Authorities and witnesses say an Amtrak train smashed into a tractor-trailer in Maine, causing an explosion that set both on fire and sent flames more than three stories high. Steve McCausland from the Maine Department of Public Safety says the …
A small fire above the stage forced pop star Rihanna to cut her Dallas concert short. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the fire broke out near a lighting truss as Rihanna was finishing the ballad “California King Bed” and descending …
An annual safety inspection of the New Ulm inn that caught fire, killing six people, had not been conducted because the owner said the building would not be housing guests, according to a local fire marshal. Additionally, city records show …
A worker has died from injuries he received in a flash fire at a Nashville metals plant over the weekend. The Metro Nashville Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the death of 28-year-old Shawn Allen Austin of Nashville, according to The …
Fire officials say a lightning strike sparked a fire at the Mt. Abram Ski Resort in Greenwood as a fast-moving storm rolled through the area. WGME-TV reports General Manager Kevin Rosenberg says lightning hit the lodge at about 6:30 p.m. …
Authorities say a scrap metal yard near Wilmington has caught fire for the second time in three weeks. The fire began about 3 p.m. Wednesday at the American Scrap Company on New Castle Avenue, and spread to a nearby building …
New Hampshire investigators are trying to determine the cause of an early morning fire that caused more than $40,000 in damage to a Nashua middle school. The fire alarm at the Fairgrounds Middle School sounded at about 4 a.m. Tuesday. …
An overnight fire and explosion destroyed a Hispanic grocery store in a central Indiana city. Anderson firefighters needed more than three hours early Tuesday to put out the blaze that destroyed the Esmeralda grocery near the city’s downtown. Assistant Fire …
Dozens of rental cars have been damaged or destroyed in a weekend fire at a parking lot in South San Francisco. The San Francisco Chronicle says as many as 45 cars were damaged in the Sunday afternoon blaze at the …
Fire officials say they are investigating the cause of a fire that started at Fort Collins environmental laboratory over the holiday weekend. Poudre Fire Authority officials say in a release that the fire broke out early Monday and sent a …