RICHBURG — In rural Chester County, a house burned to the ground May 13 as local firefighters stood by watching flames pour out of windows until the roof crumbled and walls collapsed. This was no ...

Civil and environmental engineering researchers conducted unique live fire experiments to study the kinematics of firebrands, burning embers cast off from wildfires that cause spot fires leading to ...

As drought conditions are expected to continue into the hot and humid summer months, wildfire safety has to be top of mind in ...

Understanding how fire spreads in a microgravity environment is critical to the safety of astronauts who live and work in space. And while NASA has conducted studies aboard the space shuttle and ...

Since 2000, wildfires have destroyed an average of seven million acres each year. And with rising global temperatures from climate change, the threat is growing exponentially. Researchers at labs and ...