Investigators say an electrical cord from a floor lamp is the cause of a fire that completely gutted a two-story home in Oahu. Hawaii News Now reported Friday that the fire on Alapio Road that left nine people displaced was …
The Oregon state fire marshal’s office says lightning started the fire that caused $300,000 damage to a home in a gated community at Turner, on the southeast side of Salem. The fire burned the roof Saturday, and fire and water …
Officials say residents saved a Fort Washakie, Wyo., home by removing a smoking oven from the kitchen before firefighters arrived. Fort Washakie fire chief Kevin Farris tells The Riverton Ranger the homeowner was cooking Thursday evening and noticed smoke coming …
Jamestown, N.D., police say two people face multiple felony charges stemming from a November fire in Jamestown. Jamestown detective Sgt. Tom Nagel tells The Jamestown Sun that Derek Lee Carlson is charged with arson and criminal conspiracy. He was arrested …
A Palmyra couple has been charged with deliberately setting fire to their home more than five years ago to collect the insurance money. Trevor Louis Turner and Carissa Jo Turner were arrested Wednesday on arson charges after indictments by a …
Authorities say an overheated extension cord is to blame for a house fire in Lincoln, Neb. Heavy smoke and flames could be seen Saturday morning from the second floor windows of the Lincoln home. Authorities say the house received extensive …
Juneau firefighters say they extinguished a house fire that had an unusual source. Officials from Capital City Fire Rescue say the homeowner had used towels to clean up cooking oil and then placed them in a washing machine. Fire Marshal …
Authorities say reflected sunlight apparently sparked a fire that damaged a northern New Jersey home. Paramus Police Lt. Barbara Steinberg tells The Record of Woodland Park that sunshine coming through a second-story bedroom window apparently reflected off a mirror, which …
A western Pennsylvania man faces up to 16 years in prison when he’s sentenced in April for setting his house on fire for the insurance money. Forty-four-year-old John Albert Picardi, of Kittanning, acknowledged putting a sheet over a basement heater …
The Pierce County, Wash., prosecutor has filed an arson charge against a 32-year-old woman accused of starting a fire in her home with her four children inside. Prosecutor Mark Lindquist says the woman suspected her husband was cheating and burned …