Entrepreneurs with a fire suppression technology developed by a NASA engineer wants to prevent a repeat of L.A. wildfires by ...

Starting a fire with a battery sounds risky unless it’s done correctly. This method focuses on reliability, control, and repeatable results. It works with common items and minimal effort. When ...

In the lead-up to James Cameron’s first two “Avatar” movies, the process of performance capture was mostly obscured. The magic trick of how living, breathing performers became majestic alien creatures ...

A massive fire that ripped through several residential high-rises in Hong Kong on Wednesday has killed at least 44 people, with hundreds still unaccounted for, authorities said. Emergency crews worked ...

HONG KONG — A major fire tore through multiple high-rise towers at a housing complex in Hong Kong on Wednesday, killing dozens of people, the city's chief executive, John Lee, said, with 279 people ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

SE Grand Recovery Shelter to open January 5, expanding recovery-focused shelter access The city of Portland is helping to expand access to overnight shelter with the opening of Transition Projects’ SE ...

South County Fire rolled out a new fire and emergency medical service deployment model to improve emergency services for nearly 300,000 residents across the regional fire authority (RFA). The model ...

Fourteen young kittens were rescued Saturday night from an abandoned burning home. On Saturday, more than 40 firefighters responded to a home on fire on Method Road in Raleigh. Other WRAL Top Stories ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has updated its classification of areas that are more at risk of being affected by wildfires. The new fire hazard severity zone map shows ...