Officials say a casino employee was treated for smoke inhalation after a weekend fire in a restaurant grease duct at a Las Vegas Strip resort. A Clark County spokeswoman says firefighters quickly doused the fire a little before 9 a.m. …
A fire captain battling a three-alarm blaze injured his shoulder when he fell through a floor early Sunday at an off-campus Tulane University fraternity house where Halloween decorations hindered firefighting, the New Orleans Fire Department said. None of the residents …
Officials say the Astro Orbiter ride at the Magic Kingdom has been shut down because of a small fire. The fire started Sunday morning shortly after the park opened. Officials say no one was injured and there was no word …
A restaurant in Eagan is closed after a large fire burned a two-story deck. The Eagan Fire Department reports firefighters responded about 5:45 a.m. Sunday to a report of a deck on fire at the Cherokee Sirloin Room on Nichols …
Two elderly people are dead and two others remain missing after a fire in a provincial Russian home for seniors. The fire broke out early Sunday in the facility with 13 residents in the village of Tikhon in the Kostroma …
Volkswagen is recalling more than 168,000 cars with diesel engines in the U.S. because a defect in the fuel injectors that could cause fires. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says on its website that the recall affects some 2010 …
A restaurant housed in a historic western Pennsylvania building suffered $200,000 damage in a kitchen fire, but no workers or customers were hurt. The fire at The Kaufman House in Zelienople started about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and started in a …
Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say an accidental fire in a blast furnace at the former Bethlehem Steel site caused a lot of smoke but no injuries. Deputy fire marshal Robert Novatnack says workers with the Sands Casino Resort were using …
Officials are still investigating how workers mixing chemicals at a plant south of Dallas led to a blaze that shot massive plumes of black smoke and bright orange flames into the sky, forcing residents to be evacuated for several hours …
The estate of an Iowa woman killed in a 2009 fire has dropped its lawsuit against all but one defendant. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that the estate of Mackenzie Blandau will now only pursue its lawsuit against The Building …