The company that insured a lesbian couple’s home claims the women set a fire that destroyed it. Carole Ann Stutte and Jean Stutte of Vonore filed a lawsuit in February, claiming a former neighbor was responsible for the September 2010 …
A fire at a Caryville’s Thunder Mountain Fireworks store shut down part of Interstate 75 and forced about 100 neighbors to temporarily evacuate. Caryville Fire Department Cpt. Brad Smith described the fire to WVLT-TV, saying, “If you can picture a …
Firefighters say a three-alarm blaze that caused $250,000 damage at a closed Kansas City school was intentionally set. Fire Department spokesman Joe Vitale says the fire at the former Manchester school started around 5 p.m. Saturday and quickly spread across …
Firefighters are stamping out a 1,000-acre brush fire near a Lockheed Martin facility in central Florida. More than 30 Orange County firefighters joined Florida Division of Forestry teams Sunday to get the blaze under control. Authorities say there are no …
Authorities say a small, pre-dawn fire has occurred at Dodger Stadium in the same storage area where a blaze broke out Saturday night. The fire was reported shortly after 5 a.m. Monday and was quickly put out. Los Angeles fire …
Two southwest Idaho men who police say started two fires as a diversionary tactic before breaking into a pawn shop to steal guns have been charged with arson and burglary. Forty-eight-year-old David Von Bargen of Fruitland and 21-year-old Donavan Bolen …
Firefighters are battling a forest blaze on the popular Spanish Mediterranean island of Ibiza that has razed hundreds of hectares of woodland and forced the evacuation of some 80 people. Regional government Interior Department spokeswoman Asuncion Saez said the fire …
Authorities say a fire has erupted at a large chemical processing facility in northern New Jersey. The fire broke out shortly before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday inside the International Matex Tank Terminal, a 520-acre facility near the Bayonne Bridge. The Bayonne …
Maine fire officials are blaming lightning for a fire that damaged a York stable. Megan Mello, the owner of Riverwatch Stables, says a relative helped her get six horses and a litter of kittens out of the stable before the …
Two train crew members were killed and two others injured in a freight train crash in Union County that crumpled train cars and forced the evacuations of nearby homes early Tuesday, officials and witnesses said. CSX spokesman Bob Sullivan said …