Joel Schmidt, assistant fire chief in White Bear Lake, has been named chief of the Mahtomedi Fire Department. Schmidt, 41, of White Bear Lake, starts his new job on Feb. 3. Joel Schmidt ...

Joel Schmidt, assistant fire chief in White Bear Lake, has been named chief of the Mahtomedi Fire Department. Schmidt, 41, of White Bear Lake, starts his new job on Feb. 3. “It’s a great department, ...

Shasta County firefighters are battling a mobile home fire that has spread to other mobile homes at the Bear Mountain RV Resort in Jones Valley. The fire was dispatched around 9:15 a.m. Wednesday.

Los Angeles County was bracing itself yet again Thursday after a new fire broke out and spread to more than 10,000 acres. The Hughes Fire started at about 10:50 a.m. local time Wednesday near ...

A new brushfire that started just north of Los Angeles prompted evacuation orders and rattled the nerves of the fire-ravaged region. The Laguna Fire broke out Thursday morning near California ...

Exhausted firefighters battling deadly infernos for weeks are now grappling with more wildfires scorching Los Angeles County – including the Hughes Fire, which has burned through more than ...

The Hughes Fire has burned more than 9,000 acres Wednesday around the Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County on Wednesday continuing a devastating wave of Southern California wildfires fueled by dry ...

A fire at a hotel in a popular ski resort in Turkey has killed at least 76 people, the country's interior minister has said. Ali Yerlikaya added that at least 51 other people were injured in the ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers hit the ground running this week, arresting multiple violent offenders in sanctuary cities, including a hostile Haitian alleged gang member with a ...

"We are in deep pain,” Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. LONDON and ISTANBUL -- A predawn fire at a hotel in the Kartalkaya Ski Resort in Turkey killed at least 76, with another ...

But in rare instances, terrifying tragedy can come fast. By Sophie Stuber After a deadly fire swept through a ski lodge in Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 79 people, multiple surviving guests ...

Three ex-convicts – including the self-professed coordinator of a migrant smuggling operation – were arrested in a sting targeting transnational gang members, according to the Texas Department ...