A ‘brush with catastrophe’: Close call with Hughes fire stirs concerns about jail safety
Flames from the Hughes fire came within a mile of the Castaic jails before firefighters pushed them back. Inmate advocates ...
Trio of storms threatens nearly every weather hazard, including ‘life-threatening’ debris flows in LA fire burn areas
Three additional potent storms are on deck this week and the first two will hit some of the same areas in such quick ...
Cal Fire’s predictions didn’t foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it’s changing its fire-hazard maps
The vast majority of homes destroyed in the Eaton fire were outside of Cal Fire's "very high" fire hazard severity zones, yet ...
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Feds warn consumers about carbon monoxide and fire hazards during winter storms
As a series of winter storms threaten millions across the central Plains, Midwest, Ohio Valley, and Mid-Atlantic regions this ...
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Research Corner: Lithium-Ion Battery Heat Release Rate and Explosion Hazards
Daniel Madrzykowski and Nathaniel Sauer provide the details of the Fire Safety Research Institute's testing that shed more ...
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Cal Fire's updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
Wildfire smoke from the Palisades and Eaton fires blankets Los Angeles County. Four wildfires released towering plumes of smoke and soot, some of them seen from Kenneth Hahn State Recreational ...
RTX 5090 meltdown woes spark flashbacks to RTX 4090 fire hazards
According to The Verge, the first reported incident involved an RTX 5090 user on Reddit who noticed a burning smell while playing Battlefield 5, leading them to inspect their system. Upon closer ...
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217,500 cordless electric RYOBI mowers recalled over fire hazard
The RYOBI brand mower was sold from February 2021 through January 2025 at Home Depot, Direct Tools Factory Outlet and online.