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Fires

After surviving a church fire, the windows sat in a garage for 50 years.

For Sale: Two Tiffany-Style Windows From a Historic South Side Church

The auctioneers think they’re Tiffany, but it’s actually hard to prove.

Sabrina Imbler November 12, 2019

The Masonic Temple in Aurora, pictured here in 2014, sat vacant for about a decade before it went up in flames in early October.

The Grandeur of Old Masonic Temples Also Makes Them Vulnerable to Fires

They're hard to reuse, and can be quick to burn.

Jessica Leigh Hester October 22, 2019

Firefighters Museum of Alcoy

The first firefighters museum in southern Spain is ironically located in an old textile mill that burned down in 1985.

A conservation group is trying to buy a huge swath of giant sequoias.

For Sale: America's Largest Private Grove of Giant Sequoias

They're older than Christ and as high as the heavens.

Isaac Schultz September 20, 2019

Yanartaş

Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.

Vulcan Mine coal tipple.

New Castle, Colorado

Vulcan Mine

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

Fires are tearing through the Brazilian Amazon, including Altamira, pictured here on August 27, 2019.

Scientists of the Future Will Unearth Traces of the Scorched Amazon Rainforest

Long after the forest stops burning, the effects of this year's fires will linger in the soil and water.

Jessica Leigh Hester August 28, 2019

Hertfordshire, England

Redbournbury Watermill and Bakery

This operational mill has survived centuries of destruction and construction.

A window into the past.

Vista, Australia

Newman's Nursery Ruins

The haunting remains of a beautiful old plant nursery founded in the 1850s.

Restored tunnel entrance.

Pulaski Tunnel Trail

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

<em>Bulbostylis paradoxa</em>'s flowers, in bloom just days after being burnt.

This Brazilian Plant Regenerates Just a Day After Being Scorched by Wildfire

And its flowers bloom only a week later.

Evan Nicole Brown June 18, 2019

A baby Washington pygmy rabbit at the Oregon Zoo.

After Nearly Going Extinct, Washington’s Pygmy Rabbits Need Room to Grow

Recovering the endangered critters will test society’s willingness to let nature reclaim a landscape.

Carl Segerstrom June 7, 2019

Panam Nagar.

Sonargaon, Bangladesh

Panam Nagar

This historic textile city was abandoned after being ravaged by fire.

It's easy to picture Pooh and the gang trotting around Ashdown Forest, pictured here in 2016.

A Fire Broke Out at the Forest That Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood

But in the wake of the blaze, a ranger said the prognosis isn't so gloomy.

Jessica Leigh Hester May 3, 2019

Notre Dame's iconic spire, pictured before the blaze that toppled it.

Medieval Cathedral Spires Have Been at Risk From the Get Go

For centuries, they’ve been toppled by lightning, wind, and more.

Jessica Leigh Hester April 19, 2019

The trio of hives, on the bottom left, as they appeared in 2016.

Notre Dame’s Bees Seem to Have Survived the Blaze

A little bit of sweet news.

Jessica Leigh Hester April 19, 2019

Stockholm, Sweden

Tyska Kyrkan Weather Vane

This centuries-old rooster survived a devastating fire.

The fire that swallowed Rio de Janeiro's Brazilian National Museum on September 2, 2018.

Air Conditioning Caused the Fire That Claimed Brazil's National Museum

And budget cuts allowed it to spread.

Evan Nicole Brown April 9, 2019