History Thread for “fires”

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September 2, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

Russia strikes Kyiv again

Russian drones struck Kyiv on September 2, 2026, during a seventh consecutive day of major attacks against the Ukrainian capital. Ukrainian authorities reported that at least 11 people we...

airdefense artillery attack bombing casualties civilians

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March 9, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

Israel unlawfully used white phosphorus in Lebanon, rights group says

Southern Lebanon · Tyre · South Governorate · Lebanon

Human Rights Watch and other international observers have reported that the Israeli military used white phosphorus munitions in populated areas of southern Lebanon during the ongoing conf...

2026 attack civilians conflict displacement evidence

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March 8, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

Iran names new supreme leader during Tehran airstrike fires

Tehran · Tehran Province · Iran

Iran names new supreme leader during Tehran airstrike fires On March 8, 2026, Iran’s Assembly of Experts announced the selection of Mojtaba Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader of the Isla...

airstrikes assemblyofexperts clerics conflict fires government

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March 8, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

Toxic rain falls over Tehran after oil facilities struck

Tehran · Tehran Province · Iran

Toxic rain fell over Tehran on March 8, 2026, after Israeli airstrikes hit major oil storage facilities and fuel depots around the Iranian capital. The strikes, part of ongoing military o...

air civilian contamination depot emergency fallout

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March 5, 2026 Politics

Trump Fires DHS Secretary Kristi Noem

Washington · District of Columbia · United States

On March 5, 2026, United States President Donald Trump announced the removal of Kristi Noem from her position as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The announcemen...

2026 administration border congress contractor contracts

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February 12, 2026 Politics

White House Fires U.S. Attorney Hours After Appointment in New York Clash

White House · Washington · District of Columbia · United States

On February 11, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice, under the Trump administration, abruptly fired Donald T. Kinsella as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York just hours a...

2026 appointment authority blanché conflict constitution

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January 21, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

Illegal Israeli settler attacks burn homes and cars in west bank village

Huwara · Nablus Governorate · Palestine

Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Khirbet al-Sidra in the occupied West Bank late on January 18–19, 2026, setting fire to homes and vehicles and injuring residents, acc...

apnews attack breaking conflict fires homes

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January 5, 2026 Breaking

Investigation into Human?Caused Fires During 2026 Patagonia Wildfires

Since January 5, 2026, large wildfires have burned thousands of hectares in the Argentine Patagonia region, mainly in Chubut Province. Local authorities and firefighting officials reporte...

2026 allegations argentina arson chubut conflict

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November 8, 2018 Breaking

Camp Fire Sparks Online Conspiracy Theories After Destructive 2018 California Wildfire

Paradise · California · United States

The Camp Fire ignited on November 8, 2018, in Butte County, California, and rapidly spread through the town of Paradise. The wildfire became the deadliest and most destructive in Californ...

2018 buttecounty California campfire climate conspiracy

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December 31, 2011 Breaking

Chile arrests Israeli tourist over massive Torres del Paine forest fire

Torres del Paine National Park · Torres del Paine · Magallanes Region · Chile

Chile arrests Israeli tourist for forest fire in Patagonia Chilean authorities arrested an Israeli tourist on February 16, 2026, after a wildfire engulfed 11,000 hectares of protected la...

2011 arrest biosphere chile civil damage

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September 11, 2001 Wars & Conflicts

September 11 Attacks

World Trade Center · New York City · New York · United States

September 11 Attacks 2001 September 11 Attacks 2001 On September 11, 2001, nineteen militants associated with the Islamist extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four commercia...

2001 911 alqaeda attack crisis disaster

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May 10, 1945 Wars & Conflicts

Allied Bombing of German Cities in World War II and Its Impact on Civilians and Infrastructure

Berlin · Germany

During World War II (1939–1945), the Allied forces of the United States and the United Kingdom carried out a widespread strategic bombing campaign against German cities. The campaign targ...

1942 1943 1945 airforce allied berlin

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Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Assassination at Sarajevo

28 June 1914 — Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie are assassinated during an official visit to Sarajevo. Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb as...

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