#residential-fire-safety

#residential-fire-safety

San Jose fire officials warned that lithium-ion batteries are highly toxic when ablaze due to 'highly irritating gases' like carbon monoxide.

"The landlord did not pay attention to this house whatsoever. We didn't even know we had a landlord."

"What's the consequences if we allow 800 residents to be in a severe fire with no evacuation routes? We're being asked to choose between two really bad options."

"I'm really proud, our crew did an incredible job. This is one of Oakland's most historic buildings, and we were able to salvage a tremendous amount of art and precious items that are historic to the city."

Firefighters are trying to contain a fire on the roof of a building in downtown Toronto after a possible explosion, with thick black smoke billowing from the site.

"It's very important to understand that we have confirmed there is one person in the residence. It is certainly possible that there are more. Unlikely at this point, with the information that we have, but we have seen this happen," said Const. Tyler Bell-Morena.

According to the National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA), the most common cause of kitchen fires is unattended cooking. The best way to protect yourself and your home is to be proactive about fire prevention and prepared to quickly and safely extinguish a fire. First, make sure everyone in your household is aware of key kitchen safety rules.

A 3-year-old boy is among four people killed in a four-alarm building fire in Queens on Monday. The fire broke out at 44-49 College Point Blvd. in Flushing around 12:30 p.m. on Monday.

The deaths from a fire in a mall in Pakistan's Karachi have risen to at least 50 as firefighters recovered more bodies from the debris of the charred building. "We have found 20 to 25 dead bodies, or you call them remains," Deputy Commissioner Javed Nabi Khoso told the media on Wednesday. The Gul Plaza mall in Karachi the country's biggest city caught fire late on Saturday. The blaze raged on for more than 24 hours before it could be doused.

Living in New York City requires a constant negotiation between what we owe our neighbors and what our neighbors owe us. In an ideal world, you and your neighbor would have a mutual understanding about why it's good for everyone to keep a clean building, but if she is indeed hoarding then it's hard to imagine she's able to give you what she can't even give herself. This is a pickle.

Fire marshals are investigating the cause of a blaze that tore through a three-story private home in East Flatbush, damaging the first and second floors, officials said. The fire broke out at 611 East 57 St. on Thursday, Jan. 8. Crews from Engine Company 310 and Ladder Company 174 were the first to arrive and encountered heavy fire conditions inside the attached dwelling.

State Sen. Sasha Renee Perez, D-Pasadena, who has worked to bring more transparency to the insurance claims process for survivors of last year's wildfires, has proposed Senate Bill 1076. Known as the Insurance Coverage for Fire-Safe Homes Act, it would require insurance companies to offer or renew insurance for properties that meet wildfire safety standards set by State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara.

Firefighters were responding to a two-alarm fire at an apartment building Sunday morning, authorities said. The blaze broke out at a two-story apartment complex on the 500 block of Toyon Avenue, according to a social media post from the San Jose Fire Department. The incident was called in around 9 a.m., authorities said. Smoke was coming from the second floor of the building.

BERKELEY A 74-year-old woman died Wednesday afternoon in a fire at her duplex near Strawberry Creek Park. Authorities were trying to confirm her identity and notify relatives before releasing her name. The fire erupted about 3:53 p.m. Wednesday at a single-story duplex in the 1300 block of Poe Street. Officials said the first crew of firefighters arrived to find flames and smoke showing from three sides of the structure. Crews were also alerted there was a possible victim inside the house.

Firefighters were dispatched to a six-story apartment building on 35th St. near 31st Ave. in Astoria after a fire broke out on the third floor just before 11 p.m. on Thursday. A woman in her 90s and a 61-year-old woman were removed from an apartment and taken to Mount Sinai Queens, where the older woman died. Her name was not immediately disclosed. The younger woman was listed in critical condition at the hospital, officials said. The fire was put out by 11:30 p.m.