Fire
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News
‘Absolute Chaos’: Residents Evacuated From Public Housing Tower in England
The evacuation of a tower block in Bristol, after surveys found structural concerns, drew fresh attention to the construction of…
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News
Arson Suspected in Los Angeles Fire That Shut Major Freeway
The weekend blaze has forced the indefinite closure of nearly two miles of Interstate 10 that was used by about…
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Newyork
F.D.N.Y. Commissioner Blames E-Commerce Giants in Deadly Battery Fires
The commissioner, Laura Kavanagh, held a news conference at the site of a fatal blaze in Brooklyn and called on…
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News
Major Freeway Near Downtown Los Angeles Is Closed Indefinitely After Fire
All lanes on a part of Interstate 10 remained closed a day after two nearby storage yards were engulfed in…
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Newyork
3 Dead, 14 Injured in Brooklyn House Fire
All three floors of a rowhouse in Crown Heights were on fire when firefighters arrived. At least one firefighter was…
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News
How Are You Preparing for a Summer of Fires?
As El Niño arrives, heralding dry weather, it feels like the whole country is on edge. We’d like to hear…
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News
‘It’s Like Our Country Exploded’: Canada’s Year of Fire
When the fires came to Yellowknife, the nearest safe-harbor city was more than 600 miles away, a full day’s drive…
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Opinion
Who Collects Nazi Memorabilia?
More from our inbox: Democratic Judge, Republican Judge. Nonpartisan Judge?When the Defense Dept. Runs a SchoolTriangle Fire Victims: Many Were…
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News
The Israeli military puts forward its version of what happened at the hospital in Gaza.
The Israeli military presented on Wednesday a fuller explanation of why it blames an armed Palestinian group, rather than its…
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Science
How Megafires Are Remaking the World
On Aug. 15, a small wildfire was detected in the hills above West Kelowna, in British Columbia. The landscape was…