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The fire also destroyed two historic structures — Johnson’s Lee Equipment Shed and Wreck Line Camp Cabin — as well as a storage building and a wind shelter at Water Canyon Campground.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The program is for homeowners whose property has been damaged or destroyed by a disaster such as a fire, flood or earthquake and applies to their 2025 property taxes only.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Both Raman and Pratt said the city was ill-prepared to contain the blazes that destroyed thousands of homes, including Pratt’s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The leader of Glasgow City Council has said construction work on the Union Corner site destroyed by fire earlier this year might not begin for five or six years.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

When Slash was just fourteen, the merchant ship he worked on was destroyed in a storm.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis