A blaze has destroyed a funeral home in Middle Tennessee. Fire officials say a passer-by reported seeing flames coming out of the roof at the Sellars Funeral Home in Lebanon early Sunday morning. Fire Chief Chris Dowell said it took …
A severe thunderstorm that toppled thousands of trees in Fort Wayne, Ind., has cost the city nearly $2 million for cleanup work that continues more than a month after the storm. Fort Wayne mayor’s spokesman Frank Suarez says the $1.8 …
Investigators say a fire at a downtown Jacksonville, N.C., church was intentionally set. Authorities told The Daily News of Jacksonville that they ruled out stray fireworks, homeless squatters or any other cause for the blaze that began around 1:30 a.m. …
Firefighting officials said they have 10 percent containment on a central Utah wildfire that’s burned more than two dozen homes in Sanpete County and is threatening about 300 more. Gov. Gary Herbert arrived by helicopter Monday at the Wood Hollow …
Manhattan, Kan., authorities are working to determine if four arsons that occurred in one day are related. Manhattan fire officials say the four arsons were all reported early Monday, causing a combined loss of more than $22,000. The Manhattan Mercury …
An overnight fire led to an estimated $10,000 damage to an El Paso, Texas, eatery. About 11 fire units and 29 firefighters responded to the blaze at El Zarape Restaurant about 12:15 a.m. Saturday. The fire was extinguished in about …
Officials say a fire earlier this week at the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, caused half a million dollars in damage. Salt Lake City Fire Department spokesman Jasen Asay tells the Deseret News the fire reported about …
Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire at an automobile dealership that damaged nine cars and caused major losses. The damage from the fire Thursday at Bozarth-Miller Chevrolet Buick was estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars. …
Three people who authorities say damaged more than two dozen graves and headstones at three cemeteries have pleaded not guilty to felony vandalism charges. The American Press reports 19-year-old Sebastian Abshire, 18-year-old Joselyn Mire and a 17-year-old entered their pleas …
Investigators estimate fire damage to a Grand Forks, N.D., iron manufacturing plant at about $3,000. A passing motorist spotted the blaze that broke out at Ornamental Iron late Monday and alerted authorities. Firefighters quickly put out the flames and say …