The cause remained under investigation as of Wednesday morning; however, they noted that there was a potential overloaded extension cord.

The apartment fire in Waynesboro’s End End last Friday that displaced dozens of residents was the product of an overloaded extension cord in one of the units, according to the city fire marshal ...

Two Harris County people were killed early Tuesday in the fire that spread to other homes. A mobile home fire that claimed two in Harris County early Tuesday is blamed on an overloaded extension cord.

A mobile home near Old Town Bluffton burned to the ground Sunday night in an accident likely involving an overloaded extension cord, officials say. The residents were uninjured and found another ...

Extension cords can only carry so much power, so they can easily be overloaded by plugging too many things into them. However, they can also be overloaded by plugging something in that draws more ...

During the investigation firefighters found a heavily damaged electrical connection in the attic space with several extension cords plugged into the connection. Firefighters believe that the cords ...

A fire that caused heavy damage to an East Moline house Sunday night may have been caused by an overloaded electrical ... Chief DeFrance said an extension cord appears to have ignited because ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. — An electrical extension cord overload led to a Saturday morning fire that damaged a Hannibal home. The Hannibal Fire Department was dispatched to 1302 Ruby at 5:34 a.m. and found ...

An unidentified male resident of northern Beaufort County was killed in a Sunday morning camper fire that officials credit to an overburdened extension cord. Crews from the Sheldon Fire District ...