evacuations An incredibly huge, toxic fire burns at an Indiana recycling plant that officials knew was a "fire hazard" (video) Carla Sinclair

wildfires Loni, India has the world's most polluted air by far Séamus Bellamy

beachside community Malibu goes full Lebowski: "Stay out of Malibu, deadbeat" becomes wildfire policy Jason Weisberger

auctions From dodo bones to devil pinball: Inside the year's strangest auction Ellsworth Toohey

landlords Blair Witch star fighting for public access to woods in rural Maine Rob Beschizza

politics 2018 essay: "The Case for Letting Malibu Burn" Mark Frauenfelder

california Stunning: 2 men and their dog stuck at home surrounded by Los Angeles fire (video) Carla Sinclair

Technology Watch Duty: the free wildfire alert app saving lives in California Ellsworth Toohey

music history Czech composer's military tribute accidentally became history's most recognizable clown song Ellsworth Toohey

crime Woman started wildfires so she could flirt with sexy firefighters Rob Beschizza

meteors Comet explodes over Europe in astonishing explosion (video) David Pescovitz

canada Man who claimed wildfires were a government conspiracy was setting them himself Rob Beschizza

Space This object is now the fastest thing humans ever made David Pescovitz

Dropping a Doocy Karine Jean-Pierre gets fed up, shoves Doocy in a corner Jason Weisberger

fire 31-year-old arrested for a dozen fires also found with ducklings in underwear Mark Frauenfelder

climate change Hawaii's historic town of Lahaina in Maui devastated by wildfire (video) Carla Sinclair

global warming Firefighting plane crashes in Greece, starting a new fire and killing two pilots Carla Sinclair

lake mead The "Monolith of Lake Mead" is a sunken speedboat sticking straight up out of the dry lakebed Jennifer Sandlin

music "The Beatles: Get Back" is a scrumptious feast Ferdinando Buscema

Exclusive excerpt of three new Christmas Ghost Stories by Seth Mark Frauenfelder