BATON ROUGE - A man was arrested Tuesday morning and accused of setting a house fire in February.The Baton Rouge Fire Department said Donte Francis, 27, was arrested for one count of simple arson Tuesday. Francis was accused of setting fire to a small pile of trash and leaves near a home on Topaz Drive off Winbourne Avenue on Feb. 13. The fire damaged the home's attic as well as the fence separating it from the neighboring property. "We take incidents of arson very seriously, as they...
A fire destroyed a home on Forest Avenue in the City of Jamestown on Saturday. The house, located at 131 Forest Avenue, next to Pilgrim United Church of Christ was owned by Jack Smith. The Jamestown Post-Journal reports the house was vacant. According to comments by the City of Jamestown on social media, there will […]
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) -- Two fires raged around the same time and vicinity Tuesday morning. The Dayton Fire Department Fire Investigations Unit is investigating two fires this morning that they are calling "incendiary" and "potentially related." According to the Dayton Fire Department, around 4 a.m. crews were dispatched to the area of E. Fourth Street []
Three people escaped a mobile home fire in Franklin unharmed this morning, authorities said.
FRISCO, Texas — Firefighters are battling a fire that broke out at a Frisco
Officials say a reserve Ladder truck caught on fire inside the bay at Concord Fire Station 8 early Thursday morning.
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TYNGSBORO — A two-alarm blaze that started as a shed fire on Long Pond Road on Tuesday afternoon spread to the house on the property, causing significant damage to the structure.
TOPEKA (KSNT) -- A train car caught fire near I-70 and Macvicar Sunday night. According to the Topeka Fire Department, firefighters were called to the fire around 6:50 p.m. Upon arrival, they found one train car and two containers on fire. No hazardous materials were inside. This fire is being investigated by Topeka Fire and []
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A duplex in Scranton was damaged after a fire Saturday evening. Scranton Fire Department states that crews were dispatched to a first-alarm fire just after 6:00 p.m. on the 200 block of Prospect Avenue. Officials say that no one was injured, and that the people displaced are currently being helped []
STOCKTON â A fire engine has crashed into a home in Stockton on Wednesday morning. The scene is near the intersection of West Lane and E. Alpine Avenue. Stockton Fire says the incident happened just after 7 a.m. while they were responding to a structure fire and involved multiple vehicles.At some point during the incident, a crash happened â but it's unclear if the fire engine was part of the initial crash, or if it was struck as a result of a crash. Either way, the fire engine ended up...