DC firefighters battle high-rise apartment building fire in bitter cold; 9 displaced

Temperatures settled in the single digits overnight as D.C. firefighters battled a fire at a high-rise apartment building in ...
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Fire Engulfs High-Rise Buildings, Killing at Least 4 in Hong Kong

A fire ravaged multiple high-rise towers in Hong Kong on Wednesday, killing at least four people. The raging fire sent up a column of flames and thick smoke and then spread on bamboo scaffolding that ...
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A Research-Driven Approach to High-Rise Fire Risks to Firefighters and Occupants

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.
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From fires to false alarms, high-rises a challenge as Ann Arbor grows denser

ANN ARBOR, MI — When the 19-story Legacy high-rise opened behind the Michigan Theater last August, it welcomed hundreds of ...

Victim who died in high-rise fire was disabled, family confirms

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The person who died in a fire at a West Price Hill high-rise has been identified by the Hamilton County ...

Crews extinguish high-rise building fire in Makaha

Firefighters arrived to find smoke and flames visible from the 16th floor.