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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Thick plumes smoke were visible from campus on Tuesday. "Right when I walked outside I could smell the smoke and saw a huge black cloud of it coming from behind the library," said Angelina.

RV fire near campus triggers shelter-in-place

by Eva Cheng, Aquila Editor-in-Chief May 29, 2025

A fire broke out in a recreational vehicle parked by the 7-Eleven on Kiely Boulevard two blocks away from the upper school, killing one and prompting a campus-wide shelter-in-place on Tuesday morning.  While...

On Aug. 4, a deadly blast destroyed the port of the city of Beirut, killing over 170 people and wounding over 6,500 more. The explosion was prompted by a fire which ignited 2,750 pounds of incorrectly stored ammonium nitrate, a chemical compound used in fertilizer and the production of bombs.

Rescue efforts underway after deadly blast destroys Port of Beirut

by Arushi Saxena, Managing Editor September 6, 2020

On Aug. 4, a deadly blast destroyed the port of the city of Beirut, killing over 170 people and wounding over 6,500 more. The explosion was prompted by a fire which ignited 2,750 pounds of incorrectly...

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