What are the most important types of fire safety equipment for homes? Smoke Alarms: Your First Line of Defense A smoke alarm detects fire at its earliest stage, so it is a critical component of any ...

A MAN who poured petrol over a stranger’s vehicle then fled the scene had been put under pressure by others, his solicitor said.

Flames came pouring up out of the ground in Hengrove this morning after a fire broke out beneath a public footpath. The fire ...

Two engineering students of George Mason University in the United States have made a prototype of a sound device that can put ...

Fire extinguishers are absolutely essential to help you protect your property from preventable damage, but do you know how to ...

“Daniel was trying to use a fire extinguisher but it wasn’t doing ... water due to blocked road hydrants causing low water pressure. Investigations into the cause of the fire and the hydrant ...

While evacuation orders remained in place for areas around the immediate perimeter of the fire, other nearby neighborhoods were reduced from evacuation orders to warnings, while warnings were ...

The fire was being fanned by strong, dry Santa Ana winds that were racing through the area, pushing a vast pall of smoke and dangerous embers ahead of the flames -- sparking fears that it could ...

LATEST Jan. 23, 8:45 a.m. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County continued to burn Thursday morning, but locals and first responders had some reason for optimism despite ...

Firefighters are battling a three-alarm blaze at an apartment complex in San Jose. The fire was reported at 1:55 p.m. Wednesday at a two-story apartment complex on the 2400 block of Los Gatos ...

Firefighters continue to make progress in containing the massive Hughes Fire that broke out Wednesday near Castaic Lake, growing to more than 10,000 acres and forcing mass evacuations. Around ...