As devastating high-rise fires continue to highlight the terrifying limitations of traditional emergency exits in high-density societies.

One person died and more than a dozen others, including a firefighter, were hospitalized after a massive fire, sparked by a gas explosion, tore through the top of a Bronx high-rise early Saturday, ...

WASHINGTON - Nine residents were displaced after a fire broke out early Monday in a 10‑story high‑rise in Northeast Washington, officials said. The fire was reported just before 2 a.m. in the 1400 ...

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. Research that was conducted by the ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Firefighters put out a high-rise building fire in Waikiki Wednesday night. The Honolulu Fire Department received a 911 call at 11:46 p.m., reporting a fire at the Waikiki ...

Primavista Italian restaurant is on the first floor ...

Four were injured after a fire broke out in an Upper West Side high-rise, according to fire department sources. First responders arrived on the scene around 5 pm after hearing reports of a fire at a ...