It was lit in an evening ceremony in recent weeks.
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Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
20 June 2026
Chopper 4 footage showed large flames burning through trees near the turnpike as crews lit backfires—a tactic used to extinguish a wildfire by burning fuel ahead of the approaching fire line.
During a hot-fire test at Blue Origin’s Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, a New Glenn rocket—preparing for an upcoming mission—exploded violently shortly after its seven BE-4 engines ignited.
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Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
The match ignited brawling between fans of the two countries in Marseille, France, site of the game.
The faith of these settlers kindled a fervent Protestant piety, found in the Great Revival of the Ohio Valley frontier.
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Matthew Smith,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
Lemieux was a polarizing figure in the Avs-Red Wings games, but kindled a friendship with Detroit tough guy Darren McCarty following an alumni event in 2016, leading them to participate in documentaries about how much the rivalry meant to the game.
Elation veered into chaos as revelers clashed with police, a teen was shot, multiple people were stabbed and vehicles torched or damaged, leading to at least 63 arrests.
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Michael R. Sisak,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
The day before that, townsfolk had torched an isolation unit.
The Coptic Fire has burned 1,680 acres and was 40% contained.
—
Lissette Gonzalez,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Last year, the Palisades, Eaton and Hughes fires burned a total of almost 50,000 acres in the Los Angeles area in January, but the state’s four biggest wildfires started in July and August.
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