The facility spans 110,000 square feet and boasts an impressive capacity to produce 360,000 pounds of fire retardant.

Imagine gathering around a glowing circle of warmth, where stories flow as easily as the flickering flames, and the night air ...

Clayborn Temple, a Memphis church hailed as an epicenter during the civil rights movement, has suffered significant damage after catching fire and burning during the early morning on April 28.

Myanmar quake death toll rises to 1,644 as resistance movement ... ground shaking in an area where most of the population lives in buildings constructed of timber and unreinforced brick ...

Researchers have them harnessed to create biodegradable, fire-resistant, and insulative bricks. They are made by combining husk, sawdust, and fungal spores to create a fibrous network that ...

Brick, Gypsum, and Fire-Resistant Windows. Brick’s longstanding use in construction is largely due to its excellent fire-resistant properties although “time-consuming and labor-intensive to ...

An aerial view of Orchard Hills in Irvine, where homes were planned and built to be fire-resistant. The master-planned community, which straddles the wildland-urban interface, was in the path of ...

Irvine, CA — February 15: An aerial view of Orchard Hills in Irvine, where homes have been built to be fire-resistant. Photo taken Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. Orchard Hills, a neighborhood in ...

Fire-resistant brick, the kind used in fireplaces, needs to line the fire chamber. Unless you are building the firepit floor directly in the dirt, ...

The fire that razed Melise Gerber’s house raced from the dry slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles through thousands of tightly packed homes, through a beloved 1950s diner, a ...

Apart from their fire resistance, the bricks have superior thermal qualities, helping to keep homes warm in winter and cool in summer," Lamb explains. Using the same material, ...