OROVILLE, Calif. — All 10 people aboard a small jet escaped injury Wednesday after the aircraft aborted its takeoff at a small Northern California airport, went off the runway and burst into flames, officials said. The pilot of the twin-engine …
The parents of a 26-year-old woman killed in a fire at their home in Fairburn, S.D., filed a lawsuit against the small town and a neighbor, alleging a grass fire that sparked the deadly blaze was fueled by the remains …
Authorities are trying to determine what caused a grass fire that destroyed a three-story commercial building near a Hollywood freeway. Los Angeles fire authorities say the blaze erupted at about 10 p.m. Tuesday. It took 125 firefighters about two hours …
A person burning household garbage on a windy day in southwestern Idaho ignited a grass fire that spread to a mobile home’s garage. The fire on Tuesday afternoon was extinguished by Nampa Fire Department personnel, but not before it destroyed …
A grass fire has closed Nepal’s only international airport and forced flights to divert to India. Police spokesman Raviraj Shrestha said the fire spread close to the runway but away from the terminal building Tuesday evening. No damage or casualties …
Cooler temperatures and precipitation on Sunday helped calm a grass fire that destroyed 11 homes and led to the evacuation of many others in southwestern Oklahoma, authorities said. An evacuation order was lifted, allowing residents in several housing additions near …
Bulldozers will be used in an effort to fully extinguish a smoldering grass fire in northeast Oklahoma City. Deputy Fire Chief Marc Woodard said Thursday that the bulldozers will be used to open access to heavily wooded areas where hot …