A federal contractor began delivering hydraulically dredged sand to Tobay Beach this week, an effort that town officials and ...

In November, the newly established industrial fire resistance test facility in Cape Town, Ignis Fire Testing, tested nonCrete’s unique low-steel, low-carbon vaulted floor system.

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 ...

One man suffered smoke inhalation and two boats sank after a fire broke out at a Port Washington marina early Wednesday, Nassau police said. Around 12:30 a.m., officials were alerted to a 43-foot ...

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 ...

Safety is a key focus with the Omega recliners. Crafted from fire-retardant materials such as FR foam, glue, fabric, poly fiber, leather, and leatherette, these recliners offer enhanced fire ...

The number of dead after a fire that engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday rose to 66, the interior minister said. Witnesses said desperate guests had tried to escape ...

We hear that insurers in California are mandated to consider a home’s fire-resistant elements. It seems you get credit for screening vents but punished for building an essentially fireproof ...

San Diego firefighters knock down a small brush along a hillside over the Mission Valley shopping mall in San Diego (Picture: AP) A brush fire broke out near a shopping mall in San Diego ...

A fire at a ski resort hotel in Turkey has killed at least 76 people and injured 51, Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. “We are in deep pain." Yerlikaya told reporters after ...

A fire at a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey killed at least at least 10 people and hospitalized 32 others, officials said.Jan. 21, 2025 ...

Many of these experts no longer use wood siding. Where it is used, or still allowed, it needs to have a fire-resistant barrier underneath, often made of gypsum, the same material used to make drywall.