Inconvenient truths about the fires burning in Los Angeles from two fire experts
For years, renowned fire experts Jack Cohen and Stephen Pyne have tried to shift the conversation on fire prevention ...
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The Curious Alleys Of Borough High Street
If I’m walking along a street and I spot an unexplored alleyway, then I explore it. The older parts of London are a ...
The LA Fires Aren't a Surprise If You Study History and Climate Change. So Now What?
This Teen Vogue Take connects the work of the late sci-fi writer Octavia E. Butler to the Los Angeles fires that have so far ...
California wildfires: In raging Los Angeles inferno, echoes of the great fires of London and Chicago
As Los Angeles faces its latest fire crisis, it must look to the lessons of past urban fires that led to sweeping changes and ...
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How London Was Rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666
The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed central London. Several intrepid designers saw the rebuilding process as an opportunity to fix the old city's problems. None of these plans were ever adopted. Why?
What the Great Fire of London can teach us about the Los Angeles fires
The Great Fire of London broke out on September 2, 1666, in Thomas Farriner's bakery on Pudding Lane. At the time, much of ...
The road has been there for more than 2,000 years
Ermine Street, also known as the Old North Road, is another Roman Road that could stake a claim as one of London's oldest. It ...
Great Fire of London: Who started it?
How the Great Fire of London began and grew out of control. (1/2) London's Burning! London's Burning! Disaster strikes in ...
The surprising reason Nottingham has so many boulevards
Why has Nottingham got so many boulevards? David Lowe explores how the city’s network of spacious inner ring roads came to be ...
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Omaha firefighters extinguish large building fire at former Crossroads Mall
Correction: Evidence of squatters was found at the site of the fire. A previous version of this story incorrectly described that evidence.
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New Year predictions that defied the odds and came true
As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, millions around the globe make resolutions and predictions for the year ahead. Most are lighthearted or symbolic, but some prognostications stand ...
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Mom of MTA worker killed in subway car fire ‘mad’ that conductors have no extinguishers
“The MTA isn’t doing anything, especially with fire safety,” Vicki Goble said. “The system is so antiquated for a city this size, this great and this important.” ...