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California Warehouse Fire Families Face Long Road

Authorities investigating the California warehouse party fire that killed 36 people have said they are considering a criminal case – even murder charges. But as relatives learned after a nightclub fire killed 100 people in Rhode Island, any prosecution would …

December Was Ohio’s Deadliest Month for Fires in 2014

A string of multiple-fatality home blazes made December Ohio’s deadliest fire month of 2014 and pushed the annual death toll to 115. Statistics from the state fire marshal’s office show 16 people were killed by fires last month, causing an …

Quebec Retirement Home Fire Death Toll at 32

Crews pulled just two more bodies from the ice-covered rubble of a Quebec retirement home on the third day of the excruciating search, bringing to 10 the number of confirmed dead from a massive fire. The effort to recover another …