Here's how to avoid the "invisible killer" and safely use a portable generator if the power goes out in the winter storm.

As a winter storm moves closer to the Houston area, fire officials are urging residents to use generators safely during potential power outages, warning that improper use can be deadly.

Away from your home. Not inside your home. Not in your garages, your crawlspaces, under your porch or anything like that.

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- When it's cold outside many of us may resort to using supplemental heat like a space heater to stay warm. Fire departments don't discourage it, however, they emphatically ...

Four people are safe, but the family cat is dead after portable generator operating sparked a house fire late last night, according to the Kent Fire Department. Firefighters say a portable generator ...

Crews from the Orange County Fire Rescue Department and Orlando Fire Department arrived to find a column of smoke and visible ...

An overheated generator is believed to have sparked a South Side house fire.The fire started just before 10 p.m. Thursday at ...