FIRESTORM

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Drought-stressed forest fueled Amazon fires
Nov 07, 2019 (JPL)
The fires in the Amazon Basin, which continue to burn into November, are mainly the result of such human activities as land clearing and deforestation. The patt...
California's Kincade fire burn scar seen from space
Nov 06, 2019 (JPL)
After starting on Oct. 23, forcing residents to evacuate, the fire had burned 77,758 acres and destroyed 372 structures by Nov. 3, according to the California D...
Teams make progress against latest major California blaze
Nov 03, 2019 (AFP)
The so-called Maria Fire broke out Thursday in bone-dry conditions in Ventura County, 65 miles (105 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles, sending thousands of p...
California fires: new blazes as dangerous winds fan the flames
Oct 31, 2019 (AFP)
The so-called Easy Fire in the Simi Valley northwest of Los Angeles erupted around 6:00 am, forcing the evacuation of the library and nearby homes as it spread ...
California braces for powerful winds that could feed fires
Oct 30, 2019 (AFP)
Thousands of firefighters were racing against the clock to gain control of two major fires -- the Kincade Fire in northern California and the Getty Fire, west o...
Evacuations as wildfire breaks out in Los Angeles
Oct 29, 2019 (AFP)
The so-called Getty Fire ignited overnight near a major freeway and quickly spread south and west towards neighborhoods, scorching some 600 acres (240 hectares)...
Tens of thousands evacuated as wildfires rage in California
Oct 25, 2019 (AFP)
The so-called Tick Fire near Santa Clarita, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) north of Los Angeles, broke out in the early afternoon and quickly consumed 5,000 acr...
Paradise regained: US town obliterated by fire rises from ashes
Oct 23, 2019 (AFP)
But nearly one year after the inferno, the town in the northern California foothills that was home to 26,000 people is literally rising from the ashes. "We're b...
Lebanon turns to neighbours for help fighting forest fires
Oct 15, 2019 (AFP)
Heavy rain fell on parts of the country including Beirut in the evening, after Cyprus dispatched help and as Greece and Jordan vowed to follow suit. "We have co...
Southern California blazes show signs of slowing
Oct 13, 2019 (AFP)
A fire that had burned rapidly through the San Fernando Valley in greater Los Angeles was the strongest of several across southern California. By early Sunday m...
'Unacceptable' power cuts blasted as California fire risk spreads south
Oct 11, 2019 (AFP)
Some 540,000 customers in California remained in the dark Thursday afternoon after Pacific Gas & Electric began switching off power the previous day, in a bid t...
Elderly Australian couple perish in first bushfire season deaths
Oct 10, 2019 (AFP)
The bodies of the 77-year-old man and 68-year-old woman were found in the charred remains of their home in rural New South Wales state, a police spokesman said....
California turns off power to millions to prevent wildfires
Oct 09, 2019 (AFP)
Pacific Gas & Electric, which announced the deliberate outage, is working to prevent a repeat of a catastrophe last November in which faulty power lines it owne...
Pope blames Amazon fires on destructive 'interests'; Rain puts out some of Bolivia's wildfires
Oct 06, 2019 (AFP)
"The fire set by interests that destroy, like the fire that recently devastated Amazonia, is not the fire of the Gospel," he said before the bishops from the ni...
Pressure mounts on French govt over chemical factory fire fallout
Oct 01, 2019 (AFP)
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told lawmakers that authorities would soon unveil a complete list of what burned at the Lubrizol factory in Rouen, which makes i...
Stanford scientists invent gel that could protect trees from wildfire
Oct 01, 2019 (UPI)
Researchers suggest the material could be used to protect vulnerable trees in wildfire-prone areas, as well as reduce the frequency and severity of wildfires mo...
Factory fire kills 19 in east China: official
Sep 30, 2019 (AFP)
The fire broke out on Sunday at a factory in Ninghai county, eastern Zhejiang province, said the local government on its official Twitter-like Weibo account. Th...
More than 2 million animals perish in Bolivia wildfires
Sep 25, 2019 (AFP)
The fires devastated the Chiquitania tropical savanna in the east of the country. "We have consulted the biologists of Chiquitania and we have exceeded the esti...
Indonesian forest fires putting 10 million children at risk: UN
Sep 24, 2019 (AFP)
The fires have been spewing toxic haze over Southeast Asia in recent weeks, closing schools and airports, with people rushing to buy face masks and seek medical...
Brazil arrests 63, levies $8.7 million in fines over fires
Sep 24, 2019 (AFP)
The announcement came as President Jair Bolsonaro arrived in New York to attend the UN General Assembly, where he said he would "reaffirm the sovereignty" of Br...
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