Power Back on in Downtown Akron Following Electrical Fire
AKRON, Ohio — Power has been restored to downtown Akron and areas west of downtown. According to the Akron Division of Fire, there was an underground electrical vault fire around 7:26 a.m. at 39 E....
View ArticleTwo Family Members Dead in Medina Fire Explosion
The mother had also died from injuries sustained from the apartment explosion. MEDINA, Ohio — Two people are dead, and several others hurt, after an early morning apartment explosion and fire in...
View ArticleJACK Cleveland Casino Roof Fire Quickly Extinguished
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Multiple emergency crews were called to a fire on the roof of JACK Cleveland Casino at 11:59 a.m Thursday. No one was injured and the fire was contained to the roof and...
View ArticleWilloughby-Eastlake Board of Education Building Destroyed During Fire
WILLOUGHBY, Ohio– Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools will be closed on Wednesday as school officials deal with a devastating blaze at the board of education. The fire at the facility on Ridge Road in...
View ArticleAtlanta’s Interstate 85 Collapses Due To Fire, Declared Emergency By Governor...
The massive fire caused a major freeway slab to collapse. A massive fire located under the 85 Northbound Interstate at Piedmont Rd caused major traffic delays as it eventually engulfed the freeway in...
View ArticleDowntown Cleveland Adds New Fire Station
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Downtown Cleveland will now benefit from the first fire company focused on serving the area in more than 17 years. The City of Cleveland is re-opening Fire Station #28 in the...
View ArticleLOCAL NEWS: Dozens Left Without A Home After Warrensville Heights Domestic...
Nearly 50 people have no place to call home after a fire quickly spread through their Warrensville Heights apartment complex Monday afternoon. A shoe, chair, pieces of people’s lives are scattered...
View ArticleOne Shot to Death, Six Injured at San Diego Apartment Complex Pool
On Sunday evening, a gunman opened fire on a pool party, killing one woman and injuring six others. Peter Selis, the gunman, was shot by police after opening fire on the pool area of an apartment...
View ArticleCleveland Adds 35 New Firefighters for the City
DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson swore in 35 fire cadets Friday. Officials say the new firefighters will help increase critical services to Cleveland neighborhoods and...
View ArticleSeven Killed in Akron House Fire
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – Firefighters are investigating an overnight fatal house fire in Akron on Monday that resulted seven fatalities. The fire was reported at 2:46 a.m. at a home located in the 600 block...
View ArticleVictims Identified in Deadly Akron Fire
AKRON, Ohio – Seven people were killed in an early morning house fire in Akron. The family identified the victims as follows: Dennis Huggins (father) Angela Boggs (mother) Cameron Huggins, 1 years old...
View ArticleScrapper Caught Taking Metal from Akron Home That Caught Fire
AKRON – The man accused of scrapping metal from the scene of a deadly house fire has returned the metal to the Akron home. WKYC staff caught the man on camera Monday evening as he was taking scrap...
View ArticleAkron Offering Free Smoke Detectors for Residents
AKRON, Ohio– Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan will be offering free smoke detectors to residents following a house fire on Monday that killed seven people. The fire department responded to a house on Fultz...
View ArticleHow You Can Help Out the Family of Those Who Died in the Akron House Fire
AKRON, Ohio — A community is rallying around a teenager who lost her family in a house fire on Monday. Five children and two adults died when a fire broke out at their home on Fultz Street in Akron....
View ArticleAkron Police Searching the Houses Close to the One Set on Fire
AKRON, Ohio – Akron police executed search warrants Thursday afternoon in connection with a fatal fire that killed seven people earlier this week. Authorities searched two homes on Hillcrest Street,...
View ArticleVigil Took Place in Akron Remembering the Lives Lost in the Deadly House Fire
AKRON–People gathered Saturday evening in front of the Fultz Street home where seven people passed away after a fire early Monday morning.The vigil paid tribute to the lives of the victims. The Summit...
View ArticleTractor Trailer on Fire Following Crash on I-271 in Richfield
RICHFIELD, Ohio — I-271 northbound and southbound is currently closed just south of the Broadview Rd. bridge due to a crash involving a tractor-trailer. According to Richfield police, the driver...
View ArticleMan Arrested in Connection to Akron House Fire, Says He’s Innocent
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – Eight days after the fatal Fultz Street fire in Akron, state and local officials announced the arrest of 58-year-old Stanley Ford. Officials made the announcement at a news...
View ArticleAkron Family Killed in Deadly House Fire Remembered in Memorial Service
AKRON, Ohio — It was back in the early morning hours of May 15 that firefighters in Akron were called out to 693 Fultz Street. They found the house fully engulfed in flames. We would later learn that...
View ArticleFire Extinguished at East Side Apartment Building
CLEVELAND– Emergency crews responded to a fire at an apartment on Cleveland’s east side Monday afternoon. The Cleveland Division of Fire were called to the building on Miles Avenue near East 102nd...
View ArticleBadly Burned Body Discovered in Car on Fire in East Cleveland
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio– A body was discovered inside a burning car in East Cleveland early Thursday morning. The car was fully engulfed in flames at about 3:30 a.m. at East 113rd Street and Gainsboro...
View ArticleFire at Furniture Warehouse Store in Eastlake
EASTLAKE, OH (WOIO) – A fire broke out at a furniture warehouse in Eastlake Monday afternoon. It started in the storage area around 1 p.m. at Northeast Factory Direct, according to firefighters....
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