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View of cars and a house of Palestinians that was burned during the night by unknown attackers, in the village of Duma, in the West Bank, May 12, 2024; illustrative.

Crowd of masked men set Duma houses alight, injure several Palestinians

By EFRAT FORSHER , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Firefighters work near a building engulfed in fire following a plane crash in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, U.S., in this picture obtained from social media video and released March 30, 2025.

At least one killed in fatal plane crash in Minnesota

A member of Cal Fire surveys damage outside a devastated home in recent wildfires affecting Altadena, California, January 12, 2025.

Massive wildfire erupts in eastern California, sparking evacuations

Plumes of smoke and fire rise from an electrical substation in Hayes, Britain March 20, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a video.

Huge fire closes UK's Heathrow Airport, global flight schedules disrupted

By REUTERS

An Israeli delegation from the Sheba Medical Center being sent to North Macedonia in response to a fire at a nightclub that killed 59 people.

Israel to send medical delegation to North Macedonia after deadly fire

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Passengers evacuate to wing of plane at Denver airport after plane ignites on fire March 14, 2025.

American Airlines plane catches fire at Denver airport, 178 people evacuated

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel Fire and Rescue Authority operate in Kfar Saba after a car exploded on March 8, 2025.

One man dead from car explosion in Kfar Saba

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A FedEx Boeing 767 returning to the runway at Newark Liberty International Airport after a bird strike caused an engine fire, March 1, 2025.

FedEx cargo plane makes emergency landing after bird strike in Newark

A fire breaks out in a residential building in Tiberias, March 1, 2025.

17 wounded, some jump off roof to escape fire engulfing Tiberias villa

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A large fire broke out at a Pennsylvania factory, February 18, 2025.

Fire reported at aircraft fastener maker's factory in Pennsylvania, authorities say

By REUTERS

New York Fire Department attempts to control the blaze on Eastern Parkway, February 14, 2025.

Fire injures seven near Chabad HQ, Brooklyn, one in critical condition

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

PRO-ISRAEL demonstrators on Main Street in Park City.

A chill in the air at Sundance

By LAURI DONAHUE

Brazilian Amazon Forest burning.

Brazil's forest fires up 79% in 2024; Government blames "climate terrorism"

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

FLAMES ENGULF a structure as the Palisades fire burns, on the west side of Los Angeles, earlier this month. The sweeping wildfires in Los Angeles are just another horrific manifestation of the rapidly increasing and deadly effects of climate change, the writer maintains.

Can Trump’s economic agenda embrace climate action and clean energy innovation?

By ALON BEN-MEIR

An air tanker drops fire retardant at the Palisades Fire, one of simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County, as seen from Woodland Hills, neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 11, 2025.

Israel sends firefighting and rescue experts to aid US with LA fire

By MICHAEL STARR

The Halachic lessons of a raging fire

By Mark Fish

Hanukka

‘Just things’ - like what my LA neighbors lost - are what makes houses into Jewish homes

By Rachel Steinhardt/JTA

A view shows the remains of homes burned by the Palisades Fire, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, US January 12, 2025.

Los Angeles wildfires claim 14 lives as containment efforts struggle

By REUTERS