Liquid Downey fabric softener on a nightgown may have acted as an accelerant in a fire that has left a 9-year-old girl in Washington in critical condition. Addie Perrenoud from La Center, Washington was in getting ready for her morning on Wednesday when she lit a match to light a candle in her bathroom. Second ... read more »

After serving 26 years of a life sentence after being charged with first-degree felony murder of his wife and two young daughters, David Lee Gavitt is walking free as an innocent man. Gavitt, 54, of Ionia, Michigan, was able to visit the graves of his loved ones for the first time in nearly three decades after ... read more »

12-year-old Justin Allen’s heroic act of bravery and quick thinking saved the lives of his three younger brothers and three-year-old sister on Sunday when he single handedly rescued each of them from their burning home. The Milton, Florida home caught fire at around 2 a.m. on Mother’s Day.  Justin’s mother, Tiffanie Jackson, was working the ... read more »

A Louisiana woman was charged with negligent homicide after her four unattended children died in a mobile home fire late Saturday night. Shaqueta McDade, the 26-year-old mother of the deceased children ages 2, 5, 7 and 8, is being held in an Acadia Parish jail, according to Capt. Doug Cain of the Louisiana Department of ... read more »

Shamel Lawrence was relaxing while surfing Facebook at 3:30 AM on Thursday, February 23 when he heard desperate screams.   In alarm, he left his Queens, NY home only to notice a house around the corner up in smoke. Immediately on the scene, this former NYC cop, 26, arrived just as a mother, Sandra Goncalves was frantically ... read more »

Boston firefighters were called to a fire that destroyed 20 apartments on Monday morning in Roxbury, MA. When they arrived on the scene people were hanging from window ledges threatening to jump. Boston Fire Lieutenant Glenn McGillivray told WBZ-TV that the severe heavy smoke and fire made the rescues of the 15 people difficult. Herbet ... read more »

Newport News, Virginia Police responded on Friday to a call of  someone who smelled smoke; what they found was a quadruple homicide involving a mother and three of her kids. Police reported that a teenage girl was found burned beyond recognition and the other three bodies all had evidence of trauma. Another child of the family, age 5, ... read more »

VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON (BNO NEWS) — A Washington man is believed to have set fire to his own home, killing himself and his five children on Easter morning, local authorities said Wednesday. Tuan Dao, 37, of Vietnamese descent and from Vancouver, Washington, on Sunday set fire to his home with an explosion caused by liquid fuels ... read more »

A teenage boy, age 15, was looking for dog, using a candle to light his way. While looking underneath his bed, he inadvertently lit his bed on fire. While the fire started to burn out of control, the boy got a garden hose to try to extinguish it but ultimately failed. The fire wound up ... read more »

Two moms whose house burned down, killing 5 children inside, are being held responsible for the deaths because they left the children alone while they went out drinking at a bar. After more than an hour of heart-wrenching testimony, Allegheny County Judge David Cashman said that the women’s crime of leaving the children in the ... read more »

An apartment complex fire in Milford Mill, Maryland early Monday morning tragically took the life of a 6-month-old boy, Malik Michael Hasan, who was the only fatality: Fire Department spokeswoman Elise Armacost said the two-alarm fire was reported at 1:35 a.m. Monday. Armacost said the fire appeared to begin on the third floor of a ... read more »

Firefighters in Kansas City, Kansas were called Saturday morning to a fire and made a surprising discovery — a 2-year-old girl was alone in the burning house. Fortunately they were able to rescue her. The toddler suffered from smoke inhalation and is in serious condition, but family members say she is recovering. The twist to ... read more »

Derrionna Adams, a 12-year-old girl from East St. Louis, Illinois, rescued her five brothers and sisters from a house fire — by tossing them out a second story window. While a couple of the kids suffered minor injuries from the fall (they must have a really lush lawn!), it certainly beat the fate that awaited ... read more »

It’s not the terrorists we have to worry about, it’s little boys playing with matches. First one boy starts a massive California wildfire, now another in Lawrenceburg, Ohio, took out half a block playing with a lighter, paper, and styrofoam, causing a half million dollars in damage. At least eight people are homeless and one ... read more »

On November 18, 2007, Om Patel, 4, and his brother Vishv, 7, were doused with gasoline in the Glendale Heights, Illinois home and set on fire. Om died today from his injuries. Now police are indicating that the boys father, Kaushik Patel, will be charged with murder. Patel had not been previously charged, presumably because ... read more »