CHICAGO — With the holiday season in full swing, lights and decorations are appearing on homes and businesses across ...

Electrical failures rarely arrive without warning. Long before a breaker trips or a fire starts, your outlets and circuits begin sending subtle signals that the system is under strain. If you learn to ...

It’s probably no secret that your outlet is capable of causing a fire, but the dangers may be higher than you think, especially if you live in an older home. You may think outlet-related fires only ...

Use battery-operated simulated candles in place of traditional candles in any location near flammable objects. Almost half of home decoration fires are caused by traditional candles, according to the ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lincoln Fire and Rescue said an overloaded electrical outlet is to blame for a house for near 40th and A Streets early Sunday morning. LFR Captain Nancy Crist said crews were ...

There was a small fire in a back of house area that was quickly contained. We will be open at 9:30am today for all your holiday shopping. An overloaded electrical outlet in a stockroom at the ...

SAN ANTONIO – A man and his teenage son safely escaped a fire in their Northeast Side home, which fire investigators believe may have been started by an overloaded electrical outlet. San Antonio ...

Fire officials said an electrical outlet overloaded with Christmas lights was responsible for a fire that ripped through three row homes Tuesday night in Reading, displacing two families and forcing ...

CAMP HILL, Pa. (WHTM) – A house fire that displaced a Cumberland County family over the weekend apparently was caused by an overloaded electrical outlet, police said. Lower Allen Township police said ...