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SAN JOSE – A three-alarm fire ripped through an apartment complex Wednesday afternoon in San Jose, according to officials. Related Articles Crashes and Disasters | Person injured, cat killed in ...

Fire Chief Pat Trentacost said the building's smoke and fire alarms were not working and there was a problem with the water system. Without both working, the apartment house could not be reoccupied.

The federal Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990 encourages hotels, motels and other public places of accommodation in the United States to install hard-wired smoke alarms in each guest room ...

A three-alarm fire tore through a home in Worcester on Wednesday, displacing an estimated 14 people, officials said. No injuries were reported, said Fire Chief Martin Dyer. The fire broke out ...

Residents of several dozen homes in Ojai were briefly ordered to evacuate or shelter in place Saturday morning after a hybrid electric vehicle caught fire, sending billowing smoke toward the ...

Facing growing scrutiny over whether one of its transmission towers sparked the Eaton fire, Southern California Edison this week said that an encampment was found roughly 300 yards downhill from ...

The Hughes Fire has spread to over 8,000 acres in Los Angeles County's Castaic area on Wednesday as dry vegetation and brutal Santa Ana winds continue to boost fire conditions across Southern ...

Exhausted firefighters battling deadly infernos for weeks are now grappling with more wildfires scorching Los Angeles County – including the Hughes Fire, which has burned through more than ...

The Hughes Fire in Southern California set thousands of acres ablaze and prompted numerous evacuations as firefighters worked to contain the flames. Over a week after thousands of homes were lost ...

The latest blaze - dubbed the Hughes Fire - started late on Wednesday morning near Lake Castaic, around 40 miles from the Eaton and Palisades wildfires that devastated parts of LA earlier this month.

The smoke was visible from Highway 26.Courtesy of Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue The incident commander at the scene had to call for a second alarm to bring in more resources — including crews ...