In the 1880s, when skyscrapers starting popping up in cities all over America, fire safety quickly became an issue. There were previous fire escape designs, but many of them involved ropes and ladders ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stanley Forman's news photos have gripped Boston for decades. Now 80 years old, Forman still listens to three police scanners in ...

The Buildings Department slapped new violations on the owners of the building where three tenants died in a fire last week after inspectors found padlocks on doors leading to rooms with fire escape ...

October is Fire Prevention Month. The Village Reporter’s Fire Safety 2026 page explains how to plan and practice a home fire ...

As a fatal fire tore through a Bronx apartment building, panicked residents — including one who had caught fire — were forced to jump from a second-floor fire escape as they screamed for help, ...

A family was able to escape a fire at their home on Friday but is now displaced, according to crews with the Philadelphia Fire Department. The fire broke out sometime after 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 15 ...