fire
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The agency issued the order late Saturday afternoon, saying the fire, in a remote mountainous area northeast of Santa Clarita, had spread to 1,000 acres with 0% containment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Images from the scene showed parts of Renfield Street and West Regent Street were cordoned off, with a number of fire crews gathered outside both the Bistro and Maltman bars.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Bigger trees are more resistant to fires, so when the next fire occurs, they are more likely to survive.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
He said now we needed a letter from the fire marshal that our school building was safe for children.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Stoking the hearth fire, ensuring that the tea was just the right temperature for possible visitors.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
The forest at Tanjil Bren was dense mountain ash regrowth from the 1939 fires.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
Construction zones proliferated in the area after the January 2025 fires that destroyed local homes and businesses, resulting in reduced speed limits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Ford has said it expects to build an additional 150,000 trucks this year over 2025’s reduced volume to make up for sales lost from the aluminum plant fires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Both fires in Nantes spread after a bin was set alight.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Shackleton ordered the fires to be burned down.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
It remains unclear how many shots were fired, Worley said.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Security Breach: OpenAI has fired three researchers for alleged misconduct, including sharing confidential company information with a third-party AI-safety organization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Late last season, coach Sean McVay fired special teams coordinator Chase Blackburn, and Ben Kotwica served as interim coordinator for the final two games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The average star of WWE or AEW signs on as an independent contractor, meaning they are responsible for their own health insurance and are subject to being fired for nearly any cause.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
At 7:12 a.m. on February 21, 1916, an explosive shell fired from a German long-barreled gun nearly twenty miles away smashed into the thousand-year-old cathedral of Verdun.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Despite featuring and scoring for a Hellas Verona side heading for relegation from Serie A, and with a perennial problem of strikers not firing regularly for Scotland, Kieron Bowie was overlooked.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Launching a drone is far less cumbersome than firing a missile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The one silver lining is that businesses aren’t firing many people, either: Layoffs are near a record low, and show no sign of rising.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
The firing, announced in a three-paragraph statement, comes less than 24 hours after Saturday’s 1-0 loss to FC Dallas dropped the team to sixth in the Western Conference table.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Mariya Smirnova, the squadron commander, noticed the silence and reasoned—correctly—that the only reason the antiaircraft guns would stop firing was because there must be German night fighter aircraft patrolling the sky.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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