A violation will not likely be issued, but fire escapes must remain clear of obstructions and can be dangerous.

A fire led to multiple people jumping out of the Jake's Bar building on Matlack Street early Tuesday morning, officials said.

Stanley Forman has been photographing Boston for 60 years, but the image he'll always remember is one he took of a fatal 1975 ...

Rescuing residents of Gabriel House was difficult because of window AC units — often a violation of building code that's ...

Markus Boyd is taking his business venture to the next level. Boyd, owner of My Just Desserts and its historic building at 31 E. Broadway in Alton, recently received $5,000 from Alton Main Street's ...

City inspectors said they issued the owner a violation and had the owner put up the scaffolding as a safety precaution.

Residents of the Gabriel House in Fall River, Massachusetts described the terrifying moments that smoke filled the assisted ...

Complainant screaming that there is fire, and alarms sounding. Unable to figure out exactly what was going on,” the ...

The fire started on the building’s third floor. A total of eight people were injured, including five civilians and one firefighter who were transported to Harlem Hospital with non-life ...

Gabriel House residents described a chaotic scene Sunday night before they were rescued from the blaze that left nine dead ...