DANBURY — Four people were hospitalized and about 80 residents were displaced Thursday after a fire tore through a condominium building in a complex off Sandpit Road, officials said. The blaze erupted ...

SAN DIEGO — Fire crews stopped the spread of a brush fire that started in eastern San Diego County's Ramona area on Wednesday. T The wildfire near Ramona Mountain that burned 347 acres, destroyed a ...

A photon is a single particle of light, and under normal circumstances, it can’t be divided. But a photon is also not a particle, in the sense that it does not have a specific location. Instead, it is ...

Drones capable of spraying water and fire retardants have been practicing how to snuff out wildfires early in California and Alaska this summer—demonstrating a possible rapid-response tool for ...

The Kaiser Canyon fire has burned over 60,000 acres and displaced over 1,000 people in and around Nespelem, Okanogan County. With 500 personnel tending to the blaze, it was still 0% contained as of ...

A version of this story was originally published on Jan. 10, 2025. It has been updated to reflect the wildfires currently bringing smoke to the U.S. Interest in air filters and purifiers is spiking as ...

BANGKOK — A huge fire tore through a music bar in Bangkok overnight, killing at least 27 people and leaving 25 hospitalized in critical condition on Monday as investigations began into the Thai ...

Firefighters continue to battle the Summit Fire in northern Los Angeles County, which has triggered evacuations and an Air Quality Alert for several areas. The blaze first broke out around 1:30 p.m.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... BEULAH – Tom Laca doesn’t remember much about the first day and night of the Aspen Acres fire. But he remembers the explosions. Montrose Hellfighters Hannah ...

AMERICAN FORK — A campground in American Fork Canyon was evacuated after a small wildfire broke out late Thursday, while a popular reservoir in the area is also closed for firefighting operations. The ...

His arson plan was a bunch of junk. A firebug in Indiana cut off his own penis, dumped gasoline on it — then used it to light a blaze inside a neighbor’s garage, according to police. Christopher Peden ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – What started as an investigation into a stabbing and arson took a disturbing turn in Fort Wayne after a man admitted he’d set his own genitals on fire. On May 6, the Fort Wayne Fire ...