July 21, 2017
An explosion this morning in Pittston Township, Pa. occurred when a tanker truck holding 3,500 gallons of liquid propane burst into flames. The explosion at Modern Gas Sales on Glendale Road prompted first responders to issue an all call for available Luzerne…
July 17, 2017
Three people are dead and six others are recovering from injuries after a massive fire at the Chesapeake Crossing Senior Living Apartments in the early mornings hours of July 15. Firefighters responding to the call at around 4:35 a.m., found…
April 13, 2017
Lawsuit for Family of Person Who Dies in an Apartment Fire The family of a person who dies in an apartment fire may have a wrongful death claim, meaning the family can sue the landlord (owner of the building) and,…
March 28, 2017
Three people died in a March 27 fire at an Oakland apartment building with no fire alarms, no sprinklers and a history of problems. Two adults and two children were hospitalized for smoke inhalation, one person is still missing. The…
March 24, 2017
Massachusetts fire officials say the number of fire fatalities reported so far this year is much higher than usual. In many instances, they say, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors were not functioning. So far this year, there have been 23…
March 20, 2017
Savannah Dominick, 10, is the second child to die following a March 10 house fire in Harrisburg, PA believed to have started by a recharging hoverboard. Savannah and her sister Ashanti Hughes, 3, both suffered third-degree burns covering 95 percent of…
March 13, 2017
A fire started by a rechargeable hoverboard claimed the life of Ashanti Hughes, 3, and injured two other girls in Harrisburg, PA on Friday, March 10. All three girls, two of whom sustained burns to 95 percent of their bodies, were…
March 6, 2017
A March 4 apartment fire in Union City, NJ has claimed the life of a toddler and left his father, who suffered severe burns trying to save him badly injured. Fueled by high winds, the fire, which broke out just after…
March 6, 2017
The Kozy Kottage assisted living facility was in violation of multiple health and safety measures before two people died and four others were injured in a fire there last week, according to an Associated Press report. The four people who…
March 3, 2017
Two people are dead and four others are in critical condition after an early morning fire at Kozy Kottage, a Baltimore assisted living facility. Seven people were inside the two-story home, located in the 2800 block of Lawina Road in…
February 28, 2017
A 68-year-old man in El Cerrito, CA was airlifted to a burn unit after suffering second and third-degree burns in an apartment fire on February 27. The fire, at Idaho Apartments, located at 10203 San Pablo Avenue, broke out just…
February 24, 2017
A fire at a Ramada Inn in Vineland, NJ early this morning injured two people including Johnathan Rodriguez, a police officer who ran into the burning building to knock on doors to wake guests so they could get out safely.…