#fire-investigation

#fire-investigation

Wednesday's fire at the Wang Fuk Court complex broke out on the netting around the lower levels of one of the buildings before spreading to foam panels that quickly caught fire. Winds then blew the flames onto the other buildings, with seven out of eight buildings affected. It took until Friday for the fire to be fully extinguished.

"The staff has been extremely cooperative, and they're probably really the true heroes, moving patients before we even got here."

A dispatch log obtained by The Times, however, shows that firefighters arrived at the scene that day and quickly reported seeing no smoke. They then canceled the dispatch for another engine that was on the way, clearing the call within 34 minutes. The log does not mention cold trailing. It's unclear if crews took any other actions during the call, because the LAFD has not answered questions about it.

A hiker clambers across a scorched landscape of ash, his footsteps crunching on charred earth as he peers over a ridge at a burn scar pocked with blackened stumps. Below are thickets of green chaparral and densely packed homes. Suddenly, he stops. He zooms the camera in to wisps of white smoke rising from the dirt. "It's still smoldering," he whispers - apparently to himself. No firefighters or state park rangers are visible.

No one was injured after a tour bus in Cape Cod was completely engulfed in flames Saturday afternoon, fire crews said. The driver of the bus was able to evacuate all of the passengers before firefighters arrived around noon on Saturday, the Wellfleet Fire Department said. Crews found a bus "fully engulfed in flames, with fire burning in the brush approaching a nearby home." Firefighters knocked the fire out, the department said, and prevented it from spreading to the home.

A spokesperson for Hundred Acre, a popular Calistoga-based winery, confirmed Friday that company representatives had recently spoken with fire investigators who are trying to figure out what started the region's largest fire this year. "They are working cooperatively with the investigation into the Pickett fire," said Sam Singer, a spokesperson for One True Vine, a company that includes Hundred Acre wines. The San Francisco Chronicle has described Hundred Acre as a "cult Cabernet" winemaker.

According to the station, firefighters starting receiving calls about a fire in the town around 3 a.m., with the reports initially indicating there was a large brush fire on the side of Route 11 or Lakeshore Drive. Crews found the fire at the castle, at 59 Lockes Hill Road, but the flames quickly spread to the surrounding brush, burning about 2-acres, according to WMUR.

Two people are still missing, and more than 50 people can't go home because of a massive fire that ripped through a San Rafael apartment complex on Thursday.

Nine people were killed and dozens more injured when the five-alarm fire broke out before 10 p.m., and some trapped residents were seen hanging out of windows and screaming for help.

The incident marks a dangerous escalation in tensions, as the fiery destruction of NYPD vehicles in a secure parking lot raises serious concerns about public safety and police relations.

An investigation has been launched into the fire that broke out at an industrial park in Erith, where five cars and a lorry were engulfed.

An idle Southern California Edison transmission tower was dismantled, removed and flown away via helicopter Wednesday so it could be tested to determine what, if any, role it played in igniting the devastating Eaton fire.

The fire is suspicious in nature," Dolton Deputy Fire Chief John Calhoun said, as authorities investigate whether the blaze is linked to ongoing political tensions.

A man died in a house fire in Romford around 4:40am; firefighters rescued one man before declaring him dead later.

Memphis's mayor, Paul Young, emphasized the Clayborn Temple as "sacred ground" and a "symbol of struggle, hope and triumph that belongs not just to Memphis but to the world."

Investigators are seeking four teenagers linked to a brush fire in Riverside, which ignited after witnesses saw them setting off fireworks, highlighting rising enforcement against illegal activities.