fatal fire

A man working on his car has died after being engulfed in flames from a gas explosion in Maine Saturday evening. The Lewiston resident, 57-year-old Gary Labonte, was preparing to replace his car’s fuel pump by removing gasoline from the tank outside his apartment house at 16 Cottage St., according to authorities. An electric spark from the pump he used…

A woman was killed early Monday morning in a fire at a multifamily home in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, according to fire officials. The fire broke out at about 6:30 a.m. at 93 Summit St. One resident of the building told WJAR-TV he kicked in the door of the first-floor apartment to save his elderly neighbor, but it was too late….

Rhode Island is marking the 17th anniversary on Thursday of a nightclub fire that killed 100 people and injured more than 200 others. The Feb. 20, 2003, blaze began when pyrotechnics for the rock band Great White ignited flammable foam that lined the club’s walls as soundproofing. The fire quickly spread through the overcrowded club, and many people became trapped…

A man in his 70s was killed in a house fire Thursday evening in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The fire broke out at a home on Saxonia Avenue near Lorenz Park that housed eight people. All but one resident was able to flee from the burning building. Authorities said his body was found in the structure. Witnesses said the fire started small,…

A man in his 70s was killed in a one-alarm house fire in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

A house fire in Massachusetts that took the lives of two brothers last weekend was caused by an overloaded power strip, investigators said Tuesday. The victims of the fire in Fitchburg reported at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday were publicly identified as Gregory Wilson, 61, and Franklin Wilson III, 50, according to a statement from the office of State Fire Marshal…

Two people who were unconscious when they were pulled from a house fire overnight in Fitchburg have died, according to the Massachusetts Fire Marshal’s Office. Officials say it appears there were no smoke alarms in the single-family home at 14 Highland Avenue. The fire started around 12:30 a.m. Sunday on the first floor and may have been caused by an…

Officials say it appears there were no smoke alarms in the single-family home at 14 Highland Avenue, where the fire started around 12:30 a.m. Sunday on the first floor.

Authorities investigating the death of a man whose body was found after a garage fire in New Hampshire say the man did not die in the blaze. Crews arrived a little after 4 a.m. Saturday to 354 Shaker Rd. in Northfield, where they found the garage heavily engulfed in flames, the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office said. When the…

A man was found dead in a fire at a detached garage in Northfield, New Hampshire, early Saturday morning. Officials arrived a little after 4 a.m. to 354 Shaker Rd. in Northfield, where they found the garage heavily engulfed in flames, the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office said. When the fire was put out, a male victim was found…

The wife of a man who died in a fire at a Massachusetts apartment complex this week has succumbed to her injuries, authorities said. Susan Romano, 67, died at the hospital on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Berkshire district attorney said on Wednesday. Her husband, Michael Romano, 68, died at the scene of the fire Monday night at the Beech…

Authorities say one person was killed and another was injured in a fire at a Great Barrington apartment complex on Monday night. The fire at the Beech Tree Apartments was reported at about 7:40 p.m., the department posted on its Facebook page. Firefighters were notified of possible entrapment and found two unresponsive people. They were transported to Fairview Hospital where…

Fire investigators Monday pinpointed the cause of a weekend blaze in Vermont’s Champlain Islands that killed a kindergartner and an 11-month-old, blaming it on a failure with a household appliance. Following the completion of autopsy reports by the office of the Vermont chief medical examiner in Burlington, the Vermont Department of Public Safety Monday identified the young fire victims as...

Investigators have pinpointed the cause of a fire that claimed the lives of two young brothers at a home in Hero, Vermont.

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.

New Hampshire authorities say a man rescued from a burning home later died at a hospital. Fire Marshal Paul Parisi said crews in Merrimack found the fire after responding to calls reporting a smell of smoke in the area. They rescued the man Thursday morning from the home, but he succumbed to his injuries at a hospital.

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.

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.

A man in his 60s perished in an overnight fire in North Anson, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety.