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According to charging documents, Marfil admitted to Cal Fire law enforcement “the disposing of hot ashes into a burn pile,” which allegedly ultimately sparked the blaze.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

This year’s election season has already been entertaining and promises to be more so — provided we don’t burn the country to the ground in the process.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

Enviva pioneered the business of pressing sawdust into cylindrical capsules and shipping boatloads of them to overseas power plants looking to burn an alternative to coal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

At least 54 people had suffered burn injuries, with at least six of them being treated in intensive care, Interior Minister Said Sayoud said on Wednesday night.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

He had torn things apart quite a bit—ripped one side off the burn enclosure—and I was having a bad day and it made me mad.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

So how does Greg Dulli keep making art while the world burns?

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

Others thinking along similar lines include Drone Amplified, a startup whose unmanned aerial vehicles drop balls containing fire-starting chemicals to ignite controlled burns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

He suffers horrible burns, but she dashes away unscathed.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

However expert witness Dr Timothy Burge, a burns specialist, told the court that it was his view the heat injuries did not cause the baby's death.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The back of my neck burns like a lighter is being held to it, then in an instant, the pain is gone.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Looking back, historian Ole-Jørgen Schulsrud-Hansen said: "I think that moment has been burned into our minds of what a monarchy should be."

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Meanwhile, in the central Russian region of Tambov, a warehouse belonging to e-commerce giant Wildberries burned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

By the time she returned to Japan in 1973, however, Kusama was burned out, and checked herself into a psychiatric ward where she lived for the rest of her life.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

The Stallion fire started two days later near Pyramid Lake and burned nearly 41,000 acres.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

This was the first time her burned hands would be part of the prayer ring.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

The dishes themselves are constantly changing—past offerings have included a reimagined s’more made from an aerated dark-chocolate rock with graham-cracker ganache and burnt meringue, which was paired with strawberry amaro milk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Prices reached a 10-year high earlier this year, and comes after some farmers burnt fleeces in protest against how little they were being paid.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Footage sent to the BBC shows destroyed houses in Stourbridge, with scorched earth and burnt out trees nearby.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

In the town of Stourbridge in central England, images showed scorched fields and burnt out homes on Thursday, the UK's hottest day of the year so far.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

I bent down to help her, but the scent of burnt grease sent me reeling, my palm pressed over my mouth.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Don’t miss: ‘My main goal is to help people’: I’m single, 74, with $10 million burning a hole in my pocket.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

The town, just a short drive from the capital, Pristina, produces almost all of the country's electricity by burning lignite, the lowest-quality and dirtiest coal, dug from nearby pits.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Those faulty messages can produce shooting, stabbing or burning sensations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

Survivor Jordan Miller alleged that the Cybertruck's design trapped passengers in the burning vehicle and blocked their rescue.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

My foot was still burning but not alight.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck