Fires in balloon-frame construction present the engine company officer with various challenges. In addition to securing a water supply, stretching a line and extinguishing the main body of the ...

Then in Chicago, Augustine Taylor got credit for creating balloon-frame construction, a hammer-and-nails forerunner to the light-frame construction that still dominates U.S. housing. In the first ...

“Balloon framing was an early attempt to do mass production.’’ Balloon framing, in which homes are built with long, continuous lumber, was among the most common ways to build a house in the ...

Fire Chief Terrence Baudin explains how fire moves through balloon framed houses. Kevin O'Connor finds Richard Trethewey in the attic. Richard explains the use of the mini duct system to save the ...

The father who orchestrated the balloon boy hoax is taking advantage ... anyone who will listen that he is innocent and being framed. Authorities are not amused by Richard Heene's media blitz ...

A woman who captured a young Wairarapa balloon enthusiast from the air wants the community's help to identify him. Lisa Webber from Porirua spotted the child while on a Saturday morning hot-air ...

As the Chinese spy balloon hovered over Montana, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken made the decision to postpone his scheduled visit to China. The stakes of that visit were already high ...

It's called "balloon frame" construction, and thousands of homes around the region have it. A fire that gutted a balloon frame home in Allentown on Sunday started small, with a family making ...