A worker was using a plumbing torch before a fire this morning that did $20,000 damage to a house that was being renovated, according to Las Vegas Fire & Rescue. At 6:15 a.m., a passerby reported ...

John Baethke & Son Plumbing Inc. has been awarded the Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics on behalf of the Better Business Bureau. Dec. 28, 2010 CHICAGO -- John Baethke & Son Plumbing Inc. has been ...

LAWRENCE — A fire investigator yesterday said "careless use of a plumbing torch" sparked the five-alarm Park Street apartment blaze Saturday night that left 50 tenants homeless, including one newborn ...

PITTSFIELD — When someone used a flame torch to thaw a home’s frozen pipe last winter, touching off a slow-burning fire, a city official advised homeowners who find themselves in similar binds to call ...

LOWELL (AP) -- Inves tigators say a fatal four-alarm blaze in Lowell was caused by a man using a plumbing torch to make repairs in a second-floor bathroom. Authorities found the body of a man who ...