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Firefighters rescued four people and at least one dog from a major apartment fire in downtown Portland on Tuesday before they were ordered to fall back.

An evacuation order affecting more than 1,000 people remained in place Wednesday night around a large industrial fire in an Indiana city near the Ohio border where crews worked to douse piles of burning plastics.

Here are some questions and answers about the conditions and policies that led to one of Mexico’s deadliest events at an immigration detention center.

A construction site in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui district caught fire on Thursday night.

Police in Cambodia say a fire burning through a hotel casino has killed at least 16 people and injured 50 others.

A Pennsylvania teen is being applauded for some quick action, helping deploy a nearby trampoline to allow neighbors to escape an overnight apartment fire early Tuesday morning near Pittsburgh.

A wildfire in California exploded in size overnight amid windy, hot conditions and were quickly encroaching on neighborhoods, forcing evacuation orders for over 100 homes Saturday.

A Quincy, Mass. man has been indicted on charges accusing him of obstructing an investigation into fires set at Jewish-affiliated institutions in Arlington, Needham and Chelsea, Mass. in 2019, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.

Electric vehicles provide a path to better air quality, reduced fuel costs and comprise a growing new category for automakers. But with the transition to electric transportation comes a new challenge: Vehicles with lithium ion batteries can be especially dangerous when they catch fire. The good news is battery electric vehicle fires don’t happen often. Project Director of EV...

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest hit a 15-year high between 2020 and 2021.