Albemarle County Fire Rescue held a press conference at 12:30 p.m. on August 20 to provide new details on a house explosion the day before that killed one and left one injured.

Upon conclusion of the forensic origin and cause examination, the cause of the fire and subsequent explosions was determined to be a compressed natural gas (CNG) cylinder that was punctured by an adjacent control panel for a hydraulic lift, as a Sun Metro bus unintentionally fell off a hydraulic lift, the report stated.

The Winston-Salem police and fire departments were called to an explosion in a parking lot off University Parkway on Wednesday morning. According to Assistant Chief Andrew Gray, a coffee truck exploded just before 7:27 a.

Three firefighters were hurt Tuesday after a building exploded in a busy part of Wilmington, fire officials said.

New details are emerging regarding the Albemarle County home explosion that occurred on Tuesday in the Glenmore neighborhood in Keswick.

Four firefighters have suffered injuries, and Wilmington Police have arrested a man for the incident. 46-year-old Jason Lee Beach of Wilmington has been charged with DWI-Felony Serious Injury, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia,

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A gas explosion has been cited as the possible cause of a fire that destroyed an Albemarle home and resulted in a woman’s death on Tuesday. Crews with Albemarle County Fire Rescue responded to multiple reports of a home ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Four firefighters were injured after a building exploded Tuesday in Wilmington, North Carolina. The explosion was captured on video by someone nearby. Wilmington Police said the blast was likely caused by a traffic crash that ruptured a gas line.

No one was injured in the explosion, which occurred aboard a bulk carrier ship near the site of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in 2024.

State news agency RIA Novosti has reported that a gunpowder workshop at the facility caught fire and triggered an explosion.

A hit-and-run driver crashed into a North Carolina veterinary clinic on Tuesday, causing a gas explosion that left three firefighters injured, authorities said.