A Lacey family was rescued Thursday evening when a fire trapped them on the second story of their residence. The fire’s cause ...

The NFPA denounces safety changes occurring outside of the codes and standards process. The National Fire Protection Association released One Stair, Two Perspectives: Single Exit Stair Symposium ...

The classic American emergency exit sign—the bold red letters spelling out E-X-I-T—seems at first glance like an unimpeachable bit of sign design. The contrast between the letters and the ...

On June 24, 1973, a rambucious and deadly fire broke out at the Up Stairs Lounge in the French Quarter with 32 casualities.

"Even if the fire exit had not been locked, the victims would not have managed to escape as the stairs were blocked with cartons and heaps of garbage," said a firefighter. P rakash Reddy ...

The opening of the parking lot was further delayed after the inspectorate said that fire exit stairs needed to be added to the structure. The construction of the same has been ongoing. The ...

The addition to the bonding package would change state building code, allowing residences to have a single exit ... stair exits for taller buildings with up to four units, as officials deem safe ...

Fifty years ago tomorrow, the Up Stairs Lounge fire killed 32 people in a gay bar overlooking Iberville and Chartres streets in the New Orleans French Quarter. The ghastly blaze and its aftermath ...