There are 12 article(s) tagged fire:

• May 2025

  • Clayborn Temple’s back wall collapses

    The collapse complicates efforts to preserve some part of the historic church that went up in flames April 28.

    By Bill Dries May 01, 2025

• April 2025

  • Clayborn Temple nonprofit leader said some of landmark may survive

    Anasa Troutman, the leader of the nonprofit directing the restoration of Clayborn Temple, said the building may be considered a “complete loss” by the Memphis Fire Department, but she said she isn’t using the term.

    By Bill Dries April 30, 2025

  • Clayborn fire investigation to be ‘thorough and detailed’

    Firefighters will investigate the cause of the blaze but will also need to determine if any additional parts of the structure need to come down.

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    By Bill Dries April 30, 2025

• February 2025

  • Third Tops location catches fire in four months

    For the third time in four months, a Tops Bar-B-Q restaurant caught fire, leaving three of the city’s 13 locations closed. 

    By Jody Callahan February 20, 2025

• May 2024

  • 201 Poplar fire injures inmates, highlights old facility and staff issues

    Four inmates at the Shelby County Jail were noncritically injured just before 10 p.m. Friday night after objects were set on fire and thrown in a housing unit.

    By Aarron Fleming May 04, 2024

• January 2024

  • Cause of fire at Poplar Avenue and Highland Street Hop-In found

    The Hop-In convenience store at South Highland Street and Poplar Avenue was engulfed in flames Monday, Jan. 15.

    By Julia Baker January 16, 2024

• July 2021

  • Collierville Target to reopen Wednesday

    The Target closed June 12 following a fire on a grocery aisle in a back corner of the store.

    By Abigail Warren July 16, 2021

  • Collierville Target scheduled to reopen following fire

    The Collierville location will reopen July 19. It closed in June after a fire in the store’s grocery section.

    By Abigail Warren July 09, 2021

• January 2021

  • Another historic Pinch building threatened, this time by fire

    A fire early Saturday morning heavily damaged a 120-year-old building in the historic Pinch District.

    By Tom Bailey January 13, 2021

• May 2019

  • Germantown reviews effects of apartments in community

    Germantown reviews apartment moratorium study results with aldermen in a work session Thursday evening. The study was a part of the suburb's 18-month moratorium, which expires in July.

    By Abigail Warren May 17, 2019

  • One-fourth of Forum Flats’ apartments destroyed by fire

    The builder of Forum Flats apartments says 205 units could still be repaired and completed by the original deadline in August.

    By Tom Bailey May 06, 2019

  • Fire damage estimated at $5 million to building in Forum Flats development

    Damage is estimated at $5 million to one building under construction in the 205-unit development at Danny Thomas and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

    By Yolanda Jones, Bill Dries May 06, 2019