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The man allegedly seen on video in a ski mask lighting a Molotov cocktail and throwing it at the front door of a New Jersey synagogue has been arrested, the FBI and spokesperson for the temple said.

Police are stepping up synagogue patrols in certain areas of New Jersey after someone in a ski mask threw a lit Molotov cocktail at one in Essex County overnight in an apparent attempt to burn it down, authorities say. No one was hurt in the 3:20 a.m. Sunday incident at Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield. According to police, security footage…

A lithium-ion battery from an e-bike sparked the devastating fire at a Queens daycare center that hurt more than a dozen kids, one of them critically, officials say, marking the latest in a series of blazes linked to such units. The fire broke out in the middle of Wednesday afternoon in the basement of what appeared to be a duplex…

Four firefighters and one minor were injured during a house fire in Meriden on Saturday afternoon. Firefighters were called to a three-story home on the corner of Broad Street and Bunker Avenue just before 4 p.m. Heavy fire could be seen coming from the side porch. It rapidly spread through the first and second floors. Before firefighters arrived, bystanders sprung…

Sirens blaring on North Broad Street in Meriden as fire crews rushed to the scene of a home bursting with flames Saturday afternoon.

Sirens blaring on North Broad Street in Meriden as fire crews rushed to the scene of a home bursting with flames Saturday afternoon. Before firefighters arrived, bystanders sprung into action. “I opened the gate and went to the side door, and I started banging on the screen door, which was locked,” Bill Lombardi of Meriden tells us. Bill says he…

A family in New London is searching for a new place to live after a fire destroyed their apartment last week. The Montauk Avenue fire happened Tuesday night, one day after tenant Rebecca Gorman gave birth to her second daughter. “I think I’m still in shock to be honest,” Gorman said. “It is supposed to be a joyous time,...

From first responders to total strangers, the New London community is coming together to donate items to a family who lost everything in a fire just one day after welcoming their newest daughter into the world.

People in Watertown are stepping up just two days after a fire destroyed an essential part of a family’s farm – the repair shop.

A fatal fire claimed at least three lives in New Jersey at a family home in Clifton late Friday. Authorities said the fire started around 7:30 p.m. at a residence on Ladwick Lane. Emergency responders rushed to the house but three people were lost in the fire. The victims were Steven Warga, 65, Elaine Warga, 71, and Helen Popovich, 95,…

A house fire left four children dead and two people injured in northern Iowa.

Investigators are looking into whether a meteorite caused of a house fire in Northern California.

The man allegedly started the fire after the restaurant messed up his order of chicken biryani.

The blaze caused about $2 million in damages across the four buildings, firefighters said, and fifteen people were displaced.

Officials say a lone firework is what likely sparked a fire at a New Britain company earlier in the week. According to a spokesperson for Rich Products, the fire broke out sometime Thursday evening on the roof of their facility located on Myrtle Street. The plant was immediately evacuated and no employees were injured. The fire did not damage any…

Video showed huge flames and a column of black smoke emanating from a British Petroleum refinery in Toledo, Ohio.

Officials say a fire at an oil refinery in Ohio killed two people and the facility has been shut down.

Several firefighters had to be taken to the hospital after a roaring house fire in Newington Saturday afternoon.

Multiple people are injured and are being taken to the hospital after two fires on the same street in Newington on Saturday afternoon, according to police.

A group of passengers on a yacht were rescued by a good Samaritan when the boat caught fire and submerged in the Hudson River Saturday afternoon.