If finalized, a Berkeley law would mandate that homeowners in fire-prone areas clear combustibles within 5 feet, aiming to ...

The latest code changes aim to slow home-to-home ignition in Boulder’s highest-risk wildfire areas for new construction and remodels.

Flames shooting through the roof of a building could be seen from I-20, according to the Irmo Fire District, which said it ...

Toledo Fire initially planned to let the structure burn to the ground, as the building previously was declared a 'code red' structure.

How one project reexamines life safety, zoning, and building codes through a fresh lens, challenging outdated regulations to ...

A stubborn fire tore through a commercial building in Hesperia fore more than two hours on Friday afternoon. The blaze was first reported shortly after 3:20 p.m. in the 17100 block of Bear Valley ...

Several pets were lost and 22 people were displaced by a Wednesday afternoon fire that charred a multifamily apartment ...

MPR News found problems tied to inspections and local political pressures that leave low-income renters in potential danger ...

The Board of Supervisors are asking for county departments to appoint one person to make permit decisions on rebuilding in ...

AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash.-- Airway Heights has a new public safety building on the way and its fire department plans to move in very soon. It will replace the current fire station, which is 57 years old.

FREMONT — An apartment fire in Fremont left a Manteca woman ... Knowles said. The building was “red tagged” by city inspectors, meaning it is not habitable. Ajaz Mohd, a third-floor resident ...

Volunteers from the Northeastern New York Chapter of the American Red Cross said they helped seven adults and one child following a fire at an apartment building on Pike Street. That fire broke ...