PHOENIX (AP) — A 3-year-old Arizona boy helped his 1-year-old sister escape Friday from a house fire that killed their mother and injured two other adults, authorities said.

Fire...

NEW YORK (AP) — A bus carrying 35 elementary school children on an outing has caught fire on a New York City bridge, but the children and their escorts have been rescued.

The bus...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Marine was charged Friday with six counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of four people whose bodies were found in a burning home,...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The owners of a Lexington ethanol plant and their insurer are suing a subsidiary of a Houston-based natural gas provider they say is responsible for an explosion and...

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A former assistant fire chief accused of setting two small fires in an arson-plagued steel town near Philadelphia has worked out a plea bargain freeing him from...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Three teenagers accused of setting a 15-year-old south Florida boy on fire have pleaded not guilty to attempted second-degree murder.

Denver Jarvis and...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman who police say was set on fire by her boyfriend can be heard screaming in a 911 call tape released by authorities.

In a neighbor's call...

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters have fully surrounded a 145-acre wildfire in Southern California.

Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Greg McKeown says the fire was...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service should allow helicopters to fight fires during darkness, a tactic that could have been used in the critical first hours of the summer's gigantic...

The following recalls have been announced:

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About 664,700 Perfect Flame SLG series gas grills in the U.S. and Canada. The gas grills, made in China by Lucas Innovation Inc....

WOODS CROSS, Utah (AP) — Surveillance camera video shows a 100-foot fireball ripping through a Utah refinery during a gas explosion that knocked a nearby home off its foundation earlier...

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (AP) — Cold weather and calm winds are helping firefighters in their battle against a wildfire in Southern California.

Orange County Fire Authority Capt....

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (AP) — A 245-acre wildfire in coastal mountains of Southern California was 75 percent contained Tuesday, Orange County authorities said. No homes were...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California wine keeper has pleaded guilty to setting a fire that destroyed a warehouse filled with 6 million bottles of wine and illegally selling wine he was...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Police say a New Haven, Conn., man set fire to his girlfriend and tried to set fire to her 12-year-old daughter after the girl accused him of...

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguayan authorities say 1,200 people have escaped a fire that destroyed a supermarket on the outskirts of the capital, killing two people.

Officials say...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police and fire officials on Sunday investigated the cause of a fire that raced through an indoor shooting gallery, killing 10 people including eight...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police and fire officers Sunday investigated what caused a blaze that raced through an indoor shooting gallery killing 10 people, including eight...

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Pigott was an experienced NYPD lieutenant with an elite team trained to deal with the most hostile scenarios. He was calm under pressure. A good leader.

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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A fire chief says a Connecticut mother and her three young children killed in a fire at a Bridgeport public housing complex had visited a...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A pregnant Nevada brothel worker who appeared in an HBO reality series and another 22-year-old mom-to-be had been fatally shot before firefighters discovered...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The largest wildfire in Los Angeles County history raged out of control because it jumped into inaccessible terrain, not because the U.S. Forest Service scaled back...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah oil refinery is shutting down after a gas explosion earlier this month damaged 10 homes.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has been investigating the Nov....

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — Work crews shoveled mud Friday from the back yards of several homes after a brief cloudburst unleashed flows of debris down...