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Officials Say They’ve Found the Cause of a Fire That Devastated L.A.

Par :Livia Albeck-Ripka · Ivan Penn and Shawn Hubler
The 2025 Eaton fire, which killed 19 people and destroyed the Altadena community, began at an inactive tower belonging to Southern California Edison, officials said.

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Burned homes after the Eaton fire in Altadena, Calif., in January 2025.
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Man Arrested on Suspicion of Arson in Spokane Wildfire

Par :Anna Griffin
Aaron Farinacci, 37, was arrested after a witness reported seeing him kneeling near the ignition site, officials said. Winds were forecast to increase Friday and Saturday, bringing a return to extremely critical fire weather.

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Destruction left in the wake of the Old Trails fire in Spokane, Wash.
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2 Killed as Firefighting Helicopters Collide in Greece

Par :Francesca Regalado
The aircraft crashed while battling a wildfire northwest of Athens, as Greece fought more than 200 fires in the past week.

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Wreckage from a firefighting helicopter that crashed after colliding with another helicopter during a wildfire operation near Psatha, Greece, on Sunday.
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These boots are the safest for US wildland firefighters. Fewer and fewer can afford them

Par :Andy Vasoyan with visuals by Rajah Bose

The handcrafted leather boots are a century-old tradition – but with money tight, the cost of up to $800 is harder to justify

For 18 years, one of the most important relationships in Luke Mayfield’s life was with his boots. As a hotshot – one of the US’s elite firefighting crews sent deep, on foot, into wildfires – Mayfield hiked a thousand miles a fire season in his boots, stood in them 16 hours a day and slept near them on assignments that lasted weeks in terrain no truck could reach.

Like every wildland firefighter, he learned the rituals of their upkeep: how to grease them, how to lace them, how soon before the season to break in a new pair so the blisters came during training instead of on duty.

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© Photograph: Rajah Bose/The Guardian

© Photograph: Rajah Bose/The Guardian

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In Area Hit by Blaze, French Officials Failed to Enforce Wildfire Rules

Par :Catherine Porter · Ségolène Le Stradic and Samuel Granados
Under French rules, homeowners must clear vegetation within roughly 50 yards of their houses. In the forests affected by France’s worst fire in decades, that didn’t happen.

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A burned area in the town of Le Porge on Monday, following a wildfire in southwestern France.
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Civilians Battle Wildfire Threatening Bordeaux

Par :Alex Pena · Bethlehem Feleke · Michael Anthony Adams and Mark Boyer
Residents in Bordeaux in southwestern France are doing everything in their power to stop a wildfire that’s been burning for more than a week. The flames are too spread out for professional firefighters to be everywhere, so for now, civilian volunteers are the only thing standing between the fire and a major French city.

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Wildfire in Suffolk, UK, Breaks Out a Few Miles From Nuclear Power Station

Par :Stephen Castle
A large fire engulfed almost 250 acres of land in Suffolk, a scenic area on the coast. It was a few miles from a nuclear power station.

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A drone view of smoke from a wildfire on Thursday on Dunwich Heath in Suffolk, England.
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A Fire Burned Next Door. Now They Live With the Stench of Rotting Meat.

Par :Orlando Mayorquín and Ana Facio-Krajcer
The Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles is still dealing with foul odor and fears over possible toxins over a month after a cold-storage facility burst into flames.

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The nearly 500,000-square-foot facility burst into flames on June 17, blanketing the neighborhoods of Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles in thick smoke for days.
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As Wildfires Plague Europe, Scotland Races to Save a Cherished National Park

Par :Stephen Castle
As Europe’s climate warms, even moorlands and forests in the Cairngorms, in the Scottish Highlands, have fallen victim to rapidly spreading flames.

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Land charred by the Cairngorm wildfire in Aviemore, Scotland, on Tuesday.
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Wildfires Slow in France and Spain, but Worse May Be Ahead

Par :Carlos Barragán · Ségolène Le Stradic and Roser Toll Pifarré
Firefighters have contained vast wildfires in both countries, but winds are high and temperatures rising. Spain’s prime minister said the next 12 hours would be “decisive.”

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Un bombero descansando cerca de Lanton, Francia, el martes
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Fires Slow in France and Spain, but Worse May Be Ahead

Par :Carlos Barragán and Ségolène Le Stradic
Officials said they had contained the spread of vast fires in both countries, but warned that rising temperatures and high winds meant the situation was still fluid.

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A firefighter resting near Lanton, France, on Tuesday.
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Summer of Heat, Fires and Storms Is a Reckoning for Europe on Climate

Par :Mark Landler and Chico Harlan
The continent is experiencing some of its biggest fires and highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond and “it will get worse,” one climate expert said.

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Firefighters using controlled burns to stop the spread of wildfires near Madrid on Tuesday.
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After Large Earthquake, Japan ‘Races Against Time’ to Reach People Trapped

Par :River Akira Davis · Kiuko Notoya and Hisako Ueno
Rescue personnel are working to free those trapped in collapsed buildings after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto on Tuesday.

