Fire

A veteran engineer and a young conductor try frantically to stop a half-mile-long freight train carrying enough combustible liquids and poisonous gas to wipe out a nearby city.

fire-resistant
As the Rim Fire menaces Yosemite, tree experts expect the big trees to survive. Full-grown sequoias are adapted to survive even the hottest wildfires. They have fibrous, fire-resistant bark that can grow up to two feet thick.

on fire
In the hot, expansive Karakum desert is a hole that has been on fire for 40 years. Known as the "Gates of Hells" by locals, the crater can be seen glowing for miles around.

Can you imagine firefighters waving wands? Scientists have shown that a relatively benign electric field can extinguish fires.

A ragtag pep squad marched by humming “We Didn’t Start the Fire” on kazoos. It was the night of the dusk-to-dawn cultural frolic called Northern Spark. And for this year’s edition, arson was the main event.

A convicted arsonist looks to manipulate a parole officer into a plan to secure his parole by placing his beautiful wife in the lawman's path.

Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano, which roared back from dormancy in 1999, discharged truck-size boulders nearly a mile away in a recent eruption.

For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing, and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker.

The Kamchatka Peninsula, one section of the intermittent chain of volcanoes called the Ring of Fire, has seen the most explosive eruptions of any place on Earth.

vortex
This vortex of fire resulted from months of drought, combined with brush fires and strong dry winds. The powerful air currents caused the flame to spin, creating a fire tornado!