Frank Wills noticed masking tape covering locks on a stairwell door at the Watergate and called the police, setting in motion the biggest political scandal in U.S. history. Soon after Watergate ...

The six people who died in a smoky stairwell Friday likely would have been safer had they simply stayed put, said Chicago Fire Commissioner James Joyce. Building officials, however, issued an ...

The rookie cop who accidentally shot and killed a man in a dark stairwell at a Brooklyn housing project knew he was in deep trouble as soon as he discharged his gun — telling his partner, ...

Besides the lack of sprinklers and the stairwell doors that automatically locked, safety experts pointed to the lack of pressurized stairwells, which are designed to keep smoke from entering.