Dozens of residents at the Berkshires at Town Center in Towson are taking their landlord to court, accusing management of dropping the ball on basic fire safety after a three-alarm blaze in January.

When a fire breaks out in a high-rise building, conventional wisdom is that stairwells are the only way out. Lifts are verboten in such scenarios, while sheer height typically prevents any other ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - The College Station Fire Department is conducting specialized training sessions for high-rise fire safety. There are 18 high-rise apartments along the Northgate ...

Corey Smedley tells why his department adopted the use of floor-below nozzles and smoke curtains for battling fires in unsprinklered high-rise residential buildings. Research that was conducted by the ...

A fast-moving fire tore through a Co-op City high-rise early Monday, sending thick black smoke over the neighborhood and ...