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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — People living in more than 50 homes remained evacuated on Monday afternoon following a house explosion and a gas leak in Centreville the night before, according to a ...

WASHINGTON — Crews are on the scene working to put out a fire that later caused a house explosion in Fairfax County. According to officials, crews were called to 14389 Quail Pond Court for reports of ...

WASHINGTON — The White House deleted a meme video posted on President Trump’s Truth Social that depicted former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as apes — after GOP Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) ...

Firefighters and utility crews say they’re looking into an active gas leak after a house exploded Sunday night, injuring at least two people and displacing dozens of families in Centreville, Virginia.

A JUDGE SENTENCED HIM TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON. FIRE INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE AN OXYGEN TANK CONTRIBUTED TO AN EXPLOSION AT A HOME ON MIDDLETON STREET THIS MORNING. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE HOMEOWNER HAD BEEN ...

OFF THE ROAD AND INTO THE HOUSE. AND THIS IS ALSO BREAKING TONIGHT IN MIDDLETON A FIRE AT THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION. THE ESSEX COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL EXPLOSION IN ONE OF THE ...

PIQUA — A trial date has been set for a Piqua man accused of causing a house fire and explosion last year. Brian Markin is set to go on trial on August 5, 2026, according to court documents filed last ...

A south Reno home caught fire on Wednesday, leaving the house uninhabitable and the residents displaced, the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District said. The cause of the fire is unknown and under ...