Across centuries and continents, formidable fires once threatened to destroy three major cities: Rome, London and Chicago.

Hidden Vault Unearthed Beneath the Ruins of Roman Emperor Nero’s Palace, Featured an Array of Murals Archaeologists have made a stunning discovery beneath the ruins of Emperor Nero’s sprawling palace, ...

Deputy Fire Chief Bernard C. Kaier said the alarm was raised at 1:53 a.m. for a fire that started in the kitchen at 201 ...

Deputy Fire Chief Michael J. Reilly said the alarm was raised at 9:24 a.m. for the fire at 119 Mill St., on the city's east ...

He also infamously blamed Christians for the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD, kickstarting one of history’s most notorious persecutions. Many contemporaries blamed Nero for starting the fire himself ...

Widely criticized after the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD, the Emperor Nero tried to divert attention away from his own failings by providing an easy scapegoat: the Christians. Although the ...

Worse was yet to come. The Great Fire of Rome lasted for six days and seven nights. It destroyed or damaged 10 of Rome’s 14 districts and many homes, shops and temples. Sing-along with Nero Nero ...

It is there where Emperor Nero supposedly watched the Great Fire of Rome, strumming a lute as he dreamed of the new city he hoped would arise from the ashes. Nero fiddled while Rome burned.

When the Great Fire of London broke out in 1666 ... well planned city to rival the splendour of ancient Rome. With the embers still burning, London's intellectuals finalised their plans for ...

“Great Fire of 1881” the marker read, followed by a 90-word summation of one of the deadliest — perhaps the deadliest — fire events in Michigan history. Snyder is a historian who knows a ...

While we certainly sympathize with Americans' tragedy — especially with the multitude of Filipinos living there — we can't help pointing out that its scale and the controversies surrounding it reminds ...

Image caption, Historians dispute Nero’s involvement in the great fire of Rome but a 1965 Doctor Who story is more clear-cut on the issue They tell a different tale aboard the Tardis.