Optical-based smoke alarms use light instead. They are slightly better at detecting the large smoke particles created by slow ...
An Indian woman living in the UK had an unexpectedly stressful experience while trying to cook a familiar comfort food far ...
Residents of an apartment block say they are "on edge all of the time" due to faulty alarms going off day and night. Heat ...
Smoke alarms "save lives, but only if they work," these were the words of Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service on 'Test It Tuesday.' ...
No safety inspections were carried out for years at a Swiss ski resort bar at the centre of the devastating New Years fire ...
The deadly fire that ripped through a crowded bar in the Swiss ski resort town of Crans-Montana raises numerous questions. Around 40 people were killed and over 100 others injured in the blaze at the ...
The Russian captain of a cargo ship that hit an anchored oil tanker in the North Sea had tried to change course to avoid a ...
A report says the force made a series of mistakes when fans from Israeli club, Maccabi Tel Aviv, were banned from a match ...
Captain Vladimir Motin, 59, was on sole watch duty when his vessel, the container ship Solong, collided with the US oil ...
A rise of murders is traumatising inmates and staff, and making life harder for staff. But even in prison, violence isn’t inevitable ...
From Dagenham to Hong Kong: should we be more worried about scaffolding fires in occupied buildings?
In the aftermath of the deadly Wang Fuk fire in Hong Kong, focus turned to bamboo scaffolding. But, as Peter Apps reports, scaffolding in the UK can pose a fire risk as well In the aftermath of the ...
It's the first week of a new year and there's no time for the tech world to slowly ease back into things following the ...
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