Woman killed in Taunton house fire had no working fire alarms

AN ELDERLY woman who was killed in a house fire shortly after Christmas didn’t have any working fire alarms, an inquest has heard.

Firefighters put out house fire after smoke alarms wake family

Fire crews extinguished a blaze that woke a sleeping family in a home near King City early Saturday morning, according to CalFire's San Benito-Monterey unit. Firefighters received a report of the fire at about 6 a.m. Saturday at a single-story home near the intersection of Vista Place and Pine Canyon Road in unincorporated Monterey County, CalFire officials said. First responders arrived at the ...

Columbia Fire Dept. Responds to Alarms, Sorority House Evacuated

COLUMBIA - The Columbia Fire Department responded to an alarm at MU's Alpha Phi sorority house on Providence Road at approximately 3:15 a.m. Friday. The fire department said there were reports of smoke in the basement, but firefighters did not encounter any smoke or flames after arriving.

Row home fire in Allentown goes to two alarms before being put out

Firefighters in Allentown spent a good chunk of the morning battling a two alarm house fire. The blaze broke out on the roof of a home at 119 N. Franklin St. around 11 a.m. There is no word yet on what sparked the flames, but workers where doing roof work when it started, fire officials say. The fire went to two alarms out of concern that the fire could spread to connecting row homes. However ...

Pets killed as fault starts fire

FIVE pets died after an electrical fault started a large fire at a house in Heap Bridge, Bury.