The top two floors were apartments. Fire officials said the fire was caused by burning incense, which lit combustible material in the temple. The damage was estimated at $400,000.

Many Japanese people are checking their incense stocks to make sure they are prepared for Obon. A Japanese Buddhist custom, 盆 Bon (or お盆 Obon) takes place for three days in the middle of August, at ...

A life prisoner who turned to Buddhism won a High Court battle quashing a decision he was guilty of a disciplinary offence by having a "sharpened" incense holder. A fellow Buddhist inmate gave ...

One man from the central province of Hubei waited for 26 hours in a bid to be first with an incense offering at the temple, the Beijing Morning Post reported. It was the third year in a row he had ...

Now the incense specialists are back again, this time with a new scent that promises to be even more popular than any of their past releases, as this one comes with the aroma of Japanese sake. And ...

A fellow Buddhist inmate gave Robert Shreeve, who has to serve a minimum 20 years before being considered for parole, a gift of a bamboo incense holder.

A Buddhist statue inside Famen Temple gets a cleaning. Photo: Reuters Researchers also found two other incenses, agarwood and a mixture of agarwood and frankincense.

Incense burned in Thai temples poses cancer risk Incense burned in Thai Buddhist temples can cause cancer, publish health officials have warned. By Ian MacKinnon in Bangkok 11 March 2011 • 4:02pm ...

SEATTLE (AP) -- Investigators determined that a three-alarm fire early Thursday at a Buddhist temple in Seattle was started accidentally by burning incense.