Fire departments around Mississippi this week are receiving checks for their share of $15.3 million in state fire insurance rebate money. For example, the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that departments in Lee County are sharing $438,573. The money comes …
State forestry agents arrested a north Caddo Parish man July 11 for negligence in a wildland fire that burned 250 acres of timber near the Trees community, according to Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M. James D. Cook, …
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has been called in after a building and several vehicles belonging to a trucking company were destroyed by fire. No one was reported injured in the blaze at Resort Trucking on Saturday. Damage was estimated …
Three teens have been accused of setting fire to a Houston-area church. Chambers County Sheriff Joe LaRive says the arson suspects were arrested Wednesday in connection with the fire early Monday at Living Hope Church in Baytown. Cpl. John Smith …
Fires have damaged two Houston-area church complexes. Baytown firefighters early Monday responded to a blaze at the Living Hope Church. Pastor Kevin Kleinhez says he believes the fire was arson, several days after the church was targeted with graffiti. No …
A Ruston man has been sentenced to five years at hard labor in connection with an arson case. The Daily Leader reported that Danny Wayne Moss, 27, withdrew his earlier plea of not guilty in state District Court and entered …
The owner of a Fond du Lac bowling alley has pleaded guilty to burning down his business. Lyle Huss pleaded guilty to one count of arson Tuesday in a plea agreement with Fond du Lac County prosecutors. Fourteen other charges …
Atlanta firefighters have put out a fire in a building at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site. The blaze was reported around 6 a.m. Wednesday at a building about half a block from King’s tomb. Battalion Chief Todd …
Flooding and flowing mud and debris have damaged homes in an area south of Sierra Vista that had been hit by a major fire in recent weeks. Cochise County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Carol Capas says the flooding Sunday in Miller Canyon …
A fire at a vacant Providence duplex is being investigated as a probable arson. Deputy Assistant Chief Paul Thomas tells the Providence Journal that it appears some neighborhood children got into the building and started the fire, which was reported …