Photo provided Columbus firefighters work at the scene of a garage fire at 4711 Breckenridge Drive at about 11:08 p.m. Sunday. Columbus firefighters extinguished a fire in a detached garage at 4711 ...

Extension cords are fine for smaller devices, but some appliances can be dangerous to use with them, particularly in cold weather.

HANNIBAL, Mo. — An electrical extension cord overload led to a Saturday morning fire that damaged a Hannibal home. The Hannibal Fire Department was dispatched to 1302 Ruby at 5:34 a.m. and found all ...

A detached garage at a home on the 500 block of South Edison Street went up in flames Thursday afternoon. Investigators are eyeing an extension cord and outlet as the possible cause of the blaze, but ...