FIRESTORM

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Greece hopes to bring wildfires under control 'in coming hours'
Aug 04, 2021 (AFP)
"The situation has improved and we hope to bring the fire under control in the coming hours," the fire service said in a statement. More than 500 firefighters, ...
Flames surround island monastery as fires rage in Greece
Aug 04, 2021 (AFP)
Firefighters were also battling a blaze near Athens, while the mayor of Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games, pleaded for help as flames threatened the ...
'Terrible proof': California fire documentary explores human failings behind blazes
Aug 03, 2021 (AFP)
The 2017 Thomas Fire is now only the seventh worst by area destroyed -- and is likely to be overtaken soon by the Dixie Fire raging through the state's northern...
Fires across Greece, Turkey force residents to flee homes
Aug 01, 2021 (AFP)
Turkey has suffered the worst fires in at least a decade, official data show, with nearly 95,000 hectares (235,000 acres) burned so far this year, compared with...
Hundreds evacuated by sea as wildfire reaches Turkish power plant
Aug 01, 2021 (AFP)
An AFP team saw firefighters and police fleeing the 35-year-old Kemerkoy plant in the Aegean province of Mugla as bright balls of orange flame tore through the ...
Finland battles worst forest fire in 50 years
Jul 30, 2021 (AFP)
The fire began on Monday about 25 kilometres south of the small port town of Kalajoki in the Gulf of Bothnia. "It's still burning, but it hasn't got bigger, it'...
ECOSTRESS data incorporated into new wildfire response tool
Jul 30, 2021 (JPL)
As of July 28, 2021, the size of the Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon was more than 410,000 acres, making it the largest wildfire currently burning in the U.S. S...
Wildfires highlight need for climate action, Biden says
Jul 30, 2021 (AFP)
In a teleconference from the White House, the president saluted the "heroes" fighting the 66 wildfires now burning across parts of the scorched western landscap...
Forest fires rage near Turkish resorts, killing four
Jul 29, 2021 (AFP)
Officials also launched an investigation into suspicions the fires that broke out Wednesday in four locations to the east of the tourist hotspot Antalya were th...
Forest fire near Turkish resort kills 3; Lebanon fire kills teenager
Jul 29, 2021 (AFP)
Officials also launched an investigation into suspicions that the fires that broke out Wednesday in four locations to the east of the tourist hotspot Antalya we...
US firefighters admit they are burnt out by endless blazes
Jul 28, 2021 (AFP)
"After a point, you start getting a little screwy, your mental health doesn't do well," said 55-year-old fire captain David Tikkanen. "We've been up 14 days wit...
Possible future for Western wildfires: Decade-long burst, followed by gradual decline
Jul 28, 2021 (SPX)
New research led by the University of Washington and the University of California, Santa Barbara, looks at the longer-term future of wildfires under scenarios o...
Bushfires, not pandemic lockdowns, had biggest impact on global climate in 2020
Jul 28, 2021 (SPX)
But their research found that an entirely different event had a more immediate impact on global climate: the devastating bushfires that burned through Australia...
Refusing evacuation, California resident plans to fight fire himself
Jul 27, 2021 (AFP)
"A lot of people think we're foolish," he says. But if it comes down to it, Cappleman has a plan: he will fight the flames of the Dixie Fire himself. Cappleman ...
Firefighters battle forest blaze near Athens suburbs
Jul 27, 2021 (AFP)
Four people were arrested as part of an investigation to determine the cause of the fire, Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias said on state televis...
Firefighters battle California blaze generating its own weather
Jul 27, 2021 (AFP)
The flames have grown large enough to create clouds that can cause lightning and high winds, which in turn fan the fire, according to experts. Around 5,400 fire...
California fire departments share staff as blazes rage
Jul 26, 2021 (AFP)
Authorities said the northern California scheme -- which includes the city of Palo Alto, Los Altos County and Santa Clara County -- helps first responders adapt...
Fourteen dead in China warehouse fire
Jul 24, 2021 (AFP)
The logistics warehouse, located in Changchun, the capital of the northeastern province of Jilin, caught on fire Saturday afternoon, and rescue work is still un...
Wildfire spotting from the air and space boosted with $1.5M grant
Jul 22, 2021 (SPX)
With the help of a $1.5 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, a University of California, Berkeley, physicist and a firefighter-turned-scien...
New York pollution alert amid smoke from wildfires in west and Canada
Jul 20, 2021 (AFP)
New York state's environmental protection services issued an air quality advisory, automatically triggered when fine particle matter is expected to rise above 3...
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