The key ingredients for a fire are heat, fuel and oxygen; take one of these away, and the flames are extinguished. Sound ...

When a natural disaster strikes, time is of the essence if people are trapped under rubble. Conventional search-and-rescue ...

A 65-year-old man who burned his home down and fired shots at responding firefighters was sentenced Friday to 24 years in prison.

A Mississippi woman who claimed her ex-boyfriend fell into a lit fireplace while holding a bottle of lighter fluid has been ...

A domestic violence call early Thursday escalated into a three-hour search for a suspect and an armed standoff in a shed ...

The State Fire Marshal and Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are expected to announce an arrest and charges in connection with ...

Landline telephones can be a lifeline when disaster strikes remote towns. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Yue Stella Yu, a reporter for CalMatters, about why landlines remain important in California.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A staff member in the City Engineer’s Office said he expects work to begin on the city’s New Central Fire Station at 18-30 East O. Reilly Street in March 2026 and to wrap up in May ...

The man accused of randomly setting a woman on fire while on a Chicago transit train this week has been slapped with a federal terrorism charge, marking the latest instance of violence on public ...

The violent firebug who allegedly set a woman ablaze on a Chicago train earlier this week was released by a judge in a separate assault case in August — despite prosecutors petitioning for the serial ...

Just as negotiators at the United Nations COP30 climate talks in Belém, Brazil, girded Thursday for the fiercest debate of the gathering—how to address fossil fuels—their phones buzzed with an urgent ...

REDDING, Calif. - The Shasta County District Attorney's Office says that on Wednesday, Toni Renee Hill pled guilty to all arson charges and special allegations on the second day of her jury trial.