Corey Smedley tells why his department adopted the use of floor-below nozzles and smoke curtains for battling fires in unsprinklered high-rise residential buildings. Research that was conducted by the ...

Dozens of residents at the Berkshires at Town Center in Towson are taking their landlord to court, accusing management of dropping the ball on basic fire safety after a three-alarm blaze in January.

HONG KONG (AP) — Uncomfortable questions are being raised over who is to blame for Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades. As the territory mourns over the high-rise apartment fire that killed at ...

There are very few things on the fireground that will kill you faster than arriving unprepared.”— Chief Daniel DeYear, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Temperatures settled in the single digits overnight as D.C. firefighters battled a fire at an apartment ...

At Astoria Tower in Chicago's South Loop, more than 100 residents say they are staring down eviction threats after organizing ...

A fire broke out at a high-rise building in Manhattan near the route of the St Patrick's Day Parade, with thick smoke ...