But Biggs thinks that being prepared is the wiser choice. He said they must keep the moratorium in place as they work on a fire plan in the building. Part of that plan will require having a place ...

Hong Kong’s Lion Rock Tunnel fully reopened to traffic on Friday afternoon after earlier being closed because of a southbound container truck catching fire. The Transport Department said the ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — One person was hospitalized after a crash involving a fire engine in Fort Worth, fire officials said. The Fort Worth Fire Department said the crash happened at the ...

The acting attorney general moved on Monday to fire several Justice Department officials ... acting Attorney General James McHenry wrote that he did not believe they "could be trusted to ...

It’s all part of a broader cease-fire plan, which President Trump and former President Joe Biden say was accepted by both sides. The deal, if fully implemented, will see the release of some ...

A fire that broke out in Killarney Gardens has charred two factories on Thursday. The City of Cape Town’s spokesperson for Fire and Rescue Services, Jermaine Carelse said the fire took place ...

The World Bank and Asian Development Bank are poised to begin relying on each other’s due diligence and for some co-financed projects, with NGOs claiming the move will lead to lower standards ...

A car fire inside one of Sydney’s busiest tunnels has sparked a traffic nightmare, with emergency services scrambling to extinguish the blaze. A Fire and Rescue NSW spokesman said they received ...

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 Hughes Fire has spread to over 8,000 acres in Los Angeles County's Castaic area on Wednesday as dry vegetation and brutal Santa Ana winds continue to boost fire conditions across Southern ...

Firefighters responded Wednesday to a brush fire on a mountainside in Rancho Bernardo that threatened homes and injured one person, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue. The so-called Center Fire ...

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