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Three family dogs are dead and a family was displaced as a result of a residential fire in the Westfield section of Middletown early Saturday morning. Fire officials said several departments responded to a home on Higby Road at approximately 4:30 a.m. Responding crews found heavy fire at an attached garage. The Westfield Fire Department said the bulk of the…

A family of five was displaced in a residential fire in the Westfield section of Middletown early Saturday morning. Fire officials said several departments responded to a home on Higby Road at approximately 4:30 a.m. Responding crews found heavy fire at an attached garage. Crews knocked down the bulk of the fire and made an interior attack. All department worked…

Route 44 in New Hartford is closed as fire crews battle a structure fire opposite of town hall, according to First Selectman Daniel Jerram. New Hartford Fire Rescue Chief Mark Worsman said the fire on Route 44, also known as Main Street, struck three alarms. “The problem with this type of a building is it’s a balloon construction so the…

Four people were taken to local hospitals Thursday after a fire at an apartment building in East Hartford.

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 Maryland woman was charged with attempted murder, arson and assault after witnesses said they saw her set a house on fire while a person was trapped in its basement. The person in the basement was able to escape, NBC News reports.

A heavy, 5-alarm fire broke out at a multistory hotel in Hyannis, Mass., Sunday afternoon, according to fire officials. The blaze at the Hyannis Harbor Hotel at 213 Ocean Street began around 2:30 p.m., Hyannis Fire said. It began on the first floor, and spread to the second and third floors, as well as the attic. Heavy wind gusts pushed…

More than 80 people have died in a catastrophic fire at a Baghdad hospital for coronavirus patients

In Carson City, Nevada, 700 ewes and 1,000 lambs are eating their way through vegetation that could fuel wildfires.

Fire crews worked to put out a 2-alarm fire in Hartford Sunday evening. Crews responded to the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Shultas Place. When firefighters got to the scene, a second alarm was requested at approximately 5:04 p.m. The blaze was put out less than 10 minutes later, but crews are still at the scene. No injuries were reported…

An early-morning fire has destroyed a home in East Haddam. Officials said the blaze happened at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Daniel Peck Road. When crews arrived, they saw a fully-involved fire. It is unknown if there are any injuries. The fire is under investigation by the state Fire Marshal’s Office.

Crews are working to put out a 2-alarm fire in New London. Firefighters are at 15 Jefferson Ave. All companies are responding to the scene. It is unknown if there are any injuries. No additional information was immediately available.

At least 21 people are hurt as hundreds of firefighters continue to battle an 8-alarm fire in Queens that erupted at an apartment building shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday, the Fire Department of New York City said.

A Good Samaritan rushed in and saved an injured man after an explosion ripped the front off of a Northeast Philadelphia row home.

Multiple area fire departments responded Sunday evening to a massive blaze involving at least four buildings in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The fire chief says it was a challenging fire, in part because curious onlookers wouldn’t move out of the way. Lawrence Fire Chief Brian Moriarty said four multi-family homes on Bennington and Saratoga caught fire, at least one of which...

Fire crews are working to put out a fire at a home in Guilford. Officials are asking residents to avoid the area of Broad Street and Whitfield Street. Crews say all residents are out of the home and safe. No additional information was immediately available.

Officials are investigating after a fire at a barber shop on Madison Avenue in Bridgeport Saturday afternoon. Crews said the fire was reported at Turning Heads Barbershop at 1180 Madison Ave. at approximately 12:30 p.m. When crews arrived at the scene, they said everyone inside the barber shop had already made their way outside safely. A second alarm was struck…

Fire crews battled three back-to-back fires in Hartford Saturday into Sunday. Officials said they worked quickly to put out the three fires. Firefighters battled the fire at 19 Kenneth St. on Saturday and the fires at 163 Bond St. and 23-25 Bond St. on Sunday. Officials said no civilians or firefighters were injured in the fires. The fire department called…

A fire broke out early Tuesday morning at a Rockland County, N.Y. nursing home, killing one resident and leaving a firefighter missing and over one hundred other residents displaced.

West Haven Fire officials and the state’s fire marshal are investigating what caused a deadly fire on Savin Avenue early Saturday evening. One person is dead as a result of the fire that began on the first floor of an apartment complex, and two others were taken to the hospital. Investigators said the apartment building at 711 Savin Ave. is…