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A 35-year-old man has been hospitalized in grave condition after setting himself on fire in Minsk’s Independence Square on Friday, the Polish news channel Belsat TV reported.

A major fire at the Serum Institute of India (SII) – the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer – killed at least five people Thursday.

A South Carolina family says they are being forced to start over after they lost their home with all their personal belongings inside to a fire on New Year’s Day.

Hundreds of migrants were stranded in a burnt-out squalid tent camp in Bosnia as heavy snow fell in the country.

An 11-year-old boy survived a blaze and a jump from a second-floor window to save his family from an apartment fire.

A six-year-old boy from New Hampshire received an award from the state fire marshal’s office for his life-saving actions during an apartment fire.

A new study by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) found that 88 percent of American colleges maintain policies that restrict speech protected under the First Amendment, and that half of top American colleges and universities maintain policies that restrict online expression protected under First Amendment standards.

A police officer in Conway, Arkansas, is being recognized for putting his own safety at risk to help two people and their dog escape a house fire on Monday.

A woman is thankful she was able to help save an elderly veteran when his camper caught fire last week in Walnut Cove, North Carolina.

A fire broke out in a subway station in Berlin, injuring four people, one seriously, the German news agency dpa reported Monday.

A vote-by-mail drop-off box for ballots was set on fire on Sunday night in the Los Angeles suburb of Baldwin Park, destroying many completed ballots before firefighters could put out the fire.

A Seattle cop suffered minor burns after a man allegedly set his police cruiser on fire Thursday afternoon, according to bodycam footage of the incident.

A British university had told its students self-isolating on campus with coronavirus that if a fire breaks out, they should wait in their rooms before evacuating to allow other healthy people to leave.

The University of California system spent over $800,000 on legal fees during a court battle with a student-led satirical newspaper that came under fire in 2016 when it mocked “safe spaces.” The ACLU filed a lawsuit in 2016 against the University of California over its decision to strip the student newspaper of its university funding. This week, public records revealed that the university spent far more on fighting its students in court than it would have spent if it had simply funded the paper.

A man set himself on fire in a crowded street in central St. Petersburg on President Vladimir Putin’s 68th birthday Wednesday, The Moscow Times reported Thursday, the second self-immolation to take place in Russia this week. 

Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has fired a professor over a discussion he held with students about the use of offensive language. Students complained to administrators after Professor Gary Shank used a racial slur during the discussion about inappropriate language.

A man was arrested months after he allegedly set a dumpster on fire that was against a police building while 19 people were inside in Portland, Oregon.

Residents of Beirut, Lebanon, were dismayed on Thursday to see a plume of smoke rising from their seaport only a month after a titanic explosion killed over 200 people and damaged much of the city.

Residents on the island of Lesbos have set up roadblocks to prevent the rebuilding of the notorious Moria migrant camp that burned to the ground earlier this week.

At least 13,000 asylum seekers are without housing after a massive fire gutted the notorious Moria migrant camp on the island of Lesbos, with some accusing migrants of setting the blaze.

A police officer in Delafield, Wisconsin, offered a teenager a helping hand when he found himself in an unfortunate situation last week.

Two citizens and ten police officers in Davenport, Iowa, were recognized Wednesday for their heroic actions when a neighbor’s house caught fire on July 3rd.

“[Protest] will ultimately burn itself out,” Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler told the local public radio station.

Stockton University has dropped all charges against a graduate student facing disciplinary action for making his Zoom background a photo of President Donald Trump and for a subsequent political Facebook post defending his freedom of expression.

Stockton University has dropped 5 of the 6 charges against a graduate student that was facing disciplinary action for making his Zoom background a photo of President Donald Trump and for a subsequent political Facebook post defending his freedom of expression.

A student at Stockton University is facing a possible suspension and other disciplinary charges for making his Zoom background a photo of President Donald Trump and for a subsequent political Facebook post defending his freedom of expression, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). According to the university, the image of President Trump caused students “to feel offended, disrespected, and taunted.” 

A major fire erupted at an Iranian market in Ajman, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), on Wednesday, multiple local news outlets reported.

Student Austin Tong of Fordham University has been placed on probation by the school for an Instagram post to honor the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. In the post, Tong posed with a legally-obtained rifle to symbolize the resistance of pro-democracy activists in China.

A dog in Pace, Florida, is being praised for alerting his family to a dangerous situation that occurred on Saturday.

The San Diego community is helping sailors get back on their feet after they lost everything during the fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard.