A 71-year-old Massachusetts woman was found dead Saturday night after reportedly falling into her backyard fire pit. MassLive.com identified the deceased woman as Worchester resident Jacqueline Cardinal. The woman’s daughter, Michelle Gay, told the newspaper that Cardinal was fine 10 minutes before she and her husband came upon the horrifying scene. Fire officials said they believe Cardinal …
An Alabama teen reportedly burned to death after trying to start a bonfire with five gallons of gasoline last week. According to WBRC, Sam Gean, 14, died after suffering significant burns on January 14 while attempting to ignite a fire with another teen in front of a home in Jefferson County. Authorities said that the …
When a residential fire broke out at a Georgia apartment complex earlier this month, emergency personnel on the scene captured footage of some of the harrowing and heroic actions involved in bringing everyone trapped inside to safety. In video captured by another firefighter’s body camera, DeKalb County Fire Capt. Jackie Peckrul can be seen catching …
A Michigan mother was reportedly forced to throw her three daughters from a top-floor window to allow them to escape from an apartment fire that left seven children and a firefighter injured. WDIV reported that the blaze broke out Wednesday morning at an apartment building on Detroit’s west side. Though the fire was extinguished shortly after …
An elderly Virginia woman is recovering and her suspected attacker is facing attempted murder charges following an investigation into a residential fire Friday morning. According to WAVY, police responded to the Highland Springs home just before 6 a.m. and found the victim, identified by neighbors as a 78-year-old woman, inside. When a rescue crew transported …
An Oregon man is facing felony charges after he was arrested on suspicion of killing a woman found Friday in or near a burning trailer, KTVZ reported. According to The Oregonian, emergency crews were called to the fire in Josephine County where they found the camper in flames and the dead body of an unnamed …
A Texas high school track coach is facing arson charges after reportedly setting his former house on fire. The Star-Telegram reports that Michael Graham Long, 58, was arrested outside of a track meet on Thursday at Keller Fossil Ridge High School in Weatherford. According to city spokesperson, Blake Rexroat, the Weatherford fire marshal’s office began an investigation into a …
A 69-year-old Schenectady, New York, man, Antonio Margallo, reportedly doused his wife with gasoline and set her on fire on Saturday while they were arguing. A neighbor was awakened by the screams of the wife, Elizabeth Gonzales, age 48, and rushed to wrap her in a blanket to put out the flames on her burning …
