A bottle of acetylene caught fire on top of the control room of a crane at the Port of Los Angeles midday Saturday, the city Fire Department said. There was no explosion and were no injuries, said ...

SAN ANTONIO – A two-alarm fire was reported Monday afternoon on top of the Rivercenter parking garage in downtown San Antonio. San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood said the fire was reported around 1 p ...

OCEANSIDE, N.Y. — An improperly stored acetylene tank exploded early Sunday during a fire at an industrial laundry and injured 22 firefighters, 10 of them seriously, officials said. The fire started ...

FORKS — A fire that sent flames 20 feet into the air and destroyed a nursery-saw shop was caused by an acetylene torch, Forks Fire Chief Bill Paul said Thursday. The equipment was being used to cut ...

A garage caught fire in northeast Charlotte due to the improper use of an acetylene torch, according to reports from the Charlotte Fire Department. The incident occurred just before 4 a.m. Sunday on ...

Firefighters quickly extinguished a two-alarm shop fire in Oregon City Monday that was fueled by two acetylene tanks. However, the fire destroyed the shop. No injuries were reported. Brandon Paxton, ...

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