Hundreds of square miles of rugged, wooded country along the Brazos River in West Texas remain evacuated as a complex of wildfires remain on a rampage about 70 miles west of Fort Worth. State and local firefighting forces battled the …
Two people escaped a fire at their Cedar Rapids home unharmed after fire officials say a blow dryer ignited paint cleaner. The Gazette is reporting that one of the residents was painting the kitchen and was using a blow dryer …
State fire investigators say a house fire near Woodside was arson. The blaze was reported shortly before midnight Wednesday in a home on Walnut Shade Road. Firefighters from Camden-Wyoming, Felton and Magnolia brought the blaze under control within 20 minutes. …
Storms that killed seven people in Arkansas and left a trail of downed power lines and toppled trees also did some harm to agricultural interests. University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture says some wheat fields were flattened in Lonoke County, …
A West Texas family is dealing with the loss of their home after one fire slightly damaged the place and then a blaze the next day destroyed the house. Casey and Jamie Jones of Brownwood and their five children were …
A southwestern Illinois teenager faces up to four years in prison and the prospect of paying nearly $1 million in restitution for damage resulting from a Wal-Mart fire he admits setting last fall. The Telegraph of Alton reports that 17-year-old …
A Lincoln, Nebraska fire official says a child playing with a lighter started a fire that damaged her family’s duplex. The fire broke out Wednesday afternoon. No injuries were reported. Rick Campos of the Bureau of Fire Prevention told the …
A National Weather Service storm survey team has confirmed that at least four tornadoes struck rural areas south and east of Dallas and Fort Worth on April 11. A line of savage thunderstorms packing damaging winds and spawning the tornadoes …
The costs of rebuilding a vital water pipeline damaged after a wildfire on the outskirts of Flagstaff last year are soaring. The pipeline first constructed in 1890 brings the city about 20 percent of its water during the summer. It …
Nearly a year after severe flooding closed Nashville’s Opry Mills shopping mall, officials said reconstruction is set to begin. After an initial cleanup, progress on the reconstruction had been stalled for months because insurers would provide only $50 million. The …