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Fire Season in Australia Has Started, Early and Ominous

Though experts do not think that this season will be the worst yet, they also warn that the past is…

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Shopping Mall Fire Kills at Least 10 in Pakistan

Fire safety is a persistent problem in Karachi, where construction has outpaced firefighting infrastructure and building code enforcement is lax.

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Two Years With America’s Elite Firefighters

Hotshot fire crews work on the front lines of the biggest wildfires in the American West. We rode along with…

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‘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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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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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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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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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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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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‘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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