On August 22, a fire broke out in a Bellevue apartment that completely destroyed 21 units and displaced residents from more than four dozen units in the complex. It took 88 medical, support and fire ...

New York moved a step closer Friday to requiring the installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems in new townhomes sold in the state, regardless of the cost to ...

New York is reconsidering a decades-old proposal that would require all new homes built in the state to be equipped with automatic fire sprinkler systems regardless of the cost. An unelected panel of ...