The Los Angeles fire disaster and the many fires we regularly experience in South Africa are a powerful reminder of the need for fire-resistant building materials and methods across the housing ...

Manufacturers are adding harmful flame retardants to plastic cases surrounding the lithium-ion batteries in earbuds, e-bikes, ...

Protecting individual houses is not enough. We need to rethink how we design entire neighborhoods and communities.

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Another Carhartt pick from the artists at Colossal are these insulated quilted gloves that are poly-filled for insulation, ...

A fire broke out in a residential area in Barangay 458, Sampaloc, Manila early Thursday morning, which affected around 500 families and left one person injured. According to a report of EJ Gomez on ...

The eye-popping substance coating streets, cars and surfaces is actually fire retardant, dropped by aerial firefighting tankers in massive plumes of red or pink. Unlike water drops, which target ...

The substance, vivid against the grey smoke and charred landscape, is fire retardant – much of it a product called Phos-Chek that has been used by the US Forest Service since the 1960s.

Phos-Chek, the pink fire retardant that firefighters are dropping on LA County, is actually reasonably safe for cars. It’s noncorrosive, it washes off with regular soap and water, and even that ...

Owners cleared brush away from their stucco house that has a fire-resistant roof and multi-pane windows that blocked the flames. This house in Paradise was the first home to receive the Wildfire ...

Karina Maher and Michael Kovac, an architect, built their Los Angeles home with fire-resistant and sustainable features. When the Palisades fire broke out, their house remained intact while others ...