A pair of high-rise window cleaners were left dangling in the air from a 22-story building after their basket broke. On Thursday (4 December), Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched ...

According to the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department "everyone went home safe," following the Dec. 4 rescue mission Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The ...

Two workers were rescued Thursday morning after a window-washing basket malfunctioned, leaving them suspended from a high-rise building in Tysons, Virginia. Neither of the workers was injured, ...

Two workers trapped several stories up outside a Tysons, Virginia, high-rise Thursday were rescued after their window-washing basket partially collapsed, officials said. The window washers were ...

The Chinese government will inspect fire risks in high-rise buildings after the deadly blaze in Hong Kong earlier this week, according to a statement posted Saturday on the Ministry of Emergency ...

Hope of finding survivors has dwindled, with many residents of the Wang Fuk Court towers still unaccounted for. Eight more people were arrested Friday over the blaze. Outside the Wang Fuk Court ...

Hong Kong braces for more losses as crews search for survivors inside a charred tower complex. WSJ’s Jonathan Cheng reports from the scene. Photo: Jonathan Cheng The fire spread at an astonishing pace ...

Hong Kong’s worst residential fire in more than half a century is triggering worries that a swathe of the high-rise housing common in China’s cities could be susceptible to similar safety risks. The ...

The blaze tore through an apartment complex, killing scores. Dozens more are believed to be missing in what remains of the buildings. In pictures and video Rescue workers and officials at the scene of ...

Nov. 26 (UPI) --Forty-four people, including a firefighter, are dead and hundreds are missing in Hong Kong after a massive high-rise fire Wednesday that hit multiple buildings in the small Chinese ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades burned through the night, leaving at least 75 people dead and 279 reported missing with rescuers still pulling residents from blazing high-rise ...