The BMC is planning to introduce a Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS) to enhance firefighting efficiency in the high-rise buildings. “CAFS offers superior fire suppression capabilities. This technology ...

A fleet of fire engines and police have swooped into the centre of Middlesbrough as a high rise building 'smokes' from the roof. Firefighters and police are attending an incident in Bedford Street, ...

At least 10 people have died and 25 others injured after a fire broke out in a high-rise building in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital. Videos on social media on Tuesday showed occupants of the ...

The government was "well aware" of the deadly risks posed by combustible cladding and insulation a year before the Grenfell Tower fire, but "failed to act on what it knew", a landmark report has found ...

A busy section of Birmingham city centre ground to a halt this evening, Monday September 15, following a high-rise fire. 50 West Midlands fire fighters attended the blaze at 4:30pm, which broke out on ...

Residents of high-rise buildings here have been invited to information sessions by the Department for Communities after a report found fire safety systems in NI need an “overhaul”. The report ...

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