Authorities say a malfunctioning extension cord sparked a weekend fire in a Wichita, Kansas, home where a man was found unconscious and later died. Wichita fire Lt. Jose Ocadiz said Monday that investigators found the heat-damaged extension cord in the …
Fire officials in eastern Tennessee are seeing an increase in the number of fires and an uptick in the number of fatalities stemming from those blazes. Knoxville Fire Capt. D.J. Corcoran told WBIR-TV there was a single fatality in 2013, …
December is the deadliest month when it comes to home electrical fires, according to a recent consumer warning by Fremont Insurance. Fire deaths typically increase during the winter months as a result of increased indoor activity, holiday lighting, malfunctioning heaters …