The owner of Gabriel House and the company that inspected its fire safety system are trading lawsuits in court over defective ...

Home fire sprinklers sit at the intersection of safety, cost, and building policy, promising to stop small flames from turning into life‑threatening disasters. Whether they are worth the investment ...

Summit County normally updates its building and fire codes every six years, and the local fire departments are recommending ...

is your neighborhood reporter for North Beach, Downtown Corpus Christi and the Bay Area. NUECES COUNTY, Texas — During a routine inspection of the Nueces Courthouse, Corpus Christi Fire Department ...

The fire at the Jefferson Apartments in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood exposed more than flames and smoke. Pittsburgh City Councilmember Barb Warwick said the building did not have a ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A sprinkler system helped contain a fire near the top floor of a Rockford high-rise apartment building on Monday night. Around 7:37 p.m., firefighters were called to Olesen ...

Fire officials told 12 News the building was built in 1972, before the Massachusetts state building code came into effect, which requires apartment buildings of this size to have a sprinkler system.