Fires Becoming Deadlier as Firefighter Recruitment Wanes January 17, 2023 By Rebecca Santana Fires feeding off modern materials found in people’s homes are burning faster and becoming deadlier at the same time that...
California Lumber Mill Linked to Deadly Blaze Settles December 15, 2022 A lumber company that owns a Northern California wood veneers manufacturing plant linked to a deadly fast-spreading blaze that killed...
Oregon Hemp Plant Fire Injures 5, Town Temporarily Evacuated November 23, 2022 A small town in central Oregon was evacuated and five people were hurt due to a hemp manufacturing plant fire...
House Fire Kills Two Babies in Rural Georgia November 15, 2022 A house fire in rural Pike County, Georgia, killed two toddlers on Saturday, authorities said. The fire in Molena, about...
Two Families Settle with PacifiCorp in Oregon Over Fire November 7, 2022 Electric company PacifiCorp has entered a settlement with two families who were victims of the catastrophic Labor Day fires in...
Arson Probed After Major Los Angeles Blaze and Smaller Fires October 28, 2022 A raging fire destroyed a vacant commercial building in Los Angeles this week and numerous other small fires broke out...
Oregon Retirement Home Fire That Killed One Was Human Caused October 14, 2022 An explosion and fire last week at the Columbia Hills Retirement Center in St. Helens, Oregon, that killed one person...
Eastern Oregon Historic Flour Mill Destroyed in Fire August 17, 2022 A historic flour mill in northeast Oregon was destroyed in a fire. According to the Pendleton Police Department, the fire...
Neighbors Complained About Grass Before Texas Fire Disaster July 28, 2022 Neighbors of an open field from which a grass fire spread into their suburban Dallas subdivision, destroying nine homes, had...
Some Western U.S. Cities Nixing July 4 Fireworks over Fire Dangers, Shortages June 29, 2022 By Anita Snow The skies over a scattering of Western U.S. cities will stay dark for the third consecutive Fourth of July as...