Fire safe

"Sustainable" and "affordable" are two words that people looking to build a green home usually don't hear in the same sentence, but a local builder hopes to change that during a presentation this week...

United Arab Emirates: In recent months, the UAE has suffered the aftermath of several major fires including the Al Quoz fireworks warehouse disaster, the gutting of the Naif Souq, and the most recent ...

Seventy-six percent of the US population is now or soon will be better protected from cigarette fires thanks to state passage of

TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Governor Charlie Crist asked Floridians to be "fire safe" just before he headed to the front lines of Florida's wildfires in Brevard and Volusia Counties. Florida's Division of Fore...

NEW BEDFORD — For the second time in two months, a lit, "fire-safe" cigarette has been blamed for a house fire in the city....

A heat wave expected on Wednesday will worsen western Nevada County fire conditions that already are deemed as dangerous as in mid-summer. The National Weather Service Monday said an unusual high pres...

We've had a rash of fires in the area started by carelessly disposed-of cigarettes. A local TV station notes the contrast with the fact that Massachusetts recently became one of 22 states to require t...

A safety expert has said a spate of deadly fires across Dubai could have been prevented. I...

Unit Chief Gary Durden announced that starting at 8 a.m. today, Cal Fire will transition into its summer preparedness levels for fire season in Tehama and Glenn counties. The declaration allows Cal Fi...

Commonly referred to as fire-safe, these cigarettes have a reduced propensity to burn when left unattended and are manufactured to prevent injuries and devastation from cigarette-ignited fires....