Small bench-top fires are common in labs, but large fires are rare. Labs using solvents pose risks of flash fires, explosions, and toxic smoke. Prevent fires by planning experiments carefully, ...

Albert Simeoni has dedicated his life to fighting wildfires. While studying for his doctorate in mechanical engineering, he wanted to experience fighting the fires he was researching. So he became a ...

Feb. 26—Access to two buildings on the campus of the Geisel Medical School at Dartmouth College in Hanover is restricted until further notice after a fire broke out in an unoccupied lab Sunday, ...

Tucked beneath snow-capped mountains in Montana, the Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory is unlike any other lab in the country. It's where scientists are starting fires to better understand how they ...

A controlled fire whirl burns during a test in the department of Fire Protection Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, speaks to a reporter, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Worcester, Mass. (AP ...

More than seven months after the Palisades Fire first erupted, burning through thousands of homes and killing a dozen people, investigators have finally provided a cause for the destructive blaze and ...

A 15-year-old student and teacher sustained burns when a fire erupted during a chemistry experiment at Brookline High School’s summer program on July 3. The incident highlights the need for laboratory ...

Photos taken by Florida Highway Patrol of a crash early Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025 near the 11.5 milepost of State Road 570 in Polk County. Read full article: Driver killed when box truck rear-ends ...

As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather. The National ...