Investigators are blaming a faulty valve for a propane-fueled blaze at a closed Nebraska manufacturing plant that forced thousands of evacuations. Complete Story...
San Francisco-owned Hetch Hetchy Water and Power has agreed to pay $7 million to the federal government to settle suits over fires on federal lands the utility uses.
Two men have been charged with improperly cutting brush with power tools that authorities suspect caused a massive wildfire in Santa Barbara County.
Hundreds of Chicago firefighters worked to put out a high-rise fire that left one person dead and 12 people injured.
Federal officials issued urgent new safety recommendations Wednesday for a Texas oil refinery where 21 tons of deadly acid were released this summer and said they are investigating the use of the chemical at refineries nationwide.
The pharmaceutical industry may have to cough up more than the $80 billion it agreed to contribute to President Barack Obama's health overhaul effort, reflecting pressure from Democrats and their supporters for more money to cover older and low-income people.
Authorities now say two miniature horses have died in a fire that consumed a southwestern Ohio raceway barn over the weekend, bringing to 45 the number of horses killed along with two men.
A fire ripped through a horse barn at a county fairgrounds Saturday in southwest Ohio, killing two men and 43 horses, authorities said.
The death toll from last weekend's nightclub fire has risen to 136, officials said Thursday.
Police on Saturday questioned three workers suspected of accidentally starting a fire that killed 20 people in a third-floor karaoke bar in one of Indonesia's largest cities, an official said.
Federal investigators have found no misconduct by U.S. Forest Service personnel in the deaths of five firefighters in a massive 2006 California wildfire.
Nearly 1 in 6 undercover officers in the nation's largest police department has been mistaken for a criminal by fellow officers — and has come face-to-face with a loaded gun.
Police say a fire has broken out among Christmas trees for sale outside a Walmart on New York's Long Island during a busy holiday shopping weekend.
The mayor of Revere, Massachusetts, has verbally reprimanded the fire chief for allowing a firefighter to ride a department ladder truck nine miles to his wedding.
Authorities in Ohio say a turkey fryer caused a house to catch fire as the homeowner was preparing a Thanksgiving meal.
A fierce fire cut through apartment blocks and a construction site in southeast London early Thursday, spreading across a road and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people.
Authorities say a fire at an apartment complex under construction in Dallas left seven firefighters injured.
Authorities say former New York Knicks point guard Dean Meminger was rescued from a fire that destroyed a row of New York City houses and left dozens homeless.
A federal judge is sentencing a man who firebombed a mosque in central Tennessee to 14 years in prison.
Fire investigators in Philadelphia say a candle caused a weekend apartment fire that injured nearly 21 people, including four firefighters.
Firefighters have found one body and rescued several people from a fire at a southwestern Indiana motel.
Investigators say a fire that destroyed businesses on the famous Atlantic City boardwalk apparently started in a pizza shop.
A preliminary autopsy report for a prostitute featured on the HBO reality series "Cathouse" shows that she was shot, stabbed and slashed multiple times.
The owners of a Lexington ethanol plant and their insurer are suing a subsidiary of a Houston-based natural gas provider they say is responsible for an explosion and fire that shut down the plant for weeks.
A 3-year-old Arizona boy helped his 1-year-old sister escape Friday from a house fire that killed their mother and injured two other adults, authorities said.