When a fire breaks out in a high-rise building, conventional wisdom is that stairwells are the only way out. Lifts are verboten in such scenarios, while sheer height typically prevents any other ...

A car hit by debris form a adjacent building under construction at Ushirika estate in Pangani, Nairobi county. [Collins Oduor, Standard] As high-rise buildings are erected every day to feed Nairobi's ...

Plymouth Community Housing says the Marlborough House scheme will be 'a step change' in quality.

Days after a deadly blaze in Hong Kong killed at least 151 people, China has ordered a nationwide fire safety inspection of its more than one million residential and public use high-rise buildings.

"Even though we're expecting a below-average season in the Atlantic, it's very important to understand that it only takes one ...

Radio signal dead zones can create a potentially dangerous situation for emergency responders, yet dozens of high-rises in Fort Lauderdale have them, city officials say. That means police and ...

Even today, there is ongoing debate among builders, safety experts and first responders about whether New York City is doing enough to reduce the risks of high-rise fire catastrophes—all as a new ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (7News) — A Maryland fire safety measure inspired by the 2023 death of a young woman in a Silver Spring apartment building has been signed into law. It requires sprinklers in certain ...