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The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released new fire-hazard severity maps Monday that added thousands of acres within the purview of local fire departments across ...

The "Volcan de Fuego," or Volcano of Fire, blows a cloud of ash seen from Palin, Guatemala, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) 32,615 people played the daily Crossword recently.

Three people sustained burns in a fire incident reported at the Sher-e-Punjab Society in Mumbai’s Andheri (East) around 2 am on Sunday. The blaze broke out following a leak from a piped natural gas ...

Wind-driven brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring two firefighters and sending large smoke plumes into the air, appear to have been started by people ...

Three yachts were swallowed by fires caught on see-it-to-believe-it video early Friday after witnesses described a massive explosion in northwest Miami-Dade. The fires on the Miami River prompted ...

Authorities are looking for an arsonist who set himself on fire while trying to burn a car in Corona. The bizarre incident occurred early Tuesday when authorities say a man hopped a metal fence of ...

About 40 firefighters have tackled a fire in central London, as smoke was seen spreading across the capital's skyline. Crews were called to a fire at two buildings near Tottenham Street at 07:43 ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Japan is fighting an extensive forest fire in northern Japan which has damaged dozens of homes and forced ...

MANILA, Philippines (Updated, 5:43 p.m.) — A huge fire broke out in a residential area in Daang Tubo, Barangay UP Campus, Quezon City on Monday, March 3. Thick, dark-gray smoke billowed from the ...