LOWELL (AP) -- Inves tigators say a fatal four-alarm blaze in Lowell was caused by a man using a plumbing torch to make repairs in a second-floor bathroom. Authorities found the body of a man who ...

PITTSFIELD — When someone used a flame torch to thaw a home’s frozen pipe last winter, touching off a slow-burning fire, a city official advised homeowners who find themselves in similar binds to call ...

LAWRENCE — A fire investigator yesterday said "careless use of a plumbing torch" sparked the five-alarm Park Street apartment blaze Saturday night that left 50 tenants homeless, including one newborn ...

A worker was using a plumbing torch before a fire this morning that did $20,000 damage to a house that was being renovated, according to Las Vegas Fire & Rescue. At 6:15 a.m., a passerby reported ...

Two people were burned when they used a propane plumbing torch to stay warm inside a sports utility vehicle in Manchester on Friday, authorities said. The two victims had first- and second-degree ...

No one was injured in an accidental fire in a West Chicago apartment building Thursday, authorities said. Crews from the West Chicago Fire Protection District responded at about noon to the complex on ...

Boston Fire says a plumbing torch was the cause of a two-alarm fire that caused massive damage and injured a firefighter Monday night. The fire happened around 10 p.m. at 217 Lexington St., a ...