Everyone was able to escape the building safely. Firefighters upgraded the fire to a second-alarm and utilized ladder trucks to help extinguish the flames. The cause of the fire is still under ...

HONOLULU (AP) — As unpredictable wildfires roared across Maui last August, the head of the emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island amid the unfolding crisis ...

HONOLULU (AP) — As unpredictable wildfires roared across Maui last August, the head of the emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island amid the unfolding crisis ...

But two reports released this week are filling in some of the blanks. The previous day, the Maui Fire Department put out an after-action report produced by the Western Fire Chiefs Association. It ...

It involves a meticulous review of the fire department's operations, the water supply system for fire suppression, and the fire alarm and communications ... the eye of the national media as ...

According to city code, a fire watch is a temporary measure to monitor a building or portion of a building to identify and control fire hazards, detect fire, raise a fire alarm and notify the fire ...

“Confidence in the development of critical fire weather conditions this many days away is quite rare, and we believe that this warrants a heads up to you,” a National Weather Service ...

This is the largest annual fall in prices since September 2016 and the first negative rate since December 2020. On a monthly basis, prices rose by 0.3% between February and March 2024, compared with a ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Emergency chief decided to return to Maui only after deadly fire had burned for 5 hours, amid broader communication woes.

A Parnell lodge which caught on fire this month was on a Work and Income list of accommodation providers although it had not used the lodge for emergency accommodation since 2022. Work and Income says ...

April 16 (UPI) --The International Monetary Fund warned the United States on Tuesday that the government's rampant spending and growing national debt is not sustainable and could threaten the ...