Minneapolis police are investigating what they say was an arson fire at Gov. Mark Dayton’s former home. Sgt. Steve McCarty says firefighters were called about 2 p.m. Saturday but the home’s current owners extinguished the blaze before they arrived. He …
The State Fire Marshal’s Office says arson was the cause of a house fire in New Castle. Firefighters responded to the home around 2:30 Sunday morning. The occupants were alerted to the fire by working smoke detectors and escaped without …
Authorities in Grand Forks say a small fire at the University of North Dakota’s Ralph Engelstad Arena was quickly extinguished but caused about $1.5 million in damage. UND police noticed burning material in the upper catwalk around 1 p.m. Sunday, …
About 50 firefighters battled a blaze at an apartment building in downtown Madison, Wisconsin Thursday. The fire at the Capitol Hill Apartments still burned more than five hours after it began at 5 a.m. Plumes of black smoke and flames …
A Pawtucket man is being held without bail on charges he set fires five times at the homes of his ex-girlfriend, her relatives and her new boyfriend in Central Falls and Providence. State prosecutors said 20-year-old Franci Vilorio appeared in …
Pasadena firefighters are taking precautions in anticipation of Southern California’s largest Fourth of July fireworks show. Some four tons of fire retardant was being sprayed Wednesday on brushy areas of the Arroyo Seco and San Rafael hills around the Rose …
Forest Grove firefighters say a smoky apartment fire Sunday night was started by incense. A woman moving out of the apartment said she lit incense and put it on a windowsill and left the room. Firefighters say the incense ignited …
Officials say eight people, including two firefighters, have been hospitalized after a fire caused the roof to collapse at a central Florida motel. Osceola County Fire Rescue officials said the motel’s guests were evacuated Sunday night when the fire began …
A supper club owner is charged in Aitkin County with starting the fire that destroyed the business. A yearlong investigation by local, state and federal officials into the fire at the Carlsona Beach Supper Club on Mille Lacs Lake resulted …
Wildfires that devastated East and Southeast Texas last week not only destroyed homes but also millions of cubic feet of forest timber, authorities said. According to the Texas Forest Service, a fire in Grimes County that burned 5,280 acres, 30 …