Disaster

Update 12/17/19 – Convicted arsonist Angelo Bitossi was freed from prison last month with three years remaining on his sentence. Bitossi, 40, gained parole after showing the board he had somewhere to live and work. Supporters also provided...

A man driving a 2019 Ford F-250 pickup crashed into a building at High Desert Self Storage in Lake Pine, Ore., last Thursday night after his right-front tire separated from the wheel on U.S. Route 97. The 73-year-old continued driving on the metal...

Investigators discovered the body of a man inside a Fort Wayne, Ind., self-storage unit that caught fire on Wednesday. The blaze at BTE Storage at 2206 Broadway ignited about 5 p.m. The victim was identified yesterday as Fort Wayne resident...

Two men suffered burn injuries after a fire started inside a unit on Saturday at Diamond Self Storage in Salt Lake City. The blaze at 50 S. Redwood Road began around 9 p.m., according to Captain Adam Archuleta of the Salt Lake City Fire Department...

An Uber driver’s car was damaged on Aug. 5 when wet concrete fell from a high building at the Mega Center Self Storage and Office Suites construction site in Miami. The driver and mother/daughter passengers Julie Crawford and Lexi Gaddy were...

Three feral kittens have been freed from a self-storage unit at U-Haul Moving & Storage of The Mile High City in Thornton, Colo., after being trapped for nearly two weeks. One was rescued while the other two eluded capture by animal control and...

A fire that ignited Tuesday afternoon in a grassy area behind a Pacheco, Calif., self-storage facility burned about 50 units and sent billowing smoke across nearby highways. The blaze near the junction of Interstate 680 and State Highway 4 started...