Zaps of static electricity are commonplace in everyday life. But can static electricity give enough of a jolt to start a fire? Static electricity is the result of an imbalance between negative and ...

The spinning steel and plastic components of a combine, insulated from the ground by rubber tires and plastic skid shoes on small grain platforms, have been proven to create a static electric charge ...

Video footage shows about 40 minutes into his hyperbaric oxygen treatment at Troy's Oxford Center, 5-year-old Thomas Cooper moved around inside the chamber enough to pull the sheet off the mattress — ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A spark created an explosion that killed four workers at a warehouse in December 2022, OSHA investigators have determined. The conclusion solves a mystery that has lingered ever ...

BARTON COUNTY, Kan. (KAKE) - Authorities say static electricity is to blame for three oil gun barrels catching fire on Saturday afternoon. The Barton County Fire District 2 said just before 4:30 p.m., ...

YANKTON | Investigators believe a fire at an aluminum products business in Yankton started when static electricity ignited a solvent being used to clean a paint gun. The Monday afternoon fire prompted ...

With only two witnesses and little physical evidence, firefighters may never know for sure the cause of a fire that destroyed two vehicles and melted pumps at a gas station Sunday. The most likely ...

Thomas Cooper, 5, of Royal Oak died in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber fire Jan. 31 at the Oxford Center in Troy. The CEO of the Oxford Center and three workers are criminally charged in Thomas' death.