Fire investigators says a home fire that started around 10:30 p.m. Saturday night could be arson.
Authorities responded to a structure fire off Creamery Road near Nashport. It happened near the intersection of Winter Wood Drive and Welsh Road.
Witnesses say they could see flames shooting through the roof of the home from about a mile away.
Authorities say there was no one at the home of the time of the fire and the occupant of the home had just moved out a day or so before...
A home at 425 South 12th Street in Cambridge caught fire Wednesday night.
According to Captain Tim Milner with the Cambridge Fire Department, emergency personnel were called to the scene around 8:50.
Milner says it took about 15 minutes to contain the blaze and that it gutted the first floor of the home.
No one was home at the time of the fire. The cause remains under investigation.
The Muskingum Valley Red Cross is helping out a New Lexington man who lost his home Friday afternoon.
Executive Director, Dan Hartman, says the organization is providing clothing and food to Matt Plaisted.
Hartman says the 3595 Palmer Road home is a major loss, but luckily, he says Plaisted wasn't injured because Plaisted wasn't home at the time of the fire.
Hartman says Plaisted is currently staying with family.
The Muskingum Valley Red Cross has help more than 10...
This is the weekend that most of the country returns to Eastern Standard Time. As you set your clocks back an hour before you go to bed Saturday night, fire officials also want to remind you to change your smoke detector battery.
It is all part of the "change your clock, change your battery" program. Fire Chief Dave Lacy says all you have to do is take the detector down from the ceiling, pop out the old battery and install a fresh one and clean the detector before you...
One woman is found dead in her Newark apartment after an evening fire yesterday.
It happened just before 6 p.m. at 185 Buckingham Street.
Newark Assistant Fire Chief, David Decker, says the fire wasn't very large and was contained within 20 minutes.
State Fire Marshall's Office spokeman, Shane Cartmill, says the fire is believed to be accidental.
The woman was taken to the coroner's for an autopsy. Decker says foul play is not expected at this time.
A White Cottage family is homeless today after a Monday night fire. It happened at 5635 Limestone Valley Road just after 10:30. The Muskingum Valley Red Cross says living in the home were Michele Clark, Tracy Stewart and four children. The home suffered minor damage and the family has insurance. The Red Cross is helping with funds for shopping, food and temporary lodging.
The Newark Fire Department is on the scene investigating two more fires this morning.
According to Licking County 911 dispatcher Tony Cavinio, authorities were called to a fire at 305 East Main Street around 2:15.
When they arrived at the home they found it on fire and also saw another home on fire a short distance away on Bolen Court.
Both homes were vacant and no one was injured in the fires.
The cause of both fires has yet to be determined and they are under...
Authorities were still on the scene Monday of a Sunday blaze, putting out hot spots that continue to burn even after the building was demolished.
The three-story historic building on Wheeling Avenue in Cambridge caught fire around 1:30 Sunday morning and was demolished by crews later that day after it was determined it was structurally unsafe.
The building housed an antique shop, martial arts studio, art guild and carpet store.
Fire officials say it's inventory from those...
The Newark Fire Department is investigating two overnight fires that completely destroyed a commercial building and an abandoned home, and it is calling one of those fires arson. Both fires happened within a span of three hours and were three miles from each other. "Suspicious, at this time. They're both being investigated as suspicious fires, " says Newark Assistant Fire Chief, John Clouse. The first fire occurred around 1 a.m. at 373 Iron Avenue. Clouse...
An early morning fire destroyed a historic building in Cambridge and forced residents to evacuate their apartments. WHIZ's Katie Jeffries has the story.
The smell of smoke is still hanging in the air around Cambridge.
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