A baby was rescued from a burning apartment building Sunday morning after residents lowered the infant in a car seat from a ...

The immediate causes of the disaster—the ignition of party sparklers in a basement bar, the flammable ceiling cladding, the lack of and overly narrow escape routes, and the lack of trained staff—all ...

Milwaukee police said they are now investigating an apartment fire, where eight people had to be rescued, as a case of arson. The fire broke out Feb. 1 just before 5:30 a.m. near 77th Street and Green ...

Dramatic cellphone footage captured the moment a baby was rescued from the second-story window of a burning Milwaukee ...

Exits were blocked, locked or insufficient. Multiple reports in the press mentioned locked exits and blocked staircases that ...

Fires on the ground floor can quickly block escape routes while thick, poisonous smoke rises to trap people on the upper floors. In many fires, smoke — not the flames — claims lives. There has been ...

Ghana’s construction industry is experiencing one of the most dynamic periods in its history. From high-rise residential ...

Seaweed bathing in Ireland, a trek through Africa’s first designated wilderness quiet park—we asked National Geographic staff ...

Fire rarely announces itself with drama at the start. It usually begins with something ordinary that has been quietly ...

We all know that peculiar moment of panic when you spot an acquaintance in public and suddenly become fascinated with your phone screen—but this seemingly innocent avoidance tactic reveals a complex ...

This is one real homemade scoop. An Upper West Side woman went viral for attempting to make ice cream on her freezing cold fire escape — racking up over 800,000 views by Saturday. Fashion designer ...

Longtime area conservationist Jeff Lambert paused in the middle of the trail and used his hiking pole to gesture at a tight ...