On July 7 at approximately 2:28 p.m., Fairfax County and City of Fairfax firefighters were dispatched for a reported house fire in the 3800 block of King Arthur Road in Annandale. Firefighters from ...

PITTSFIELD — When someone used a flame torch to thaw a home’s frozen pipe last winter, touching off a slow-burning fire, a city official advised homeowners who find themselves in similar binds to call ...

LAWRENCE — A fire investigator yesterday said "careless use of a plumbing torch" sparked the five-alarm Park Street apartment blaze Saturday night that left 50 tenants homeless, including one newborn ...

LOWELL (AP) -- Inves tigators say a fatal four-alarm blaze in Lowell was caused by a man using a plumbing torch to make repairs in a second-floor bathroom. Authorities found the body of a man who ...

Two people were burned when they used a propane plumbing torch to stay warm inside a sports utility vehicle in Manchester on Friday, authorities said. The two victims had first- and second-degree ...