The BMC is planning to introduce a Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS) to enhance firefighting efficiency in the high-rise ...

MEDOWIE residents Michael Walton and Paul Rooms appeared last week as witnesses to an inquiry into ‘forever chemical’ ...

Fighting fire usually involves water or foam, but they can be messy and environmentally destructive. Engineers at Ohio State ...

The BMC has increased the budget allocation for the upcoming financial year to enhance the MFB's fleet of firefighting equipment with construction of new fire stations. Currently, there are 35 major ...

While evacuation orders remained in place for areas around the immediate perimeter of the fire, other nearby neighborhoods were reduced from evacuation orders to warnings, while warnings were ...

The fire was being fanned by strong, dry Santa Ana winds that were racing through the area, pushing a vast pall of smoke and dangerous embers ahead of the flames -- sparking fears that it could ...

A new fire exploded Wednesday north of Castaic, charring more than 10,000 acres and forcing thousands to flee their homes amid a month of extreme fire conditions that have plagued Southern California.

The latest blaze - dubbed the Hughes Fire - started late on Wednesday morning near Lake Castaic, around 40 miles from the Eaton and Palisades wildfires that devastated parts of LA earlier this month.

The Hughes Fire has burned more than 9,000 acres Wednesday around the Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County on Wednesday continuing a devastating wave of Southern California wildfires fueled by dry ...

Update: As of late Thursday morning, local authorities had lifted the remaining Ventura County evacuation warnings related to the Hughes Fire. Ventura County authorities downgraded an evacuation ...

Fighting the fire was extremely difficult because of temperatures in the single digits and wind chills as low as minus 15 degrees. Water froze instantly. Firefighters ran out of water from ...

With Tijuana just miles from San Diego, CBS 8 spoke to Cal Fire Capt. Robert Johnson about their response when it comes to fires near the border. “We work with firefighters in Mexico," Johnson said.