Bob Simpson, a meteorologist who co-developed the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale which estimates potential property damage, has died. Peg Simpson, his daughter, says Bob Simpson died early Friday at his home in Washington. He was 102. Bob Simpson began his …
Delaware officials say a fire at a home in Milton caused $20,000 in damage. The Delaware State Fire Marshal says officials were called Sunday around 9 a.m. to the 30000 block of Overbrook Drive for a report of a fire. …
Lightning may not strike twice, but falling trees did in one central Florida neighborhood. A large hickory tree fell onto the room of Lin Chipman’s house in Auburndale during a thunderstorm on Saturday evening. Chipman says no one was injured, …
Investigators are looking for witnesses and tips after a weekend fire caused $1.5 million damage to a church in the southwest Washington community of Hazel Dell. The Columbian reports that no one was inside Amazing Grace Baptist Church when the …
There’s still no answer to what caused a major fire in downtown Pueblo, Colo., in June. The June 3 fire started at Johnson’s Sport & Ski and Office Systems Inc. and caused some $200,000 in damage. The Pueblo Chieftain reports …
The Tulsa Police Department is searching for three people believed to have been involved in an after-hours fire at an elementary school playground. The department on Tuesday released footage of three people seen walking across a nearby basketball court before …
An overnight fire caused roughly $30,000 damage to a well-known Iowa City restaurant. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports the fire that started in the basement of Hamburg Inn No. 2 was reported shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday. Smoke billowed out …
Damage from a two-alarm fire at the Scott Paul Winery in Carlton, Ore., is estimated at more than $300,000. KPTV reports the Sunday night fire damaged the fermentation room but did not reach wine barrels at the opposite end of …
A Bismarck home was damaged by an early morning fire, and firefighters believe it started in a compost bin on a porch. The Bismarck Tribune reports that firefighters responded to the blaze early Friday morning. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and …
Fire officials in Austin, Texas, say one man has died and damages are more than $100,000 after a blaze broke out an apartment complex. Name of the victim in the fire early Monday in northeast Austin hasn’t been immediately released. …