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Springs Fire initially started 6:23 p.m. July 10 in San Diego County, California. Since its discovery 12 hours ago, it has burned 50 acres. A crew of 147 firefighters succeeded in containing 20% of the fire as of Friday morning. The cause is, however, still being investigated.

A blaze on Thursday at one of Egypt’s main telecommunications hubs was extinguished, days after a larger fire there killed four people and disrupted internet, transport and banking services.

The Hope fire, burning on the north side of the Columbia River, has grown to 6,764 acres with level 3 "leave now" evacuations in effect for some areas.

A new wildfire was reported today at 10:28 a.m. in Tehama County, California. Rawson Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it remains undetermined.

The Massachusetts Turnpike was closed Friday morning as police and firefighters responded to an electric vehicle on fire just beyond the Prudential Tunnel, State Police said. The car caught on fire on Interstate 90 westbound shortly after 7 a.m., State Police said.

A fire has broken out at a farm in Derbyshire after artificial grass caught alight during soaring temperatures. Four fire crews from Derbyshire and Staffordshire were dispatched to the scene in Bridle Lane in Stanton, near Swadlincote, at about 12:45 BST on Friday.

Citgo Petroleum Corp (PDVSAC.UL) said a lightning strike started a fire at a storage tank at its 459,800-barrel-per-day Lake Charles refinery in Louisiana on Thursday.

A judge called the man “an incredibly violent, evil person” as they handed down a prison sentence, Illinois prosecutors said.

Firefighters are tackling a moorland blaze in West Yorkshire that currently covers approximately 100 metres of land. Nine fire crews were called to Marsden Moor near Mount Road at about 15:00 BST, a West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said. Wildfire specialists and a drone team are also at the scene.

Multiple witnesses told The Oregonian/OregonLive that a man who lived in the east Portland apartment complex threw a Molotov cocktail at the building Friday morning. Police and fire officials have not commented on the fire’s cause. One person reportedly has been taken into custody. Police have not publicly identified the person.