The community around Illinois State University in Normal, Ill., is stepping up to help two dozen students after their fraternity house was damaged in a fire. WJBC Radio reports that two Normal restaurants are holding fundraisers for the Delta Sigma …
About 500 firefighters, army soldiers and police battling strong headwinds and dry conditions brought a forest fire in southern Switzerland under control Wednesday. An unusually hot spring and drought conditions set the stage for the fire which was still burning …
Authorities are looking into the cause of a business fire in Sioux Falls. The blaze at a warehouse near Elston Manufacturing began about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday. Authorities say no one was hurt. A damage estimate was not immediately available. Fire …
Bernalillo County commissioners have banned open burning and campfires in the unincorporated areas of the county. The commission’s vote Tuesday also restricts smoking to enclosed buildings, within vehicles with ashtrays and in developed recreation areas. County Fire Chief John Garcia …
An asbestos-cleanup worker testified at a manslaughter trial that three construction-company supervisors learned quickly about a dramatic break in a firefighting water pipe linked to a deadly blaze. Adolpho Ortiz testified Monday that workers heard a piece of the pipe …
Investigators say arson is not suspected in last week’s $10 million cold storage warehouse blaze in Northern California. The four-alarm blaze at Apple Growers Ice and Storage in Watsonville was reported April 20 at about 3:30 p.m. Dozens of firefighters …
The state fire marshal has ruled that a barn fire that killed eight horses in eastern Ohio was arson. Fire marshal’s spokesman Shane Cartmill says seven adult horses and a foal died in the Sunday night fire in McConnelsville in …
The family of a construction worker who died trapped in a cage inside a burning smokestack and two other workers who were trapped on top for hours have settled their lawsuit against American Electric Power and several other companies for …
Gov. Tom Corbett is signing his first bill as governor. The Republican plans Monday afternoon to sign a bill repealing a requirement that fire sprinkler systems be installed in all new one- and two-family homes. The legislation was approved earlier …
A Webster Parish volunteer firefighter has been arrested in connection with two structure fires in Doyline. Officials say 31-year-old Brandon Martin faces one count each of aggravated arson for damage to an apartment complex and simple arson for a blaze …