Amid these competing thoughts, I found myself at my burnt-out home in Altadena earlier this week. Joining me were 10 church ...

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Banter makes the most of its historic building with a fireplace at 19 S. Second St. in downtown Wilmington.

Some insurers may be more willing to cover houses if the owners try to reduce wildfire risks, say insurance experts.

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Update: As of late Thursday morning, local authorities had lifted the remaining Ventura County evacuation warnings related to the Hughes Fire. Ventura County authorities downgraded an evacuation ...

Firefighters are battling a three-alarm blaze at an apartment complex in San Jose. The fire was reported at 1:55 p.m. Wednesday at a two-story apartment complex on the 2400 block of Los Gatos ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Turkey’s interior minister says a fire that broke out at a hotel at a popular ski resort has killed at ...

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“There are very few colonial brick foundations that have been ... a rarity in the heavily agricultural Pee Dee. The fireplace’s firebox, where the fire is contained, is large for the time ...