Fire doors are part of the building’s safety system. They are fitted to slow fire and smoke. They protect escape routes. They give people time to leave. When they are misused, that protection fails.
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A man in Westminster spoke to CBS Colorado this month about the deaths of his husband and son in a house fire.
BELMONT, Bronx (WABC) -- Fire marshals say several doors left open during a blaze in the Bronx on Tuesday created a tunnel of fire that ultimately cost two women their lives. Firefighters arrived at ...
Two people who perished in a fatal Bronx blaze didn’t stand a chance after their neighbors left a door open that allowed the fire to quickly spread, officials said Friday. The victims, who died from ...
Alexa Herrera is a digital producer with the CBS News New York web team. She previously worked with WUFT and WTSP in Florida as a digital producer. She's a Long Island native. The New York City Fire ...
Fire officials said Friday that open doors fueled the five-alarm apartment building inferno that killed two people and hurt nearly a dozen in the Bronx earlier this week. It took just three-and-a-half ...
The plan to merge a pair of Milwaukee-area fire departments is moving forward.On Tuesday, the Wauwatosa Government Affairs Committee approved the plan to merge with the West Allis Fire Department. The ...
A brush fire in Sister Bay burned about 15 acres before it was extinguished April 11 through the combined resources of Door County fire departments. The fire started from a permitted controlled burn ...
DETROIT, MI - Ten days after an April 1 fire damaged upper floors of the Maccabees Building, the Midtown landmark is drawing renewed attention, not just for the repairs ahead, but for the nearly ...
The faulty hydrants after a recent fire in Waterbury are raising questions about how they’re maintained and what the guidelines are. “It was horrific, because I was sleeping and I was woken out of my ...