Columbia has the South Carolina State Museum, but by next summer, Charleston will have a museum of its own that will interpret the state's history, in a different sort of way. For decades, the South ...

Downtown Charleston, S.C. (WCBD) – It’s Wednesday and that means it is time to explore the history that surrounds the Lowcountry. This week, we head to downtown Charleston to learn about the Fireproof ...

A Charleston landmark first built to preserve state records reopens Saturday to present its history. The new South Carolina Historical Society Museum highlights many of the most interesting artifacts, ...

As blazes burn our homes, a smattering of mud evangelists are resurfacing the ancient, fireproof building style as a solution for the future. It looked like a bucket brigade in the desert: a line of ...

Carbon dioxide (CO₂), the greenhouse gas fueling climate change, is increasingly shaping our lives. It drives rising seas, fierce storms, invasive pests, and raging wildfires. Traditional approaches ...

Days after the surfacing of reports that he and his wife had hired a private team of firefighters to protect their neighborhood from the California wildfires, Kanye West has put together an idea about ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The FDNY says Sunday's deadly Bronx apartment building fire was caused by a malfunctioning space heater in a bedroom. Making things worse, it said an apartment door was left ...

SAGINAW, MI-- For the third time this year, downtown Saginaw's Bearinger Fireproof Building is scheduled for auction to the highest bidder. The initial auction, set for July 10, was triggered by a ...

While no building is truly fireproof, construction materials and systems can make a building fire safe. Fire-resistive construction gives time to discover a fire, suppress it before it spreads and ...

SAGINAW, MI — A Lansing-based real estate development company could bring new life to one of Saginaw’s historic downtown structures, once known as the Bearinger Fireproof Building. Saginaw officials ...