Letters to the Editor: Other countries don't build homes out of wood. Follow their example
When entire neighborhoods burn down, we fail to identify the biggest cause: In the U.S., we still build homes with wood.
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What happened to the Hindenburg?
The Hindenburg came to a tragic end in 1937. This video shows the interior of the airship and the events leading up to the ...
West Wichita hotel shut down after fire inspection had 107 violations. Here is a look
A west Wichita hotel shut down by city officials had 107 violations in a Jan. 15 inspection report, according to a Wichita ...
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Are California fires a matter of ‘Rake America great again’?
While surveying wildfire damage in California over the weekend, President Donald Trump called it “unbelievable” while repeating his longstanding claim that poor forest management plays a role. During ...
Photos from the LA fires show how houses catch on fire — and how homeowners can protect their property
Wildfires and brush fires can quickly spread into neighborhoods in large part because flying embers start little fires that then set homes ablaze.
The horror of the Los Angeles firestorms is hard to grasp, but emerging photos give a sense of the destruction
The Palisades and Eaton fires are still raging through Los Angeles. Emerging photos offer a glimpse of how devastating their toll will be.
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New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar planned to detonate homemade bombs filled with nails, ‘rare’ explosive compound, new pictures show
Other photos show glass jars filled with flammable liquid that officials found in the rental truck also meant to inflict maximum damage, ABC News reported. The explosives, which were found in a ...
The Washington Post14d
With ‘damaging’ winds, extreme fire danger returns to Southern California
A “powerful and damaging” Santa Ana windstorm begins in Southern California, bringing extreme fire risk to the region on Monday and Tuesday — just two weeks after a pair of devastating, wind ...
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West Wichita hotel shut down after fire inspection had 107 violations. Here is a look
The report includes photos of the violations ... exposed and not in a flammable cabinet, according to a Wichita Fire Department inspection report. Courtesy photo WFD report The hotel owners ...
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The Remains of Malibu: Ashes and Embers in the Sand
The National Guard has taken up position along the beach. The Malibu Pier, all wood and fully flammable, is standing intact. But just after the Malibu Pier, between Carbon Canyon and Rambla ...
What trees survived in our terrible fires? And why didn’t they burn?
Stark aerial photos of the Eaton and Palisades fires show blocks of ash where houses used to be, and a surprising number of ...
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How do we keep a wildland fire from becoming an urban conflagration?
Have you seen the pictures of home burned to the ground ... big enough for fire engines to turn around in. We proposed non-flammable building materials. And of course, adequate water supplies.