Inspectors discovered that a California building in a rundown neighborhood lacked fire extinguishers, smoke detectors in every apartment and a working sprinkler system just three days before a blaze erupted and killed three low-income residents. Officials uncovered multiple fire code …
Helena’s fire tower is in violation of fire codes after city officials renovated the Montana city’s landmark with wooden roofing shingles. The city created a wildland-urban interface district in 2008 with rules that forbid use of the shingles when more …
The owners of a Hollywood nightclub have been charged with violating fire codes and allowing overcrowding that put lives in danger. The Los Angeles city attorney’s office says Friday that the charges stem from several incidents, including when fire inspectors …
School officials in Gary, Ind., are working to address serious fire code violations found at nearly all of the district’s schools. Gary’s chief fire inspector, John A. Leslie Jr., says he’s disturbed that outstanding violations found earlier this year at …