The battery fire at Moss Landing requires a complete, independent investigation, writes state Sen. John Laird, and the public deserves to know how the fire started, how future fires can be prevented ...

When it comes to disaster preparedness, Santa Cruz County is employing not only a recently established Office of Response, ...

Fire lookouts occupy an uncommon spot in the world. Their function is simultaneously anachronistic and essential. They exist ...

That hasn’t changed, but other ways fires are spotted have evolved. In the early part of the 20th century, the newly established U.S. Forest Service built fire lookout towers around the country. The ...

Most people have never been to one, but they may still find something captivating and romantic about them. That same curiosity applies to firewatchers, the people who spend their summers, largely ...

When the first flashes of fire and billows of smoke grabbed the attention of people living in the foothills of Eaton Canyon in Los Angeles County, residents recorded videos of the same cluster of ...

PARIS (AP) — Fire engulfed the town hall of Paris’ 12th district early Monday, causing no casualties but severely damaging the bell tower of the 19th century building. Paris police prefect ...

The plans feature a seven-storey podium building ... The consented design includes one less tower than outline proposals first drawn up by Fosters for the King’s Road Park masterplan with single ...

The trail reverses itself yet again and heads toward the fire lookout tower and the final ascent to the top of a ridge. There you reach the junction with the Sunset Trail, which comes in from the ...

Salt River Project, with aid from corporate, government and nonprofit partners, is thinning Arizona forests to prevent wildfires and save water.

WHARTON COUNTY, Texas – Crews are looking into what caused a large pipeline fire in Wharton County Wednesday. The fire happened around 1 p.m. in the area of Highway 90 between East Bernard and ...

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 ...