Two Sumrall men have been arrested for allegedly setting several woods fires in Lamar County during December. Lamar County Sheriff Danny Rigel tells The Hattiesburg American that 29-year-old Brandon Grantham and 34-year-old Marcus Adrian Barnett were arrested last week after …
State fire investigators say a house fire near Woodside was arson. The blaze was reported shortly before midnight Wednesday in a home on Walnut Shade Road. Firefighters from Camden-Wyoming, Felton and Magnolia brought the blaze under control within 20 minutes. …
Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s communications director resigned Saturday, a day after a newspaper reported he was facing possible foreclosure on five buildings, including an apartment house destroyed by arson. Dan Demeritt announced his resignation in a statement from the governor’s …
Authorities say arson was behind a fire that destroyed a Catholic church in Southern California. Los Angeles County sheriff’s spokesman Michael Parker said investigators are working to identify a suspect in the Saturday blaze at St. John Vianney Catholic Church …
A West Texas family is dealing with the loss of their home after one fire slightly damaged the place and then a blaze the next day destroyed the house. Casey and Jamie Jones of Brownwood and their five children were …
A southwestern Illinois teenager faces up to four years in prison and the prospect of paying nearly $1 million in restitution for damage resulting from a Wal-Mart fire he admits setting last fall. The Telegraph of Alton reports that 17-year-old …
A Lincoln, Nebraska fire official says a child playing with a lighter started a fire that damaged her family’s duplex. The fire broke out Wednesday afternoon. No injuries were reported. Rick Campos of the Bureau of Fire Prevention told the …
A fire that burned an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 acres at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Oklahoma has been put out. Comanche County Emergency Services manager Clint Wagstaff said Wednesday morning that firefighters extinguished the blaze about 1 …
Whitefish, Montana police have arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of starting a fire that caused $125,000 in damage to a thrift store and endangered a person who lived in an apartment above the store. The Daily Inter Lake reports …
Federal workplace safety officials are trying to pinpoint what caused a reported explosion and flash fire that injured three people at a southwestern Illinois ethanol plant. Madison Fire Chief Jeff Bridick says at least one of the victims of the …