GASTON, Ore. -- A person using a cutting torch in a dry field sparked a grass fire Tuesday in the Cherry Grove area west of Gaston. Crews from the Gaston Rural Fire District, Forest Grove Fire & ...

The contractor injured in Wednesday's petroleum-tank fire in Robertson County was using a cutting torch to remove bolts from a catwalk on top of the 12,000-gallon tank when it exploded with oil sludge ...

Officials said Thursday that Earth Tech, a Southern California company handling the dismantling of an unused fuel storage tank at the Duke Energy plant in Moss Landing, violated its permit by using a ...

A fishing vessel burst into flames on Thursday in Fairhaven after welders using a cutting torch sparked flames that grew out of control, fire officials said. “It was determined that welders were ...

WILLISTON A decade-old box of M-80 firecrackers exploded and killed a man using a cutting torch to open an abandoned safe, police said. Anthony Boisvert, 20, of Colchester, died in the blast Tuesday ...