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A pit bull has become a four-legged hero credited with saving a family of four after a house fire started in New Jersey.

A Worcester, Massachusetts, fire lieutenant died early Wednesday as he and his crew attempted to save a baby and others from a raging fire. Chief Michael Lavoie said in a press conference that Lt. Jason Menard, a father of three, succumbed to his injuries after his “heroic efforts” to save people in the four-alarm fire at 7 Stockholm Street.

Thick plumes of smoke could be seen coming from an unforgiving eight-alarm fire Monday morning as the blaze sent three firefighters to a hospital and consumed several small businesses in Natick, Massachusetts. “It’s overwhelming to see this. I’ve never seen anything like it,” Michael Hickey, Chair of the Natick Board of Selectmen, said during a press conference. “This is the...

The brother of a man found dead along with his wife and two children inside a burning New Jersey mansion has been charged with murder in their deaths, authorities said Thursday.

The brother of one of the four homicide victims found at a burning New Jersey mansion is due in court on allegations he set fire to his own house.

Firefighters on Tuesday continued to battle a destructive blaze in Lake County that has wiped out at least 22 structures and scorched at least 11,500 acres, according to Cal Fire.

Loved ones and firefighters from around California gathered in Point Loma Saturday to celebrate the life of fallen San Diego County firefighter Cory Iverson, killed while battling the Thomas Fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties that by Friday had become the largest fire in recorded state history.

All evacuation orders related to the Thomas fire in Santa Barbara County were lifted Thursday, more than two weeks after the wildfire started in Ventura County and grew into one of the state’s largest blazes on record.

A 32-year-old Cal Fire engineer from northern San Diego County was killed Thursday while fighting the massive Thomas Fire in Ventura County.

The massive Thomas Fire exploded to 267,500 acres by Saturday evening after it scorched through Ventura and Santa Barbara County for a 12th day.

A San Diego County firefighter died of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries while battling the massive Thomas Fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, a medical examiner determined Saturday.

The Los Angeles Fire Department has determined the cause of the Skirball Fire, which burned hundreds of acres in the Sepulveda Pass.

Firefighters kept a wall of flames from descending mountains into coastal neighborhoods after a huge and destructive Southern California wildfire exploded in size, becoming the fifth largest in state history.

Scorching through Ventura County for a sixth day, the Thomas Fire reached Santa Barbara County on Saturday and by Sunday had scorched 230,000 acres.

A man suspected of setting fires near the Anaheim Hills Festival shopping center Friday was detained after a brave Ventura resident escaping one of Southern California’s wildfires sprung into action to stop him.

Firefighters are battling a raging 475-acre brush fire that shut down the 405 Freeway near the world-famous Getty Center for part of Tuesday afternoon, prompting mandatory evacuations for residents and shutting down one of the busiest freeways in Los Angeles.

 A new fire broke out Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017 along the 405 freeway near the Getty Center in the Los Angeles area. 

The Skirball fire has burned over 450 acres with most of the fire burning inaccessible terrain that hasn’t burned in decades. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday Dec. 6 at 11 p.m.

Power had been restored to most of more than 260,000 residents early Tuesday, as a 31,000-acre fire scorched through the Ventura County hills north of Los Angeles, though officials said some would be without power for days.