NC Commissioner Fires Top Fire Marshal Officials as Feud with Lawmakers Continues November 1, 2023 North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey appears to have escalated a feud with lawmakers, firing three officials at the state...
Atlanta Temporarily Closes 3 Fire Stations Amid Firefighter, Truck Shortage October 25, 2023 ATLANTA (AP) — The city of Atlanta has temporarily closed three of its more than 30 fire stations because of...
NC Commissioner, Firefighters Question New Law Making Fire Marshal a Separate Office September 26, 2023 By William Rabb North Carolina’s Republican supermajority in the legislature has thrown a curveball to the state’s insurance commissioner and fire marshal, a...
Third Child Dies Following House Fire in North Carolina August 22, 2023 CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — A third child has died following a weekend house fire in North Carolina, officials said. Fire-fighting...
New Jersey House Fire That Killed 4 Ruled an Accident August 8, 2023 A fast-moving house fire in southern New Jersey that killed four family members, including a four-month-old baby, has been ruled...
‘Fundamental Fairness’ Favors Lender’s Claim to Fire Insurance Funds After Foreclosure August 3, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson The estate of a Maryland man who, along with one of his children, was killed in a fire in his...
Woman Forced Child to Start Fire to Collect Insurance, Georgia Commissioner Says July 25, 2023 Georgia authorities said a 34-year-old woman has been charged with arson and child cruelty after she forced her stepchild to...
Fire Kills Almost Every Animal at Florida Wildlife Center July 14, 2023 An early morning fire on Thursday killed nearly all the animals at a wildlife center in Florida, officials said. News...
Man Behind 2021 Walmart Fires Along Gulf Coast Sentenced to 18 years June 5, 2023 An Alabama federal judge has sentenced the man who admits being the leader of a scheme to set fires to...
Court Finds Insurer’s Evidence Insufficient to Support Subrogation Suit April 12, 2023 By Jim Sams Circumstantial evidence suggesting a fire that damaged four buildings in the Queens neighborhood of New York City was caused by...