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A man died in a three-alarm house fire in Webster, Massachusetts, Wednesday night, authorities said. A woman was clinging to the roof of the three-family home at 146 High Street when police arrived on scene. She was rescued using a ladder borrowed from a neighbor. The man who died was located on the second floor. First responders were unable to…

A prayer vigil was held Saturday afternoon for a New Haven firefighter recovering in the hospital following a fatal fire earlier this week. Family, friends and neighbors all came together at Pitts Chapel Church to wish Lt. Samod Rankins a speedy recovery. He, as well as firefighter Ricardo Torres Jr., were trapped in a house fire on Valley Street on…

A woman has died and a man is in critical condition after a fire at a multi-family home in Danbury early Sunday morning. Firefighters were called to a home on Ninth Street just after midnight after getting a report of a smoke detector activation. While crews were responding, firefighters said there was a second call reporting an odor of smoke….

The woman accused of setting a fatal fire inside a Hartford apartment building has now been charged with felony murder.

A woman has died after a fire at a condominium complex in Waterbury on Wednesday morning. Firefighters, police officers and EMS were called to a condominium complex on Manville Street shortly before 7 a.m. after getting a report of a structure fire. According to police, firefighters found an adult woman inside one of the involved condominium units. She was removed…

A woman has died and her son is in the hospital after a fire on Tetlow Street in West Haven Wednesday morning, according to fire officials.

One person has died after a fire at a home in Waterford early Tuesday morning.

The New Haven multi-family home involved in Sunday’s deadly fire that killed two people and left multiple others injured had no working smoke detectors at the time of the fire, according to a city official.

Authorities say five people have been found dead after a fire in a home in western Massachusetts. Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington says the bodies of five people were found inside the Sheffield home after the blaze reported at about 8 a.m. Wednesday. No additional details about the victims have been disclosed.

A new law could impact what happens in a criminal case that has gripped San Diego: Two young children, killed in a fire, after their father – who had allegedly been drinking – fell asleep in their home with a lit cigarette in his mouth.

One man has been found dead after a fire at a New Britain apartment building, according to officials.

A man who was found unresponsive during a house fire in West Haven on Saturday afternoon has died.

Authorities have identified the person killed in a fire in Southington on Saturday night as a 77-year-old woman.

A 58-year-old man is dead after fire broke out in a Naugatuck mobile home early Friday morning and police have identified him as Paul Kingman.

Crews responded to a fire on Bridle Path Trail in Killingworth Thursday night, according to emergency dispatchers.