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 ...

Amid these competing thoughts, I found myself at my burnt-out home in Altadena earlier this week. Joining me were 10 church ...

Urban wildfires like LA’s make harmful chemicals from burning plastics and electronics that can make indoor air dangerous for months.

Residents describe experiences of sore throats and other symptoms. The energy storage industry insists that this incident is ...

A blue comet streaks across the sky in New Mexico on Jan. 6, 2025. On Thursday, Jan. 30, at least 19 people from the ...

Researchers have shown that plumes of wildfire smoke can carry contaminants hundreds of kilometers, leaving a toxic and ...

A fifth person has died from injuries suffered during a massive explosion of illegal fireworks at a Honolulu home over New ...

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 ...

A fire that destroyed the roof of a house was caused by a log burner, investigators have found. More than 50 firefighters were called to the blaze in Plastow Green, North Hampshire on Wednesday at ...

The Hughes Fire has burned more than 9,000 acres Wednesday around the Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County on Wednesday continuing a devastating wave of Southern California wildfires fueled by dry ...