A landlord has been ordered to pay $1.35 million for a fire that killed two people in Milwaukee in 2019, a newspaper reported.
Read More »MSOE wrestling team’s bus catches fire
A Wisconsin college wrestling team escaped injury after their bus caught fire on the way home from a meet in Minnesota.
Read More »Police: 3 dead in southeast Wisconsin house fire
Three people died in a house fire in the southeastern Wisconsin city of Watertown early Friday morning, the fire department said.
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Read More »2 dead, 4 hurt in Milwaukee van rollover, fire on interstate (UPDATE)
Authorities say two people died and four were injured Wednesday when a large van rolled over and caught fire on an interstate highway ramp in the Milwaukee area.
Read More »Crews battling paper mill fire in Michigan’s UP
Crews from several fire departments were battling a large fire Friday at a paper mill in Michigan's Upper Peninsula that began hours earlier in a warehouse, authorities said.
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Read More »Official: Improperly spliced cords caused fire that killed 5
A fire at a suburban Chicago apartment that killed four young girls and their mother last year was caused by two electrical cords that had been improperly spliced together, a fire official said.
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Read More »Firefighters finally beat warehouse blaze after 4 days
Firefighters have finally extinguished a warehouse blaze in Fort Atkinson after more than four days. WMTV-TV reported that the city fire department posted on its Facebook page Saturday that operations at the warehouse have ended.
Read More »Wisconsin agency suspends burn permits amid dry conditions
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has suspended burning permits in dozens of counties and mobilized firefighters as the state heads into an unseasonably warm and dry weekend.
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Read More »Fire out at collapsed Hard Rock Hotel site in New Orleans
A fire broke out Monday amid the wreckage of the Hard Rock Hotel construction project that partially collapsed last year in New Orleans and was put out by mid-afternoon. No injuries were reported.
Read More »Wildfire danger remains high in central Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the National Weather Service issued a red-flag warning Sunday for 12 counties in central Wisconsin as the danger of wildfires remained high.
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