When a fertilizer plant exploded in a small Texas town, killing 15 people and decimating homes and schools, it became Chris Connealy’s responsibility to stop anything like it from happening again. The state fire marshal has spent the last eight …
Thin paper sky lanterns, lit from inside by candles that send them floating aloft, have been popular for centuries at Asian festivals, but U.S. fire officials want them banned. The National Association of State Fire Marshals calls them uncontrolled fire …
A haunted house built in a Woonsocket, R.I., couple’s yard has been ordered closed by the state fire marshal’s office because it violates safety codes. The Woonsocket Call reports that Dave and Charlene Densmore have assembled Halloween displays for years …
A new review by the State Fire Marshal’s Office of old arson cases that might have relied on bad science has so far discovered three questionable convictions. But the effort has also drawn criticism from a West Texas prosecutor whose …
She’s just three years old and already she is a valued arson investigator with the Illinois State Fire Marshal’s office. Her name is Zoe and on Tuesday, the office introduced her along with her new partner, Mitch Kushner. A news …
Half of Louisiana’s parishes are too dry to allow private burning, say State Fire Marshal H. Butch Browning and Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain. They ordered a burn ban in 32 parishes, starting at 3 p.m. Wednesday. The order …
The state fire marshal’s office is investigating what appeared to be explosions that damaged three garbage trucks at Warwick’s public works yard. No one was injured. Clouds of black smoke filled the air as firefighters responded to the yard off …
Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have awarded the North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal $303,500 worth of grant funds. The federal funds …
The state fire marshal’s office says it has distributed more than 25,000 smoke alarms to homes in high-risk areas across Tennessee. Research and a risk assessment conducted by the office in 2011 showed that smoke alarms were present in only …
The Georgia State Fire Marshal’s office has ruled that an explosion at a gas company in Coffee County that left two employees injured was caused by a propane leak. State officials told WALB-TV Tuesday that Ferrellgas employees were transferring propane …