Fighting fire usually involves water or foam, but they can be messy and environmentally destructive. Engineers at Ohio State ...

You might wonder why a regular fire extinguisher, the kind you might have in your home or workplace, can't handle lithium-ion battery fires. SafeQuip, a leading distributor of fire-related equipment, ...

A fire can get bigger every 30 seconds so having fire alarms is essential to protect yourself and others.“My smoke alarm or ...

You might think you’ll never experience a house fire, but the United States sees fire departments responding to almost 350,000 house fires each year. A house fire can lead to significant monetary, ...

Fire extinguishers can be found in just about every home, business or school. It might not look like much, but the small tool can save a life or property.

An Indy Ridge apartments resident had left the kitchen while cooking and, hearing the smoke alarm, came back to a grease fire, Independence Fire Chief Jimmy Walker said Wednesday night. The resident ...

A wind-driven fire in the Sylmar area rapidly expanded to 700 acres Wednesday with 0% containment. The Hurst Fire -- one of four major fires burning in Southern California amid fierce Santa Ana ...

Now we come to the more immediately tractable causes of these fires. “Fire is a natural process that has shaped ecosystems for over 420 million years,” Iglesias says. “Indigenous people ...

The Eaton and Palisades fires are the first and second-most destructive in Southern California history. “The Palisades fire alone is the size of Manhattan; just imagine the debris,” McIlreavy ...

Officials said they have not ruled out whether embers from the New Year's Eve fire sparked back up amid high winds on Jan. 7. In the photo below, Patrick O'Neal sifts through the remains of his ...

The fire originated on the second floor of the facility due to the improper management of flammable solvents in a laboratory. A massive fire broke out at the Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre (BBC ...

With wildfires spreading across the Los Angeles area and forcing tens of thousands of Southern Californians to evacuate their homes, it’s more crucial than ever to think about fire safety and your own ...