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Rescuers working at a collapsed house in Hikawa, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Wednesday.
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France and Spain Race to Contain Fires Before Some Areas Reach 104 Degrees

Par :Carlos Barragán · Roser Toll Pifarré and Ségolène Le Stradic
Faced with massive blazes, firefighters in both countries are using a brief window of opportunity to bring the flames under control before temperatures spike.

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Firefighters near Cebreros in Ávila Province in Spain early on Tuesday.
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As Communities Unite Against Europe’s Wildfires, Politicians Trade Blows

Par :Zane Irwin
Spain’s center-left accused conservatives of underfunding the disaster response, while critics of France’s government decried delays.

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Wildfires in Europe have fueled political spats.
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Amid France Wildfires, Some Residents Help Firefighters Contain Blazes

Par :Ségolène Le Stradic
With firefighters stretched thin, volunteers put themselves at risk, using water tanks, hoses and tractors to hold back flames from villages and farms in southwestern France.

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Fourth firefighter dies from June burnover in Colorado wildfire

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Nathan Matthews, 43, died a month after deadly blaze enveloped his fire crew near the Colorado-Utah border

A fourth firefighter has died from burns after he and several colleagues were overcome by a fast-moving wildfire near the Colorado-Utah border last month, officials said on Saturday.

Nathan Matthews, 43, died on Friday, the US interior department said in a release. He was from Lincoln, Nebraska.

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© Photograph: Ty ONeil/AP

© Photograph: Ty ONeil/AP

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Fires Rage in Spain and France, Forcing Thousands to Flee

Par :Claire Moses and Carlos Barragán
Firefighters were scrambling to contain blazes that were moving toward major cities. Some 200,000 people have evacuated or sheltered at home.

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Firefighters on Friday in the village of El Tiemblo, Spain, west of Madrid.
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As Trump Escalates Trade War With Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford Wants to Retaliate

Par :Ian Austen
While Mark Carney weighs his next steps, some provincial leaders point to oil, electricity and potash as powerful leverage against U.S. economic pressure.

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Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, and President Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on Oct. 7, 2025.
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What to Know About the Deadly Wildfires Raging in Western Europe

Par :Aurelien Breeden and Amelia Nierenberg
Hundreds of thousands of people in France and Spain have been forced to evacuate from huge blazes fueled by soaring temperatures and tinder-dry conditions.

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Firefighters in Lège-Cap-Ferret, France, less than 30 miles west of Bordeaux, on Friday.
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Canadian Wildfire Evacuees Outraged Over Lacking Support and Communication

Par :Vjosa Isai and Cole Burston
Residents of northwestern Ontario say their warnings about fires they spotted were dismissed and official information as the flames spread often didn’t come at all.

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Swaths of burned forest from the Dryden 35 Wildfire, part of a series of wildfires that forced many to flee their homes in Northwestern Ontario this month.
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Wildfire Threatening Pleasanton Prompts Evacuation Order for Thousands

Par :Soumya Karlamangla and Francesca Regalado
One firefighter was injured as a fire spread quickly across dry hillsides in Northern California, forcing some residents to evacuate.

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The Little fire in Northern California, which has prompted evacuation orders.
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Most Forest Fires in Canada Are Simply Impossible to Put Out

Par :Norimitsu Onishi
Half of Canada’s wildfires are in remote areas with no road access. Impossible to fight, they are often left to burn.

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A wildfire burning in Bison Lake, Alberta, last year.
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As Blazes Spread Near Paris, Extreme Heat Is Changing How France Fights Fires

Par :Catherine Porter and Dmitry Kostyukov
Until recently, France’s forest fires were mostly in the south. This week, fires are raging much farther north. France is having to rethink its firefighting strategy.

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Canada’s Wildfires Are Burning Through the Night

Par :Vjosa Isai and Amy Graff
As overnight temperatures climb across Canada, fires that once spread more slowly after dark are burning around the clock, straining fire crews.

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The observation deck of the CN Tower on Wednesday evening as wildfire smoke enveloped downtown Toronto.
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Orphanage Fire Kills Eleven in Algeria

Par :Zane Irwin
The fire on Thursday morning at an orphanage near the nation’s capital killed 11 people, including children, and injured a dozen, the authorities said.

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The police at the entrance to an orphanage in Mohammadia, a suburb of Algiers, after a fatal fire on Thursday. Algeria’s president said children were among the dead.
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Wildfires Rage in Ontario as Smoke Affects Toronto’s Air Quality

Par :Vjosa Isai
Air quality in Canada’s largest city was at times the worst in the world on Wednesday, as wildfires across Ontario sent smoke drifting into New York City and beyond.

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The CN Tower in Toronto on Wednesday as smoke from wildfires enveloped the city.
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