Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The aftermath of a fire at 30 Toh Guan Road in May 2017. (File photo: Singapore Civil Defence Force/Facebook) The Singapore Civil ...

Ten years ago, a late-night cigarette started a fire that spread rapidly up 13 storeys on the Lacrosse apartment building in Melbourne. The November 24 fire caused more than A$5.7 million in damages, ...

Residents living in a block of flats in south-east London say their lives have become "a living hell" after work to replace ...

The type of siding or "cladding" used on the Grenfell Tower in London — and suspected of feeding the massive fire that killed dozens of residents — is not allowed on the exterior of tall buildings ...

Only one fifth of glass produced globally is recycled glass The new technology is fire-safe, and offers many more benefits The product is a collaboration between RMIT and industry A Royal Melbourne ...

Victoria, NSW, and Queensland have all taken steps to deal with flammable building cladding in high-rise constructions. Several States have started taking action to address the widespread use of ...

Certification has been withdrawn for several types of building cladding amid heightened fears of fire hazards across Australia and globally. The Victorian Building Authority regulator has issued an ...

The latest round of high-rise fire disasters involving sub-par cladding materials serve to highlight the potential sustainability and efficiency advantages brought by better quality systems for ...

The cladding used in the recent renovation of the Grenfell Tower in London, where a devastating fatal fire ripped through the building, is similar to the cladding that was used in a residential tower ...

Melbourne’s Spencer St fire shows – yet again – the property sector’s version of ‘thoughts and prayers’ is not enough The fire at the Neo 200 building on Spencer Street in the Melbourne CBD this week ...