A northern Missouri fire chief says a massive blaze at a truck services company caused an estimated $750,000 in losses and damage. The Kirksville Daily Express reports the fire that broke out Sunday afternoon at Superior Truck and Auto Service …
Wichita, Kansas, school officials say an elementary school that was damaged by a fire last summer suffered substantially more damage than originally believed. To address the problem, the district’s school board on Monday approved $5 million more in repairs and …
A fire truck was badly damaged after its aerial ladder touched a high-voltage transmission line at a north Columbia, Mo., fire station. Columbia Battalion Chief John Metz says the station’s crew was during a routine maintenance check on the 2009 …
Authorities say an early morning fire caused $100,000 in damage to a two-story restaurant under construction at the Monte Carlo casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Clark County officials say one firefighter also had a minor injury in the fire, …
University of Louisiana at Monroe officials expect George T. Walker Hall, which was heavily damaged in a 2012 fire, will be open in August. Jason Roubique, ULM’s director of facilities management, tells The News-Star the project is about 15 percent …
The State Fire Marshal’s office says someone set fire to an unoccupied home in Elsmere, Del. The fire was reported around 3 a.m. Sunday. Elsmere firefighters arrived to find flames shooting from the home. Fire marshals say investigators determined that …
The Tangipahoa Parish School Board has been given the approval to continue to make repairs and place three temporary facilities outside Hammond Eastside Elementary Magnet School. Eastside saw significant damage – an excess of $125,000 in losses – after a …
Agencies in Columbus, Ohio, are trying to recoup nearly $900,000 spent or lost in the train derailment and explosion that lit up the early morning sky north of downtown and heavily damaged a city bus depot one year ago. Those …
A major fire has caused extensive damage to Riga Castle, the medieval fortress that houses the National History Museum of Latvia. Viktorija Sembele, a spokeswoman for the State Fire and Rescue Service, said Friday that the overnight fire damaged the …
A small private plane crashed Friday afternoon in a Baton Rouge, La., suburb, killing the pilot and damaging three homes, authorities said. There were no reports of injuries to residents on the ground, said Nick McDonner, spokesman for the East …