FIRE

In the Tuesday morning dark cold, at around 2 a.m., a harsh reality set in for Jerry Yount. His home burst into flames. It might have been caused by an electrical overload. Yes, he lost part of his home and some precious belongings, but nothing more precious than his best friends.

Three children and an adult are dead following a Wednesday morning mobile home fire in rural Baker County, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue are responding to a fire on Morse Ave this evening.

St. Johns County Fire Rescue is fighting a residential fire that is in the 400 block Paisley Place.

Firefighters responded to a structure fire on 4700 Philips Highway around 4:30 a.m. Thursday.

A house located on James Street in Orange Park went up in flames.

Jacksonville Fire Rescue tells News4JAX two people went to the hospital and one bird died after a fire at Exotic Bird Hospital on Old Kings Road South.

Crews with Jacksonville Fire and Rescue were battling a massive brush fire Wednesday in the Bartram Park area.

Lightning is believed to have sparked a large condo fire Tuesday afternoon in Mandarin.

Israeli police say that a Palestinian assailant has opened fire at an Israeli military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank before being shot and killed.

An E-Town home was destroyed Wednesday morning in a fire sparked by lithium batteries in a golf cart that was parked in the garage, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

A family was displaced from their Moncrief home on Christobel Avenue after it was destroyed in a fire.

One person is in the hospital with serious injuries, after a fire at a home on Wolfe Street, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue responded to a fire at the Monaco Arms Apartments shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday morning.

A massive fire has destroyed the main post office in the Philippine capital, a nearly 100-year-old neoclassical landmark.

JFRD responded to a deadly fire early Sunday morning on Jacksonville's westside.

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department responded to a house fire Sunday morning around 3 a.m. at a mobile home on McGlothlin Street, on the westside.

Fifteen cars were burned Thursday morning in a fire at a tow lot on Lee Road in the Regency area of Arlington, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

A gymnastics gym on Lenox Avenue that was destroyed in a fire overnight has been a safe haven serving children in the Westside community for more than 35 years, the owner told News4JAX.

Bryceville fire

The News4Jax I-Team has looked up past violations of the Pinova plant.

A fire chief says crews working to fully extinguish an Indiana plastics fire have reduced its smoldering areas to a single hot spot as officials prepared to decide if a dayslong evacuation order should be lifted.

Two people were injured, and half a dozen school buses and several cars were charred when flames broke out at a Student Transportation of America depot in Regency.

One person is dead after a house fire on W. 5th Street

JFRD crews respond to house fire on Main Street and 27th Street.

3 people have been rescued in an apartment fire on Stonemont Street.

No injuries have been reported.

An extensive fire at a home in the San Pareil neighborhood has displaced four people, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

Three people were found dead Monday in a Palatka home after a fire, according to the Palatka Police Department.

A man died and another was taken to the hospital after a house went up in flames Saturday morning in the Oceanway neighborhood.

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department crews rushed to a house fire in the Bartram Park neighborhood Wednesday morning, Captain Eric Prosswimmer said.

An investigation is underway after an early morning fire ripped through a home in Jacksonville’s East Arlington area.

A house fire in Murray Hill left a dog dead and a home destroyed, according to the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department.

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue responded Thursday evening to a fire at a home on Andress Street.

Firefighters with the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department worked to put out a fire at Austin Christian Vocational Academy on Main Street Tuesday morning.

One person is dead after a morning fire in Jacksonville Beach on New Year’s Day.

A fire on Jacksonville’s Eastside is finally under control Saturday evening after Jacksonville Fire and Recuse Department fought the blaze for two hours.

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue crews were on the scene of a house fire at George Wood Lane on Jacksonville’s Westside Monday morning.

Residents at Island Pointe Apartments continue to wait for their power to be restored after Tropical Storm Nicole brought massive flooding and a fire broke out displacing dozens of tenants last Thursday.

Some residents at the Island Point Apartments on Jacksonville’s northside are questioning when their power will be restored after a fire destroyed one of the buildings on Thursday.

While multiple Northeast Florida areas were experiencing flooding as Nicole battered the state, a fire broke out Thursday at an apartment complex on Jacksonville’s Northside, displacing dozens of people, officials said.

Police are investigating what caused a truck to crash into a Neptune Beach church building Thursday morning.

Firefighters from Jacksonville Fire Rescue battled an early morning fire at a Westside apartment complex that is under construction.

A Navy judge has ruled a sailor was not guilty of setting a fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego in 2020.

Crews responded Sunday evening to a house fire in the Woodstock neighborhood, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department said.

State media says the death toll from a fire at a karaoke parlor in southern Vietnam has risen to 32.

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue put out an early morning fire Friday in the Oceanway neighborhood.

A lightning strike from a rain storm hit a Northside home Sunday afternoon and started a fire, a woman who was in the house told News4JAX.

Navy leaders have disciplined more than 20 senior officers and sailors in connection with widespread leadership and other failures that contributed to the July 2020 arson fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard.

A fire that was sparked Thursday night at the Bentley Green Apartments in the Baymeadows neighborhood was caused by a lightning strike, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

Jacksonville Fire Rescue crews responded to the airport Thursday afternoon, after a report of a fire in the cargo hold of a plane.

A Texas community was left in awe after a devastating fire ravished a Bridgeport church on Friday bringing everything to the ground — everything but a cross.

Crews battling a pair of wildfires in northern Arizona were expecting some growth Thursday because of warm, dry and breezy weather.

A reopening date has not yet been announced.

