Corey Smedley tells why his department adopted the use of floor-below nozzles and smoke curtains for battling fires in unsprinklered high-rise residential buildings.

HONG KONG (AP) — Uncomfortable questions are being raised over who is to blame for Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades. As the territory mourns over the high-rise apartment fire that killed at ...

Hong Kong’s worst residential fire in more than half a century is triggering worries that a swathe of the high-rise housing common in China’s cities could be susceptible to similar safety risks. The ...

Days after a deadly blaze in Hong Kong killed at least 151 people, China has ordered a nationwide fire safety inspection of its more than one million residential and public use high-rise buildings.

Conference Brings National Experts to Address Critical Air Supply Challenges in Modern Firefighting; Municipal Leaders ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - The College Station Fire Department is conducting specialized training sessions for high-rise fire safety. There are 18 high-rise apartments along the Northgate ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades burned through the night, leaving at least 44 people dead and 279 reported missing with rescuers still pulling residents from blazing high-rise ...

Flowers, specialized mementos and a smile that brightens the faces of those who walk by — all of it a part of a large memorial dedicated to a life gone too soon. That life is Melanie Diaz. On Feb. 18, ...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A deadly high-rise blaze like the one that engulfed an eight-building apartment complex in Hong Kong this week may be unlikely in Cebu City. But local authorities here admit ...

Moments after discovering his daughter, Melanie, died in a high-rise fire, Cesar Diaz made a silent pledge to her memory. For the past 16 hours, Diaz had been driving his family from their Florida ...

In 2023, 25-year-old Melanie Diaz died after a fire erupted at a high-rise apartment building in Silver Spring. Today, her loved ones are working tirelessly to strengthen fire safety standards for ...