Fires in Mass., Penn. kill 5
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Fire destroyed an apartment building and a synagogue, killing at least one person, authorities said. A separate blaze in York, Penn., burned down a home early Saturday, killing four people and injuring three others who leapt from the building to safety.
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A rural Wisconsin town was reeling Monday after five people were shot and killed and three others injured in a dispute over a deer hunting platform.
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WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. Two fatal home fires today in the Detroit area have left five people dead, including three children. In Waterford Township, 35 miles northwest of Detroit, fire killed a police officer, his wife and their ten-year-old son.
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Firefighters took advantage of calmer wind to dig more lines in their battle against a blaze that has threatened hundreds of homes near this central Washington town.
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Arrest warrants have been issued for five men accused of causing a Malibu fire that destroyed more than 50 homes and caused over $100 million in losses, authorities said Thursday
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Philadelphia -- A fast-moving arson fire killed six people in a rowhouse before dawn Saturday, four of them children, police said.
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When their vessel began taking on water, the five sailors issued a series of distress calls, fired flares into the air and burned tires to attract attention.
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By Brian Callaway, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Jun. 22--Three former volunteer firefighters and two of their friends have been charged with going on an arson spree in upper Bucks County, including two attempts to destroy the historic Knecht's Covered Bridge.
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ADELAIDE, Australia  - At least five people were  killed Tuesday when a bushfire burned out of control across a  southern Australia peninsula and an unknown number of others  leapt into the sea to escape the fire, police said.
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WASHINGTON: Five people were killed and two wounded late Wednesday when a gunman opened fire during a heavy metal concert at a night club in Columbus Ohio, local media reported.
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Paying for the pipes Analysis A Voice over IP service was to blame for a man in Massachusetts bursting into flames at the weekend.â¦
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An early morning fire broke out in a group home for the elderly and mentally ill Monday, killing 10 people and injuring two dozen others in a blaze that the governor said was being treated as a crime.
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Two wildfires in Hunan Province in central China killed at least seven people.  One fire was set by villagers burning weeds in Hengyang to allow trees to grow back, Xinhua, the official government news agency, reported.
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Authorities on Monday arrested a fifth man suspected of being involved in a series of arson fires in suburban Washington, a law enforcement source said.
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The fire broke out in a four-story, multiple-family home in the Highbridge neighborhood, officials said.
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Two firefighters are killed and four others are badly hurt after they were forced to jump from a fourth-floor window of a burning building in the Bronx on Sunday.  Later, a third firefighter was killed at a Brooklyn blaze.
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A deer hunter shot and killed five people and wounded three others after he was spotted on private land and was asked to leave, authorities said.