Overloaded Extension Cords and Power Strips Plugging too many devices into a single power strip or using an extension cord as ...

Hanover's fire prevention shows took on new lessons in 2025, seeking to educate the public - and children - about avoiding ...

New fire prevention rules are set to take effect in February for San Diego homeowners, banning flammable items — like plants, ...

MAGNA — We are coming into an especially flammable time of year, loaded with holiday fire hazards: grease fires while cooking, mismangement of the turkey-fryer, thirsty Christmas trees. "The holidays ...

The Malibu City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance Monday night officially designating the entire city as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, making it one of only a handful of California ...

San Diego County saw a nearly 9% decrease in acreage with “very high” fire hazard compared to 2011, Cal Fire reported this week in a release of new maps for areas under local and county fire agency ...

Research in the U.S. Southwest could expand lifesaving efforts for hazards that follow wildfires across the globe. Students and researchers assisted Luke McGuire, left, a geology professor at the ...

Cal Fire added thousands of San Luis Obispo properties to a new map that identified fire-prone areas in California this year — and now those property owners will need to retrofit their homes and yards ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Discount retailer Five Below is recalling about 66,000 tabletop fire pits after reports that the product can cause dangerous flare-ups, posing a serious burn and fire ...

An ordinance approving updated maps from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (commonly known as CalFire) designating fire hazard severity zones for 2025 in Yorba Linda has been ...

Los Gatos and Saratoga approved updated fire hazard severity zone maps last month, but some Saratoga hills residents expressed concern over relaxed designations in their neighborhoods. The Fire Hazard ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – The city of San Luis Obispo has updated their map of Fire Hazard Severity Zones that now shows more parts of San Luis Obispo that fall within moderate, high and very high ...