Hawaii investigators were focusing on previous Pearl City burglaries as they try to determine if burglars sparked a fire last week that killed a 97-year-old woman, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. Video surveillance cameras have captured images of two men in …
A cruise ship with 1,000 people on board that drifted in southern Philippine waters for 24 hours after being disabled by a fire was headed toward Malaysia after repairs, the Philippine coast guard said Saturday. The Azamara Quest informed the …
A fire broke out on the property of a downtown Billings, Mont., soft drink distributor. Fire Chief Paul Dextras tells the Billings Gazette that firefighters were able to put out most of the flames within a few minutes Wednesday night …
Officials say nobody has been hurt in an explosion and fire at an East Texas petroleum company that destroyed much of the business. Hazardous materials crews were at the scene Monday at Pearce Petroleum Products in Mineola, about 75 miles …
A fire at a high-rise hotel in Bangkok’s main tourist district sent smoke billowing through the upper floors, killing at least one foreigner and injuring almost two dozen other people, authorities said Friday. When firefighters arrived at the 15-story Grand …
A haunted house at an old southern Indiana theater has been destroyed by fire. The News and Tribune of Jeffersonville reports there were no injuries in the fire early Tuesday at the Psychomania Theater of Terror in Clarksville. Co-owner Phil …
The fire department estimates property damage at $1 million from a propane tank explosion during construction work at a water treatment plant near Mukilteo, Wash. Snohomish County Fire District 1 says the explosion Thursday left a 300-foot blast zone that …
University of Hawaii payroll and student loan functions will continue without interruption after a fire destroyed a building that stored records for the entire university system, officials said Monday. Honolulu firefighters were still putting out hot spots Monday, a day …
The owners of two popular Gulf Coast restaurants heavily damaged by fire Sunday morning said they will reopen. The restaurants, The Shed BBQ & Blues Joint in Ocean Springs, Miss., and Rocky and Carlo’s in suburban Chalmette, La., had both …
A massive fire visible for miles leveled a ski lodge at a southwestern Pennsylvania resort, with some areas still burning until daybreak Monday. The fire broke out around 8 p.m. Sunday at Mystic Mountain ski lodge at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort …