Fire at Ogden duplex displaces family of 4

pchallis — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:12:08 +0000

OGDEN -- Fire caused an estimated $40,000 damage Friday morning to a duplex at 1028 Capitol St.

Woman, horse killed in hyperbaric chamber explosion

ahowell — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:02:01 +0000

OCALA, Fla. -- A 28-year-old woman and a horse are dead after a hyperbaric chamber exploded at an equine-therapy center in Florida on Friday morning, fire rescue officials said.

Suspected arsonist arrested at Northridge High

pchallis — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:12:14 +0000

LAYTON -- Police have arrested an 18-year-old man they said started a fire Monday at Northridge High School.

Autopsies: Powell boys suffered 'chop injuries'

tmartinez — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:53:38 +0000

GRAHAM, Wash. — Josh Powell’s boys were coming for a visit, and he had preparations to make.

He boxed up their books and toys and brought them to a charity. He carried heavy cans of gasoline inside his house.

Police say Powell planned deadly fire for some time

ahowell — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:44:30 +0000

GRAHAM, Wash. — Josh Powell planned the house fire that killed him and his young sons for some time, dropping toys at a charity over the weekend and sending final emails to several acquaintances in the minutes before the blaze, authorities said Monday.

Fire forces evacuation at Northridge High School

bbingham — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:04:37 +0000

LAYTON — Students and faculty were allowed to go back in to Northridge High School shortly before 11 a.m. Monday after a fire forced evacuation of the building.

Husband of missing Utah woman suspected of killing himself, 2 sons in explosion

tmartinez — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:32:47 +0000

GRAHAM, Wash. — Days after a judge ruled against him in a child custody hearing, a father and his two young sons were killed Sunday when police said he appeared to intentionally blow up a house with all three inside — a tragic ending to a bizarre case that began more than two years ago when the man’s wife went mysteriously missing in Utah.

Blast kills husband of missing Utah woman, 2 boys

pyr8bwoy — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:53:45 +0000

GRAHAM, Wash. — An explosion at a Washington state home has killed Josh Powell, the husband of a missing Utah woman, plus their two young sons, officials said Sunday.

Dog turns on stove, starts house fire

ahowell — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:21:10 +0000

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Fire investigators say a dog inadvertently turned on a stove and started a fire that destroyed a house in Vancouver, Wash., early Saturday.

Fire does major damage to Salt Lake sawdust plant

ahowell — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:53:01 +0000

SALT LAKE CITY -- Investigators say an overnight fire that caused major damage to a Salt Lake City sawdust plant appears suspicious.

Fire at Hillside Recycling in Deweyville on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.

ndraney — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:50:13 +0000

Welder's spark caused blaze that destroyed Box Elder recycling plant

pyr8bwoy — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:22:11 +0000

DEWEYVILLE — Damage may top $1 million in a Wednesday afternoon fire that destroyed a 7,500-square-foot recycling facility in this small town east of Tremonton.

Fire heavily damages N. Ogden home

pchallis — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:41:05 +0000

NORTH OGDEN -- A North Ogden home sustained heavy damage in a fire Friday afternoon.

Family escapes burning N. Ogden home

ahowell — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:13:27 +0000

OGDEN — Fire heavily damaged a home this afternoon at 459 East 3100 North in North Ogden.

Barn fire kills 22 show horses

ahowell — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:51:02 +0000

With snow on the ground and the temperature hovering around 20 degrees, Art Hahn made sure every door in the New Jersey barn where he kept 22 trophy show horses was closed securely before he headed home Friday afternoon.

"Everything was locked up so the horses would stay a little warmer," Hahn said.

But shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, Hahn awoke to a neighbor pounding on his door. He looked across the street at the barn: It was engulfed in flames.

Elderly man sorry he caused big Reno blaze

ahowell — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:01:01 +0000

RENO, Nev.-- An elderly man discarding fireplace ashes accidentally touched off the brush fire that raged south of Reno, destroying 29 homes and forcing thousands of people to flee the flames, authorities said.

26 homes now lost in fast-moving Reno fire

ahowell — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:48:01 +0000

RENO, Nev. -- Firefighters worked to hold the line Friday on a fast-moving brush fire that tore through the Reno area, destroyed 26 houses and forced thousands of residents to flee. The forecast of rain and snow would help douse the flames but also increase the chance of flooding on the charred land, authorities said.

The blaze started shortly after noon Thursday and, fueled by wind gusts reaching 82 mph, mushroomed to more than 6 square miles before firefighters stopped its surge toward Reno.

Boys on soda run rescue woman on fire

ahowell — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:56:01 +0000

SOUTH JORDAN -- Four boys out to buy soda from a South Jordan store are being called heroes for rescuing a woman on fire.

Nev. Wildfire burns 20 homes; 2,000 evacuated

ahowell — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:09:01 +0000

RENO, Nev. -- Firefighters worked to hold the line Friday on a fast-moving brush fire that tore through the Reno area, destroying at least 20 houses and forcing thousands of residents to flee.

The blaze started shortly after noon Thursday and, fueled by wind gusts reaching 82 mph, mushroomed to more than 6 square miles in size before firefighters stopped its surge toward Reno. The fire is holding steady at about 3,700 acres and was 50 percent contained, spokesman Mark Regan of the Sierra Fire Protection District said Friday.

Smoke due to controlled burn

mprice — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:22:01 +0000

OGDEN -- A controlled agricultural burn in the vicinity of 700 North and 6700 West in western Weber County is producing smoke visible for miles.

The burn began today about 8:30 a.m., according to officials with the Weber Area Dispatch 911 Center. Information about what was being burned was not available.