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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, ...

A massive fire tore through a residential complex in Hong Kong on Wednesday. LONDON -- The death toll following a massive fire that ripped through several Hong Kong high-rises has climbed to 146 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...