“It does save homes,” said Harry Statter of Frontline Wildfire Defense, a company that makes an app and a system that can ...

People driving on Joe Ramsey Boulevard/U.S. Highway 69 west of Wesley Street in Greenville on Thursday may have noticed smoke ...

Stay up to date on the latest headlines in today's Sunrise Smart Start for Thursday, January 23, 2025. Against the odds, ...

Toxic, potentially cancer-causing firefighting foam, like what spilled in Brunswick last year, is still being used in some ...

A local inventor has created a special foam that could protect homes from wildfires and hurricanes. When Marcus Ramsey watched news coverage of a woman who lost her home and belongings in a California ...

Quick summary • 3M marketed its firefighting foams as safe and biodegradable for decades, despite knowing they contained toxic PFAS chemicals that persist in the environment. E ...

A University of Maine researcher had a lightbulb moment while watching news about wildfires raging through California in 2019. James Anderson saw clips of planes dumping out water to quench the flames ...

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A veteran Orange County Fire Authority engineer suffered cardiac arrest and died after searching for any residents during a kitchen fire at a Laguna Niguel home early Sunday morning, Jan. 5 ...

Memory foam, also known as viscoelastic polyurethane foam, is a slow-responding material that reacts to heat and pressure, allowing it to conform to the shape of your body. (Thus, it's often used ...

A huge fire that erupted at a clothing market in Ghana’s capital Accra has destroyed hundreds of livelihoods and businesses. The fire at Kantamanto Market – one of the world’s largest ...