Students of Yemco Nursery, Primary and Comprehensive College in the Ogba area of Lagos have recounted their frightening experience after a section of a classroom block collapsed within the school ...

Pennsylvania has experienced more than 500 fires this year, marking a 12% increase from the same period last year ...

A smoke alarm sitting quietly on a ceiling may look harmless, but behind that plastic cover lies a ticking time bomb of risk if it’s expired or malfunctioning. Every year, thousands of home fires ...

Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the defendants may be found not guilty ...

It features a photoelectric sensor, making it a smart choice for placement near a kitchen, as ionization smoke detectors are more apt to go off if you burn a piece of toast. This smoke alarm has a ...

With no storms in the forecast, conditions could be setting up for an early dry season and an earlier fire season — in the state’s interior, at least.

The Adirondacks are a vast stretch of forested mountains noted for the haunting call of loons, the crackle of campfires and ...

A study found that alert systems using an immediately loud sound increased firefighter heart rates by a median of seven beats a minute, compared with five beats a minute under a system that phased in ...

The Danbury Fire Department rolled out a new firehouse alarm system in September to reduce firefighters’ stress when calls come in. The alarm uses softer volumes that ...

A three-alarm fire in Jamaica Plain sent a firefighter and a resident to the hospital early Wednesday morning. Boston Fire responded to the “heavy fire” at 98 Wyman St. at around 4:45 a.m. — which had ...

FITCHBURG – A two-alarm fire that broke out at 264 Myrtle Ave. Wednesday morning was the most recent in a string of house fires that are being investigated by the Fitchburg Fire arson squad, along ...