Fire

Modern homes burn up to 8 times faster than holder homes, according to a new study from Underwriter Laboratories. This means you have only 3 minutes to escape. "For us, where our time periods were you know, they used to back in the day talk about 20 minutes, it's more like in the 5 to 6 minue range (now)," says Kinny Tasker, South Metro Fire Training Lieutenant...

Greeley firefighters have determined that a van fire that sent a man to the hospital, was an accident. The Greeley Fire Department sent us pictures of the incident.

Firefighters responded to a reported train leaking fuel near S. Lemay Avenue and Riverside Avenue in Fort Collins on Tuesday at approximately 4:43 p.m. When crews arrived, they found one train leaking a large amount of diesel fuel from one of its 2,600 gallon tanks...

A fire broke out along East 16th Street and Balsam Avenue in East Greeley on Sunday, destroying a barn, siding and a woodpile. The blaze burned up to 10 acres.

The Larimer County Sheriff's Office is warning residents of very high fire danger right now. Larimer County is experiencing higher temperatures and lower humidity than normal with no significant changes in the immediate weather forecast...

A worker's clothes caught fire after he lit a cigarette at an auto body shop in Denver on Sunday morning. Nearby workers were siphoning gas from a vehicle into a bucket at Saul's Automotive when the man lit the cigarette, confirms the Denver Fire Department...

Firefighters in Weld County are currently battling a grass fire that has grown immensely over the last two hours and continues to grow.

A massive fire destroyed Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis last night. Numerous fire agencies were called in to battle the fire just after midnight Tuesday. Crews on the scene could see smoke coming from the roof of the South Dakota landmark bar, which soon became engulfed in flames...

Crews are battling a 19-acre wildfire near the Crystal Lakes area. Evacuation notifications were sent to 136 homes in the area because of the “Beartrap Fire”.

An elementary school teacher in New Brunswick, New Jersey, is allowed to keep his job after being late for work 111 times over a period of 2 years. Roosevelt Elementary School's attempt to fire Arnold Anderson, a 15-year school veteran, from his $90,000-a-year job was rejected by an arbitrator on August 19, saying he was entitled to "progressive discipline...

A woman in Madisonville, Kentucky, is behind bars after calling 911 to prevent a fire in the home she's accused of robbing. According to police, Mary K. Smith, 42, was in the house allegedly trying to steal prescription medication and cigarette filters when she noticed the kitchen stove was turned on...

Dogs trying to get a box of cupcakes on top of a stove started a small fire in a Pennsylvania home, police say. The landlord of the home told police he had stopped by the residence to let his tenants’ dogs out at around 8 p.m. last Sunday – that’s when he saw a small stovetop fire, and called firefighters...