High winds fueled a fast-spreading blaze that transformed a routine fire in Maple Heights into a dangerous blowtorch ...

JOLIET (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Fire officials in Joliet are advising people not to use fire to thaw frozen pipes, following a small fire that broke out in Joliet Wednesday. Fire crews were on the scene of ...

FRESNO, Calif. -- Disclaimer: Don't do this at home. Fire officials in Fresno, California say a man who was house-sitting for his parents set the home on fire after he used a blowtorch to kill black ...

CINCINNATI — One person has been displaced from their home after the Cincinnati Fire Department (CFD) said they accidentally set their house on fire Sunday night. Cincinnati fire crews responded to ...

GENEVA, Ill. -- No injuries were reported after a contractor using a blowtorch accidentally set fire to a home Tuesday morning in west suburban Geneva. A construction worker called authorities at 8:53 ...

Police officers detained a man with a blowtorch on Thursday accused of trying to start fires in a Los Angeles community. Citizens initially apprehended the suspect in the area before the LAPD took him ...

SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – Firefighters are battling flames at Advent United Methodist Church that the pastor says may have started from a blowtorch. According to the pastor, construction crews had a ...

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (KRDO) - "That was a whole lotta work for nothin," says the Commerce City Police Department (CCPD), ...

Homeland Security confirmed Tuesday that a man who sparked interest after being spotted with a blowtorch near one of the California fires is an illegal immigrant with a criminal record. Juan Manuel ...