Protect your home from these hidden fire hazards

Cooking, heating, electrical and lighting equipment are the top causes of house fires, according to the National Fire ...
KRCG

Behind the Crisis: Opportunity Campus seeks wholistic approach to reduce homelessness

An $18.6 million project in Columbia will open its door this year with the goal of wholistically, and centrally, addressing homelessness.
Channel 3000

New firehouse dispatch systems aim to ease stress with gentler alerts

A study found that alert systems using an immediately loud sound increased firefighter heart rates by a median of seven beats a minute, compared with five beats a minute under a system that phased in ...
Noozhawk

Fire at Mesa Home in Santa Barbara Contained to One Room

Emergency personnel first responded to a report of a structure fire on the 200 block of Cooper Road on the Mesa at around 7:49 a.m. Saturday. Credit: Peter Hartmann / Noozhawk photo Firefighters with ...
PC World

Put a PC in your living room. You won’t regret it

I’ve had Windows PCs hooked up to my living room TVs for decades. While Microsoft hasn’t taken home theater PCs seriously since it axed Windows Media Center, that doesn’t matter—Windows PCs are ...
ABC Kcrg 9

1 in emergency room following Waterloo fire

WATERLOO, Iowa (KCRG) - One person is in the emergency room in an unknown condition after a fire broke out in Waterloo. The fire happened at a home in the 100 block of Candlewick Road. The fire ...
WRIC

PHOTOS: Fire burns through Chesterfield hotel room

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A fire burned through a Chesterfield County hotel room Thursday afternoon, prompting evacuations. At 2:20 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19, crews with Chesterfield County ...
The Hill

Fire in a storage room in northeastern Spain kills five children

MADRID (AP) — A fire broke out in a top-floor storage room at an apartment building in northeastern Spain, killing five children who were trapped inside and injuring five other people elsewhere in the ...