Beeping from a smoke alarm abruptly woke Matt Privratsky. Down in the dining room, he found a single e-bike battery on a metal shelf, smoldering in an orange glow. It looked like magma, and the flames ...

The house on West Wayne Street was on fire as firefighters respond Friday. Photo Courtesy of the Lima Fire Department LIMA — A house was destroyed by a fire early Friday morning, with a charging ...

National Park Service firefighters and park cooperators are working to suppress the Bear Den Mountain Fire in Shenandoah National Park, which started late Sunday evening on Nov. 16. Investigators are ...

View post: The 7 Best Ski Resorts for Snow Tubing About 15 miles from Mammoth Mountain, California, a 3,000-acre wildfire that prompted evacuation orders and damaged structures has struck. The blaze, ...

Investigators say last year’s destructive Mountain Fire in Ventura County was likely sparked when powerful winds reignited hot tire debris from a week-old tractor blaze — a chain of events similar to ...

SOMIS, Calif. (KABC) -- It's been a year since the Mountain Fire tore through Ventura County, burning nearly 20,000 acres and destroying over 100 homes. Investigators say they now know what caused it.

The Mountain Fire burned 31 square miles and destroyed 243 structures last year. A smaller fire burned burned an estimated 1.8 acres a week earlier. Fierce winds and hot debris from an earlier tractor ...

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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Ventura County officials announced the official cause of the Mountain Fire at a news conference Friday morning in Thousand Oaks. The Mountain Fire was one of the most ...

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Fire and EMS crews have been busy fighting brush fires in Botetourt County near the Craig County line since Wednesday morning. People could smell and see the smoke for ...

RIB MOUNTAIN, Wis. (WSAW) - The cause of a Thursday morning house fire in Rib Mountain is under investigation, but is not considered suspicious. Crews were called around 9:30 a.m. to a report of a ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY quashed a battery fire in Sunnyside on Wednesday morning. The e-bike fire was reported at 8:57 a.m. between residential buildings at 1152 Victory Boulevard, according to ...