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Community members are relieved that no one was hurt Saturday when a reported explosion at the Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, resulted in a massive fire.

At least five people died and dozens more are feared missing after a passenger ferry caught fire on Wednesday in the Philippines.

A cargo plane’s tires caught fire late Wednesday when the aircraft touched down at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

At least 14 newborn babies died on Wednesday morning after a deadly fire broke inside a hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan. According to international outlets, the deadly blaze erupted at 06:45 a.m. (local time) after an air conditioning unit exploded inside

A man with a previous manslaughter conviction is accused of starting a major fire in Spokane, Washington, that has devastated community members as other fires rage in the area.

A family of eight was found deceased in a Grand Haven Township, Michigan, house fire, and some of the victims had been shot.

A massive fire broke on Sunday at a bar in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 27 people and dozens more injured — including at least 22 in critical condition.

Prosecutors in Kenya on Wednesday charged eight schoolgirls with murdering 16 of their classmates by setting a fire at the Utumishi Girls Academy on May 28. The victims, perpetrators, and most of the 79 people injured by the fire were between 15 and 18 years old.

Pennsylvania authorities have charged two juveniles in the case of a huge warehouse fire that displaced multiple neighbors in Allentown, PA.

After two grueling days behind closed doors, a federal jury on Thursday admitted it is deadlocked in the high-stakes arson trial over the catastrophic January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.

A massive beachfront fire decimated a resort popular with Americans and international travelers in the Dominican Republic on Friday, resulting in the death of one woman and forcing 1,700 guests and staff to evacuate.

A celebration of the New York Knicks historic NBA Finals win turned into fiery chaos on Saturday night in New York City’s Times Square.

A four-year-old boy is safe thanks to the quick thinking and bravery of two police officers in Omaha, Nebraska.

A 10-year-old California girl is being hailed a hero for saving her entire family from a devastating house fire with her quick thinking.

Community members in a Norfolk, Virginia, neighborhood are reeling after a fiery street takeover on Sunday night that sparked worries over safety.

CBS News fact-checked two key moments in Wednesday night’s Los Angeles mayoral debate that backed up Republican Spencer Pratt’s claim that incumbent Democrat Mayor Karen Bass is indeed a liar.

Prosecutors reportedly said that Jonathan Rinderknecht, the 29-year-old arson suspect in last year’s deadly Los Angeles Palisades Fire, was “pissed off at the world.”

A two-alarm fire erupted inside a lab at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg on Saturday, and video shows green flames coming out of the building.

A state lawmaker from North Dakota and a pilot were tragically killed when their small plane went down on Saturday in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.

A family in Orange County, California, is safe thanks to the persistent and courageous actions of their beloved dog.

A 12-year-old girl took swift action when she realized her two brothers were in extreme danger at their home in Savannah, Georgia.

An 8-year-old boy saved his entire family and numerous other people on March 14 when they were in extreme danger in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

A massive fire erupted in a Manhattan, New York skyscraper Tuesday morning, which was near the start of the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

A fire at an apartment building resulted in three lives saved and a firefighter experiencing a close call on Wednesday in Kansas City, Missouri.

The U.S. 5th Fleet said two sailors suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a fire broke out on a nuclear supercarrier in the Red Sea.

Tragedy struck the small Swiss town of Kerzers on Tuesday evening after a man apparently set himself on fire on a bus, leaving several dead and multiple injured.

A massive explosion tore through a fireworks store in the central Chinese province of Hubei on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least 12 people.

A woman is accused of trying to burn down a building that was proposed to be a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Kansas City, Missouri.

A teenager in Florida has been accused of intentionally setting his friend on fire when they were on Kauffman Island at Lake Kerr on January 11.

An 18-year-old Swiss national has died in a Zurich hospital from injuries sustained in a Swiss Alpine bar fire, bringing the death toll to 41 a month after the tragedy.

An explosion and fire at a cookie factory in central Greece killed at least four workers and left one person unaccounted for.

Switzerland held a national day of mourning on Friday for the 40 people who died in an Alpine bar fire during a New Year´s Eve celebration.

Bar in Switzerland where 40 people died on New Year’s Eve had missed its annual fire and safety inspection every year for five years.

Swiss police said they’ve identified all the people who were injured in the fire that tore through a New Year’s celebration in a crowded bar.

The Pacific Palisades and Altadena areas of California are being rebuilt a year after the devastating wildfires, but the process will not be completely smooth.

Swiss authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the managers of the bar where a fire at a New Year’s party left 40 people dead, authorities said Saturday.