A brush fire in Wauconda burned for more than three hours Wednesday afternoon, resulting in a large emergency service response. The fire was reported just after 2 p.m. near the 29000 block of North ...

On average, 155 home fires in the U.S. each year start with Christmas trees, according to the National Fire Protection Agency. Students and faculty in WPI’s fire protection engineering program ...

let’s go ahead and throw that away and go buy some new ones,” said Huntington Deputy Fire Chief Christopher Blanton. Whether live or artificial, unplug the Christmas tree before you leave the ...