Ionization smoke alarms use a battery and two metal plates, called electrodes, to create an electrical circuit. Ions are tiny, electrically charged particles that flow through the circuit and between ...

Many windows were covered, preventing residents from seeing the fire and smoke, one survivor said. By Joy Dong Reporting from Hong Kong Lau Yu Hung said he and his wife had barely escaped in time.

The death toll in Hong Kong's apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed bouquets of flowers at ...

MILLINGTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - A tragic house fire in Tuscola County claimed the lives of a brother and sister with special needs, while another person remains hospitalized in critical condition.

Hong Kong tower fire: The massive blaze that swept through the high-rise complex in Tai Po on Wednesday left 128 people dead. Hong Kong’s fire services on Friday said that the alarm systems in the ...

LEXINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) — FOX8 has learned that the smoke alarms were not working in a deadly house fire that killed 2 women and a child in Lexington. At around 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a motorhome on ...

Furious survivors of the Hong Kong apartment block disaster have claimed fire alarms failed to go off when the blaze broke out. Former district councillor Herman Yiu Kwan-ho said residents reported ...

At least 128 people are now known to have died, with dozens still missing after a fire ripped through a high-rise Hong Kong residential estate on Wednesday, authorities say At a news briefing, they ...

Anytime you hear the fire alarm in your building. (Evacuation is MANDATORY during fire alarms) If you smell smoke or know an actual fire is burning. When instructed to do so by CWRU Police Dispatch, ...

RICHMOND HILL, Queens (WABC) -- Flames quickly spread between four row houses in Queens overnight, leaving three people injured and several residents forced out of their homes. More than 200 ...

The deadly blaze that engulfed a densely populated Hong Kong apartment complex has prompted scrutiny in Korea over whether its high-rise residential and commercial buildings are adequately prepared to ...

Residents of Wang Fuk Court apartments had raised concerns about flammable foam panels and scaffold netting, but the government did not take decisive action. By Selam Gebrekidan Amy Chang Chien and ...