The state Fire Marshal’s office says an explosion at a Fitchburg, Mass., auto parts store was caused by a natural gas leak in a pipeline, and has ruled it an accident. The office released its finding into Tuesday’s explosion on …
Vancouver, Wash., school officials have to find space for 500 students who have been displaced by the fire that destroyed Crestline Elementary School. The district doesn’t have any vacant buildings. Officials told The Columbian they’re looking for space to move …
The Department of Financial Regulation says the Hartford Financial Services Group has agreed to pay more than $81,000 in restitution to Vermont customers whose auto insurance claims were improperly evaluated. The department said Tuesday that it had determined that the …
The Norwich police department is getting loaner cruisers other Vermont law enforcement agencies after all three of its cruisers were destroyed in a Thanksgiving Day fire. A Vermont State Police fire investigator says the cause of the fire that destroyed …
Firefighters are investigating a blaze at a mobile home in Columbus, Ga., that witnesses say was set. Damisha White told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer on Friday that she awoke to the screams of a neighbor who saw an arsonist set the …
A popular Platteville, Wis. restaurant has been destroyed by a fire that took nine hours to knock down. The Wisconsin State Journal reports the three-story building housed the Chicago’s Best restaurant, a popular gathering place for permanent residents of the …
The owner of a western Pennsylvania sandblasting company says he’s still in business despite a fire and explosions that leveled the shop that houses it. The Herald of Sharon reports that the fire at Rodgers Sandblasting in Mercer County was …
A century-old building that housed a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Ellsworth, Kansas, was destroyed by a fire and likely won’t be rebuilt, the post’s commander said. Firefighters were called to the building on Main Street shortly before 5 …
Police in Butte, Mont., say a fire that destroyed a detached garage earlier this week was intentionally set. Capt. Doug Conway told The Montana Standard that officers are looking for a suspect in the fire, which was reported at about …
Fire investigators say a fire that destroyed a northern Idaho helmet business and a vacuum cleaner business was likely caused by arson. The Coeur d’Alene Press reports that investigators found a gas can under a desk in the building housing …