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A Bronx community is paying its final respects to loved ones, a week after a fire filled a high-rise apartment building with thick, suffocating smoke that killed 17 people, including six children

“If there is a fire in your apartment, the most important thing you do is get out of that apartment …but close the door behind you.” James Slevin from the International Association of Firefighters 1st District talks about best practices to stay safe after an apartment fire in the Bronx, New York, that killed 19 people.

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UPDATE: Mayor Revises Bronx Fire Death Toll to 17, Cautions Count Could Still Rise An electric space heater is being blamed for sparking the horrific high-rise Bronx apartment fire that killed at least 19 people, including nine children, city officials confirmed Sunday evening. The fire originated in a duplex on the second and third floors of the building but never…

Many U.S. cities are facing hefty bills if they want to fix their aging public housing. Meanwhile, need for homes outweighs supply, and some units can become crowded — which can be deadly.

After a fire killed 12 people in a public housing building in Philadelphia, it should be a wake-up call for the state of the city’s infrastructure, says Stephanie Sena. She joined LX News Now to discuss how many cities have not been repairing units and have yearslong waitlists to get into their available homes.

At least 12 people, including eight children, died early Wednesday when a quick-moving fire tore through a Philadelphia rowhome, crowded with 26 people in two apartments owned by the city’s public housing authority.

Firefighters are battling a major blaze at South Africa’s national Parliament complex in the southern city of Cape Town

Colorado officials say nearly 1,000 homes and other structures were destroyed, dozens more were damaged, and three people are missing after a wildfire charred numerous neighborhoods in a suburban area northwest of Denver

Hundreds of homes burned as heavy winds fanned the flames on Thursday.

The employee had been reported missing after a fire that destroyed 75 percent of the facility broke out Saturday morning.

A homeowner burned down their house in Montgomery County, Maryland, while trying to chase off snakes, officials say.

A 6-year-old boy was killed and another man was badly injured after a fire started in a trash compactor inside a Bronx high-rise building Friday evening, police said.

A woman has been charged with child endangerment in the August fire deaths of her five young children, who she allegedly left in a southwest Illinois apartment without adult supervision

A Navy report has concluded there were sweeping failures by commanders, crew members and others that fueled the July 2020 arson fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard

A person was transported to the hospital after a fire at an apartment building in East Hartford on Monday, police said. Officials said they responded to 1451 Main St., which is a building that houses primarily elderly residents. The fire has since been put out. At least one resident was injured in the blaze. Authorities said the extent of their…

The Bristol community is supporting a boy that was hurt in a Labor Day weekend fire. It happened back on Sept. 5.

The Bristol community is supporting a boy that was hurt in a Labor Day weekend fire. It happened back on Sept. 5. Family and friends put together a tag sale to help 5-year-old Jaxson Johnston this weekend. They say he just got out of the hospital on Wednesday. “He’s such a good little boy and he’s so high-spirited. He’s...

The Bristol community is supporting a boy who was hurt in a Labor Day weekend fire.