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Officers responded to a burning 2024 Nissan parked in the roadway on Sohmer Place, where Westbury Fire Department crews extinguished the flames, New Cassel on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, at 6:39 p.m., ...

Go behind the scenes to learn how filmmakers safely create realistic fire and smoke effects on set. From practical setups and smoke machines to controlled burns and lighting tricks, this video shows ...

Fire season poses a unique challenge for ski resorts, in some cases, burning terrain and damaging lift infrastructure. This summer, one of those blazes—the Rock Fire—threatened Tamarack Resort, Idaho, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Bomb and Arson squad is taking over the investigation of a two-alarm fire at a vacant apartment building that damaged a neighboring house. It happened around 9-30 ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) reported it has recently responded to multiple intentionally set fires in the Central District, Mount Baker, and Rainier Beach neighborhoods. The SFD ...

Lithium-Ion batteries in a concept car are suspected of igniting and starting a fire in the nearly new GM Advanced Design center in Pasadena, Calif. Wednesday night. Firefighters responded to a call ...

There was a fire at the General Motors Advanced Design Center in Pasadena, California, on the evening of Wednesday, October 22, 2025. Reports state that it took more than seven hours for the case to ...

A fire broke out around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday at GM’s new design campus in Pasadena, California, bringing a major emergency response and prompting a company investigation. The blaze erupted at the GM ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A Fridley man stands charged with two counts of first-degree arson after prosecutors say he threw homemade fire bombs into an ice cream shop on two separate occasions. Court documents ...