High-rise fire is a big concern in urban cities and Singapore needs to pay attention, said NMP Neo Kok Beng. Speaking in parliament on Friday (Feb 27), he wanted to know what lessons the Ministry of ...

When a fire breaks out in a high-rise building, conventional wisdom is that stairwells are the only way out. Lifts are verboten in such scenarios, while sheer height typically prevents any other ...

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.

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) — The death toll of Hong Kong’s high-rise apartment blaze rose to 159 on Wednesday, as authorities arrested six people on suspicion of deactivating some fire alarms during maintenance ...

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 ...

Mumbai: Amid a worrying spike in high-rise fire incidents across Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to roll out a new generation of firefighting technology aimed at ...

A smoky smell inside a high-rise building in Ala Moana prompted a six-unit response by the Honolulu Fire Department.