Building a fire-resistant residence starts with the right materials.

Amid the charred rubble of burnt-down homes in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, you’ll find one Chautauqua ...

The rule requires homeowners to clear combustible materials like dead plants and wooden furniture within 5 feet of homes in ...

Despite being a source of warmth and comfort, a fireplace can also cause danger without a decent curtain screen. But that ...

Building experts tell Action News there are roughly 50 ways a fire can burn a house, and eliminating half or more can go a ...

While people from the local community and across the country rally to help those affected, many are considering ways homeowners can prevent similar devastation from occurring in the future. One ...

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The neighbouring houses in the Palisades were destroyed, and Chasen thinks it was a combination of luck and fire-resistant design strategies that kept his client's home safe. It is a conventional wood ...

including planting fire-resistant vegetation and keeping any other trees and shrubs trimmed and away from houses. But housing demand is so high in cities like Los Angeles that developers often end ...

The fire originated on the second floor of the facility due to the improper management of flammable solvents in a laboratory. A massive fire broke out at the Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre (BBC ...