The Los Angeles area is expecting rain this weekend—potentially offering a respite from fires that have blazed throughout the ...

In 2007, the Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire became one of the deadliest firefighter tragedies in U.S. history, claiming the lives of nine brave men. This documentary delves into the causes, the ...

As wildfires burn the landscape, they prime slopes for debris flows: powerful torrents of rock, mud and water that sweep downhill with deadly momentum.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — FDNY officials revealed the cause of a two-alarm house fire that broke out last Friday in Graniteville, ...

In 2022, Columbia University professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh argued that the rise of remote work would put cities into what ...

Photograph by Mark Thiessen, National Geographic Before and after a home burned down in the Smiley Park neighborhood of Running Springs, California during the 2007 Slide Fire. Because of the ...

After a mid-season break, Chicago Fire is finally back on US screens. Alongside a whole host of other returning shows, Chicago Fire season 13 picks back up where it left off in its usual Wednesday ...

A veteran Orange County Fire Authority engineer suffered cardiac arrest and died after searching for any residents during a kitchen fire at a Laguna Niguel home early Sunday morning, Jan. 5 ...

A huge fire that erupted at a clothing market in Ghana’s capital Accra has destroyed hundreds of livelihoods and businesses. The fire at Kantamanto Market – one of the world’s largest ...

Jamie Waffle says it was a "very tragic" end to 2024 in Windsor, Ont., and start to his role as the city's new fire chief. He officially took over Jan. 1, on the heels of two fatal fires to close ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Dozens of people were rescued and evacuated after a fire broke out at a large commercial building in the ...