Driven by an severe 2026 wildfire season affecting air quality nationwide, a bipartisan coalition is advancing federal legislation to improve forest management and reduce fire risks. The Senate bill, supported by the White House, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and environmental groups, aims to speed up forest-thinning efforts and is being reconciled with a similar House-passed measure. Lawmakers are targeting the annual defense authorization bill to pass the legislation and address the urgent, record-setting pace of fires and acreage burned this year. CQ Roll Call's Savannah Behrmann joins LiveNOW's Anna Marsick to discuss her reporting on the proposal.
A massive explosion happened in an open area used as a parking lot in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan, in the early hours of August 22. The explosion led to several injuries and fires in residential houses nearby. Firefighters say the exact cause of the explosion is still under investigation.
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An 8-foot python escaped its enclosure inside a Virginia middle school, knocked over a heat lamp, and started a fire that damaged eight classrooms, just days before students were set to return for the new school year. Firefighters from the Forest Fire Department responded to a fire alarm at Forest Middle School in Forest, Virginia, […] The post Escaped python knocks over heat lamp, sparks fire at Virginia middle school appeared first on American Almanac .
An 8-foot python escaped its enclosure inside a Virginia middle school, knocked over a heat lamp, and started a fire that damaged eight classrooms, just days before students were set to return for the new school year. Firefighters from the Forest Fire Department responded to a fire alarm at Forest Middle School in Forest, Virginia, at 12:31 a.m. Thursday and found the building's sprinkler system already activated. When crews entered the affected classroom, they got an unexpected welcome: an 8-foot python, loose and waiting for them. The Bedford County Fire Marshal's Office investigated and determined the snake had escaped its enclosure, knocked over a heat lamp, and ignited the blaze. The sprinkler system put out the fire before crews…Open
A lightning strike caused a fire at the Explorer Pipeline tank farm in Glenpool, Oklahoma, leading to an explosion that sent the lid of a tank up into the sky. The fire is now under control and no injuries have been reported, city officials say. #CNN #News
Massive natural gas tanks outside Tulsa, Oklahoma, exploded after the owners of the site say lightning struck one of the tanks. Fire crews are still working to douse the flames.
A fire has broken out at a Holiday Inn believed to be housing asylum seekers in London by Diana Zapata • News Writer /Editorial Specialist Published August 15, 2026 LONDON — A major fire broke [...]
