FDNY firefighters performed a daring rope rescue from the roof of a six-story Manhattan building to save a 5-year-old girl trapped in a two-alarm blaze early Tuesday. She was among 12 people saved by ...

A Kansas City, Kan., man is hailing the escape plan he hoped he'd never have to use – until a weekend fire destroyed his family's home.Brian Arnold said he and his daughter were able to get out safely ...

A Surrey property developer had the “incredulous and inherently dangerous” plan of installing a rope ladder, and then have people jump down onto a sloped roof, rather than put in a proper fire escape ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Firefighters rescued a 300-pound man Sunday after he fell 15 feet from a ladder onto the roof of the former Syracuse Developmental Center. Syracuse police and firefighters, and ...