A Davenport, Iowa, man faces up to 15 years in prison when he’s sentenced in May for trying to burn down his home. The Quad-City Times reports that a Scott County jury convicted 47-year-old Brian Earl Lebs of second-degree arson …
The Guam Fire Department say a September explosion at a resort that injured two people and led to the evacuation of hundreds of guests was an accident caused by leaking underground gas pipes. Two people were treated at a hospital …
Two people are hospitalized after being critically burned when a fiery explosion blew up and gutted what was left of their house in the Phoenix suburb of Peoria. Peoria Fire Department officials are trying to determine what caused the Wednesday …
Mayor Michael Nutter said Tuesday it would be “pure speculation” to say a contractor’s cigarette caused a gas explosion that leveled a Philadelphia, Pa., home, injuring eight people. A deputy fire marshal told reporters that investigators have not been able …
More than two dozen people were taken to a hospital after a gas leak at a plant in Lincolnton, N.C. Officials say 27 employees and one firefighter were taken to hospitals in Lincoln and Mecklenburg counties Monday afternoon after a …
A man died when his house exploded in a north Austin, Texas, neighborhood. Austin Fire Battalion Chief Thayer Smith says witnesses reported the explosion about 8:30 a.m. Monday, and firefighters arrived to find the house engulfed in flames. Austin-Travis County …
Waterbury fire officials say a gas leak that forced the evacuation of an apartment building was caused by scrap metal thieves who accidentally cut through a live gas line. The Republican-American of Waterbury reports the pipe was cut inside a …
An explosion aboard a 26-foot power boat in an Orange County harbor left eight of the nine people aboard injured. Huntington Beach Fire Capt. Bob Culhane tells the Orange County Register the boat was just a few minutes into a …
Anne Arundel County fire officials say a natural gas leak prompted the evacuation of two Annapolis shopping centers. Fire spokesman Lt. Cliff Kooser says about two dozen stores were affected and utility crews are on the scene at the Forest …
A jury in Maryland awarded plaintiffs suing Exxon Mobil more than $1.5 billion for a 2006 leak at a gasoline station, the Baltimore Sun reported Friday. The Sun, quoting a source who had viewed the verdict, said the jury had …