A fire in an abandoned Cedar Rapids, Iowa, lumber yard caused significant damage before firefighters were able to control the blaze. The fire was reported shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday, and it took firefighters more than an hour to control …
Thousands of employees were evacuated Thursday from a seven-story government building as more than two dozen fire engines battled a major fire that raged for several hours in India’s financial and entertainment capital. Fourteen people were injured, and 10 of …
The owner of a western Pennsylvania sandblasting company says he’s still in business despite a fire and explosions that leveled the shop that houses it. The Herald of Sharon reports that the fire at Rodgers Sandblasting in Mercer County was …
A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens more. Rescuers worked for about six hours to pull some 70 survivors from the …
A fire at a California 10-acre industrial area in San Bernardino County has caused an estimated $2.5 million in damage. Authorities say the fire erupted Saturday evening in a Fontana yard stacked with thousands of wooden pallets. Flames leaped 80 …
A fire gutted a Louisiana Tech University fraternity house on Saturday, resulting in minor injuries to three firefighters but none to students. Lt. Tim Parker of the Ruston police said firefighters responded to a 4:35 p.m. CDT call about a …
A Southeast Texas school has reopened a day after a clothes dryer fire sent smoke into the building and forced cancellation of classes. Classes resumed Wednesday at Hitchcock High School. The Galveston County Daily News reports a malfunctioning clothes dryer …
The head of a project to restore a rare 19th-century British ship badly damaged in a 2007 fire says his team won advice from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip. Philip, also known as the Duke of …
Fire officials say a cement plant in Wright County, Minn., is total loss. Firefighters were called to the Knife River Corp. plant in Otsego early Monday and found part of the roof had already collapsed and flames were visible in …
Firefighting helicopters are trying to put out a spectacular blaze atop an under-construction Moscow skyscraper, planned to be Europe’s tallest building. Orange flames were leaping about 250 meters (880 feet) Monday, visible in the night sky to much of the …