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Firefighters continue to battle a 600-acre wildfire in Big Bend National Park that has been burning for at least three days.

Governor Greg Abbott has placed numerous resources on standby ahead of severe storms and critical fire weather that are expected across the state this weekend.

Firefighters have extinguished a blaze at a suburban Houston chemical warehouse that emitted a dense column of black smoke visible for miles.

At least 21 people are hurt as hundreds of firefighters continue to battle an 8-alarm fire in Queens that erupted at an apartment building shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday, the Fire Department of New York City said.

A Good Samaritan rushed in and saved an injured man after an explosion ripped the front off of a Northeast Philadelphia row home.

A large fire Saturday night destroyed four Old East Dallas apartment buildings that were under construction, officials say.

A two-story apartment building was destroyed in a fire in Hurst early Tuesday morning, officials say.

Investigators with the Fort Worth Fire Department are investigating a second church fire this week. Firefighters were called to the Newborn Pentecostal Apostolic Faith Church in the 5100 block of Calumet Street around 9 p.m. Monday night.

A fire broke out early Tuesday morning at a Rockland County, N.Y. nursing home, killing one resident and leaving a firefighter missing and over one hundred other residents displaced.

Two giraffes are dead after a fire at Roer’s Zoofari in Virginia Monday. One of the mammals in particular, named Waffles, received an outpouring of love on Facebook.

An on-board fire Tuesday night disabled the vessel amidst 50 mph winds and 30-foot waves south of Nova Scotia.

More than 100 firefighters from several cities battled a fire Thursday afternoon at a business called Advanced Foam Recycling on Handley-Ederville Road in Richland Hills. NBC 5’s Vince Sims reports on the latest from the scene of the five-alarm fire.

Two young children died in a fire Tuesday morning in DeSoto, police say.

Two young brothers died early Tuesday morning after a fire broke out inside the family’s DeSoto home before dawn, authorities say.

Three children and their grandmother died in a house fire last week near Houston during a power outage as historic cold weather swept Texas, according to local officials, NBC News reports. Firefighters received an emergency call around 2 a.m. on Feb. 16 and arrived at Jackie Pham Nguyen’s home shortly after, only to find the structure already “engulfed” in flames,...

Two young children died after a fire ignited inside a DeSoto home early Tuesday morning, authorities say.

Two young children died after a fire ignited inside a DeSoto home early Tuesday morning, authorities say.

The quick work of police officers and staff helped prevent a fire from spreading in a Hurst nursing home overnight, officials say.

Firefighters battled a large fire in Duncanville Tuesday that could be seen from Texas Sky Ranger. The fire engulfed townhomes at 1408 Crosspointe in Duncanville near Clark Road and Wheatland Road. Michelle Monterro’s home was destroyed by the fire. She said her neighbors had work crews in the home doing some sort of repair work when the fire broke out….