Fighting fire usually involves water or foam, but they can be messy and environmentally destructive. Engineers at Ohio State ...

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

Last week, two trash collectors with Local Waste Services in Central Ohio moved blue residential bins around the back of their garbage truck. As one went to lift and empty a container into the rig, he ...

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Just as one of the workers steps back, a large explosion rattles the truck and sends trash flying. The quick-thinking workers ...

While evacuation orders remained in place for areas around the immediate perimeter of the fire, other nearby neighborhoods were reduced from evacuation orders to warnings, while warnings were ...

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 ...

The latest blaze - dubbed the Hughes Fire - started late on Wednesday morning near Lake Castaic, around 40 miles from the Eaton and Palisades wildfires that devastated parts of LA earlier this month.

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, ...

The Hughes Fire broke out around 11 a.m. on Wednesday. The fire has burned thousands of acres in just a few hours. Thousands are under evacuation orders between Los Angeles and Ventura counties.