January 9, 2022
Nineteen people are dead and dozens more are injured after a fire tore through a Bronx high-rise apartment building this morning. Nine children are among those who lost their lives in the blaze that started just before 11 a.m. on…
January 5, 2022
Thirteen people are dead and two are hospitalized in critical condition after a fire swept through a Philadelphia rowhouse early this morning. Seven of those killed in what officials say is the city’s deadliest fire in more than a century…
March 9, 2020
An elderly woman died from injuries she suffered when a fire broke out in her room at an assisted living facility in Gorham, ME. Lynda Muccino (84) died last Wednesday at Maine Medical Center, where she had been hospitalized since…
January 29, 2020
A fire at Barrington Plaza, a 25-story apartment building in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, has injured 13 people including a 3-month-old baby. The fire began just after 8:30 this morning in a sixth-floor unit that was rented as…
November 27, 2019
A fire on the 14th floor of a high-rise apartment building in Minneapolis killed five people and hospitalized three others on Wednesday morning. The fire broke out on the 14th floor of Cedar High Apartments in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of…
September 17, 2019
The families of the victims of the fire aboard the dive boat Conception can seek funding for counseling and funerals from the California Victim Compensation Board, Santa Barbara District Attorney Joyce E. Dudley announced yesterday. Families who would like information…
September 12, 2019
Divers have recovered the body of the last missing victim of the deadly Labor Day fire aboard the dive boat Conception off the Southern California coast. Thirty-four people died when they were trapped below deck after a fire that broke…
September 12, 2019
After 34 people were killed when the dive boat Conception caught fire and sank off the coast of California on Labor Day, the U.S. Coast Guard has issued a warning about the use of Lithium-ion batteries aboard commercial vessels. The…
June 25, 2019
Ashley Drysdale remains hospitalized with burns on 30 percent of her body after a boat explosion and fire on Arkansas’ Lake Catherine. Ashley and five members of her family were aboard a boat in the park’s launch area when the…
November 19, 2018
Two people were injured and another person died in an explosion and fire at Heather Gardens Senior Living community in Aurora, Colorado on November 16. Emergency responders transported one resident and one firefighter to an area hospital where they were treated…
February 15, 2018
Three women were killed and 11 others were injured when an early morning fire broke out at Southwood Women’s House, a South Nashville halfway, house on February 14. Firefighters rescued everyone inside the home and transported them to Vanderbilt University Medical…
February 3, 2018
One person was killed in an explosion and fire in Brentwood, Pennsylvania on February 1. The body of Michael Festa, 56, was recovered by first responders outside the home, located at 24 Hillman St., by first responders who arrived around…