Just months after BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, which leaked millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, another Gulf oil rig exploded into flames Thursday.

Amid cautious optimism that a "top kill" effort to cap the leaking well causing the Gulf oil spill is working, President Obama banned new offshore drilling Thursday until further notice.

The Office of the State Fire Marshal is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association to promote this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Charge into Fire Safety: Lithium-Ion Batteries ...

Abstract: Traditional fire allocation struggles to model physical coupling effects in large-scale naval vessels. This paper proposes a reinforcement learning method using damage tree analysis to ...

Avocado oil or olive oil for frying chicken? A professional chef explains how to choose the right cooking oil for your meal. Joey is a writer/editor, TV/radio personality, lifestyle expert, former ...

The following is a letter to the editor submitted by Adam L. Palumbo, Captain / Fire & Life Safety Educator, for the Canandaigua Fire Department. If you would like to submit a letter to the editor for ...

On October 6, 1898, Lawrenceburg experienced the worst fire in its history, a blaze that tore through the downtown area with little resistance. Residents scrambled with buckets and climbed rooftops, ...

JACKSON, Tenn. — It’s officially Fire Prevention Week and we have some information about lithium-ion batteries. It’s important to only buy products that are nationally recognized. There will be a ...

SEBRING, Ohio (WKBN) — The Sebring Fire Department responded to an explosion at an oil well on Saturday. Fire Chief Michael Springer confirmed that one oil well tank battery exploded Saturday ...

Thornton Munger (1883-1975) worked at the Wind River Experimental Forest north of Carson and left behind an oral history of his life and work, spanning about 200 pages. He arrived in 1908 with a new ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (KABC) -- Crews extinguished a massive fire that erupted at a Chevron oil refinery in El Segundo, which sent up large flames and plumes of smoke into the air. The fire broke out ...