Call 911 and let the dispatcher know where you are. Stay on the phone to help fire officials on scene locate you Place a ...

Forward-looking: When wildfires sweep through the dry hills outside Los Angeles, homes can be lost in moments. A California startup imagines a different outcome: as embers fall and nearby brush ...

GREENSBURG, Pa. — The Greensburg City Council approved an ordinance that would hold property owners accountable for faulty fire alarms. Meaning alarms that go off as a result of a mechanical issue, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A firefighter was injured in a three-alarm fire at a home in Mariners Harbor on Wednesday morning. The fire was reported at 5:36 a.m. at 188 Grandview Ave. near Davidson Street ...

Investigators found no smoke alarms in a Middleboro condo where a deadly fire broke out Sunday, killing one man and seriously injuring three others, including the Lakeville deputy fire chief ...

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. -- A Spokane Valley family was able to escape an early morning house fire over the weekend thanks to working smoke alarms. According to the Spokane Valley Fire Department, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. HONG KONG — The death toll of Hong Kong’s high-rise apartment blaze rose to 159 on Wednesday, as authorities ...

Hong Kong tower fire: The massive blaze that swept through the high-rise complex in Tai Po on Wednesday left 128 people dead. Hong Kong’s fire services on Friday said that the alarm systems in the ...

The failure of fire alarms in the deadly Tai Po blaze could have delayed the response and evacuation of residents, according to a leading Hong Kong fire safety specialist. Anthony Lam Chun-man, a ...

Many windows were covered, preventing residents from seeing the fire and smoke, one survivor said. By Joy Dong Reporting from Hong Kong Lau Yu Hung said he and his wife had barely escaped in time.

Furious survivors of the Hong Kong apartment block disaster have claimed fire alarms failed to go off when the blaze broke out. Former district councillor Herman Yiu Kwan-ho said residents reported ...

A fire at an empty 10-story building brought firefighters to 300 San Mateo Boulevard around 12:30 p.m. Sunday after smoke was seen coming from the upper floors, an Albuquerque Fire Rescue news release ...