The fire at the Market Lake Wildlife Management Area near Roberts is now fully contained. According to the Roberts Fire Department Chief, Jerry Vanleuven, over 100 acres of land was burned in the field. The fire was caused after a controlled fire got out of hand, due to windy conditions. No one was reported injured in the fire. Crews will continue to monitor the field this evening, while conducting spot checks around the perimeter.
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) --Horry County Fire Rescue was dispatched to four-acre fire in the area of M W Stroud Road and Hardwick Road in the Nichols area. Fire officials were dispatched to the fire at about 7:14 p.m., and the South Carolina Forestry Commission is assisting with a plow as firefighters work to contain []
BATON ROUGE - A crew of firefighters put out flames coming from an unoccupied trailer along Hoo Shoo Too Road on Saturday evening. The St. George Fire Department said an unoccupied trailer caught fire around 6:45 p.m. and firefighters were able to control the fire within 30 minutes of arrival. No injuries were reported and the cause has not been determined. Permalink| Comments
A downed power line ignited dry grass, causing a nearly 180-acre fire northeast of Galeton earlier this month. Galeton Fire Chief Russ Kane credits oil infrastructure and well-maintained properties for helping crews get the blaze under control in less than two hours.
Over a dozen fire departments were called to extinguish a wind-fueled wildfire that burned around 60 acres of land near two Lindenhurst neighborhoods Sunday afternoon. The Lake Villa Fire Protection District responded around 12:10 p.m. Sunday to the 1800 block of Prairie Ridge Circle in Lindenhurst for a report of a grass fire. Firefighters arrived […]
Fire officials were out in the Lansing area today with lit torches in hand. Normally we expect them to put out fires, but today, the goal was starting them.
“It’s emotional seeing something so emblematic of our state with such history on fire. It’s such a historic, special building,” said Taylor Hatmaker, one of the guests who evacuated.
(FOX40.COM) -- Spring in the Sacramento Valley has been filled with clear skies and sunshine over the last few days, however, a stormy change is in the forecast. Beginning on Friday, 'the cooldown begins," according to FOX40's chief meteorologist Adam Epstein. On Thursday, it was 82 degrees in the Sacramento Valley, but by Friday, it's []
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A fire that's scorched thousands of acres in Riley and Pottawatomie Counties is almost contained. Pottawatomie County Public Information Officer Becky Ryan says there was no reported injuries to livestock or people and no structures were damaged in the county. She said Fire Supervisor Jared Barnes is reporting the fire is now []
Ocoee High School was evacuated on Wednesday. According to Ocoee fire
Students and staff were evacuated at Ocoee High School after a fire broke
A residence in Northern Westchester was evacuated after a blaze broke out inside the building. The blaze happened on Saturday, April 13 just before 7 p.m., when smoke was reported at a Chappaqua residence on Hunts Place, according to the Chappaqua Fire Department. Arriving crews from Chappaqua and the Pleasantville Volunteer Fire Department quickly confirmed that everyone was out of the home before working to get the blaze under control. Soon, a hose line was stretched into the residence and...