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In Carson City, Nevada, 700 ewes and 1,000 lambs are eating their way through vegetation that could fuel wildfires.

At least five people sustained injuries Thursday evening in a house fire in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood, according to authorities. The fire was reported before 8 p.m. in the 9300 block of South Oakley Avenue near West 94th Street. Five people suffered smoke inhalation and were transported to the hospital in fair-to-serious condition, the Chicago Fire Department tweeted. At least two…

At least 21 people are hurt as hundreds of firefighters continue to battle an 8-alarm fire in Queens that erupted at an apartment building shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday, the Fire Department of New York City said.

A Good Samaritan rushed in and saved an injured man after an explosion ripped the front off of a Northeast Philadelphia row home.

Fire crews Saturday contained a wildfire to 325 acres of Indiana Dunes National Park in northwest Indiana.

A fire broke out early Tuesday morning at a Rockland County, N.Y. nursing home, killing one resident and leaving a firefighter missing and over one hundred other residents displaced.

Two giraffes are dead after a fire at Roer’s Zoofari in Virginia Monday. One of the mammals in particular, named Waffles, received an outpouring of love on Facebook.

An on-board fire Tuesday night disabled the vessel amidst 50 mph winds and 30-foot waves south of Nova Scotia.

Three children and their grandmother died in a house fire last week near Houston during a power outage as historic cold weather swept Texas, according to local officials, NBC News reports. Firefighters received an emergency call around 2 a.m. on Feb. 16 and arrived at Jackie Pham Nguyen’s home shortly after, only to find the structure already “engulfed” in flames,...

An extra-alarm fire in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood left at least four people hospitalized Friday morning and prompted fire officials to issue a mayday call as they worked to put out the flames.

An extra-alarm fire in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood left at least four people hospitalized Friday morning and prompted fire officials to issue a mayday call as they worked to put out the flames.

Watch the moment a fireman in Lititz, Pa., saved a dog from a burning barn on Saturday night.

Black Lives Matter D.C. condemned vandalism to several downtown churches that took place during Saturday night’s protests, claiming D.C. police officers “physically protected white supremacists, as they threatened lives, damaged historic churches and destroyed and burned property.” Black Lives Matter organizers and one of the churches claim the damage was done by members of the Proud Boys and by...

After two young girls were killed late Thursday in a house fire in Ingleside, neighbors, friends and family left flowers, balloons and teddy bears by the family’s home on Hunt Avenue in their memory. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

Two young children were killed and four adults suffered burn injuries after a two-story home caught fire in Ingleside late Thursday night, authorities said.

Two young children were killed and four adults suffered burn injuries after a two-story home caught fire in Ingleside late Thursday night, authorities said. Sandra Torres reports.

A 35-year-old man was injured in an apartment fire early Friday in Gresham on the South Side. About 12:55 a.m, a fire started in his 2nd-floor apartment in the 7600 block of South Marshfield Avenue, Chicago police said. The man suffered burns to his hands and was transported to Holy Cross Hospital in fair condition, police said. No other injuries...

More than two dozen people were left homeless on Thanksgiving after flames tore through three multi-family homes in New Bedford, Massachusetts. “I just saw smoke and flames coming out of the building,” witness Michael Meagher of New Bedford said. The fire happened at a residence on Washburn Street just before 10 a.m. and quickly spread to two other structures, authorities…

Firefighters battled a three-alarm fire on the 10th floor of a high-rise in Chicago’s Loop for several hours Thursday morning. NBC 5’s Sandra Torres reports.

Residents of a Lansing apartment building were forced to jump from windows as a fire broke out early Monday morning.