Are those window bars purposeful or just pretty? We asked a metalworking expert to solve this mystery.

A 4-year-old Chinese boy has been rescued after getting his head stuck in security bars, leaving him dangling from a fourth-story window.

Iron Window Security Bars out of Fire Code? We are currently in the process of buying a 3-story limestone townhouse in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Currently, there are bars on the garden and parlor ...

Seven years after a fire ripped through an East Palo Alto home killing nine people trapped inside by window security bars, local fire officials say residents have lost interest in a free program ...

Five years after San Mateo County's deadliest house fire, city and fire officials in East Palo Alto are making a new push to replace or repair illegal window security bars still installed on ...

The installation of security devices throughout the country has been on the increase for many years, and no matter where you live, it should be a concern for any firefighter that ...

Two days after 4-year-old Estefania was found not breathing, her head trapped in the security bars of a window at her home, Fresno County authorities are hoping an autopsy will shed light on her ...

If that window is blocked by [a] security bar, then you know you have that smoke you have to walk through.” Since the early 1990s, state code has prevented builders from getting permits to ...