If you're lucky enough to own an at-home generator, you probably want to baby it and keep it humming with regular service checks and ongoing, tender loving care. If the grid goes down, keeping your ...

When the lights flick back on after an outage, the real risk to your home often starts, not ends. The first few minutes of ...

LATEST Oct. 27, 6:45 p.m. "A preliminary assessment from the scene today pointed to a potentially overloaded generator, however #OFD Fire Investigator does not want to rule out that the age of the ...

OAKLAND (CBS SF) -- An overloaded generator being used to supply power during a PG&E power shutoff sparked a two-alarm fire in the Oakland Hills Tuesday morning, burning two homes and vegetation in an ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - As more Bay Area residents increasingly turn to generators to help offset PG&E shutoffs to prevent its equipment from causing wildfires— a new problem seems to be emerging those very ...

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When the lights go out, a portable generator can feel like a lifeline, but if you rush the startup, you can end up staring at ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Oakland Fire Department is saying an overloaded generator running outside a home due to the PG&E PSPS appears to be the cause of a fire in the Oakland hills Tuesday morning. It ...

FLORHAM PARK - Three family members and their dog escaped a fire that gutted their Hillside Avenue home Thursday afternoon when an emergency generator in the backyard ignited the three-alarm blaze, ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- The Oakland Fire Department is saying an overloaded generator running outside a home due to the PG&E PSPS appears to be the cause of a fire in the Oakland hills Tuesday ...