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Hominids have been using fire for at a million years — but scientists have found that humans were grilling down during the Ice Age.

Science & Energy

Ice Age Humans Were Skilled Firebenders, Scientists Find

By Noor Al-Sibai

Hundreds of miles north of a scorched LA, a lithium-ion battery plant has caught fire — and it wasn't the first time it's had issues.

Science & Energy

World’s Largest Lithium Ion Plant Catches Fire in California

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Tesla Cybertruck burst into flames after crashing into a fire hydrant outside of a Bass Pro Shop in Harlingen, Texas — and getting doused.

Advanced Transport

Cybertruck Catches Fire After Running Into Fire Hydrant and Getting Wet

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has officially bid adieu to its Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment, fittingly having the last one burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.

NASA Experiment With Fire in Space Ends When Entire Spacecraft Burns Up

By Victor Tangermann

Jonathan Vero, a firefighter and stuntman, has two Guinness World Records: the fastest 100-meter sprint and longest run — both while on fire.

Man Sets Record for Fastest 100-Meter Sprint While on Fire

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Tesla's customer service told a California man to bring his vehicle to a Tesla service center after his Tesla Model Y burst into flames.

Tesla Owner Speechless at Company’s Response After Car Bursts Into Flames

By Sharon Adarlo

E-Bikes are meant to be a boon for green transit — but their explosive lithium ion batteries might make them more dangerous than they're worth.

Advanced Transport

Electric Bikes Have a Small Problem: They Keep Bursting Into Flames

By Noor Al-Sibai

Putting out a Tesla fire once is one thing. Putting out a Tesla fire that kept reigniting three weeks after it was taken to the junkyard is another.

Firefighters Struggle as Junkyard Tesla Bursts Into Flames Weeks After Crash

By Noor Al-Sibai

A viral video showing an explosion at an aluminum factory that miraculously left no one injured is cause for a lot of speculation and jokes.

Science & Energy

Watch a Factory Descend Into a Vision of Hell Within One Minute

By Noor Al-Sibai

Insider reports that last summer, an experimental Amazon delivery drone crashed in Oregon and caused a large fire that consumed several acres.

An Amazon Delivery Drone Crashed and Caused a Large Fire

By Jon Christian

After fifty years of continuous burning, Turkmenistan officials are finally trying to close up a 230-feet wide fiery sinkhole in the Karakum Desert.

Authorities Attempting to Close Fiery “Gates of Hell”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Pemex, the oil company responsible for catching the ocean on fire, has a long and tragic history of deadly explosions and fires.

Oil Company That Caught Ocean on Fire Has Staggeringly Long History of Death, Accidents

By Tony Ho Tran

In an experiment, NASA set several controlled fires inside a used Cygnus cargo resupply spacecraft to study how fire spreads in microgravity.

Watch a Fire Break Out on Board a NASA Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is about to set off an intentional and controlled fire inside a spacecraft — and it just left the International Space Station.

Science & Energy

NASA Is Setting a Fire Inside a Spaceship

By Victor Tangermann

On Wednesday, the Australian government began its plan to shoot down 10,000 wild camels that were threatening local communities in their hunt for water.

Australian Snipers Are Shooting 10,000 Camels From Helicopters

By Dan Robitzski

Bad news: record-breaking fires have been burning up Brazil's Amazon rainforest since January, an increase of over 83 percent since last year.

Devastating Fires in Amazon Rainforest Can Be Seen From Space

By Victor Tangermann