Burke has resigned from the South Burlington police force, effective March 21, according to a press release. He will take over as the leader of the neighboring department, where he had previously ...

BURLINGTON, N.C. — Last week, an 81-year-old man who wandered away from a care facility in Burlington was located by police with the help of a heat-detecting drone, giving a scary situation a happy ...

A pair of electric socks caused a fire at a busy hotel in Caledonia County over the weekend that was at full capacity with ...

Officials said the fire appeared to have burned out due to lack of oxygen, but still damaged a substantial amount of the house's interior.

BURLINGTON, N.C. — The Burlington Fire Department is urging people to be careful when burning candles inside their home and ...

The Burlington Fire Department responded to an overnight house fire caused by an unattended candle, according to a press ...

The fire was determined to have been caused by a candle left burning after a resident had left the house the previous day.

For the second time in about a month, a moving train killed a Western Washington pedestrian who was crossing the tracks.

A letter containing white powder triggered a large emergency response to the building that houses Sen. Bernie Sanders' ...

Investigators from the Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit have concluded that the Jan. 1, 2025, fire in Sandgate is accidental. The exact origin and cause are unable to be determined at this time.

The Vermont HAZMAT team later determined that the powder substance was not hazardous, and there was no threat to the office.