A house in Maryland was leveled in a large explosion on Sunday morning, killing at least one person and damaging surrounding homes in its blast radius, according to authorities. The blast occurred in Bel Air, a town in Harford County, after a gas leak was reported, Harford County fire officials told reporters during a press...
Smokey Bear turns 80 years old today, Friday, Aug. 9. In honor of his eight decades of telling Americans about the importance of fire safety, read on for eight fun facts about one of America’s most beloved mascots. His message of fire prevention in the great outdoors is just as important as it was 80...
A body was reportedly found burning inside a shopping cart along a sidewalk in Yonkers, New York, and was later connected to additional remains inside an apartment in the Bronx. The victim was discovered on a sidewalk near the Oak Street Bridge over the Bronx River Parkway shortly before 2 a.m. on Monday, Yonkers Police...
A Maryland man was arrested for setting a Domino’s on fire after he was observed breaking into a vehicle at a nearby auto repair shop, according to officials. George W. Cook, 59, set fire to the back of a Domino’s store in Westminster, Maryland, on Saturday morning after a witness noticed him breaking into vehicles...
Firefighters fighting the Park Fire in northern California have the more than 400,000-acre blaze 34% contained, though hot and dry conditions are expected to present a challenge in the coming days. As of Monday morning, the Park Fire had burned 402,042, or 628,000 square miles, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection...
A video released by the Tulsa Fire Department in Oklahoma shows a dog unintentionally starting a house fire after chewing on a lithium-ion battery.In the video, two dogs and a cat are seen from an indoor monitoring camera in the home’s living room. One dog begins chewing on a lithium-ion battery pack until it explodes...
A church faced severe damage and at least one firefighter was injured in a fire in the Dallas area on Friday. The fire started around 12:30 on Friday afternoon at the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, according to Dallas Fire-Rescue.85-year-old Pastor P.D. Taylor, who walks with a cane, was preparing for his Sunday sermon inside the...
A Chico, California man was arrested Thursday for allegedly starting a fire that has burned nearly 75,000 acres of land, after torching a car and pushing it down a 60-foot embankment, authorities said. The Butte County District Attorney’s Office said a 42-year-old man was arrested by California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire)...
Rescue teams on Wednesday found another body at a tequila distillery in Mexico a day after an explosion and fire, bringing the death toll to six. Two workers were injured. The factory belongs to the Jose Cuervo company, one of Mexico’s most famous tequila brands. POSEIDON VS. CHAAC: MEXICO ‘CANCELS’ STATUE OF GREEK GOD AFTER...
A tractor-trailer explosion and fire that closed lanes of a highway and forced evacuations of nearby homes was caught in wild video recorded by a passerby. The video starts out by showing a Clifton, New Jersey, fire department truck parked, with a firefigher walking away from flames, toward the truck when an explosion occurs, catching...
