Houseguests are fine to invite over when you’re putting together a fireworks show at home. But when that guest is a bear, and you’re using the fireworks to get it to leave, well, not so much. One homeowner in Kamisunagawa Town, Hokkaido, Japan, used fireworks to drive a wayward bear away from his house on …
What kind of collateral damage can a bonfire cause? In this situation that took place in Greenisland, County Antrim, a massive amount. Two houses were destroyed and two more damaged after an Eleventh Night bonfire spread to an entire row of dwellings. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service deduced that the most probable cause …
Thousands of dead fish have been floating in a pond in west Wichita, two days after a mass fish kill. Now, residents say the stench has finally worked its way indoors. The fish are now decaying with maggots feeding on them, KWCH reported. Neighbors say they want the mess cleaned up, but aren’t exactly sure …
A driver crashed into a historic home in Lenox, Massachusetts, on Friday, destroying a porch that the homeowner’s grandfather built more than a century ago. The crash happened at the house at 73 Main Street, according to The Berkshire Eagle. A silver sedan went off the road. It traveled through the wooded yard of the …
If you shot off fireworks on the Fourth of July, you probably checked to see if it was legal and if you had permission to do so where you live. Hopefully, anyway, as you’ll wish you had after this story. A North Brunswick, New Jersey, homeowner is facing a summons and a bill for cleanup …
What do you do when construction crews decide to use your home and yard as they see fit? One California homeowner says construction and maintenance crews have repeatedly used part of his property without permission. In the process, they’ve been damaging his fencing and landscaping. Logan Bates told ABC7 the problems began in 2022 and …
Looking for something new to watch? Netflix’s true crime docuseries Worst Neighbor Ever is now the most-watched show on the platform in the US. If you’ve ever had a horrible neighbor, just wait until you see the ones on this show. Built on four real neighborhood disputes that escalated into harassment, intimidation, and, in some …
When you know everyone around you, it’s a lot easier to call them friends. And one 4-year-old boy in Concord, North Carolina, has pulled about a dozen of his neighbors into his life and into each other’s lives, all with a kind wave. Roman Butzlaff greets nearly everyone who passes his house with a wave …
The power of a group that wants to make a difference can surprise you. Crews of teenagers spent the week installing wildfire protection around homes at the Lafayette Gardens Mobile Home Park in Lafayette, Colorado, at no cost to the residents. The teens are working with Boulder County Wildfire Partners, and the project is paid …
A Las Vegas homeowner is now grateful to a man he had never met. The stranger helped keep a backyard fire from reaching his house as it crept ever closer on Wednesday night. Robert Bloch was driving home from the grocery store with his wife when he spotted flames rising from a shed behind Steve …