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.

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 ...

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 ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on July 23. It’s being reposted on the two-year anniversary of the tragedy in Plum. Families of the six people killed in a 2023 house explosion in ...

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Police were investigating after a 3-year-old Pennsylvania boy was burned by an exploding space heater. Erie police say fire crews were called just before 5 a.m. Thursday. They found ...

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