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The LFB said it sent fire engines from Homerton, Leyton and Leytonstone fire stations to the scene along with specialist fire rescue units from Edmonton and Bethnal Green fire stations, and the brigade's drone team.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

The board brought him in for the job after a failed external search to replace Ken Lewis, who resigned under fire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

"No homes have been affected at this stage, although the fire remains close and smoke levels are significant," it said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

F-15s were downed by friendly fire over Kuwait in March.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Few things in this world smell worse than a privy on fire.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

France, Greece, Portugal and Spain were also battling major fires over the weekend.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Instead, they find themselves running to put out fires when scandals over AI use become too reputationally damaging to ignore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

They added that at the time of the alert there were 43 fires and 11 major incidents which "stretched resources to the very limit" and required military support.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

In south Wales, about 14 separate fires were being tackled by crews on Sunday.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

It was always too cool and too wet for fires to start in the wild, even in summer.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

But according to Tom McClellan, editor of the McClellan Market Report, just because a Hindenburg Omen fired shouldn’t necessarily be interpreted as a reason to sell.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

Forbes’ top editor was fired over one hell of a gift.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

Police across the US have quit, external or been fired, external for misuse of the technology.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Habib was fired from the New York Police Department, an agency spokesperson said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Pelicarnassus fired more missiles at them, and Miel did his listening/beak snapping thing that was, frankly, kind of awesome.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

"I have just come from firing someone. We are tired of stories about economic progress," he told Reuters.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

The release of the body camera footage by Attorney General Letitia James on Dec. 27 led to the firing of 13 guards and the indictment of six by a grand jury.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Somewhere out there, a rival show called “Stop Watch” is writing itself, and CBS built the pitch deck for it, one firing at a time.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

Kyiv, in turn, has been firing record numbers of drones at Russia.

From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026

Like Mariya, she couldn’t hear the antiaircraft guns firing.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein