Just after 1:30 p.m. on Friday, crews responded to a report of a fire on a porch in the 500 block of S. Main Street in Fond du Lac.

FOND DU LAC – No one was hurt after discarded smoking materials caused a porch fire Friday afternoon. Fond du Lac Fire Rescue Department said in a news release that crews responded to the report of a ...

In addition to major projects like swapping out siding to make a home more fire-resistant, landscaping strategies can also play a role in helping to protect your home from encroaching flames, ...

Vinyl siding is the most commonly used type in America, but it's a poor option for fire-prone areas. Instead, consider these ...

As wildfires ravage California and climate change intensifies extreme weather events across the United States, an innovative building material is gaining traction: Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC). W ...

A USD professor designs an innovative solution to California's housing crisis: a sustainable, fire-resistant home assembled ...

Back in Pacific Palisades, where one of the most destructive L.A. fires raged earlier this month, Joe Cilic has plans to rebuild his home. The day after the real-estate broker fled his home, which was ...

The house that Michael Kovac built is the only one on his street still standing after a huge fire raced through his Los Angeles neighborhood.

A third of American homes, or about 48 million properties, are at risk of wildfires. Here's how to protect yours.

Facing the uncertainties of droughts, wildfires, blackouts, poor air quality, mudslides and flooding, here are some ideas ...

With wildfires increasing year after year, more homeowners are thinking about the future of their houses — and whether they have a future at all as the climate rapidly changes.

There is some hope among the smouldering ruins of many parts of Los Angeles. Entire neighbourhoods were ravaged by the recent ...