Smoke, seen from Highway 67 near the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, rose in the distance as crews fought a woods fire on Wednesday in Harrison County. Editor’s note: As of Thursday, the fire ...

Authorities battled five fires across South Mississippi this week, and several in Harrison County had damaged structures and threatened more Thursday and into Friday, Mississippi fire officials said.

A man accused of setting several people on fire, including himself, at a Mississippi home is now facing charges of murder after two of the victims died as a result of his alleged actions, police said.

A statewide burn ban is in effect at all state parks and fishing lakes in Mississippi until further notice because of consistently hot and dry weather, state wildlife officials announced Thursday. The ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – As of March 4, there have been 22 fire deaths in Mississippi in 2025. According to the State Fire ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — There’s little ...

SIRENS WEREN’T ACTIVATED WHEN THAT FIRE STARTED. AND HERE AT HOME, TWO MAJOR FIRES ARE NOW UNDER CONTROL IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AFTER BURNING FOR HOURS ON FRIDAY, ONE NEAR THE LOUISIANA MISSISSIPPI ...

AT TWO AND 430. NEW RECRUITS GRADUATED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FIRE ACADEMY TODAY, 27 STUDENTS COMPLETED A SEVEN WEEK TRAINING COURSE FROM THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION AGENCY. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR ...

Editor’s note: As of Thursday, the fire has burned 800 acres, and is not yet contained. A fire burned 300 acres and was threatening 10 structures Wednesday afternoon in Harrison County, Mississippi ...