Fire on Las Vegas Strip sends heavy smoke into sky

Clark County Fire Department says at least one person was hurt in two-alarm fire on pool deck at Cosmopolitan Hotel

• Jul 25, 2015

Hotshots: firefighting special forces

Hotshots are to firefighting what Special Forces are to the military

• Jul 24, 2015
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Pooping cyclist started Idaho foothills fire, officials say

Fire has scorched more than 73 acres in the Boise foothills; man tried to burn toilet paper to dispose of waste

• Jul 24, 2015

Motorists flee cars to save lives from fire on highway

"We were surrounded by the flames," says motorist who watched rental car burn on traffic-jammed California highway

• Jul 18, 2015

Boeing warns airlines against flying battery shipments

Boeing says lithium-ion batteries shipped in bulk can cause fires capable of destroying the planes

• Jul 17, 2015

Historic carrier USS Midway evacuated over fire

Welder causes small, smoky fire aboard historic aircraft carrier in San Diego

• Jul 15, 2015

Manslaughter charges for landlord in fire that killed 6

Portland, Maine blaze was ruled accidental, but investigators found the house didn't have working smoke detectors

• Jul 13, 2015

Arson charges for boys in Ore. stadium blaze

Four boys, all 12 years old or younger, fled the scene when the fire got out of control

• Jul 7, 2015

Fast-moving wildfire sparked in Southern California

Flames burn near state park; firefighters keep eye on large Washington state blaze

• Jul 2, 2015

​S.C. church burning likely accidental -- but suspicions remain

Church is the sixth to burn in past two weeks as investigators probe for arson

• Jul 1, 2015

Probe underway into S.C. black church fire

Scenes of flames consuming the same church burnt down by the KKK in 1995 brought up painful memories, but lightning suspected as culprit

• Jul 1, 2015

American burned in Taiwan inferno fights for life, dad says

Alex Haas was burned in his lungs and on 90 percent of his body in massive conflagration at a water park; family says they don't blame country

• Jul 1, 2015

Fire hits another black church in the South

No word on whether S.C. blaze is case of arson on stormy, lightning-filled night; same church was burned to ground by Ku Klux Klan in 1995

• Jul 1, 2015

Man sets himself on fire aboard Japan bullet train

2 dead, dozens injured after passenger poured an oil-like substance over his head and set himself on fire

• Jun 30, 2015

Plane carrying 3 crashes in to Massachusetts house

"We've got a real bad vibration. We're losing engines," the pilot told the controller not long before the crash

• Jun 28, 2015

Hundreds hurt in fire at Taiwan water park

An accidental explosion on stage at music party leads to conflagration that injures more than 500

• Jun 28, 2015
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Officials: Fire at black Ga. church was arson

Ruling comes on same day that a fire at a black church in Charlotte, North Carolina was also found to have been intentionally set

• Jun 25, 2015

At least 10 wildfires rage on in four states

"It's a loss. Everything I have is gone," one man tells CBS News

• Jun 19, 2015

Florida boys rescue toddlers from burning home

A 10-year-old and an 11-year-old rushed into a mobile home filled with thick smoke to pull two young kids out

• Jun 17, 2015

Man accused of setting ex-girlfriend's puppy on fire

North Carolina police say James Quick poured lighter fluid over 7-month-old Chihuahua before setting it ablaze

• Jun 16, 2015

Dozens of animals die in Texas animal hospital blaze

Firefighters managed to rescue several, but collapsing roof forced them to pull out of the building

• Jun 10, 2015

Colorado boy, 10, dies after alerting family to fire

The boy is being credited with with alerting his mother to the fire, which started when the family of six was sleeping in their Leadville home

• Jun 3, 2015

Bear severely burned in wildfire going back to the wild

After months of rehabilitation, bear named Cinder by her rescuers is big, healthy and active

• Jun 3, 2015

Watch: Wisconsin deputy pulls driver from burning car

Authorities say that deputy's brave, quick action saved man's life

• May 28, 2015

Dozens killed in rest home fire in China

Officials in Henan province say the cause of the fire is unclear and rescue operations are still underway

• May 25, 2015

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