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Fire Officials Say New Hampshire Antique Store Destroyed in Four-Alarm Blaze

Firefighters say a four-alarm blaze quickly tore through and destroyed a New Hampshire antique store late this weekend. Officials say the fire began burning just after midnight Sunday at the Swanzey antique store. WMUR-TV reports the blaze quickly grew to …

Four Rhode Island Homes Damaged in Fire

Four multi-family homes have been damaged and six residents and two firefighters injured following in an early morning fire in Providence, R.I. Fire officials say the blaze was reported at around 3 a.m. Saturday in the city’s Olneyville neighborhood. Firefighters …

Police Identify Seven More Victims of NYC’s Deadliest Fire in Decades

Police have released the identities of an additional seven victims of New York City’s deadliest fire in decades, including a 7-month-old baby girl who was among the dozen people who lost their lives. Authorities also named five men and a …

Multiple Homes Damaged in Delaware Fire

Multiple homes have been severely damaged by fire in Delaware. News outlets report a Monday night fire in Slaughter Beach left at least two houses destroyed, and caused damage to multiple others. An assistant state fire marshal with the Kent …

Maryland Woman Charged with Setting Her Trailer Home on Fire

Fire officials say a Maryland woman has been charged with setting a fire that destroyed her trailer home and injured her adult son. The Office of the State Fire Marshal says in a news release that fire marshals served a …

Tennessee Community Devastated by Fires Doubtful Climate Change Poses Future Risk

Bob Bentz had just installed underground utility lines and paved a new road when wildfires roared through the eastern Tennessee treetop canopy he wanted to transform into a $30 million adventure park. A year later, after the blaze killed 14 …

Fire at Tennessee Animal Rescue Injures Workers, Firefighter, Animals

Veterinarians in Tennessee are treating animals injured in a fire at a zoo and rescue facility for exotic animals. Anderson County Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Lucas told WATE-TV that some zoo workers and a firefighter also suffered minor injuries. Lucas …

Four Missing in Pennsylvania Senior Home Inferno

Four people are missing and presumed dead following last week’s fire at a Pennsylvania senior living community. The massive blaze tore through Barclay Friends Senior Living Community in West Chester late Thursday, injuring more than two-dozen people and displacing 133 …

Large Mississippi Auction Company Building Destroyed by Fire

An early Monday morning fire in Mississippi has destroyed a 15,000-square-foot (1,394-sq. meter) auction company. Corinth Fire Department Training Officer Jerry Whirley told news outlets that five units responded to the blaze at Scotty Little and Associates Auction Company just …

Popular Massachusetts Restaurant Destroyed by Fire

A fire has destroyed a popular restaurant in Massachusetts that just celebrated its 50th anniversary in business. Officials were called to Jamie’s Pub in Scituate, Mass., around 4:20 a.m. Sunday. Fire Chief John Murphy says it took about an hour …