Police say they’re checking out leads but have no specific suspects in two small fires set in a hotel under construction in Auburn. Cmdr. Mike Hirman says firefighters extinguished arsons early Saturday and Sunday evening on the third and fourth …
A Waukegan, Ill. man who was a mayoral candidate is being held in lieu of $2.5 million bond in connection with a fire that destroyed a vacant Salvation Army warehouse. Greg Flesher is accused of using fireworks and gasoline to …
The Arkansas Forestry Commission says crews suppressed more than 50 wildfires over the holiday weekend. The commission says workers contained 51 wildfires that burned some 2,200 acres between Friday afternoon and Monday afternoon. Crews suppressed another 16 wildfires by Tuesday …
State officials are still investigating the causes behind wind-swept fires that burned last year in a number of Detroit neighborhoods, and the response by a city utility to reports of power outages and downed wires. The Michigan Public Service Commission, …
Two more former Brimfield firefighters have pleaded guilty to setting three fires. Patrick Elliott of Charlton and Brian Findlay of Ashford, Conn. pleaded guilty Tuesday in Hampden Superior Court to a single count each of burning of a building. They …
Law enforcement officials in Racine are investigating whether a serial arsonist is behind a rash of suspicious fires on the south side of the city and in Mount Pleasant. The Journal Times of Racine reports that since June 6, police …
A flexible tubing for natural gas has been linked to at least 24 house fires in the Des Moines area since 2007. Officials told The Des Moines Register that the tubing is vulnerable to damage from lightning. The officials say …
A fire investigator estimates there’s at least $150,000 in damage from more than a dozen fires that broke out in one central Ohio community within a couple of hours. The first fire was reported in a garage shortly before 1 …
Cape Girardeau investigators are still trying to resolve 18 arson investigations for fires that have occurred since 2008. The Southeast Missourian reports that nine arsons from 2008 remain unsolved, along with five from 2009, three in 2010 and one this …
Five fires this week in the drought-stricken Texas Panhandle have been declared arson as investigators try to determine whether the blazes are linked. The Amarillo Fire Marshal’s Office says two structure fires, a grass fire and a fence fire were …