Shirley Best, a Mount Olive resident, said her kerosene heater has been keeping her house warm. "Without it, it would be real cold, real cold," she said.

A house fire in Ocean County that killed an 82-year-old woman and left another hurt Thursday was apparently caused by a kerosene heater and has been ruled accidental, authorities said Saturday.

A heater exploded, causing a fire at a home in Berea Friday morning, and concerns over the possibility of tainted kerosene led to a kerosene pump being closed at a local gas station.

MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI - A kerosene heater started a fire in a bedroom where a man was sleeping Sunday, completely destroying the home. The fire was reported at about 11:41 a.m. in the 5800 block of ...

The call came in as a kitchen fire. Snyder said a kerosene heater caught the floor on fire. Assisting on scene were Holmes Fire District 1, Killbuck, Three Rivers, West Lafayette, Jackson Township and ...

The 71-year-old man died after he caught on fire after police believe he was attempting to refill a heater with kerosene when it exploded. Colleton County Fire-Rescue ...

BEREA, Ky. (WKYT) - It was a little after 6:00 a.m. Friday morning when Lloyd Bowles went to put kerosene in the kerosene heater within his home. “I went over yesterday and got a new kerosene ...

BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. — A mobile home fire that left a 3-year-old dead over the weekend in Bartow County was caused by using the wrong fuel in a kerosene heater, according to officials.

AKRON -- A house was heavily damaged today when someone poured gasoline into a kerosene heater at a house in the 300 block of East Thornton Street, fire officials said. Firefighters were called to ...

A York Township man burned himself and his garage when kerosene spilled while he was refilling a lit heater. Source The York Dispatch, Pa. Feb. 07--A man was injured when a fire broke out in his ...