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Free smoke alarms, fast response times and smart habits — how Waco got to three years without a structure fire death.

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The Carbondale Fire Department evacuated multiple occupants and six cats during an apartment fire Thursday. According to the fire department, personnel were dispatched at around 4 p.m. on Feb. 26 to ...

The North Carolina Office of the State Fire Marshal's 2025 Fire Fatality Report counts 159 civilian fire deaths last year and ...

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Fatal fires have been reported in Beaufort, Bertie, Duplin and Pitt counties in 2026.

State report shows 32 fire-related deaths already recorded this year.