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At least seventeen sailors and four civilians were hospitalized after an explosion erupted during a roaring blaze aboard a military assault ship at Naval Base San Diego Sunday morning, according to Naval Surface Forces.

A firefighter was hospitalized and a family was displaced after an attic caught on fire in Evanston on Saturday. The Evanston Fire Department responded to a report of heavy smoke coming from the roof of a two-story single-family home in the 3200 block of Park Place at 4:41 p.m, according to a press release from the fire department. The first…

FDNY released footage of a group of people using illegal fireworks outside a home in Brooklyn. A stray firework ignited a fire inside the home.

Strong winds fed a smoky fire that threatened about 100 rural homes and prompted evacuations in Northern California

Lanes were blocked in both directions on Interstate 355 near west suburban Glen Ellyn early Wednesday as firefighters worked to extinguish a fire after a truck crash. A tanker truck carrying propane crashed just before 6 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-355 just north of Butterfield Road, according to Illinois State Police. The truck overturned and caught fire, state…

Notre Dame Cathedral’s forecourt is being opened up to the public for the first time since the devastating fire of April 15 last year.

Protests fueled by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died while in police custody, continued for a third night in Minneapolis

One person was injured and four were displaced by a fire Saturday on the Southeast Side. The fire was reported at 3:18 a.m. at 3523 East 95th Street, according to the Chicago Fire Department. One adult was transported to Trinity Hospital in fair-to-serious condition. The Illinois Department of Human Services was contacted to assist the residents with housing after four…

An Alabama man is being hailed as a hero after rushing toward a burning apartment complex to help pull a woman from the flames. Cameras were rolling as Quinn Parrish jumped into action, rescuing a woman who was struggling to escape the flames.

Drone footage captured the explosion that gutted a business and injured 12 firefighters in downtown Los Angeles. The firefighters are recovering after they escaped the burning building over the weekend.

Eleven firefighters suffered burn injuries when they escaped from a burning building through a ball of flames Saturday in downtown Los Angeles. All injured firefighters were expected to survive. They were inside the building in the 300 block of East Boyd Street around 6:30 p.m. when the blast rocked the neighborhood south of Little Tokyo. LAFD Capt. Erik Scott said…

Firefighters are trying to put out a massive blaze at a condominium complex on South Padre Island in Texas.

An Aurora man was arrested after allegedly trying to set his ex-girlfriend’s belongings on fire and barricading himself inside a home Wednesday in the west suburb. Michael Paige, 27, is charged with felony counts of aggravated arson, residential arson and arson, Aurora police said in a statement. Officers were called about 10:30 a.m. to the 500 block of North Lake...

A man is died and firefighter injured following a fire Thursday morning in Fernwood on the South Side, authorities say. Fire crews responded to a burning home in the 400 block of 104th Street, according to the Chicago Fire Department. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, the department said. A firefighter who fell through a floor was taken…

Four adults died and another was injured in an overnight house fire in Chattanooga, Tennessee, early Sunday morning.

The 13-ton bell at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris rang on Wednesday, one year after a fire swept through the landmark.

The Russian Investigative Committee released footage of a plane landing while on fire. The incident, which resulted in 41 deaths, occurred in May 2019.

No injuries have been reported after a fire broke out Tuesday morning at the Blommer Chocolate Company in Chicago’s Fulton River District. Firefighters responded 11:12 a.m. to a fire at the building in the 400 block of Jefferson Street, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt. Crews remain on scene, battling a fire that is sending black smoke from…

Chicago Fire Department responds to a fire late Tuesday morning at Blommer Chocolate Company in the 400 block of Jefferson Street

A woman was critically injured in a fire Tuesday in Back of the Yards on Chicago’s South Side. Firefighters responded to a blaze at a single-story home about 10:20 a.m. in the 5300 block of South Wallace Street, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt said. A woman, about 60 years old, suffered third degree burns over the majority of her…