Firefighters in Ocala, Fla., found Hanna, a 2-year-old Siamese cat, lying in a smoky bedroom, unconscious and not breathing. Believing her dead, they carried the cat outside. Then Hanna moved her head. Firefighter Eric Morton recalls rubbing her belly and …
The burning inferno of what used to be a Chevron Corp. natural gas rig still stains the night’s sky orange more than two weeks after the rig caught fire, and no one can say when it will end as swarms …
A northwest Iowa family escapes a house fire, but is displaced after the blaze causes an estimated $40,000 in damage. The Le Mars Daily Sentinel reports that smoke and carbon monoxide detectors alerted Corey and Nancy Isebrand to the fire …
Fire investigators say a dog inadvertently turned on a stove and started a fire that destroyed a house in Vancouver, Wash., early Saturday. Capt. David James told the Columbian newspaper reports that investigators believe the dog jumped up looking for …
An official says a fire at a candy factory in southwestern Pennsylvania destroyed nearly 20,000 pounds of chocolate. The blaze broke out early Friday morning at a second-floor packaging area at Sarris Candies in Canonsburg in Washington County. Plant manager …
Fire has destroyed the city hall building and most of the structures on a block in Kensett, Ark. Authorities say no one was in any of the buildings when the blaze erupted Sunday night, and no injuries were reported. Fire …
A long line of cars and trucks collided one after another early Sunday on a dark Florida highway so shrouded in haze and smoke that drivers were virtually blinded. At least 10 people were killed. Visibility was so poor that …
A fire swept through a two-story private rehabilitation center for addicts in a poor part of Peru’s capital Saturday, killing 27 people and critically injuring five as firefighters punched holes through walls to rescue residents locked inside. The “Christ is …
Fireworks set off during an official Chinese New Year celebration have sparked a blaze that burned homes, killed three people and injured others in central Thailand. Suphanburi Governor Somsak Phureesrisak told TPBS TV by telephone the three were killed as …
Spider Pig, the special shape balloon that flew in the 2011 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, has caught fire at an Arizona show. KTVK-TV reports that the hot-air balloon broke loose from its ropes and caught fire at the annual Hot …