Thursday night fire destroyed one of Houston's premier furniture stores. Gallery Furniture was on fire, which consumed most of it. Thankfully no one was hurt from the Gallery Furniture family.

Just before noon this morning, Santa Barbara Fire Authorities began allowing evacuated residents to return to their homes.

A raging Santa Barbara wildfire destroyed a number of homes in this beautiful coastal community. The fire is not contained and more winds predicted today.

A helicopter was forced to rescue survivors from the roof of Bangladesh's largest shopping mall, Bashundhara City, a 22-story structure, as a fire raced through the upper levels of the high-rise.

The wildfires that tore across the southern state of Victoria in Australia now appear to have been deliberately set, changing them from a natural tragedy to arson, and perhaps more.

Holy Name Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of the Holy Name, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. This morning a three-alarm burned for 2 1/2 hours before firefighters could bring it under control.

A wind-whipped wildfire, officially known as the Santa Barbara Tea Fire, has destroyed at least 100 homes and a college dormitory, injured four people and forced thousands to flee the longtime celebrity "community" of Montecito.

A natural gas line has broken at the Westmont College, forcing the fire department to shut off natural gas to the college. This has brought down our generators. We have between 1/2 hour and 4 hours of UPS left, so may not be able to post further updates through the web site.

The Houston Fire Department is battling a two-alarm warehouse fire at Brittmore near Westview in west Houston.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers successfully demonstrated a prototype approach to maintain two-way communications with first responders as they make their way in building fires, and mine and tunnel collapses.

Fire engulfed a two-story building in the garment district of downtown Los Angeles early this morning.

There is a large fire at Universal Studios. The fire started around 5:15 AM PT on the New York sound stage and has continued to spread.