Nearly three years after 25-year-old Melanie Diaz died in a high-rise fire in Silver Spring, her family continues to honor her legacy with the mission of improving fire safety in Montgomery County and ...

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.

Nine residents were displaced after a fire broke out early Monday in a 10‑story high‑rise in Northeast Washington, officials said.