China accounts for the majority of buildings 200 meters and taller, according to a new report from the Council on Vertical ...

Videos of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand on Friday morning have surfaced. Some residents were able to capture the moments high-rise building collapsed leaving many dead ...

When a fire breaks out in a high-rise building, conventional wisdom is that stairwells are the only way out. Lifts are verboten in such scenarios, while sheer height typically prevents any other ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Part of a high-rise apartment building in New York City collapsed Wednesday morning, leaving a corner of the building a pile of rubble. The city’s fire department said it had no ...

Police and firefighters could lose radio communication inside those buildings despite a state law meant to prevent that. Fort Lauderdale Fire Inspector Cedric Daniels checks the radio signal strength ...