A federal trial has begun for an Omaha businessman accused of paying someone to set fire to his manufacturing plant near Fort Calhoun in eastern Nebraska. Prosecutors say 52-year-old Thomas Schropp was in financial trouble and hoped to gain around …
Investigators have ruled out lightning as a possible cause of a fire that caused more than half a million dollars damage to a former furniture plant in Martinsville, Va. Martinsville fire marshal Ted Anderson says all other possible causes are …
West Virginia Potato Chip Co. has rebounded from a fire that damaged its Parkersburg plant in March. Production of the company’s Mister Bee potato chips has resumed following renovations of the facility. West Virginia Potato Chip invested $1.5 million in …
A fire that broke out at Welspun Pipes Inc.’s Little Rock, Ark., facility last year could cost the plant $14.5 million. That’s according to a lawsuit filed by Welspun and Welspun Tubular LLC against its insurance company, Liberty Mutual Fire …