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The U.S. Forest Service is warning that fire danger in the Angeles National Forest is being moved up a notch from "high" to "very high" over the Labor Day weekend as extreme heat is expected to return to the region.

Kate Winslet and children escape unhurt as fire engulfs Richard Branson's Caribbean house

A man is suspected of fatally stabbing his wife and four children before setting his home on fire, Medford police said Monday.

Fire officials say six people, including four children, have died in a house fire in northeast Ohio. Shane Cartmill of the state fire marshal's office says the dead include two adults, their two children and two other children who were visiting.

Lisa Carpenter defied evacuation orders when a massive wildfire in eastern Arizona crept closer to the RV park she manages, but at one point she had second thoughts about her decision.

Deep within the burn zone, firefighters have taken care not to trod on two small areas where fires were first spotted about two weeks ago.

Stiff winds whipped up a gigantic blaze in the mountains of eastern Arizona on Monday, forcing the evacuation of a third resort town and casting a smoky haze over states as far away as Iowa....

Two Arizona wildfires have consumed more than 200,000 acres and prompted evacuations, officials said.

An electrical transformer exploded early Sunday on the Las Vegas strip, knocking out power to parts of some hotels and touching off a smoky blaze that snarled traffic, authorities said.

Five people were arrested on Monday in connection with 29 fires intentionally set over the weekend in Morgantown, West Virginia, authorities said.