February 25, 2013
Fire destroyed a motorsports shop in Kossuth, Miss., on Wednesday. The Daily Corinthian reports Unique Motorsports, owned by Mike Meeks, was a total loss in a fire that started at about 2:30 p.m. Meeks said he had just returned from …
February 8, 2013
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 …
February 5, 2013
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 …
December 13, 2012
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 …
November 27, 2012
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 …
November 19, 2012
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 …
August 29, 2012
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 …
June 7, 2012
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 …
May 8, 2012
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 …
April 30, 2012
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 …