Fire officials say lightning sparked a fire in a commercial building in Bradford, Vermont. The fire was contained to the attic of the Richardson Building, which houses about a half dozen businesses. Bradford Fire Chief R. Todd Terrill says witnesses …
Fire officials in Manchester, N.H. are investigating fires that damaged two playgrounds. Officials say the first fire was report at about 9 p.m. The fire at the playground near Union and Auburn streets damaged a slide. WMUR-TV says the second …
A lightning strike is being blamed for a fire that destroyed a Wausau home. A lightning strike early Sunday started a gas leak. Wausau Fire Department Battalion Chief Mark Krueger says the strike hit a tree next to the house …
Montgomery County fire officials say someone threw an incendiary device into a classroom at Walt Whitman High School, located in Bethesda, causing a small explosion and fire. Assistant Chief Scott Graham of the Montgomery County Fire Department says officials aren’t …
A team of investigators plans to study how five District of Columbia firefighters seriously injured in a blaze became trapped in a building. DC fire spokesman Pete Piringer said Saturday that one of the firefighters remained in critical but stable …
The Red Cross says preliminary reports indicate four homes, five outbuildings and possibly a few vacant mobile homes were destroyed in a wind-driven wildfire that swept through Spencer. Red Cross spokesman Rusty Surette said in a news release that dozens …
The widows of two men killed in a coal mine fire are appealing the dismissal of a lawsuit against the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration. Delorice Bragg and Freda Hatfield asked the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to …
A Dickinson furniture business with a history of fires has suffered another one. The Dickinson Press reports that no one was hurt in the Wednesday morning fire at Dakota Church Furniture, and the damage was not extensive. Company official Blaine …
A Semmes, Alabama woman pleaded guilty in Mobile to charges that she hired her nephew to burn down her house for insurance money last year. Sarah Juanita Comstock and her sister, Donna Kirkland Venerable, pleaded guilty last week to aiding …
A landmark suburban Philadelphia inn, dating back to the 1800s, has been destroyed by fire. According to authorities, the Churchville Inn in Southampton, Bucks County, was gutted by a fire early Sunday. Two brothers who manage the restaurant for their …