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PALMER, Mass. (WWLP) – A 53 year-old woman told her neighbor to call the fire department, shortly before she died while being overcome by smoke in a fire that started with a candle. According to ...

PITTSFIELD — A house fire on Hubbard Avenue that left a woman with life-threatening injuries in late June was started by an unattended candle, the State Fire Marshal's Office announced Thursday. “The ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Investigators with Lincoln Fire and Rescue said an unattended candle is to blame for a house fire this weekend. LFR said firefighters were called out to a home near 31st and ...

A three-alarm fire in a home in Brockton that left seven people hospitalized over the weekend was caused by a burning candle, officials said Monday. Brockton Fire Department received a report of a ...

Byron Krieger, who accidentally set himself and his house on fire with the candle, won two gold medals at the 1957 Maccabiah Games. (JTA) — A 95-year-old Florida man, a championship fencer in ...

CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. — A candle that possibly was knocked over ignited a two-alarm fire at a Hickory senior living facility Monday afternoon that displaced three dozen residents, city officials ...

A teenager playing with a lighter and candle sparked a fire in Ephrata, Lancaster County, that forced 13 people out of their homes, according to investigators.

A candle that was left burning in a bathroom in an Ilfracombe property resulted in a fire, providing a cautionary tale for many. Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service said that in the early ...

Fire services across the south are urging people to take extra care with candles over Christmas, warning they can get out of control in seconds. | ITV News Meridian ...

BROCKTON, MASS. (WHDH) - A three-alarm fire in Brockton that sent seven people to the hospital early Sunday morning started accidentally with a candle, according to fire officials. Investigators ...

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue; Candle left burning sets fire to bathroom in Ilfracombe The Fire & Rescue Service said they attend to 20 fires a year caused by candles. Comments.