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Deputies say fire at Aiken Summary Court is suspicious In the most recent case, Brandon Smith set fire to a home under renovation on Gray Mare Hollow Road on August 8th.

The University of South Carolina unveiled a portrait Thursday of Cassidy Fae Pendley, one of seven students killed in a beach house fire in North Carolina last year.

The Crowne Plaza's General Manager, David Hockenberry has been fired. CBS 2 spoke with Hockenberry Thursday.

San Francisco fire crews are working to extinguish a smoky fire on Yerba Buena Island.

The Mystic Fire Department probationary volunteer officer already facing a first-degree arson charge for allegedly setting fire to a house at 23 Library Street in July now faces two more arson charges for ...

A missing millionaire and his family are feared dead following a suspected arson attack on their home.

Aug 28 - A huge explosion rips through an ammunition dump in the east Ukrainian region of Kharkiv.

LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas mother of three is hospitalized and is expected to face arson and child endangerment charges after authorities say she set her apartment afire with her children inside.

By Hector Gutierrez , Rocky Mountain News Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Wildfires ignited in the past few days by lightning strikes have burned nearly 32,000 acres in northwestern Colorado.

A GRANDMOTHER suffered serious burns in a vain attempt to save a two-year-old girl who became lost in the panic as the woman saved four other children from a burning home.

A millionaire and his family were missing today after their country estate was burned down in suspected arson attack.

Officials say the nearly 5,000-acre wildfire in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Suffolk is contained but it continues to smolder in spots.

The fire in a remote section of the Wharton State Forest in Camden County's Waterford Township, has burned about 100 acres since it began Monday morning.

A brush fire threatened several homes in the hills of Agoura and prompted residents to voluntarily evacuate and officials to close lanes on the 101 Freeway due to heavy smoke.

Heavy smoke rises from the Guangwei Chemical Industry Co in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region today following a blast which killed at least five people and injured another 55.

Firefighters were right on top of this blaze. The De Queen fire station is closed on weekends, so when a call is received the firefighters go to the station to get their gear before heading out.

A man earlier reported slumped in a parked car that fire officials believe contains hazardous chemicals was declared dead by officials at the scene in Hastings Ranch on Monday.

The cost of fighting large fires in California and elsewhere is forcing the U.S. Forest Service to divert hundreds of millions of dollars set aside for work including roads, trails, recreational improvements _ even fire prevention.

In a memo this month to regional foresters, Forest Service Chief Abigail Kimbell said spending on fires could reach $1.6 billion this year, about half the agency's budget.

'All of you are aware of the serious nature of this year's fire season and the issues faced by the agency in paying for fire suppression costs,' Kimbell wrote. 'At this time the only option for financing the shortfall is to use the agency's transfer authority.'

Emergency crews are responding to a four-alarm fire in Boise. The fire began as a grass fire Monday at about 7:30 p.m. Up to seven houses are apparently on fire at this time near Amity and Holcomb but that has ...