And the pressures are not confined to fire safety alone. The increasing impact of extreme weather, as well as persistent ...

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 1: Chief of the Kuwait Fire Force, Lieutenant General Khaled Al-Mekrad, warned of the danger of the external cladding of buildings if they do not meet the safety requirements set by ...

LONDON -- London's fire commissioner said Thursday morning that it would be a miracle if any more survivors were found after the devastating high-rise fire that killed at least 17 people. That death ...

A COLLEGE has closed its site in Warrington due to cladding issues. The issues were discovered at UTC Warrington’s Dallam Lane site prior to the summer holidays. This was following a building survey ...

As our climate heats and our cities gets denser, understanding how building materials perform in real fires is becoming more ...

The cladding on Grenfell Tower was used on other buildings hit by fires around the world, the BBC has learned. The exterior cladding, added in 2015, had a polyethylene - or plastic - core instead of ...