October 2, 2012
Authorities say an east Arkansas plastics factory was destroyed in a weekend fire. The K-Tops Plastics Manufacturing factory in Colt went up in flames Saturday night. Colt Fire Chief Jim Haynes says it was unsafe to send the firefighters inside …
September 19, 2012
A squirrel is being blamed for a weekend fire that destroyed a barn and tool shed near Bismarck. Homeowner Sue Alexander tells The Bismarck Tribune that a squirrel got electrocuted in a transformer, and a spark started a fence on …
August 16, 2012
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is joining the investigation into a weekend fire that destroyed a popular motel in the North Dakota town of Steele. The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation requested that the ATF’s National …
June 27, 2012
An owner of a landmark restaurant in eastern Indiana expects it to reopen after the building was badly damaged in a weekend fire. The fire in downtown Hagerstown wrecked much of the roof and upper floor of Willie & Red’s …
May 25, 2012
The owner of a historic roadhouse that was destroyed in a weekend fire suspects bad wiring was to blame and says the lodge’s oiled logs fueled the flames. The Copper Center Lodge, located off the Old Richardson Highway in Copper …
January 31, 2012
A weekend fire gutted a fraternity house at Alma College. The Morning Sun of Mount Pleasant says no injuries were reported following the early Sunday blaze at the Tau Kappa Epsilon house in Alma. About 20 to 30 people at …
December 29, 2011
Authorities say a 6-year-old Sunset boy playing with a lighter started a weekend fire that caused more than $5,000 in damages to his family home. KTVX of Salt Lake City reports the fire broke out just before noon Saturday. Sunset …