A massive fire ravaged a closed Georgia-Pacific plywood plant in Emporia, Virginia, on January 15, destroying the structure that had been closed since July 2025.

BOURNE, Mass. — A pile of oily rags combusted igniting a fire at a Bourne, Massachusetts, millwork business, according to a joint statement from Bourne Fire Chief David S. Pelonzi. and State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine.The Jan. 10, four-alarm fire at M. L. Custom Woodwork started accidentally, investigators found, when the pile of rags were left out after use.

A January 10 fire caused significant damage at M. L. Custom Woodwork in Bourne, Massachusetts, which has forced the decade-old company to suspend operations.

A fire ripped through a building at L J Gascho Furniture Co. facility near Pigeon, Michigan, early Friday, Jan. 9, prompting the response of more than 10 fire departments.

Recent testing of fire-retardant treated wood (FRTW) by the Western Wood Preservers Institute (WWPI) finds that some manufacturers are offering unproven lower-cost alternatives that do not stand up to fire test standards.

A year after a massive fire raged through Tri-Star Cabinet and Top Co. in New Lenox, Illinois, the company has finally decided that the once promised rebuild was, in the long run, too expensive and that there were too many complications to rebuild, and so the owner has decided to permanently shutter the company.

At Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (PLM), we’ve seen some of the costliest fires derive from stacked oily rag explosions, breakroom appliance disasters, and improvised electrical fixes.

Torit PowerCore CPV bin vent collectors are almost 70% shorter than other bag-style bin vents and address the frequent challenge of tight space limitations.

The deadly wood dust explosion and fire at a Nebraska pellet plant was a “terrible tragedy” made more so by findings that at least one of the three fatalities was alive and trapped in the rubble after the explosion and was able to talk to his wife and boss before succumbing to the collapsing structure and fire.

The USDA Forest Service is investing $200 million in 58 projects through the Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program. These investments, thanks to Congressionally mandated funding, help at-risk communities plan for and reduce wildfire risk, protecting homes, businesses, and infrastructure.