fire

Wet springs have meant fewer forest fires. This year the state helicopter and big water bucket have already been used twice.

Several mid-Michigan communities have issued burn bans because of the recent hot, dry weather.In Genesee County, the latest additions to the list include…

It's back to the drawing board for the city of East Lansing. District court judge Andrea Larkin has ruled that a 1999 ordinance aimed at cracking down on…

The news site Motor City Muckraker took it upon itself to track every fire in the city of Detroit for a year.When you take on a project like that, you…

The Home Builders Association of Michigan wants to remove Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters (AFCIs) from the state's residential building code.AFCIs use a…

This week we've been talking about the higher cancer risk that firefighters face.And the good news about all this is that Michigan passed a new law this…

"Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus." "We Hope for Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes."Fr. Gabriel Richard wrote that after a tremendous fire…

Thirty students from Michigan fire departments, sheriff’s offices and other public safety agencies have spent the past two weeks learning about fire.An…

A Marathon Petroleum spokesman says no one was hurt after a fire at a refinery in Detroit.Shane Pochard tells The Associated Press the fire started…

YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A fire has heavily damaged a building at a Washtenaw County apartment complex, displacing 12 families.The fire broke out…