The First Practical Engine Was For Pumping Water The earliest practical use of steam came in the 17th century with Thomas Savery’s 1698 “fire engine” designed to pump water out of flooded mines.

Here's what we know Monday, July 14 about the fast growing Green Fire and suppression efforts in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

Smoke from the Green Fire boosted air pollution levels over Redding and other parts of Shasta County. Pollution reached levels considered very unhealthy to any person's health around midnight ...

Crews were on scene of a fire south of Fort Lupton on Thursday.

Crews have made good progress on the Observation Point Fire burning in the Bitterroot Mountains in Lost Horse Canyon, south of Hamilton and north of Darby.When ...

MAURY CO., Tenn. (WSMV) - The smell of smoke will linger in an area of Maury County after a barn fire on Sunday evening.

This year’s theme is “Logging and Engines of the Pacific Northwest.” See steam engines at work, antique farm equipment, cars, trucks, trains, threshing machines and a working sawmill.

Fire engine thief wanted after car-smashing rampage The incident jeopardized the safety of first responders, the police chief said.

A Montgomery County fire engine that was damaged after becoming stranded in flash floodwaters in Silver Spring during Saturday’s thunderstorms is the second county fire vehicle to be taken out ...

A steam train on a heritage line has caused a seventh fire by the attraction this summer, a fire service has said. Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service sent three vehicles to a field blaze near Corfe ...