Candles Blamed for Fire That Killed 6
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CHICAGO, Sept. 4 -- Candles used for light in an apartment without electricity probably caused a fire that killed six children inside, a fire official said Monday as investigators continued sifting through debris.
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Eight children and an adult die in a fire which devastated a building in the New York City borough of the Bronx.
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Authorities identified the second and third people to have died in the fires.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 3 -- Children screamed, "We're burning!" as a fire swept through a three-bedroom apartment on Chicago's North Side early Sunday. Six children ages 3 to 14 were killed, and three children and a woman were injured, authorities said.
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A major fire which caused millions of pounds of damage was started deliberately, say police.
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Faulty electrical wiring may have sparked a catastrophic fire that raced through a home for the disabled in western Latvia on Friday, leaving 25 people dead or missing, rescuers said.Comment
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Five children and a woman in her 20s were killed early Saturday in a house fire in southwestern Pennsylvania, police 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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The toll of the devastating midweek fire in the Bronx continued rising into the weekend as a 6-year-old girl died late Friday from the smoke she had inhaled, the New York City medical examinerâs office said yesterday.
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Investigators are probing whether oxygen tanks, among other possible causes, may have started a fire at an adult care home that killed one person and put more than a dozen in the hospital, authorities said Tuesday.
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A fire broke out on an Indonesian ferry carrying 350 passengers Thursday, killing at least six people, including two children, the Navy said.
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At least eight people were killed Tuesday as a bushfire burned out of control across a southern Australia peninsula, others were missing and six more were rescued after they escaped into the sea, officials said.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio  - Ten people were killed when a  suspected arson fire swept through an apartment complex in  Columbus on Sunday, gutting 12 units and damaging others in the  building where a similar blaze occurred just six weeks ago,  Ohio fire officials said.
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Six children were killed early Sunday   morning, and their mother and three siblings seriously injured,   when a fire believed to be started by a candle tore through an   apartment with no electricity or smoke detectors, authorities   said.
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An early morning blaze that killed two Boston University students and seriously injured a third person was caused by a burning candle, fire investigators said Sunday.
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A fire killed four people early Sunday in a two-story house where about a dozen people lived in makeshift rooms, some of them bedding down in closets, the state fire marshal said.
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Faulty electrical wiring may have sparked a fire that killed 10 people at a group home for the elderly and mentally ill, authorities said Wednesday.