Fire News

THE fire service's deputy chief has warned Southend's cluster of fire stations could be under threat as part of the cost-cutting programme.

TWO firefighters saw a utility carrying four award-winning architects and believed it was safe to go through a red light - seconds before a crash that claimed three lives, a coronial inquest has heard.

A Joppa man has been arrested in connection with an early-morning apartment fire at a building near The Festival at Bel Air shopping center, the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office reported.

The Memphis Fire Department said 35 firefighters and other emergency personnel responded to a blaze Monday morning at a one-story house in the Uptown neighborhood.

Two women playing video games at a North Texas convenience store and a worker have been burned after a female suspect set one of those customers on fire.

Damage is seen after an apartment fire Monday May 20th, 2013, at an Indianapolis condominium building on the city's East Side.

Emergency responders have been searching for a Dallas firefighter who reported by radio being trapped while battling a six-alarm blaze at a condominium complex.

The blaze at the Hearthwood Condominium complex at 12363 Abrams Road had smoke billowing through the roof of the complex when the first fire crews arrived at the scene at 2:52 a.m. Jason Evans with Dallas Fire-Rescue said firefighters initially started to attack the fire offensively, but after the fire grew too quickly, crews moved to a defensive ... (more)

Crews continue to build containment lines around a wildfire burning for a fourth day in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles.

Fire was a huge hazard to south Louisiana communities in the days before modern firefighting equipment and good water supplies, when wooden homes and buildings were illuminated by oil lamps and candles and cooking was done over open flames.

Employees were just arriving for work at the Pets Unleashed store in Wayland Town Center a little after 6 a.m. today, Friday, when they noticed a smoky odor and a visible haze of smoke inside the store.

The building was completely wrecked and was cordoned off with blue and white police tape across the front gate this morning.

Classes are expected to be held as usual Monday at Tully C. Knoles School after a fire that damaged a classroom Friday evening, school officials said.

House fire. Two homes on London St. N. in Hamilton are gutted after an overnight fire that injured four people.

Good news for any homeowners or businesses that are served by the Bristol-Kendall Fire Protection District .

The Niles Fire Department is investigating the cause of a Saturday fire which demolished a garage in the 7900 block of Park Avenue, near Wisner.

Smoke pours from Knox County school bus No. 946 after an engine fire forced the evacuation of students during morning delivery.

A home on Salem Street suffered significant damage in a two-alarm fire shortly after noon on Thursday , although there were no injuries and two pets were also rescued from the structure.

Dozens and dozens of residents have been left homeless - including 19-year-old Megan Varty-Abrosimoff and her cat Owen - after a blaze gutted a low income apartment complex on Third Avenue in Mission early Friday morning.

Two boys were sent to hospital to check for smoke inhalation after escaping their burning home with their mother early Friday morning.