MILTON, Mass. (WCVB) – Officials are urging everyone not to try this at home. A man using a torch to melt an ice dam in his gutters accidentally set his Boston-area home on fire Friday. The blaze ...

There were no reports of injuries. Ice dams can form in gutters at the edge of a roof, causing water to pool and leak into homes. The homeowner later admitted to the media that this was not the right ...

JOHN, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. YEAH, YOU KNOW, HE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA IN THE MOMENT. DIDN’T THINK THE HOUSE WOULD CATCH ON FIRE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT. ED BEHIND US.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A homeowner said he was trying to use a torch to melt an ice dam at his Milton, Massachusetts, home when the structure caught fire ...

MILTON, MASS. (WHDH) - A home in Milton went up in flames Friday when the homeowner said he was using a blowtorch to clear ice from the roof. Sky 7 HD flew over the home on Craig Street shortly after ...

The St. Tammany Fire Protection District No. 1 responded to a house fire in Slidell on Monday morning. The fire started at a home off Hollow Rock Court. According to the fire department, the fire ...