NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Flames were seen shooting up from beneath sidewalk cellar doors overnight, when a fire broke out in a Hell's Kitchen basement. The fire was reported early Sunday in the ...

Do I have a basement or a cellar? I’m trying to figure out what I can legally do with my basement/cellar space for my own family use (i.e. putting in shower/bath). The basement was configured to be ...

When discussing strategic and tactical considerations for structural fires, one hot-button issue that divides many incident commanders is the use of “Bilco” doors. When they say Bilco, most people in ...

In many period properties there is invariably a cellar or basement. Today most urban properties will already have a converted basement, extending the area of living spaces for the family. The most ...

We are trying to leak-proof our basement and noticed that our existing metals door for the cellar are leaking where the 2 doors open up. They are the standard “brownstone” basement cellar doors. We ...

New details have emerged of how Josef Fritzl concealed his basement sex dungeon and the way he divided the cellar up using lockable doors. It was revealed that detectives had to break into five rooms ...