The University of Louisiana at Monroe’s George T. Walker Hall will be closed until at least early next year as a result of damage sustained from a Tuesday fire. The News-Star reports nobody was injured in the two-alarm fire that …
The Navy is evaluating whether it’s worth spending millions of dollars to repair the USS Miami, the nuclear-powered submarine damaged in a fire in a Maine shipyard. If the submarine is scrapped, the fleet could feel the effects for years. …
A fire has heavily damaged a bank office and destroyed an adjoining insurance office in the northern Iowa city of Titonka. Firetrucks were dispatched just before 3 a.m. Sunday to the TSB Bank office. Fire Chief David Trunkhill says the …
A fire at a northern San Diego, Calif., apartment building has displaced 17 people and caused an estimated $500,000 in damage. The North County Times says cooking oil left untended on a hot stove sparked the fire in the Vista …
A fire at a Lincoln, Neb., Bed Bath & Beyond store is being called suspicious. Firefighters were called to the store early Saturday morning, before it opened. There was a report of flames in the store’s entryway but the store’s …
The fire early Monday morning at a Seattle apartment building was started by candles. Fire Department spokesman Kyle Moore says they were left burning on top of a refrigerator, and flames caught the kitchen on fire and destroyed one unit …
Horse owners and breeders who lost frozen sperm, eggs and embryos in last summer’s fire at CSU’s Equine Reproduction Laboratory are being offered $1,000 credits toward future services if they agree to not sue the university. University spokeswoman Dell Rae …