Reward Offered in Bardwell Fire Inquiry
Bardwell city officials are offering a $2,000 dollar reward for information about a suspicious downtown weekend fire. The blaze occurred late Saturday night, burning down four abandoned buildings along...
View ArticleStructure on Fire in Kirksey
A fire has fully engulfed a structure on Norsworthy road near Kirksey, Kentucky. The Calloway County Sheriff’s office received a call about the fire around 1:30 this afternoon. The Fire and Rescue...
View ArticleAfternoon Round-Up 4/16/12
Today on NPR: What happens in Vegas... gets you fired. At a sometimes heated hearing today where members of the House got to express outrage about the excessive and wasteful spending by officials from...
View ArticleWildfire issues
Wild fires are scorching hundreds of square miles in several western states of the U.S. While parts of Kentucky are experiencing severe drought, the risk of similar fires in the commonwealth is...
View ArticleRecycling Center Catches Fire Again
A Union City, Tenn., recycling center has erupted in flames for the second time in two months. A previously unburned part of Greenway Recover & Recycle caught fire shortly before 10 a.m. yesterday....
View ArticleFire from Train Derailment Under Control
Emergency workers in Kentucky are increasingly confident that fire crews have contained a multi-day blaze spewing flames and smoke from a derailed tanker car. The blaze began Wednesday afternoon, and...
View ArticleI-24 Semi Fire and Lane Closure
Kentucky transportation officials report eastbound lanes on Interstate-24 remain closed Friday morning in Trigg County near the 65 mile marker. A tractor-trailer rig carrying pears is on fire. Kentucky...
View ArticleFire Crews Douse I-24 Fire
A semi-trailer fire closed a section of I-24 in Trigg County for most of the morning. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet spokesman Keith Todd, the semi was on its way to Miami with a truckload of pears...
View ArticleFire Kills Two in Stewart Co.
A Stewart County fire has killed two people and burned a teenager. The Leaf-Chronicle reports six people were in the mobile home early Thursday when the fire broke out in the Indian Mound community in...
View ArticleFort Campbell Woman Sentenced 25 Years for Fatal Fire
A Fort Campbell woman accused of trying to collect on her Army husband's life insurance policy has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for setting fire to her home and killing two of her children....
View ArticleAuthorities Probe Cause of Morehead Fire
Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire at a Morehead State University building that injured four firefighters. Morehead Fire Chief Jeff Anderson says the firefighters were injured by bricks...
View ArticleFire Destroys Paris Landmark
A fire has destroyed a former antique mall near downtown Paris. The blaze broke out shortly after 6 p.m. yesterday on north Market Street.
View ArticleAll Animals Safe After Christian County Shelter Fire Extinguished
A fire damaged the Christian County Animal Shelter Monday morning. The county’s Emergency Management Director Randy Graham says all of the animals survived the fire. He also says there is some...
View ArticleCrews Work to Contain Shawnee Forest Blaze
Crews are working to contain a fire that has damaged at least 14 acres of the sprawling Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois.U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Patricia York says at least...
View ArticleKentucky Officials Share Ideas to Fight Rise in Fire Deaths
Statewide, fire officials have begun discussing ways Kentuckians can stop the rising number of accidental fire deaths, which have claimed 30 people so far this year.Kentucky Fire Marshal William Swope...
View ArticleUpdate: Victims Identified in Calloway County Fatal House Explosion
Update 7:56 P.M: The Kentucky State Police have identified those involved in the explosion.The surviving victims of the house explosion are Marty Story, 54, of Murray, Melissa Mcleod, 41, of Hazel, Ira...
View ArticleKSP and State Fire Marshal Investigate Possibility Of Marshall County Double...
The Kentucky State Police and State Fire Marshall are investigating foul play surrounding two Marshall County house fires that occurred within hours of each other Tuesday night.
View ArticleAfternoon Fire Destroys Murray Apartment, No One Injured
Officials with the state fire marshal’s office are investigating a fire in a Murray apartment complex.A neighbor reports the fire in the Cambridge subdivision began around noon. No one was injured.
View ArticleEarly Morning Fire Leaves Trigg County Woman Dead
A 75-year-old Trigg County woman died of smoke inhalation when her home caught fire the early this morning. Kentucky State Police say the fire was reported around 2 a.m. at the Cadiz home of Dorothy...
View Article[Slideshow: Afternoon Photos Added] Early Morning Fire on Murray Court Square
(Click on the above photo to see the slideshow. More photos on our Facebook page)UPDATE - 7/24/14 11:30 AM -- Murray firefighters remain on the scene since they are concerned about the possibility of...
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