September 22, 2021
About 13,000 homes in Louisiana’s Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes were destroyed by Hurricane Ida and displaced parish residents have been sleeping in tents and “using the rubble to build their own sort of makeshift structure,” Speaker Pro Tempore Tanner Magee …
June 28, 2019
A fast-moving fire roared through several homes in a northern New Jersey neighborhood, injuring six firefighters and displacing nearly 50 residents. The fire in Paterson began around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday in a home on Summer Street and quickly spread to …
October 24, 2018
A fast-moving blaze ripped through the business district of a New Jersey town, destroying multiple businesses and causing the partial collapse of at least four buildings, according to officials. Daniel DeGroot, director of public safety for Dover, N.J., said the …
January 29, 2018
Investigators say some burning candles apparently sparked a deadly fire at an apartment complex in Princeton, N.J., last month. The Dec. 27 fire at the Griggs Farm community started in a bedroom in one of the units. The fast-moving fire …
October 24, 2017
Officials suspect a hoverboard may be to blame for a fire that damaged six townhomes in Pennsylvania. Firefighters found one home engulfed in flames when they arrived on the scene on Royal Drive in Manchester, Penn., Monday morning. The flames …
June 14, 2017
The State Fire Marshal’s Office says the improper disposal of smoking materials led to a massive fire in Massachusetts that destroyed three multifamily homes and damaged several other buildings. Officials say the fire started around 3:30 p.m. Sunday when a …
September 23, 2016
A 19-year-old has been charged with setting his former New Jersey home ablaze, leaving four firefighters hurt, three buildings destroyed and 20 residents displaced. The Jersey Journal reports a criminal complaint says Matthew Nathan was arrested Sunday afternoon and faces …
April 25, 2016
More than 50 residents were displaced following a fire at an apartment complex in Orlando on April 21. Fire officials tell news outlets that crews were called to the Regency Gardens condominium around 2 p.m. Orlando police Cpl. Jason Engelhardt …
April 25, 2016
Officials in Houston have closed the last of the city’s shelters and moved more than 150 families into temporary housing following the torrential rains that claimed eight lives and displaced thousands of people in the region. Mayor Sylvester Turner said …