DC firefighters battle high-rise apartment building fire in bitter cold; 9 displaced

Temperatures settled in the single digits overnight as D.C. firefighters battled a fire at a high-rise apartment building in ...
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Smoky smell inside high-rise prompts HFD response

A smoky smell inside a high-rise building in Ala Moana prompted a six-unit response by the Honolulu Fire Department.
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A Research-Driven Approach to High-Rise Fire Risks to Firefighters and Occupants

Corey Smedley tells why his department adopted the use of floor-below nozzles and smoke curtains for battling fires in unsprinklered high-rise residential buildings.
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Fire Engulfs High-Rise Buildings, Killing at Least 4 in Hong Kong

A fire ravaged multiple high-rise towers in Hong Kong on Wednesday, killing at least four people. The raging fire sent up a column of flames and thick smoke and then spread on bamboo scaffolding that ...
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Honolulu firefighters extinguish Waikiki high-rise building fire

Honolulu firefighters extinguished a high-rise building fire in an 11th-floor unit at 400 Hobron Lane in Waikiki Tuesday afternoon.
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From fires to false alarms, high-rises a challenge as Ann Arbor grows denser

ANN ARBOR, MI — When the 19-story Legacy high-rise opened behind the Michigan Theater last August, it welcomed hundreds of ...
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Infant dies after fire in high-rise building in Berlin

BERLIN, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- A nine-month-old infant died after a fire broke out in a high-rise residential building in Berlin on Wednesday evening, German police said Thursday.