Basement Fire News Today

Firefighters extinguished a small fire in a basement at 360 Main Street while responding to a call for an electrical fire just after 10:30 PM Tuesday, January 9.

"It was a small toy that had failed and started a fire and it was in close proximity to other combustibles and the fire grew from there," said Fire Marshal Brian Conway.

Firefighters in Waltham, Massachusetts battled a two alarm fire Christmas Eve night inside the basement of a home on Barbara Road.

MADISON - Six residents were displaced from the Towne Gardens apartment complex due to a structure fire Sunday evening, Oct. 15.

RICHLAND, Wash. - The Richland Fire Department responded to a fire in a duplexs basement early Sunday morning according to Battalion Chief Michael VanBeek.

Fire alarms woke residents, who were then able to get out of the house safely.

Firefighters quickly doused a basement fire Monday evening on Murray Street, Fire Chief Andy Hegedus said.

Firefighters responded to a Wednesday morning house fire in South Omaha.

The Milwaukee Fire Department says the body was found in the basement.

On Monday, at 10:45 p.m., fire crews were called to the scene of a working structure fire at a home with multiple residential apartments at 62 Sackville St.