fire on
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Last month, a fire on board a ferry killed one person and left five others missing while 211 were rescued in the Lombok Strait off Indonesia's Bali island.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
A fire on the USS Gerald R. Ford that originated in the ship’s laundry in March injured two sailors and left 600 others without sleeping berths while deployed in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Pezeshkian's remarks came after Iran and the United States resumed exchanging fire on Monday following more than a month of relative calm, with the Strait of Hormuz a key point of contention.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
A small fire on the reserve in June was extinguished using water from a pond created with cash from the Scottish government's nature restoration fund as a habitat for species like rare dragonflies.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
He sat above the fire on a thick twig perch Deydey had fastened between the mortared stones.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
