As wildfires burn and severe weather threatens the Myrtle Beach, SC area, can homeowners protect their property with everyday yard equipment? We asked experts to find out.

For centuries, fire was one of the major fears for city-dwellers. Dense cities built largely of wood could—and did—burn. In ...

Students at West Haven Elementary were sent home Tuesday after someone set a paper towel dispenser on fire in a bathroom ...

A small fire broke out at West Haven Elementary School, prompting an evacuation of all students to a nearby church, according ...

A key regulator voted to move forward with construction rules that will require most new buildings to be powered by ...

Councilman Dennis Hancock said he wants details on how much it will cost to install fire sprinklers by the end of 2027 as required by Clayton fire code.

Long Island builders are pushing back on a measure requiring automatic systems for new single-family and two-family homes ...

Another time, Meyers recalled, a fire broke out on the factory floor. ”They got put out fast enough,” Meyers said. “It kind of felt like it came with the job.” SPS had been without working sprinklers ...

Longview Fire Department said firefighters arrived at an Aspen Street home at around 10:40 a.m. on Sunday after receiving calls regarding a house fire. Photo courtesy of Longview Fire Department.

A naughty youngster triggered a fire alarm and ran as the sprinklers activated at a shopping centre in Russia. Panic erupted at a mall in Kursk when a fire alert went off suddenly on Thursday ...