At least 32 people were killed, including a pregnant woman, and four were injured after a train caught fire in southern India early Friday, police said.

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Navy officials say smoking appears to have sparked a fire that caused $70 million in damage to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington.

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Firefighters on Wednesday pushed back the flames enough to reopen the main western highway into Yosemite National Park.

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Visitors to Yosemite National Park weighed whether to cut their vacations short Tuesday as a destructive wildfire raging miles from the famed wilderness threatened thousands of homes.

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Piles of charred rubble smoldered along California’s scenic coastal highway Thursday as a ferocious wildfire descended on the storied tourist town of Big Sur.

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Wildfire fears cancel fireworks displays across the West and the Southwest. Meanwhile, a worldwide shortage has driven prices beyond the means of many local governments.

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Right now, there are 700 wildfires burning in California — many unattended. Fire departments are working with skeleton crews. Residents are literally being told they’re on their own. Where are the resources to save homes and lives?

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Wildfires raged in California on Tuesday, as the state marked the one-year anniversary of a massive blaze southwest of Lake Tahoe that destroyed 254 homes.

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Wildfires were scattered around Northern California on Sunday in the heart of wine country and in remote forests, the latest in what has become an unusually destructive year.

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