Q: I recently read a frightening news story about how a water heater exploded in a Pennsylvania home, leading to devastation, including loss of life and extensive damage to the home and nearby ...

After a family says a water heater explosion destroyed their home, a water heater technician and expert says he'd never seen a fire like it, and what people can do to prevent it happening to them.

When a water heater dies, it rarely does so without sending up a flare first. The most important early clue is a subtle but ...

A downtown Indiana jewelry store recently endured another problem caused by an apartment above its shop. Luxenberg’s Jewelers’ main store already was reeling from the effect of a toilet pipe breaking ...

An explosion at a Prosser motel ripped an 8-foot by 8-foot hole in the roof on Monday, spreading debris in a 180-foot radius. The electrical water heater in a mechanical room at the Wine Valley Inn ...

Nobody was injured when a building fire broke out Tuesday at El Mojito, a Cuban and Latin restaurant in Melbourne, due to a water heater explosion. At approximately 2 p.m., the fire started in the ...

HOME SAFE. LILY. THE FIRE MARSHALL’S OFFICE SAYS THE HOME THAT EXPLODED WAS HAVING ISSUES WITH ITS HOT WATER TANK AT THE TIME. THEY’RE NOW INVESTIGATING THAT AS THIS INVESTIGATE CONTINUES. IN THE ...

GRATIS — Two people were taken to area hospitals Wednesday night after a kerosene heater explosion sparked a house fire in Gratis. Crews were called around 7:20 p.m. to the 100 block of Coleman Street ...