The cause of a mobile home fire is under investigation after it broke out in flames Sunday at 6:22 p.m.

There were seven kids and seven adults that lived in the apartment where the fire started. JFRD said the cause of the fire is still unknown.

Two firefighters were hurt Monday morning while putting out a fire in the Glen Kernan neighborhood, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

The Florida Highway Patrol is monitoring a wildfire near Interstate 95 and US 17, in Nassau County.

Greek authorities say a man who was seriously injured in a fire that broke out in the COVID-19 ward of a hospital in northern Greece has died of his injuries.

JFRD responded to a house fire on Guernsey Court.

Nearly 20,000 people who were forced to flee a wildfire in northern Colorado are back home after firefighters were able to stop the spread of the fire at 190 acres.

A spa business inside a building on stilts over water on Baymeadows Park Drive off Baymeadows Road was declared a total loss Thursday after a fire tore through the building.

Jacksonville Fire Rescue put out two house fires and called them both suspicious.

A family left homeless after a westside apartment fire last week is reaching out for help.

JFRD said the fire is under control -- but that items found at the scene called for further investigation.

Around 4:30 a.m. JFRD reported to a mobile home fie on Osteen St.

It took Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department crews just over two hours to put out a fire overnight at the old Thunderbird Motor Hotel.

The American Red Cross was called to help four adults after a mobile home fire on Sears Road, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

A man was found dead after a fire broke out Tuesday morning at a mobile home in Jacksonville, authorities said.

The state fire marshal is investigating after a mobile home caught fire on the Westside Monday morning.

House fires happen more in the winter than in any other season, according to the National Fire Protection Association.

Firefighters put it out quickly and no one was hurt.

An adult and child have died after a fire inside a camper parked in Northern Camden County.

The floor is caved in, smoke damage is everywhere and debris is scattered.

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue put out a fire at a vacant home in Biltmore near the intersection of Old Kings Rd and Lane Ave.

An early morning apartment complex fire in Mandarin left multiple units badly damaged with 10 families in need of assistance from the Red Cross.

A man and woman are grateful to be alive after a fire damaged their apartment early Sunday morning.

A man and woman died in an early morning fire in the Rolling Hills neighborhood.

A woman who was pulled from a house fire at West Virginia Avenue at Hema Road in Northwest Jacksonville has died at the hospital, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

A person is facing life-threatening injuries following a crash this morning near the northbound ramp from 9B to I-95.

The state fire marshal will consider arson as a the possible cause of a fire that ripped through an abandoned factory on River Street in Palatka Sunday afternoon.

Both directions of Philips Highway, from Reba Ave to University Blvd, are closed due to a structure fire at Jacksonville Metal Recycling Center.

A Jacksonville family of twelve lost their home early Saturday after a fire, just one week before Christmas.

Officials say a small fire at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom started in a tree and may have been caused by fireworks debris.

The University of North Florida Police Department is investigating an arson fire on its campus.

Firefighters were called to a fire Friday afternoon at a rail yard in Northwest Jacksonville.

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department responded to a two-story apartment building fire at 2020 Reed Avenue around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Police in western India say 11 patients have died after a fire broke out in a hospital’s COVID-19 ward.

A mother and daughter are dead, and a small Clay County community is devastated after a fire ripped through a mobile home Wednesday night.

The state fire marshal will investigate after a fire broke out at an auto repair shop in Jacksonville early Thursday morning.

Crews responded Sunday morning to an apartment fire off Hodges Boulevard, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

One person died Friday from an early morning house fire in Starke, according to Bradford County Fire-Rescue.

The fire department says crews were called to the Piccadilly Apartments at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday and discovered a fire burning on the roof of the two-story apartment building.

A warehouse holding a reported 15 metric tons (16.5 tons) of fireworks in central Moscow caught fire on Saturday, sending a huge cloud of smoke and a fusillade of explosions over the area.

A 64-year-old man died after a fire broke out at his home in Mayport Wednesday morning, according to the property’s community manager.

Residents told News4Jax there have been issues with people entering the school for a long time.

The cause of a fire Sunday morning at an abandoned school on the city’s Eastside is considered suspicious, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – One person died in a house fire early Monday morning, according to the Jacksonville Fire-Rescue. The victim was found in the living room area adjacent to the kitchen. One died and the other was taken to a local veterinarian’s office. “I’m a 65-year-old woman, so it really (a) nervous wreck.”The state fire marshal and JSO homicide detectives called to investigate the cause of the fire, which is standard protocol, according to JFRD. AdThe fire marshal was called to determine how the fire started.

A historic Black church was destroyed by a fire last Thursday night. Now, members of St. Simon’s Baptist Church are making do by holding services outside. The pastor’s assistant said the church staff will keep holding services outside until the church is rebuilt. It’s joy that I cannot explain.”Ambakisye, the assistant pastor at St. Simons Baptist Church, said Sunday’s service was wonderful and chose to focus on the good rather than the church being destroyed. Investigators are calling the fire that destroyed St. Simon’s Church on Thursday night suspicious.

GLYNN COUNTY, Ga. – Investigators are working to determine what caused a brush fire to spark near Golden Isles Parkway and Highway 99 in Glynn County Sunday morning. It grew to 150-acres before the blaze was contained, the Georgia Forestry Commission confirmed. Glynn County Fire Department said the agency was first called around 11:30 am., and more units were called as the fire grew. When you have dry brush like that it burns really fast and it looks spectacular,” said Captain Bobby Armstrong. The Georgia Forestry commission flew over the fire to track its movement.