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 neighbor’s prompt 911 call helped firefighters respond and quickly extinguish a fire that damaged the attached garage of a home near Lake Zurich and caused a gas leak. The Lake Zurich Fire Rescue Department responded around 11:50 a.m. Tuesday to the 23700 block of North Lakeside Drive in unincorporated Lake Zurich for a report […]
Turkey's disaster management agency says that a moderately strong
ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- No injuries were reported in a Monday afternoon fire that left a home and multiple vehicles damaged. According to OFR, on April 22, crews responded to the scene in the 1800 block of S Loving Trail and found a mobile home, an RV, several vehicles, and items surrounding the home on fire. []
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 []
A Red Alert was sounded in Sderot and the Gaza Envelope on Tuesday morning.According to Israeli media reports, four rockets were intercepted, and no injuries were reported. One shed was hit and a fire broke out, the Fire Department handled the situation, Maariv reported.console.log("2390 BODY2. CatId is:"+catID);if(catID==120){ console.log("2390 BODY. YES for anyclip script"); var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src =...
Residents have plenty of damages to clean up, but they’re thankful to be safe after strong storms swept through Portage County Wednesday evening.
The Portales Fire Department and Emergency Medical Service reported that crews recently responded to a plane crash at the Portales Municipal Airport, causing service to temporarily pause.
MONROVIA — No one was injured in a fire that engulfed House Speaker Fonati Koffa’s home late Sunday night, but the blaze rendered the house a complete loss. By Jahiem T. Tumu & Henry Karmo Eyewitnesses said Speaker Koffa and his wife left the house after the fire intensified to seek refuge at the home []
A fire early Sunday morning destroyed a shop/storage building on Rickard Road east of Bend and spread to the exterior of a nearby home, causing $200,000 damage and losses and leaving the home unlivable, a Bend Fire & Rescue official said.
HONOLULU (KHON2) -- A fire in a Kapaa residence Saturday evening has left three people displaced. Firefighters received the call at about 6:20 p.m. One off-duty firefighter was nearby when the fire was reported, and responded to the scene by helping with initial fire operations. Upon arrival, firefighters found the single-story home on fire with []