Poor urban development and regulations on insurance companies encouraged the region’s vast population to sprawl out into fire-prone areas, often in old homes built with flammable materials.

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has started installing dry riser system in narrow alleys where fire engine cannot reach during a fire. The Department of Disaster Management of KMC has accelerated ...

(KOAM) — Most cities require fire suppression equipment built into new structures ... Thanks to the effective operation of the building's sprinkler system, no further damage was sustained.” ...

Impact Link Parts of Los Angeles are still burning from ... residents have been ordered to evacuate since the Palisades fire started on January 7, with mandatory evacuation orders continuing ...

The first wave of evacuation orders were lifted Thursday afternoon for several neighborhoods in the Palisades Fire zone. Some of the evacuated areas have been unpopulated since the fire started on ...