HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former volunteer firefighter in Connecticut pleaded guilty Thursday to setting a fatal 1986 fire, drawing a sentence of eight years and eight months in prison. Peter Waraksa ...
On April 29, 1986, a fire raged through the Los Angeles Central Library. Nearly every firefighter in the city was there. It was the greatest loss to any public library in U.S. history -- more than a ...