By Chris Conway Refuse trucks are indispensable in waste management, collecting vast quantities of refuse from urban and ...

Researchers at Ohio State University have developed a novel portable tool for safer and more efficient fire suppression.

Once the E.P.A. finishes inspecting a home site and removing toxic waste, crews contracted by the U.S. Army Corps of ...

The next chapter is clearing the debris, a process that has already come under scrutiny. Once areas are cleared, rebuilding can begin. Here’s a look at the process to clear the site of a burned home.

On January 9, approximately a full day after the Eaton fire devastated the foothill area of Altadena, north of the Caltech ...

VIJAYAWADA: In the aftermath of a fire incident at South India Shopping Mall near Surya Mahal in Srikakulam district on Saturday, Director General (DG) of State Disaster Response and Fire Services, ...

The fire was being fanned by strong, dry Santa Ana winds that were racing through the area, pushing a vast pall of smoke and dangerous embers ahead of the flames -- sparking fears that it could ...

Within hours, the blaze had burned across more than 10,000 acres (41sq km), the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said. They added that the fire is at 14% containment.

The newly formed Looter Suppression Team will provide more surveillance and a quicker response time to Altadena neigborhoods evacuated during the fire but potentially left unsecured by residents, ...

LATEST Jan. 23, 8:45 a.m. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County continued to burn Thursday morning, but locals and first responders had some reason for optimism despite ...

Entire families wiped out, last words of victims revealed after the fire in northwestern Turkey killed 76 Musa Serdar Terzioglu/Anadolu via Getty Twenty children were among the 76 fatal victims of ...

Istanbul, Turkey — A fire engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 76 people and injuring at least 51 more, the interior minister said. Witnesses said ...