MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (KCRG) - Linn County Sheriff’s Office and the Mount Vernon Fire Department say crews were able to extinguish a fire at a pole building before it could spread to other ...

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Southern California is under a red flag warning for critical fire risk through Friday. The area has been facing constant challenges in controlling the fires, as dangerous winds gained strength ...

While evacuation orders remained in place for areas around the immediate perimeter of the fire, other nearby neighborhoods were reduced from evacuation orders to warnings, while warnings were ...

“We had helicopters dropping water until around 3 a.m. That kept it in check,” he said.The fire remained at 14% containment. Over 50,000 people were under evacuation orders or warnings Wednesda ...

“You know, we felt heat and fire and that trumps any alert. So a lot of us gave up on the alert system at that point. These systems are really great when they work. In this case, I don’t think ...

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LATEST Jan. 23, 8:45 a.m. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County continued to burn Thursday morning, but locals and first responders had some reason for optimism despite ...

Entire families wiped out, last words of victims revealed after the fire in northwestern Turkey ... “With the others, I leaned a ladder against the front wall and helped 15 to 20 people get ...

Romulus, N.Y. — Many firefighters along the eastern end of Seneca Lake have now battled three fires in less than 18 hours in frigid conditions. Crews first responded to Main Street in Ovid ...

Istanbul, Turkey — A fire engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 76 people and injuring at least 51 more, the interior minister said. Witnesses said ...