplied generations of families as the area changed from a small town to a London suburb. On Tuesday, it was a smoldering …
A jury in Ohio has ruled in favor of Ford Motor Co. in the lawsuit of a former patrol officer severely burned in a crash in one of the automaker’s police cruisers. The Vindicator of Youngstown reports the Mahoning County …
Just over a week after warning about serious burn dangers linked to outdoor ceramic pots known as firepots, the government on Wednesday announced the recall of nearly a half-million bottles and jugs of the gel fuel used in the patio …