READING, Pa. - Reading Fire Chief James Stoudt was just a teenager when he arrived on the scene with his dad at the YMCA fire ...

Alyce McFadden, a reporting fellow on The Times’s Metro desk, writes about what covering a disaster for the first time ...

The firestorms ravaging Southern California are the latest example of extreme weather growing more furious and more unpredictable, writes Ron Sadler ...

Ryan Mac, who covers the tech industry and lives in Los Angeles, writes about suddenly becoming a fire reporter.

Loss, love and a sense of belonging — survivors, evacuees, heroes and allies weigh in on what the fires revealed ...

First-grade teacher Jean De Longe had no time to waste when she arrived at Brentwood Elementary Science Magnet early ...

But there's a lot more to differentiate the Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Cube than their shape! But how is that different from the Amazon Fire TV Cube; is it simply a differently-shaped device or is ...

Flames from the Palisades fire smolder at a play area at the Palisades Elementary Charter School on Jan. 8. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) ...

That fire began on Oct. 19, 1991. It was a very small grass fire, no more than five acres in the Berkeley hills. Firefighters put it out quickly, but because the conditions were very dry at what ...

When I heard of the Pacific Palisades Fire, I was worried sick about my 90-year-old uncle who has lived there for decades. His wife died a few years ago, and he sold their beautiful home and moved ...

After a mid-season break, Chicago Fire is finally back on US screens. Alongside a whole host of other returning shows, Chicago Fire season 13 picks back up where it left off in its usual Wednesday ...

A huge fire that erupted at a clothing market in Ghana’s capital Accra has destroyed hundreds of livelihoods and businesses. The fire at Kantamanto Market – one of the world’s largest ...