Insurers say a neighborhood like the one built in Southern California protects residents from fire — and perhaps other close by properties as well.

Monday's rainfall and the progress made by fire crews have created changes to evacuation orders and roadway access.

Charges have been dismissed against a Lookout Mountain, Tn., couple who had faced counts of reckless endangerment and contributing to the delinquency of a minor in connection with a party at their ...

Accordingly, ordinances to create a defensible space around homes were enacted in recent decades to keep the height of grass ...

In Pasadena, The Gamble House was in a fire evacuation zone and its custodians are trying to safeguard its future. In ...

A heartbroken Queensland cattle farmer says she is “grieving” after devastating flood waters swept through her outback ...

The elderly man was missing since March 13 and police had formed special teams to trace him. Police recovered human bones ...

California is one of the few states with building codes for wildfire protection because using fire-resistant materials helps ...

It comes with 10-foot buffers between homes, flame-resistant vents, noncombustible gutters and fake window shutters made of ...

After 204 days, a Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine broke the record for how long a crew was out on the open ocean.

Police are looking for a group of people who removed at least 17 fire extinguishers from the parking garage under Civic Plaza ...