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The Philippine Coast Guard says it has recovered 30 bodies from the wreckage of a ferry that caught fire this week, bringing the total death toll to 35.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

The WSJ Logistics Report’s Liz Young writes that the fire started June 17 at the 500,000-square-foot, temperature-controlled warehouse in the Boyle Heights neighborhood and smoldered for days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

On 9/11, 343 firefighters died in the fire and collapse.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

When Paul Stephens looks back at the day a fire destroyed his home, he remembers the speed at which everything changed.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Everyone except the man by the fire, who went on calmly spitting the hares.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Wild orangutans have been put under pressure in recent weeks by forest fires that have plagued the region and consumed swathes of Borneo island.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Almost 24 hours after the towers fell, fires continued to blaze through the rubble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The heat across the UK and Europe disrupted schools, strained hospitals, hit food production, fuelled fires and drought, and claiming "tens of thousands of lives", she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

The country’s energy ministry added that energy facilities were targeted, with fires starting at several sites — leading to some operations being halted.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Now that darkness had fallen, a ring of fires had sprung up around it, and men with spears and birch-bark horns were keeping watch.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

On Wednesday, the Saudi-led coalition battling the Houthis said the group fired ballistic missiles and drones at several cities in southern Saudi Arabia.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Those protections, known as Temporary Protected Status or TPS, allow immigrants to obtain work permits and by Thursday some Salvadorans had already been fired from their jobs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Videos showed that the projectiles had cluster warheads, a type of missile that had been frequently fired at Israel earlier in the war to challenge air-defense systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Evercore ISI analyst Kutgun Maral said the promotions from T-Mobile and AT&T appear to be “targeted escalation,” rather than the first shots fired in a price war.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Meanwhile, the Louvre’s fired director announced that Perugia had been proven to be “a cunning madman. His misdeed and the preposterous explanation he gives seem to prove it.”

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

With bets on a hike rising, stocks are in the firing line, with all three main indexes on Wall Street in the red and Europe also taking a hiding.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

After a quiet opener, Taylor - who turned professional in 2016 - burst into life in the second round, firing quick combinations before darting back out of range.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Bartiromo’s lawyer disputed those accounts on Friday, calling reports of her firing “absolutely and unequivocally false” and said they have the receipts to prove it.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

Financial constraints might have prevented Jarmond from firing Kelly sooner, but those limitations didn’t prevent him from extending Kelly’s contract in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

American cannon were firing on the Vulture, which quickly weighed anchor and sailed away.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen