A wildfire rages across southern California wildlands towards residential communities, endangering residents and firefighters and sending property up in smoke. This is an increasingly common story, ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Fire Research Laboratory has spurred numerous improvements in fire safety across the country. Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the ...

Crews battle the Caldor Fire in September 2021. (CAL FIRE photo) Severe wildfire disasters are often the product of numerous factors — vegetation, drought, a lack of firefighting resources, and many ...

Cigarettes are the most frequent cause of fatalities from residential fires in the United States. So, it might seem surprising to learn that a cigarette that burns stronger than others has been used ...

Major factors contributing to a rapid spread of fire at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, S.C., on June 18, 2007, included large open spaces with furniture providing high fuel loads, the inward rush ...