AP Photo / Jae C. Hong LA Residents Still Battling Toxic Hazards in the Aftermath of Last January's Devastating Wildfires Scientists still don’t know the long-term health impacts of exposure to massive urban fires like last year’s in Los Angeles. By The Associated Press January 11, 2026
Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Reality TV Star Whose Home Burned in Palisades Fire Announces Run for LA Mayor: 'We Are Going to Expose the System' A man who carved himself a villain's role in a reality television program is pointing out the real villains of last year's disaster. By Bryan Chai January 8, 2026
Laurens Niezen - AFP / Getty Images Historic Amsterdam Church Burns as 'Unprecedented' New Year's Eve Violence Grips the City A historic church, which has been around for 154 years, was engulfed in flames amid a larger pattern of destruction. By Bryan Chai January 1, 2026
James Gilbert / Getty Images Home Owned by NASCAR Star Denny Hamlin Destroyed in Deadly Blaze Tragedy, heartbreak, and remorse continue to afflict NASCAR standout Denny Hamlin in the state of North Carolina. By Bryan Chai December 29, 2025
Kena Betancur - AFP / Getty Images Developing: Mass Casualty Event Declared at Pennsylvania Nursing Home After Suspected Gas Explosion - Please Pray The Philadelphia Electric Company, PECO, had dispatched crews to the site around 2 pm after receiving reports of a smell of gas. By Lorri Wickenhauser December 23, 2025
Joe Raedle / Getty Images Los Angeles Electric School Bus Bursts Into Flames, Driver Hospitalized The Los Angeles Fire Department said that the vehicle fire was reported directly underneath the 210 Freeway overpass. By Ireland Owens December 14, 2025
AFPTV - AFP / Getty Images Major Fire Triggers Evacuation at COP30 Climate Summit "The Brazilian Government and the UNFCCC have jointly decided to temporarily close the Blue Zone while the fire department carries out ..." By Bryan Chai November 20, 2025
Seven NYC Firefighters Hospitalized After Huge Car Explosion Creates 'Wall of Fire' What began as fires on piles of garbage on a Bronx street turned into an explosion that left seven New York City firefighters injured. By Jack Davis November 6, 2025
Jon Cherry / AP Multiple People Killed and Injured in Fiery UPS Plane Crash The aircraft was on its way to Honolulu and was carrying 38,000 gallons of fuel. The resulting inferno took nearly six hours to extinguish. By Ole Braatelien November 5, 2025
@catturd2 / X screen shotCommentary Footage of Gavin Newsom's Disastrous Trip to China Resurfaces After He Slams Trump's Asia Tour Newsom's swipe at Trump allowed X users to remind the governor of his own embarrassing 2023 on-court collision with a Chinese child. By Michael Schwarz October 27, 2025