Today, 17th July, the Welsh Minister for Housing and Regeneration set out the planned timetable

A fire in Redwood City, California that killed one person and made over 100 homeless has led to a lawsuit by the survivors.

Fire has destroyed an historic palace in the centre of Paris.

NEN, the Dutch standards body, has published a residential sprinkler system standard.

The Turkish Fire Protection Association will host a conference on fire and security in high-rise buildings. The EFSN will give a presentation at the conference. For more details see http://www.tuyak2013.com/index.asp?sayfa=english

The Fürstenwalde Fire Brigade reports that a sprinkler system has saved a shop store.

Fire has destroyed a 4,000m2 warehouse in Puy en Velay, near Lyon in France.

German media report that a fire in the St Antonius hospital in Wissen, near Koblenz has killed one patient

French media report that a fire in a retirement home in Aniane, 40km to the west of Montpellier

At a hearing for European Commissioner Designate Mimica, Frank Engel,