The major gas leak that caused evacuations in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Friday was started when city contractors checking water valves “inadvertently closed a gas valve” officials said Friday evening. The leak caused hundreds of people to be evacuated from their homes and two schools early in the morning, just over one year after the area was rocked by gas explosions...

A gas explosion was responsible for the likely destruction of a Howard County office building on Sunday morning, fire and EMS officials say.

Several manhole fires ignited in Brooklyn on Saturday, with one burning for more than nine hours, officials said.

A manhole fire burning for more than nine hours in Brownsville has knocked out power to six nearby buildings. Wale Aliyu reports.

Paris’ deadliest fire in over a decade claimed 10 lives, sending fleeing residents to the roof to escape the flames that engulfed their apartment building before dawn Tuesday. A 40-year-old female resident, said to have a history of psychiatric problems, was detained near the eight-story building in the quiet neighborhood as police opened an investigation into voluntary arson resulting in...

The death toll in a massive fire at an illegally tapped pipeline in Mexico has risen to 109 after 10 more injured people died at hospitals. Mexico’s Health Secretary Jorge Alcocer said Friday that the latest victims who were severely burned died between Wednesday and early Friday. He said hospitals continue to treat about 40 injured victims. The victims were...

A fireball erupted at the site of a fuel pipeline leak after it appeared to be ruptured by thieves.

French interior minister says 2 firefighters were killed and at least 30 injured in a blast at a bakery in Paris that was reportedly caused by a gas leak. Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said “at this stage we can say it seems from an accidental origin, this would be a gas leak.” He said that Paris firefighters were already at...

A part of busy Northern Boulevard in Queens is shut down indefinitely after a gas main exploded and a water main burst, causing the road to collapse, fire officials said.

A perfect storm of problems caused a house-sized crater on Northern Boulevard in Corona, Queens. Neighbors say they’ve been wary about the site for awhile, noting cracks on the street before the sidewalk completely collapsed Friday. Wale Aliyu reports.

The death toll from the collapse of a Russian apartment building has risen to 37 after more bodies were discovered by crews searching the huge pile of concrete rubble. State news agency Tass cited an emergencies ministry official on Thursday as saying four people who lived in the collapsed section of the building in Magnitogorsk remain unaccounted for. The collapse...

Search crews in Russia pulled more bodies Wednesday from a huge pile of rubble where part of an apartment building collapsed, bringing the known death toll to 33 and the number of missing residents down to eight as the grim recovery work continued for a third night. A 3-year-old girl was among the latest victims of the collapse in the...

Gov. Cuomo must decide whether or not to enact legislation that would force utility companies to reveal locations of their underground gas leaks. The I-Team’s Chris Glorioso reports.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo must decide by the end of Friday whether or not to enact legislation that would force utility companies to reveal locations of their underground gas leaks.

A leak of a flammable chemical from a plant next to the Delaware Memorial Bridge forced a shut down of the dual-span suspension bridge on Sunday creating a traffic nightmare during the travel rush home from the Thanksgiving holiday.

An abandoned house exploded and collapsed Sunday in Newark where officials confirmed there was a gas leak.

An abandoned house collapsed in Newark hurting one after it exploded, officials say. Wale Aliyu reports.

Two men have been sentenced for causing the death of a New York City fire department chief who was killed in an explosion at an illegal indoor marijuana-growing operation two years ago.

Two men have been sentenced for causing the death of a New York City fire department chief who was killed in an explosion at an illegal indoor marijuana-growing operation two years ago. Marc Santia reports.

Authorities in New Jersey have seized more than 50 cats and kittens, many of them sickly, from a derelict home after police responded to a call for a gas leak.