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PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have reported six more fatalities from a blaze in Northern California, bringing the total number of fatalities so far to 48 in the deadliest wildfire in state history.

California authorities are setting up a DNA analysis system to locate and identify potential victims of the wildfire that killed at least 42 people.

Tragedy struck home for the first responders who sprung into action to save lives impacted by a Northern California blaze as more than 90 of them lost their homes to the wildfires in the region.

A landowner near where the blaze began, Betsy Ann Cowley, said PG&E notified her the day before the blaze that crews needed to come onto her property because the utility’s wires were sparking. Investigators have since declared the area a crime scene.

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian enlisted the help of private firefighters to battle the deadly Woolsey wildfire threatening their Hidden Hills neighborhood.

The death toll from the wildfire that incinerated Paradise and surrounding areas climbed to 31 — matching the mark for the deadliest single blaze in California history.

Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl Osby on Monday appeared to blame climate change for the deadly Woolsey fire in Southern California and pushed back against President Donald Trump’s criticism of state officials, who he claimed were responsible for the fast-spreading blaze.

A wildfire blazing so quickly that firefighters couldn’t hope to stop it quadrupled in size Friday after destroying several thousand buildings and leveling much of a Northern California town of nearly 30,000 people, according to state authorities. A wind-driven wildfire is also raging through Southern California communities on Friday, relentlessly pushing toward tony Malibu.

Police have slammed the “long line of Grenfell-related frauds” as another fraudster who took advantage of the tragedy is convicted of “shamelessly” taking money intended for victims.

More than 7,000 acres of agricultural land in the Northern and Western Negev desert has been damaged by arson attacks emanating from the Gaza Strip.

LONDON (AP) — A court has sentenced the former finance manager for the local authority that owned a London high-rise ravaged by a deadly fire to 5½ years in prison for stealing money meant for survivors of the Grenfell Tower blaze.

A drunk Virginia man who got into a dispute with his disabled wife over finances poured gasoline on her and set her ablaze, a detective said in court Monday.

A fire of unknown origin destroyed the entirety of the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro Sunday night, collapsing at least two of the 200-year-old former palace’s floors and destroying most of the items on display, including Latin America’s largest ancient Egyptian exhibit, priceless fossils, and natural artifacts.

New Campus Sexual Misconduct Rules Bolster Rights of the Accused

A man has been charged on suspicion of arson after fires were set at a Sikh temple and a Methodist church in Edinburgh, Scotland.

A 61-year-old French woman died early Wednesday morning in Nice as a result of a fire in her apartment building, with firefighters unable to help her after being harassed by local “youths.”

LONDON (AP) — The London Fire Brigade wants the media to stop depicting firefighters as hunky sex objects.

Firefighters from departments across Texas are heading west this week to help California battle raging and deadly wildfires.

Police charged a woman with murder on Saturday for allegedly kidnapping a six-month-old boy, setting him on fire, and leaving him to die by railroad tracks in Louisiana.

RAFINA, Greece (AP) — The death toll from twin wildfires that raged through Greek seaside areas looked set to increase to around 50 Tuesday after rescue crews reported finding the bodies of more than 20 people huddled closely together near a beach northeast of the capital, Athens.

Controversy has erupted at the University of Kansas over their decision to fly a defaced American flag on campus.

An opinion column published by USA Today makes the case that universities specifically avoided controversial speakers this commencement season.

A fire brigade spokesman spoke of his disbelief after a police helicopter assisting in the operation to extinguish a number of major wildfires in the north of England spotted arsonists deliberately setting new fires in the tinder-dry grassland nearby.

A veteran disgruntled with the Department of Veterans Affairs set himself on fire Tuesday in front of the Georgia State Capitol in downtown Atlanta, according to state police officials.

A California mother is hailing her pit bull as a “hero” after the dog rescued the family from a fire that broke out at their home.

A man in the state of Washington who burned an American flag blanket over the Memorial Day weekend ended up starting a five-acre wildfire, according to local authorities.

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) announced this week that they are launching a faculty network for professors interested in defending free speech.

The University of New Hampshire earned the top free speech rating from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education this week.

A short documentary from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) explores the growing trend of intellectual intolerance at Wellesley College.

Fresno State announced on Tuesday that they will not discipline Professor Randa Jarrar, who came under fire last week for a series of tweets that celebrated the death of former First Lady Barbara Bush.

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) argued yesterday that Fresno State cannot constitutionally penalize Professor Randa Jarrar for her crude tweets about the death of former First Lady Barbara Bush.

Fresno State announced on Wednesday that they are opening an investigation into Professor Randa Jarrar, who celebrated former First Lady Barbara Bush’s death earlier this week.

LONDON (AP) — Five people have died of injuries from an explosion that caused the collapse of a building in the central England city of Leicester, police said Monday.

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) released their annual list of the worst colleges for free speech on Monday.

A recently published survey conducted by FIRE suggests that a majority of Democratic college students believe that hate speech should be illegal.

A Georgia firefighter made an incredible rescue after she caught a baby dropped from the third floor of a burning apartment building, according to a video of the incident.