A massive explosion that destroyed an Arlington, Virginia, duplex in December was started intentionally by the homeowner who died in the incident, officials said.
Washington state's prison system operates the a program that trains inmates to become skilled firefighters. The inmates receive extensive training to combat forest fires.
James Haynes, 48, of Prescott, Arizona, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for setting fire to a camper trailer owned by a woman with a protective order against him.
Crews have reportedly contained 75% of California's largest wildfire this year, which tore through significant swaths of grasslands between the San Francisco Bay and Central Valley.
A wind-driven wildfire in Tracy, California, forced many residents to evacuate on Saturday as it grew past 11,000 acres. The cause of the fire is unclear.
An Ex-criminology professor was jailed for 5 years Thursday for going on a "arson spree" during the Dixie Fires in California in 2021, often igniting fires being firefighters
One person is dead after a fatal explosion occurred at a house in southern Wisconsin, according to police. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The Spirit of '76 Fireworks warehouse in Boonville, Missouri, caught fire on Monday, according to local officials. Pictures show a mushroom cloud outside the factory.
A Georgia man was arrested after he allegedly admitted to police that he burned a trailer down while his stepmother was inside of it because his mother would not sell the lot.
A Maryland family's SUV suddenly caught fire and caused the windows and airbags to explode while the family slept earlier this month in a shocking scene caught on video.
Rescuers in western India were searching through debris after an explosion and fire at a chemical factory killed at least nine people and injured 64 others.
An overnight fire in an apartment building in Vietnam resulted in 14 deaths and six injuries. The fire started in a courtyard used for selling and repairing electric bikes.
A massive fire along Interstate-70 has been caught on video near Denver, Colorado, after a vehicle struck a tanker truck, leading it to burst into flames.
The threat of Canada's latest wildfire near the country's oil sands appears to be dying down, with favorable winds expected to push the fire away from the city.
Authorities say a fire at a residential building in western Germany has left three people dead and two others with life-threatening injuries. The fire started in a kiosk.
A welding operation at a water park under construction in Sweden's Goteborg led to a massive fire in February, resulting in one fatality, according to a report.
In Sudan's civil war, fire is being used to burn villages and displace civilians with more frequency than before. April 2024 saw more fires than any other month of the war.
A fire engulfed a large shopping complex in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday. While no injuries were reported, the fire destroyed more than 80% of the complex.