Whitefish, Montana police have arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of starting a fire that caused $125,000 in damage to a thrift store and endangered a person who lived in an apartment above the store. The Daily Inter Lake reports …
Fire officials say lightning sparked a fire in a commercial building in Bradford, Vermont. The fire was contained to the attic of the Richardson Building, which houses about a half dozen businesses. Bradford Fire Chief R. Todd Terrill says witnesses …
Fire officials in Manchester, N.H. are investigating fires that damaged two playgrounds. Officials say the first fire was report at about 9 p.m. The fire at the playground near Union and Auburn streets damaged a slide. WMUR-TV says the second …
Out-of-control wildfires in Texas have scorched nearly 400 square miles and destroyed dozens of homes as hot, windy conditions fuel the blazes. One fast-moving wildfire in West Texas had spread to more than 60,000 acres Sunday in JeffDavisCounty and destroyed …
A broken pipe led to flooding that caused up to $250,000 in damage at Glacier High School earlier this winter, and it’s still not clear who will pay for the repairs and cleanup. A frozen fire-suppression line burst on Feb. …
Authorities say a small plane has crashed into a house in Maine and burst into flames, injuring one person inside the house. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland says the single-engine plane crashed into a house near Biddeford …
A lightning strike is being blamed for a fire that destroyed a Wausau home. A lightning strike early Sunday started a gas leak. Wausau Fire Department Battalion Chief Mark Krueger says the strike hit a tree next to the house …
President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration Friday for areas of Hawaii damaged by the tsunami caused by Japan’s devastating earthquake, an action that enables the state to get federal aid for repairs. The waves caused about $8.5 million in …
A northern Colorado wildfire burned fewer structures and is slightly smaller than initially thought, authorities said. The fire west of Fort Collins destroyed 13 structures and burned about 4.6 square miles, fire managers said. Earlier, 15 structures were listed as …
Insurers say so far they’ve received about $69 million in claims related to violent storms and flooding that hit Ohio in late February. The Ohio Insurance Institute says the tally of losses is expected to rise in the coming months …