A fire that may have been caused by a lightning strike has caused about $1 million worth of damage to a church in Danville, Ill. Larry Thomason is the public safety director in the town along the Illinois-Indiana state line. …
The auditorium at St. Petersburg High School is open for business almost six months after a fire swept through the building. The Tampa Bay Times reports the Pinellas County School District spent about $350,000 to repair the damage caused by …
Firefighters are trying to figure out what caused a fire at a Wendy’s restaurant in Essex Junction, Vt. Deputy Fire Chief Phil Noyes said he believes Wednesday’s fire started in a rooftop vent unit in the kitchen, but added that …
Clark County, Nev., firefighters say a blaze that caused about $300,000 in damage to an auto body shop likely started from welding. Authorities say one male employee received minor injuries in the fire reported about 9 p.m. Tuesday on Pinks …
A fire has damaged Wisconsin’s largest dairy farm. WLUK-TV reports the fire tore through one of the barns at Rosendale Dairy near the Fond du Lac-Winnebago County line around 2:20 p.m. Tuesday. Bill Harke is a spokesman for Milk Source …
Part of a bridge in downtown Atlanta, Ga., has been reopened after a fire damaged the structure and sent chunks of concrete raining down to the street below. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the bridge was reopened shortly after 4:30 …
Frito-Lay officials are determining how much damage was caused by a fire at the company’s plant in south Topeka, Kan. No injuries were reported from the fire Wednesday night, which occurred in the company’s biomass boiler plant. Fire investigator Michael …
An eastern Kentucky structure built more than a century ago has been heavily damaged by a fire. McCreary County Sheriff Gus Skinner told WYMT-TV that he thinks fireworks or possibly a discarded cigarette caused the weekend blaze at Stearns Coal …
Fire investigators are looking for what caused a blaze that struck a century-old building near downtown Bloomington, Ind., that houses a community health facility. Mark Webb of the Bloomington Fire Department tells The Herald-Times that the fire caused extensive damage …
Restoration of the fire-damaged Texas Governor’s Mansion is nearing completion with the return of pieces of the building’s historic furniture collection. Gov. Rick Perry’s office said Wednesday the first phase of a move-in had started after years of restoration work. …