Sometimes the job of a fire department is to start a blaze rather than put one out. Counterintuitive? Not according to ...

Smoke has been filling the sky at Fort Hood and this time it’s for a good reason. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Fort Hood have been conducting their annual prescribed burns on post.

Blazing down the streets of New Orleans, lighting up the faces of parade-goers with bright orange flames, the flambeaux are one of Carnival’s oldest traditions. The large metal trays lit with fire are ...

WILLIAMS — It was just before 8 a.m. on a clear fall day when trucks carrying fire crews barreled down dirt roads into Kaibab National Forest. Shortly after, the crews began to set over 2,300 acres of ...

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Prescribed burning was down by roughly half this year on the Deschutes National Forest compared to a year ago and well below the 10-year average, raising questions from local officials about ...

Rhode Island is getting the sort of mind-numbing cold that can spell disaster for old New England homes: frozen pipes. Temperatures in the Ocean State are expected to be well below normal, according ...

A cold front will hit North Texas over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office. With the extreme cold comes a higher risk of frozen pipes, which can burst, leaving ...

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After years of discussions on a potential move to Crown Point, Andrean High School will be staying put in Merrillville, according to school officials.