In a meeting space at the Hyatt Regency Cincinnati, nearly three dozen hotel housekeepers are focused on the 62-year-old Cold Spring woman, whose face and hands are like no others in the room. She’s helping lead sensitivity training in advance …
While calls to volunteer fire departments are on the rise, the ranks of these volunteers are dwindling in Middle Tennessee and officials hope a younger generation will step up to the service. Volunteer fire departments account for about 80 percent …
Two people were killed and at least nine injured on Thursday in a fire on a cruise liner operating on a popular route along Norway’s craggy coast, officials said. Police said they received information that an additional four people were …
An early-morning fire at a farmers’ cooperative union prompted a brief village evacuation over concerns that the fire could reach chemicals in the burning plant, Sheboygan County authorities said Wednesday. The fire was reported at Adell Cooperative Union in Adell …
Thousands of dehumidifiers are being recalled for a second time after being blamed for more house fires. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says LG Electronics Tianjin Appliance Co. is again announcing a recall of Goldstar and Comfort-Aire dehumidifiers because they …
Brandon Bunker knew there would be nothing left. He knew from videos he had seen online that the home he and his wife shared with his father was a total loss and that his Jeep Grand Cherokee had been reduced …
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu says National Guard helicopters have returned to fight a smoldering marsh fire in eastern New Orleans. Landrieu said fire officials saw three hot spots when they flew over the marsh Saturday. The fire was dampened, …
Authorities say they expect the number of homes destroyed by a massive Texas wildfire to increase from the nearly 1,400 they’ve already tallied. Bastrop County Judge Ronnie McDonald said Saturday that crews haven’t had an opportunity to go in and …
Between 2007 and 2009, civilian fire casualties in residential buildings accounted for 81 percent of all fire fatalities, according to a report released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) examining characteristics of civilian fire fatalities …
Wichita, Kansas fire officials say no one was injured when fire broke out at a loading dock at Cintas Uniform Services in Wichita. The fire Monday at the uniform services company caused an estimated $100,000 in damage. Wichita fire Lt. …