The fire affected a wall and the chimney. All residents managed to leave the house safely. Investigations indicated that the fire may have started due to defective construction.

(Photo: Prince George County Fire & EMS) According to fire officials, crews were able to locate the fire quickly. They found that it extended from the wall to the floor around the chimney.

San Diego County firefighters were working to contain the Lilac Fire, one of three brush fires that broke out early Tuesday morning prompting evacuation orders, school closures and power shutoffs ...

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Drone images captured over the area display the sweeping devastation left behind as the Palisades fire tore through beachfront homes in Malibu. The photos, by SCNG staff photographer Jeff Gritchen ...

Two young siblings, Jelad Oluwaranakinse, aged five, and his brother, Jenson, aged three, were burnt to death in a fire that engulfed their apartment in the Oluwatuyi area of Akure, Ondo State ...

Firefighters are working to contain a new wildfire, dubbed the Hughes Fire, which exploded east of Lake Castaic in northern Los Angeles County on Wednesday. The fire had charred more than 8,000 acres ...

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We will continue to monitor the situation closely and provide the federal government with whatever it needs to extinguish this fire. Photos taken at the scene captured the fiery scene as first ...

HINESBURG, Vt. (WCAX) - The Hinesburg Fire Department says a house was significantly damaged in an overnight chimney fire. Just before 11 p.m. on Thursday, the Hinesburg Fire Department responded ...