September 15, 2023
CHEBOYGAN, Mich. (AP) – A fire at a northern Michigan paper mill Wednesday has closed several roads and prompted state police to warn people to stay away from the area. Plumes of thick and heavy black and gray smoke billowed …
August 21, 2023
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Victims of a deadly 2016 wildfire that began in Great Smoky Mountains National Park before it burned through a Tennessee tourist town will have another chance to seek compensation from the federal government. Several lawsuits claim …
July 21, 2023
A Tennessee firefighter died and three others were hospitalized after they became trapped while battling a house fire late Tuesday, fire officials said. Fire crews were called to a house fire on Rile Street around 11:30 p.m., the Memphis Fire …
July 3, 2023
A fire that appeared to have started in a backyard palm tree spread through a Phoenix, Arizona neighborhood, destroying two homes and damaging four others as hot embers blew onto roofs and into other vegetation, authorities said. The Phoenix Fire …
May 19, 2023
A construction worker was killed and another was missing Friday morning after a massive fire broke out in an upscale business and residential area of Charlotte, North Carolina. News outlets reported that the five-alarm fire began early Thursday in or …
May 18, 2023
A fire at a Marathon Petroleum refinery near Houston caused visible flames and left at least one worker dead, the company said. Marathon said the cause of the Monday morning fire was under investigation. Aerial footage from Houston television stations …
May 10, 2023
Two children died in a house fire, authorities in Clovis said. The blaze was first reported shortly after 9:30 a.m. last week, Clovis police spokesperson Capt. Robbie Telles said. Responding officers found flames coming from the bottom floor of the …
April 25, 2023
Spectators at Disneyland’s popular “Fantasmic” show got a shock this weekend when the feature’s fire-breathing animatronic dragon suddenly burst into flames. No injuries were reported following the blaze Saturday night at the Southern California theme park, the Anaheim Fire Department …
April 25, 2023
An early morning fire destroyed part of a large high school in the southern Idaho city of Pocatello last week. No one was injured in the fire, but Pocatello Fire Department Assistant Chief Shane Grow said one wing of Highland …
April 11, 2023
A woman was arrested after she pushed a burning shopping cart into a Los Angeles police station, damaging the lobby, authorities said. Mishauna Eaton, 30, was arrested on suspicion of arson and was being held on $250,000 bail, police said. …