fire
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Several centuries-old trees have been lost, as the fire penetrated their root systems, Forestry England said.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The road through the national park has since been closed for fire damage repairs and will not open until the weekend at the earliest, according to National Highways.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Ancient oak and beech trees, rare heathland and even wetland have been devastated by the recent fire that swept through the New Forest, a survey has found.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
More than three times as many people went to emergency rooms within 10 miles of the warehouse mentioning the fire or smoke inhalation than two weeks prior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Next, he lifts out a sliver flask, walks back toward the fire.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
It can be tempting for many to imagine a wildfire as an unstoppable wall of flames, creeping steadily across an area - but Fogarty, from Redditch, Worcestershire, said fires did not behave like this.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The blaze broke out for reasons still unknown in an area that was ravaged by massive fires in 1911, during a similar period of heatwaves.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
An unusually large amount of smoke in the air from nearby forest fires acted like an additional atmospheric filter.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
The survivors of Eaton and other fires are fighting Newsom’s plan, saying it would leave California more vulnerable to utility-sparked fires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Cem liked to say that Key West in summer was hotter than some of the fires he’d been in.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz fired his economy minister on Friday after legislators voted to remove him for failing to appear before Congress to answer questions about his handling of a severe economic crisis.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Taylor weaved his way through four defenders and fired a low shot that nearly became the first goal of the night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
After getting fired, Eatherly pivoted, creating his own remodeling business, named after his initials, DLE Contracting.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
In 2017, Jeanie fired her older brother Jim as president of basketball operations, and her siblings responded with an attempted power-grab that Streisand described as a “coup.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
All three children rapidly fired their slingshots into the void.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
The country has repeatedly appealed to its allies for additional support as Russia steps up its strikes -- firing a record number of missiles in July, according to AFP analysis of Ukrainian air force data.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Some good signings at the back but will Iraola get them firing straight away?
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
A similar debate played out in February over ICE agents’ use of the the city of Escondido’s firing range.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Many news agencies have reported the hideous condition of the Lincoln—the exhaustion of its crews, the depletion of basic supplies, the breakdown of everyday equipment—as a result of its overextension within firing range of Iran.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
“Her son had the flu and she stayed home to take care of him, like the good mother she is. She never called out sick before that. Leonard Gibson had no business firing your mother.”
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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