Flame retardants are a group of chemicals added to certain materials, from furniture foam to electrical wire coating, to ...

The discovery of high levels of heavy metals in a popular fire retardant has added to long-running concerns from ...

The opaque plumes of noxious smoke billowing out of a Georgia chemical plant are long gone. But the relentless effects of the BioLab fire in Conyers are still visible, residents say – from exacerbated ...

The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General released a management advisory report Thursday detailing concerns about the Navy’s handling of spills involving thousands of gallons of aqueous ...

The U.S. military has destroyed its last supplies of toxic firefighting foam at bases in Japan, officials said.

Detectives are investigating the mysterious circumstances surrounding a fire that broke out at a historic hotel and sent toxic fumes billowing into the air. Police warned anyone close to the ...

Police are investigating the circumstances of a fire that broke out in a historic hotel in Adelaide, and have urged the ...

Rob Wilson stood on his home’s back deck in Flagstaff, in the U.S. state of Arizona, as the wildfire approached. All was ...

A year ago today, an historic World War II-era blimp hangar caught fire in Tustin, setting off a public health emergency as ...

“I went from going right beside the toxic fire to the direct path of the toxic cloud that was being emitted into our county,” she recalled. “Everybody in the county was affected.” The 2004 ...