You feel the chill, grab a compact heater, and plug it in without a second thought. The room warms up, the glow looks ...

Overloading electrical circuits is easier than you may think, especially around the holidays. At best, overloading the circuit is inconvenient, but it can also be dangerous. So, if you see the warning ...

Electrical failures rarely arrive without warning. Long before a breaker trips or a fire starts, your outlets and circuits begin sending subtle signals that the system is under strain. If you learn to ...

Electrical physicists have provided additional evidence that new current sensors introduce errors when assessing current through iron conductors. The researchers show how a difference in a conductor's ...

An overload of electrical applications led to a small fire in a residence hall on Thursday night. Coronado residents were evacuated at around 11:30 p.m. on Thursday after a small fire on the ninth ...

News Center 7 previously reported on Dec. 14 John and Carol Davis died in a fire at their home on South Center Boulevard. Springfield Fire Chief Jacob King said the fire is believed to be accidental, ...

BRINNON – Fire investigators have determined that a fire that destroyed a home on U.S. Highway 101 in Brinnon on April 18 was caused by an electrical overload, said Brinnon Fire Chief Bob Herbst. The ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The scramble to electrify the world’s vehicles is storing up a problem that could give advocates a nasty shock.

A Christmas tree caught fire Wednesday night at a single- family home in the Westlake district, causing a non-life-threatening burn injury to a 14-year-old girl. The fire was reported about 7:35 p.m.

Sparking electrical wires and a burning transformer box in a Pomona alley led police to a nearby business late Wednesday, where they discovered hundreds of pot plants in a marijuana grow operation, ...