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Fire Destroys South Dakota Honey Company Building

A weekend fire destroyed a building at the Taylor Honey Co. in the northeastern South Dakota town of Andover, but the company owner and others say the incident could have been worse. The Sunday afternoon fire started in the engine …

Rubble Remains Months After Southwest Indiana City’s Fire

A southwestern Indiana city is still trying to get rid of the big rubble pile that remains from a former department store building that burned down in December. Vincennes Mayor Joe Yochum says city officials are now working with Vincennes …

Classes Moved to Vacant School After Fire in Oklahoma

Officials have found a new facility for Tulsa, Okla., students whose school was destroyed in a fire Wednesday morning. The Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences says classes will be held Thursday at Sequoyah Elementary School. Tulsa Public Schools offered …

Unattended Candles Blamed for Utah Apartment Fire

Fire investigators are blaming candles left burning on a second-story deck for a fire that destroyed six Utah apartments over the weekend. Salt Lake City officials say the fire Sunday morning on West Snow Queen Drive also caused heavy smoke …

Burned Sub Repair Estimate Within $50M of Original

The cost to fix a nuclear-powered attack submarine that was severely damaged by a fire at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, in Maine, will come in within $50 million of the original estimate. Kevin Kelley, spokesman for U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, said …

Arkansas Fire Department’s Training Building Destroyed

Authorities are investigating a fire that destroyed the Mountain Pine Fire Department’s training facility. Lt. Kevin Green says authorities consider the fire suspicious because the building had no utilities hooked up that could have sparked a blaze. The Sentinel-Record reports …

Fire Damages 145-year-old Connecticut Forge

Part of a factory building collapsed Tuesday morning after a fire that sent thick black smoke billowing over central Connecticut. Southington fire officials said the blaze at Rex Forge began inside a tool room where dyes are made, near where …

Alabama Department of Insurance Closed Due to Fire

A fire that broke out in the building that houses the Alabama Department of Insurance has forced the closing of the office on Thursday, July 19 and Friday, July 20. The fire affected another floor in the building not occupied …

Blaze Collapses Ohio Church Roof

Fire officials say a large blaze collapsed parts of the roof of a church in far northwest Ohio, injuring one firefighter. WANE-TV in Fort Wayne, Ind., reports the fire happened Tuesday night at Emanuel Methodist Church in Edgerton, along the …

Plans Would Rebuild Michigan Church Destroyed by Fire

Religious leaders say they plan to rebuild a Catholic church in West Michigan that was destroyed by fire over the weekend. MLive.com reports the cause of Sunday morning’s fire at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church was under investigation by the …