A fire at a factory in Tupelo, Miss., that makes lawn tractor wheels may have caused millions in damage. Local media report no one was injured by the fire at Custom Engineered Wheels, which broke out late Thursday. Officials say …
April was a bad month for house fires in eastern North Carolina. The Red Cross of Eastern North Carolina tells local media outlets that 184 families were affected by house fires during the month. That’s almost a 25 percent increase …
Jackie Hisle Jr.’s voice cracked through the jailhouse phone Monday as he struggled to explain how smoking near his oxygen tank might have ignited a massive blaze at his apartment building that killed his son and two others. “I regret …
Keith Edwards woke up in the middle of the night and heard what sounded like gunshots. Looking out the window, he saw flames, 25-feet tall, starting to consume his apartment building. The massive overnight fire at his central Kentucky apartment …
Investigators in Kentucky say a preliminary investigation has found that a construction worker accidentally started a massive fire that destroyed a beef cattle auction business in Lexington. Media cited a statement released Feb. 12 by the Lexington Fire Department that …
Location, Inc., a provider of location-based data and tools used by corporations for risk analysis, has introduced a new risk index to help insurers address structure fire losses due to human negligence. Insurers often associate structure fires with catastrophic events, …
A fire has destroyed a northern Kentucky landmark – the 184-year-old Rabbit Hash General Store in Boone County. Media outlets report the fire was reported at 9:15 p.m. Saturday. No one was injured. Bellevue-McVille Fire Chief Jeff Herms said the …
A massive fire destroyed a 70-year-old beef cattle auction business in Lexington, Ky., on Saturday, churning up a plume of thick, black smoke that darkened the skies for miles as the wind-whipped flames consumed several nearby businesses. No one was …
It’s been nearly five months since a fire broke out in Harpers Ferry that devastated its historic commercial district and caused millions of dollars in damages. Residents and nearby fire departments swarmed the town’s streets in the early hours of …
Almost 40 people are looking for a new place to live after an overnight fire destroyed part of an apartment complex in Columbus, Georgia. Authorities say the Lullwater Apartments caught fire around 1 a.m. Monday. No one is injured, but …
