Fires break out inside iconic ruins of Michigan Central Station in Detroit
Fires were on two floors of the hulking building owned by billionaire Matty Moroun.
Arsons spike in April, damaging or destroying 142 houses, buildings in Detroit
The fires spread and damaged more than two dozen neighboring houses, in no small part due to delays caused by broken hydrants and malfunctioning rigs.
Houses disappear around broken hydrant in neglected Detroit neighborhood
Detroit has ignored a broken hydrant for a year or more on a neglected block where six houses have burned to the ground and recently risked the lives of firefighters.
March: 250+ fires in houses, buildings as arsonists grow bolder, hydrants break
Rigs broke down, hydrants malfunctioned and arsonists grew bolder in March, the most destructive month yet this year in Detroit.
Blaze rips through 4 houses while ladder truck catches fire
Detroit’s aging rigs are breaking down at a frightening rate.
Private contractors endanger lives, homes by mishandling hydrants in Detroit
The city of Detroit issued about 480 permits last year for private users to tap into hydrants but did nothing to ensure the fire plugs were properly used.
7 photos: Tanker explodes in freeway crash at Detroit border
The Michigan Department of Transportation is inspecting the road to determine whether it was structurally damaged.
City: Releasing records of broken hydrants would ‘start a mass fire’
Mayor Duggan’s administration has declined to release public records on broken hydrants.
Strangers rescue toddler, mom from burning home but can’t reach grandma
They crawled through the house until they saw a disoriented woman with a toddler in her extended hands.
Arson investigators thwarted by sudden demolition by Mayor Duggan administration
The apartment made national news in 2011 when a lottery winner killed an Australian landlord outside of the building on Detroit’s east side.