Lynn Merrill was eating lunch on a bench outside San Bernardino City Hall on a warm Monday last month when a fire engine raced by. With alarm, Merrill saw a plume of smoke rising only two blocks away.

The Woolworths fire began in the furniture department, triggered by a faulty cable that ignited newly popular polyurethane foam—material that burned hot, fast, and produced lethal black smoke. Within ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Wednesday marked 77 years since the largest loss of life incident in the history of the Charleston Fire Department. A memorial ceremony was held Wednesday at the site of the ...