April 6, 2016
Fire officials have confirmed that smoke detectors inside a Huntington apartment complex didn’t go off when the building caught fire, causing more than 100 residents to be displaced. News outlets report that firefighters found two separate fires when they arrived …
October 20, 2015
Almost 40 people are looking for a new place to live after an overnight fire destroyed part of an apartment complex in Columbus, Georgia. Authorities say the Lullwater Apartments caught fire around 1 a.m. Monday. No one is injured, but …
July 15, 2015
Fire officials say fire destroyed an apartment building at a complex near the University of Central Florida. It took about 60 firefighters to put out the fire at the Tivoli Apartments on the afternoon of July 12. Seminole County Fire …
May 4, 2015
Fire officials say more than 20 apartments were damaged when a large fire tore through an apartment complex in northeast Atlanta. DeKalb County Fire Chief Norman Augustin told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution roughly 24 units at the Ashford Druid Hills apartment …
December 29, 2011
Fires in high-rise buildings cause about $230 million in property damage and take more than 50 lives a year. But high-rise buildings tend to present a lower risk of fire and associated losses than lower-rise building, according to a report …