SMITHSBURG — A propane gas explosion caused an estimated $200,000 damage to a home in the 12000 block of Ailanthus Drive near Smithsburg on Wednesday morning, but no one was hurt, authorities said.

Milwaukee residents are still facing recovery challenges related to the unprecedented floods on Aug. 9, especially with furnaces and water heaters. When basements flood, water can fill from 3 inches ...

I was eating my cereal early one morning about a month ago when there was a knock at the door. My bride of almost 37 years answered and came barreling into the kitchen with a panicked look on her face ...

Basements come in all different shapes and sizes. Some folks have dingy basements with cement floors covered in dust and cobwebs, places visited only to change the furnace filter or flip a switch on ...

Fire investigators believe a furnace in the basement of a two-story Niles house was the source of the fire Wednesday that has left the residence uninhabitable, authorities said. According Beverly ...

MIDLAND, MI — Firefighters spent more than two hours putting out a blaze in a vacant building at 2901 Ashman. The Midland Fire Department responded on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 5:07 p.m. A representative ...

With October being Fire Prevention Month and as colder weather moves in, Upper Burrell firefighters are urging homeowners to clean their furnaces and chimneys — and make sure their smoke detectors are ...

GRASS LAKE, MI - A faulty furnace has been identified as the cause of a Wednesday fire that destroyed the fellowship hall and Eastman Chapel at Federated Church of Grass Lake. What specifically went ...

No one was injured Wednesday when an oil furnace malfunctioned, caught fire and destroyed the basement in a Heidelberg Township home, displacing its resident, firefighters said. The Germansville Fire ...