Lafayette, LA –At 8:06 a.m. Lafayette firefighters responded to a house fire in the 200 block of Irma Drive. Heavy smoke was venting from the eaves of dwelling when emergency crews arrived.

They often don’t notice the wiring behind their walls, but those hidden electrical faults quietly create real risk in thousands of homes every year. Identify overloaded circuits, aging wiring, and ...

A family was forced to evacuate their home Wednesday morning after an overloaded electrical outlet caught fire, according to Lafayette Fire Department officials. At 8:06 a.m. Lafayette firefighters ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - An overloaded electrical outlet caused a fire at a Baton Rouge home Monday afternoon, April 28. According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, crews got a call about the fire ...

Officials believe an overloaded electrical outlet sparked a fire that killed three people in a west-side mobile home Wednesday morning. Officials believe an overloaded electrical outlet sparked a fire ...

SAN ANTONIO — A trailer home on the southeast-side is a total loss after an early-morning fire that broke out Monday, according to the San Antonio Fire Department. The call came in around 2:46 a.m.

Every home these days seems stuffed with gadgets and devices, all clamoring for power. We plug things in without much thought ...

The Honolulu Fire Department classified a Waianae house fire earlier this month as accidental, due to too many appliances plugged into the same power strip. HFD plugging in only one heat-producing ...

An overloaded electrical, multi-plug adapter is being blamed for a fire in the Midway community on Tuesday, according to a report from the Davidson County Fire Marshal’s Office. The fire at 376 ...