On a vacation, the potential for fires is often far from mind. But in rare instances, terrifying tragedy can come fast.

The start of the new year is the perfect time to double check your home's smoke alarms to be sure they're properly installed ...

As a series of massive fires continues to blaze through the Los Angeles area, blanketing neighborhoods with smoke and forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes, air quality remains ...

Billowing wildfire smoke rolled over large swathes of Los Angeles County on Jan. 8, prompting school closures and triggering air quality advisories across the region. From Altadena to Santa Monica ...

The more researchers learn about wildfire smoke, the more worrisome the picture gets. Smoke contains microscopic particles known as PM 2.5 because the PM (particulate matter) measures 2.5 ...

His wife Jessica had escaped the blaze with their pets after being awakened by their cat and smoke detectors in the early hours of Sunday morning. "I woke up around 3 a.m., the cat clawing me ...

Should your smoke detector be hardwired to your home’s power, a detector with a backup power source will keep the device going in the event of an outage. Smoke detectors have an extremely ...

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Shanling hasn’t so much dipped a toe into the ‘premium wired over-ear headphones’ market with the HW600 as dived in headfirst. Big, well-appointed, hard-wired planar magnetic headphones are ...