NEW SCOTLAND, N.Y.—Four people died, including a 5-year-old girl, when a fire swept through a house west of Albany, New York, just before sunrise Saturday. Fire crews rushed to the home after a desperate call from a woman, who told a 911 dispatcher that she was trapped in a room with a child and unable…

A house fire can take hold within minutes and knowing what to do in the first five is critical to saving lives. The key home safety finding comes from new analysis of more than 30,000 structure fire reports released on April 28 by Fire and Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW). That’s a key finding from new…

Four people, including two kids, are dead after they were pulled from a house fire in Hamilton on Thursday night, the city’s fire department said. Two other people found inside the home in the city’s east end were also taken to hospital where they were in stable condition, Hamilton police said in a statement early…

Standing on slush under street lights in front of a charred and boarded-up home where a fire claimed the lives of four young children, a large crowd gathered in a northern Manitoba city to mourn the loss and comfort the grieving family. Many of those at Saturday night’s vigil in Thompson brought their children and…

Four children have died following a fire at a home in northern Manitoba. RCMP say in a news release that officers and emergency responders arrived to find the home in Thompson, Man., fully engulfed in flames last night. They say two adults made it out of the basement, a 13-year-old girl climbed out a second-floor…

FLORISSANT, Mo.—A 2-year-old Missouri boy died after hiding under a sink during a house fire, officials say. Firefighters found Elijah Martinez unconscious under the bathroom sink and brought him to the hospital after his Florissant, Missouri, house caught fire Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. He died from his injuries the same day, according to…

Boxes of diapers, school supplies, and toys keep piling up at Briana Austin’s grandmother’s house in Port Jervis. People who know the Austin family and strangers from as far as Monroe stopped by to deliver words of comfort and money. Briana’s two younger children, 4-year-old Weston and 2-year-old Autumn, are running around the house, toys…

NESCOPECK, Pa.—Fire tore quickly through a house in the wee hours of Friday, killing seven adults and three children and horrifying a volunteer firefighter who arrived to battle the blaze only to discover that the victims were his family, authorities said. A criminal investigation into the fire is underway, authorities said. The children who died…

NESCOPECK, Pa.—Fire tore quickly through a house in northeastern Pennsylvania early Friday morning, killing seven adults and three children and horrifying a volunteer firefighter who arrived to battle the blaze only to discover the victims were his own family, authorities said. The children who died were ages 5, 6, and 7, Pennsylvania State Police said…

Three children and two adults are dead and another child is injured following an early morning fire in Flint, Michigan. Flint Fire Chief Raymond Barton told WJRT the fire broke out around 4:40 a.m. at a residence on the city’s west side. Barton could not confirm whether there were working smoke detectors in the home….