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9 numbers you need to know to understand the Amazon fires

By Vicky Stein

Here’s a look at some of the numbers that define the fires burning in the Amazon.

No, the Amazon fires won’t deplete the Earth’s oxygen supply. Here’s why.

By Scott Denning, The Conversation

There are many reasons to be appalled by this year’s Amazon fires, but depleting Earth’s oxygen supply is not one of them.

Trial begins for 2016 Oakland warehouse fire that killed 36

By Paul Elias, Associated Press

Derick Almena and Max Harris have been in jail since they were charged with involuntary manslaughter in June 2017, six months after people at an electronic music show struggled to escape the so-called Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland.

Notre Dame fire extinguished, but much work lies ahead

By Thomas Adamson, Associated Press

Firefighters put out the inferno that claimed Notre Dame's spire and roof, but spared its bell towers.

Fire breaks out at Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral

By Lori Hinnant, Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press

A catastrophic fire engulfed the upper reaches of Paris' soaring Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations Monday, threatening one of the greatest architectural treasures of the Western world as tourists and Parisians looked on aghast from the streets…

Want to retire by 40? Here’s advice from people who did it

By Gretchen Frazee, Diane Lincoln Estes

No, they aren’t geniuses, nor did they inherit millions of dollars from their parents.

Out of the ashes of Brazil’s National Museum fire, fragments of hope

By Mauricio Savarese, Marcelo Silva de Sousa, Associated Press

Firefighters found bone fragments from a collection in the still-smoldering National Museum, an official said Tuesday, raising hopes that a famed skull might somehow have survived a massive blaze that turned historic and scientific artifacts to ashes.

Portugal fights major wildfire as Europe’s heat wave lingers

By Barry Hatton, Associated Press

Authorities said that more than 1,100 firefighters with 327 vehicles and eight aircraft were battling the blaze that erupted amid a heatwave caused by a mass of hot air from North Africa.

Fire erupts at Ecuadorean Embassy in D.C.

By Associated Press

Flames could be seen rising from the roof of the structure, just after midnight Wednesday, in a neighborhood that is home to some embassies.

Death toll in Guatemala children’s shelter fire rises to 40

By Michael D. Regan and Associated Press

The death toll in a fire at a Guatemalan children's shelter rose to 40 on Sunday. The fire began when mattresses were set ablaze during a protest by residents at the overcrowded youth shelter.