MONROE COUNTY ... confirmed nobody was injured during the barn fire. An MFD investigator determined the fire started because heating equipment was placed too close to combustibles in the barn.

Surveillance cameras captured two men in a red Jeep Wrangler pull alongside the engine, get out, and then "forcibly open" three locked compartments, taking essential fire equipment before driving ...

The fire was being fanned by strong, dry Santa Ana winds that were racing through the area, pushing a vast pall of smoke and dangerous embers ahead of the flames -- sparking fears that it could ...

The latest blaze - dubbed the Hughes Fire - started late on Wednesday morning near Lake Castaic, around 40 miles from the Eaton and Palisades wildfires that devastated parts of LA earlier this month.

A judge ordered Southern California Edison to preserve data, equipment and evidence about the origins of the Eaton fire. Several homeowners have sued the utility company, alleging its equipment ...

More news: Videos show rare snowfall in Georgia, South CarolinaThe cause of the fire is under investigation, but officials are considering the possibility that a man with a propane tank may have ...

Firefighters continue to make progress in containing the massive Hughes Fire that broke out Wednesday near Castaic Lake, growing to more than 10,000 acres and forcing mass evacuations. Around ...

A fire raged through a 12-story hotel in the northwestern Turkish province of Bolu on Monday evening, killing at least 76 people. Officials say at least two of them died after jumping from the ...

THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL RELEASING ITS ANNUAL REPORT ON FIRE FATALITIES 2024. NUMBERS ARE BAD, AND WE’VE ALREADY HAD 15 ALREADY THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 122 ...

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A Jan. 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims firefighters in Los Angeles rely on electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge. “(Forty-five) of Los Angeles fire trucks have to ...

The fire that killed 78 people at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the early hours of Monday is one of the deadliest disasters of its kind in Turkish history. Some survivors have said they did not hear ...