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Remembering one of Chicago’s worst tragedies: Our Lady of the Angels school fire

Sixty-four years ago this week, 92 children and three of their teachers died in the Our Lady of the Angels School fire on Chicago’s West Side. The anniversary takes me back to a fifth grade classroom in another Catholic school two miles to the south, the day after the fire.

Chicago Sun-Times

Crews battle two fires at Redhead

There is no threat to people or property, the Fire and Rescue spokesperson said.

Newcastle Herald

Warning ahead of Hunter hazard reduction burn on Sunday

"We'll burn around 10 hectares adjacent to properties in Seahampton on Sunday."

Newcastle Herald

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Pride as Haltwhistle community rallies round following 'devastating' fire

Fire crews were on the scene for more than 12 hours

Chronicle Live

Update on Roby Medical Centre site almost year on from arson

The site is still boarded up

Liverpool Echo

Explosion rips through Scots flat as residents evacuated

Emergency services were called to the scene in Wilderhaugh Court, Galashiels, at around 3am on Friday, December 2.

Daily Record

Truck fire blocks tunnel

A truck loaded with car tyres caught fire in a tunnel in Prachin Buri late on Thursday night, and the north-bound road was still closed to traffic on Friday.

Bangkok Post

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Highway reopened after truck fire blocked Thap Lan tunnel

Highway 304 in Prachin Buri was reported to have reopened to traffic on Friday afternoon after being blocked on Thursday night by a burning container truck in the north-bound lane of Khao Yai-Thap Lan tunnel.

Bangkok Post

Huge house fire in Grangemouth as one person treated at scene by paramedics

Scottish Fire and Rescue officers were called to the scene tonight after the fire broke out in a house in Grangemouth.

Daily Record

West Lothian cars torched outside home as police hunt pair in 'dark clothing'

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and a number of officers had raced to the scene shortly after 10.05pm after reports of the blaze on Meadowpark Avenue.

Edinburgh Live

Man posted 'pyrotechnic-style device' through letterbox of Bristol home

It caused a fire and damage to the property

Bristol Post

Three teenage boys charged after huge fire breaks out on Scots high street

Three boys, all 13, have been charged after fire crews battled the blaze in Kirkcaldy, Fife, for nearly nine hours.

Daily Record

Colorado wildfires are making it harder to insure homes. Could a publicly funded plan stave off an insurance crisis?

The increasing risk of wildfires in Colorado is driving insurance carriers to raise premiums on homeowners’ policies — if they decide to insure them at all — and now the state’s insurance chief is suggesting a publicly funded pool of money be established to provide property insurance for those who…

The Denver Post

Major fire rips through Haltwhistle Working Men's Club with neighbours evacuated during night

Firefighters have worked through the night on the blaze which has devastated the building

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SA to monitor firebugs over summer

South Australia has passed laws to allow police to electronically monitor known firebugs during the bushfire season.

AAP

Hidden risk in this year's bushfire season

NSW is facing its most significant fire risk in a decade, with two years of rain creating conditions for "prolific vegetation growth" as the fire season begins.

Liverpool Echo

Veteran councillor claims 'nobody cares and nobody listens' about bonfire problems

"What have we got to do to get authorities to do something about what's going on in that area?"

ABC News

Bushfire that was threatening lives, property near Albany on WA's south coast is downgraded

Favourable weather conditions have seen the alert level for a bushfire that had been threatening lives and homes near Albany downgraded.

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Police investigate massive fire that engulfed 1,500 cars in scrap yard north of Grafton

Residents have been warned to stay inside as toxic smoke may settle in the area and police appeal for information on blaze at Trenayr

ABC News

Firefighter injured as 'suspicious' fire burns through Trenayr car-wrecking, scrap metal yard

A firefighter has been injured and roughly 8,000 residents told to stay indoors after a "suspicious" toxic fire took hold in northern NSW.

Daily Record

Teenager charged over huge blaze at famous former Scots convent

Images taken from the scene show St Benedict's convent in Dumfries ravaged by towering flames.

The Conversation

Many forests will become highly flammable for at least 30 extra days per year unless we cut emissions, research finds

Without strong climate action, forests on every continent will be highly flammable for at least 30 extra days per year by the end of the century – and this fire threat is far greater for some forests including the Amazon, according to our new study.

Edinburgh Live

Bus bursts into flames on busy Scottish road as fire crews battle blaze for hours

The double decker was engulfed in flames while travelling along the B981 in Fife as fire crews rushed to the busy road and shut it down for two hours while they battled the blaze

Dublin Live

Heartbreaking footage shows fire damage caused to historic St Dominic's Hall in Tallaght Village

For decades the hall has hosted local groups and even provided a post office and credit union

Newcastle Herald

Mount Hutton fire: roof collapses, family pet escapes

Pet dog Jazzy, was very lucky to walk away from the fire at Mount Hutton.

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