Category: house fire

Sheriff’s Official: 4 Children Die in Wisconsin House Fire

TOWN OF LITTLE FALLS, Wis.—Four children died with their pets in a house fire in a small town in east central Wisconsin, authorities said. Sparta Area Fire District Chief Mike Arnold said crews responded shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday to a report of a house fire with people trapped upstairs in the Town of Little…


‘Absolutely Tragic’: Three Children, Two Adults Dead After Brampton, Ont, House Fire

Three children and two adults died in an early-morning house fire in Brampton, Ont. on Monday, as firefighters risked their lives to battle the flames, a fire chief said. Brampton Fire Chief Bill Boyes said local fire crews were met with heavy smoke and flames when they arrived on the scene of the fire at…


No Cause yet for Vancouver House Fire That Killed Three Family Members

VANCOUVER—The smell of smoke lingered Monday after a house fire in Vancouver killed three members of the same family, including a child, and injured two others. Fire officials have yet to confirm what sparked the flames Sunday. Assistant Chief Brian Bertuzzi confirmed a child under 10 years old, their mother and grandfather were killed, while…


Jogger Uses Ring Doorbell Cam to Alert Family to House Fire in Garage—Then Saves Family Dog

One California family might have lost their home and all their pets to a house fire—but for a good Samaritan jogger who used the family’s Ring doorbell camera system to alert them and stave off catastrophe. Scotts Valley mom Courtney Polito, 35, and her kids on Nov. 6 were out of town at her parents’…


Good Samaritans Rescue Elderly Woman From Her Burning Home

Good deed of the day!


1 Woman Dead, 3 Deputies Injured in Ramona House Fire

RAMONA, Calif.—A woman described as “elderly” died in a house fire in Ramona Nov. 15, and three deputies who tried repeatedly to get the woman out of the home were treated for minor injuries. Deputies found a house engulfed in flames around 2:50 a.m. in the 500 block of Telford Lane after responding to a…


Multiple People Shot in Series of Attacks in Tucson, Arizona

TUCSON—A gunman killed one person and wounded four others, including firefighters and paramedics, at the scene of a house fire in Arizona on Sunday before being shot by an officer, authorities said. The 35-year-old suspect, who was critically wounded and remains hospitalized, drove up to the fire and shot at an ambulance crew around 3:45…


Woman, Three Kids Killed in Vic House Fire

A woman and three children have been found dead after a fierce fire ripped through a home in Melbourne’s south-east. Emergency services were called to the house in Glen Waverley about 1:40am on the morning of January 10. Fire Rescue Victoria crews arrived to find the garage of the property well alight, and thick smoke…