Detroit Mayor Dave Bing says fires during the Halloween period are down 50 percent. Bing told radio station WWJ on Monday that 52 fires were reported Sunday and early Monday, down from 104 last year. Residents are patrolling streets to …
A series of fridge fires in London was not the first time Turkish appliance maker Arcelik and its UK regulator have responded more slowly than they might to a hazardous appliance (see ). In November 2008 a student in Cork, …
The principal of a D.C. high school that re-opened in August after costly renovations says recent bathroom fires have caused $150,000 in damage. Woodrow Wilson High School Principal Pete Cahall says the most recent bathroom fire was last week. He …
Authorities are investigating three more suspicious fires in a Sioux Falls, S.D., neighborhood that has been plagued by vehicle and garage fires over the past month and a half. Fire crews responded to two vehicles burning in an alley early …
A string of four fires labeled arson, including a blaze that destroyed a historic building in a northeast Ohio village, remains unsolved one year later despite a $5,000 reward. Investigators still are not releasing much information about the fires. One …
An animal rights activist who pleaded guilty to federal arson charges in connection with two Utah fires has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. Walter Edmund Bond was sentenced to 87 months, probation and $10,000 restitution in …
A junior firefighter from southwestern Pennsylvania has been ordered to prison for setting fire to two houses, including one that burned briefly while his grandmother slept upstairs. The Tribune-Democrat of Johnstown reports 19-year-old Kenneth Roy Beeman apologized Wednesday as he …
The Rapid City Fire Department has a new truck designed to put out fires on large aircraft. KEVN television reports that the $572,000 truck uses chemical suppressing agents, water and foam to combat flames. Officials say it’s worth the hefty …
Frederick police have charged a man with setting seven fires in Frederick since March. Thirty-four-year-old Jason Edward Fauble of no fixed address was arrested Tuesday and charged with arson and other offenses. Police say Fauble is a registered sex offender …
ExxonMobil Refining and Supply Co. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for violations – 20 serious and two other-than-serious – for exposing workers to possible fires and explosions, …