A five-alarm fire raged for hours at a tire repair shop in Queens Tuesday, injuring one firefighter, officials said. The FDNY said it received a call around 5:14 p.m. about a fire…
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Record fire in Riverside County burns hundreds of acres
SACRAMENTO — A human-caused brush fire near San Jacinto had grown hundreds of acres by Sunday night, prompting evacuation warnings and sending six firefighters to local hospitals, according to fire officials. Firefighters…
California man used gas, matches to set fire to his ex and another man
A San Bernardino County man has been sentenced to life in prison just over a year after he set fire to two people in a pickup truck in Johnson Valley, a small…
California man allegedly started Thompson fire with a single firework
A 26-year-old man has been arrested and is suspected of arson The Thompson firethat burned 3,789 acres in the northern California town of Oroville in early July. Oroville resident Spencer Grant Anderson…
Two dogs killed, firefighter injured in East San Jose blaze
SAN JOSE — Fourteen residents, including six adults and eight children, were displaced after a fire broke out Saturday in a multi-unit townhouse in east San Jose. Two dogs were killed in…
Federal lawsuit says Upland company started 2021 South fire
A 680-acre San Bernardino County wildfire that took 275 firefighters eight days to contain started with a few sparks from an excavator. That’s what the federal government alleges in a complaint filed…
Historic baseball field featured in ‘A League of Their Own’ burns down in Ontario
As the saying goes, “there’s no crying in baseball,” but fans of the movie “A League of Their Own” and children in Ontario all have a reason to shed a tear. The…
Inmate grazed by ricochet bullet from FBI target practice near L.A. jail
A Los Angeles County jail inmate in Castaic this month was hit by a bullet from a nearby shooting range used by the FBI, police said Friday. The incident occurred Aug. 9,…
Tesla big-rig battery burns in crash; fumes temporarily close freeway
A Tesla big rig crashed in Northern California on Monday, igniting the vehicle’s battery, starting a fire that filled the air with toxic fumes and forced the closure of Interstate 80 in…
Fire crews battle 3-alarm blaze at Pittsburg apartment complex
PITTSBURG — Contra Costa Fire Protection District crews responded to a three-alarm structure fire early Sunday morning at the Woodland Hills Apartments in the 200 block of W. Buchanan Road. The fire…