Fire
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Fire at Bugsy's Pizza in Old Town
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Firefighters were called to Bugsy's Pizza in Old Town Alexandria for a two alarm fire early Sunday morning.
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Forest Service cuts 5 percent of staff, engines due to sequestration
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As the hot and dry weather that comes with summer approaches, the U.S. Forest Service is being forced to cut 500 firefighters and 50 engines this year due to budget cuts.
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Pottsville, Pa. house fire kills six people, including four kids (Video)
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A late-night house fire in the eastern Pennsylvania town of Pottsville killed six people, four of them of which were children.
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Limousine fire that killed five nurses under investigation
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A stretch limousine that burst into flames on a San Francisco Bay bridge, killing five women inside, was carrying one too many passengers, investigators said Monday.
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Firefighters battling blaze on Addison Road
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Prince George's County firefighters are battling a blaze Friday afternoon in the 1100 block of Addison Road South.
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Gene Kirchner, volunteer firefighter, dies after Reisterstown fire
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Twenty-four-year-old Gene Kirchner of the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Co. died Thursday at Shock Trauma in Baltimore. He had been carried, unconscious, from the April 24 fire in a Victorian-style home.
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D.C. fire changes arson counting method
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District Councilman Tommy Wells asked Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe at a recent budget hearing to explain impressive improvements in arson arrest rates by his department investigators.
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Largo resident escapes house fire
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A resident escaped a Largo house fire safely Friday.
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Oxon Hill fire suspect charged with arson, assault
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An 18-year-old man is facing a litany of charges, including arson, after investigators believe he set fire to an Oxon Hill home Friday morning in the midst of a dispute with family members.
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Moscow psychiatric hospital fire kills 38 people
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A fire swept quickly through a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow early Friday, killing 38 people, most of them in their beds, officials said.
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Upper Marlboro mulch pile continues to smolder
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Firefighters have put out a huge mulch fire in Prince George's County, but concerns it could start again still remain.
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Mobile, Alabama fuel barge explosions cause major fire
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Multiple explosions aboard two fuel barges near Mobile, Ala., led to a major fire Wednesday night that left three people critically injured.
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House fire call leads to drug bust in Southeast D.C.
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When fire crews arrived at 1234 45th Place in Southeast Washington, they found a lot more than they bargained for inside.
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Arlington fire injures three, one rescued
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Three people were injured and one had to be rescued Tuesday from a two-alarm house fire in Arlington, officials say.
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Bowie car fires declared suspicious
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A Sunday morning fire that caused $90,000 worth of damage to cars in Bowie has been declared suspicious, officials say.
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Two injured in Northeast D.C. fire
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A 70-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man were rescued from a burning home in Northeast Washington Sunday afternoon. The woman was found inside the home unconscious.
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Four Georgia firefighters taken hostage; gunman killed
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Authorities say a gunman holding four firefighters in suburban Atlanta has been shot dead by SWAT members and that all the hostages are slightly injured but should be OK.
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Annapolis fire: Firefighters extinguish 3-alarm fire
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Firefighters extinguished a three alarm fire in Annapolis that seriously damaged several homes.
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