The building that was home to a construction company co-owned by Vermont Lt. Gov. Phil Scott was destroyed Friday night in a massive fire that engulfed office files, heavy equipment and fuel and triggered explosions, officials said. Authorities do not …
Fire officials say co-owner of an Alexandria, La., business has been arrested after he allegedly tried to set fire to his business in November. The Town Talk reports Nafiz Musleh was booked Friday on a charge of aggravated arson. Officials …
Fire has consumed an auto dealership in the southeastern South Dakota city of Wessington Springs. The blaze at Springs Auto Inc. on the city’s Main Street began about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. Firefighters were still battling flames five hours later. Resident …
The owner of a former department store building in Vincennes, Ind., dating to the 1850s destroyed by fire last month has told city officials he doesn’t have the money to clean up the rubble. The Dec. 17 fire gutted the …
Authorities in Rogers, Ark., have arrested two 13-year-old boys for a fire at Jones Elementary School and another alleged arson in the area. Police identified the boys Thursday after viewing a recording from a school surveillance tape. Fayetteville television station …
Three miners trapped by smoke underground in a Tennessee zinc mine have been rescued after a fire started on a drill rig. Tim Wilder, of the Jefferson County EMA, said the three were helped out of the mine by a …
Firefighters say overheated Christmas lights sparked a fire in Mill Creek, Wash., that damaged a home and killed a 3-week-old puppy. The Everett Herald reports that the woman at the residence Sunday night walked into her living room to find …
Tulsa fire officials say a blaze that destroyed a church over the weekend was accidental. Officials say a motor in the furnace at Cornerstone Free Will Baptist Church caught the building’s southeast corner on fire on Saturday. The building was …
A fire has ripped through a church in Old Town San Diego, causing at least $500,000 in property damage. City News Service reports that the blaze broke out Monday morning at Old Town Community Church. San Diego Fire-Rescue crews extinguished …
A charitable organization in Lansing, Mich., says a weekend fire destroyed more than six months’ worth of donated clothing and possibly two months of donated furniture. The Lansing State Journal reports that Marcia Barrons Maiville, president of the Society of …