Arc-fault circuit breakers are a boon for household electrical safety. The garden-variety home electrical fire is usually started by the heat coming from a faulty wire arcing over. But as any ...

An electrical arc is to blame for starting a wildfire that burned hundreds of acres and destroyed a home over the weekend.

According to the City of Las Cruces, two people were injured after a home on the 4500 block of Nambe Arc, near Sonoma Elementary School, caught fire at around 11:20 a.m. Officials said fire crews ...