Working smoke alarms are being credited with preventing a potentially deadly situation after an early-morning house fire ...

Firefighting agencies are encouraging the public to make sure they have smoke alarms installed in their homes after two ...

Fire department working to clear backlog of installation requests within 72 hours.

A house fire early Thursday morning in the 500 block of West Eye Street resulted in the death of one person, leading authorities to remind the public ...

When you move into or buy a new home, no one hands you a guide to how the smoke detectors work. They "chirp," which really means shriek loudly, and you occasionally have to put new batteries in them.

Nine people have died in fires across Louisiana this year, and investigators say they all had one thing in common: none of ...