FIRESTORM

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Arctic wildfires continue to burn, releasing record amounts of CO2
Jul 25, 2019 (UPI)
Summer fires aren't unusual in the Arctic, but scientists estimate the magnitude of this season's burn is greater than any other in the 16-year-record. Fires ar...
Why is Portugal so prone to wildfires?
Jul 24, 2019 (AFP)
The exodus of people from the countryside to cities compounds the problem, they added. About 850 firefighters were working Wednesday to extinguish the embers of...
Portugal wildfires '90 percent' under control
Jul 22, 2019 (AFP)
Over 1,700 firefighters were deployed to fight the blazes in the heavily forested Castelo Branco region, 200 kilometres (120 miles) north of Lisbon. The fires h...
1,300 firefighters battle Portugal wildfires
Jul 21, 2019 (AFP)
By 12:30 pm (1130 GMT), one of the biggest mobilisations ever seen in the area -- including 1,300 firefighters and 400 vehicles -- had been deployed to fight th...
More than 1,000 firefighters battle Portugal wildfires
Jul 21, 2019 (AFP)
The firefighters were deployed to tackle three fires in the mountainous and heavily forested Castelo Branco region, 200 kilometres north of Lisbon, according to...
Thousands flee forest fire on Croatia party island
Jul 16, 2019 (AFP)
Police ordered visitors to night clubs on Zrce beach on the northern island of Pag to leave after the blaze erupted in a pine forest at around 1:00 am (2300 GMT...
Thousands of campers evacuated due to forest fires in southern France
Jul 15, 2019 (AFP)
Over 2,500 campers were evacuated from campsites in Argeles-sur-Mer, outside the city of Perpignan close to the Spanish border, just as the holiday season gets ...
Through smoke and fire, NASA searches for answers
Jul 13, 2019 (SPX)
For years, NASA has used the vantage point of space, combined with airborne and ground-based field campaigns, to decipher the impact of fires-from first spark t...
A drier future sets the stage for more wildfires
Jul 11, 2019 (SPX)
Sure enough, just before daybreak, strong winds whipped a stray spark from a power line into an inferno. The Camp Fire became the most destructive fire in Calif...
Spain wildfire triggers more evacuations
Jun 30, 2019 (AFP)
Police ordered residents to flee their homes outside the town of Cadalso de los Vidrios some 80 kilometres (50 miles) southwest of Madrid at dawn as the flames ...
Cooler for parts of Europe, Spain battles wildfires
Jun 30, 2019 (AFP)
France too had to contend with fire in the south of the country -- and some farmers there counted the cost of the heatwave to their grape vines. In Germany ther...
Spain hit by more wildfires as heatwave continues
Jun 29, 2019 (AFP)
More than 700 soldiers, hundreds of firefighters, water-dropping planes, helicopters and vehicles battled four wildfires in the sizzling-hot centre of Spain and...
Forest fires accelerating snowmelt across western US, study finds
May 07, 2019 (SPX)
It's a cycle that will only be exacerbated as the frequency, duration, and severity of forest fires increase with a warmer and drier climate. The study, publish...
Forest fires blight Europe amid drought fears
Apr 25, 2019 (AFP)
In Germany, Europe's biggest economy, farmers are fearful at the start of the growing season following below-average rainfall earlier this year -- bad news afte...
Two students fined 27 million euro for Italy forest fire
Apr 17, 2019 (AFP)
Prosecutors say the two 22-year-olds, who dispute the case, lit a barbecue with a group of friends near Lake Como in the north of Italy on December 30 to celebr...
Chinese pharmaceutical plant accident kills 10
Apr 15, 2019 (AFP)
Sparks from a pipe being welded at Qilu Tianhe Huishi Pharmaceutical Co. in eastern Shandong province caused a substance to catch fire and give off the smoke, s...
Seoul declares national disaster as winds fan giant forest fire
Apr 05, 2019 (AFP)
Apocalyptic images on television and social media showed walls of flame lighting up the night, buildings ablaze, and clouds of smoke billowing across hillsides ...
A polymer added to fuel could have saved the twin towers, researchers say
Apr 04, 2019 (UPI)
Had the new polymers been added to the fuel of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, the Twin Towers might have survived the 9-11 terroris...
Chinese firefighters contain forest fire after 30 dead
Apr 02, 2019 (AFP)
Nearly 700 firefighters were deployed to battle the fire, which broke out on Saturday on steep, remote terrain at an altitude of around 4,000 metres (13,000 fee...
30 firefighters die battling China forest fire
Apr 01, 2019 (AFP)
Nearly 700 firefighters were deployed to battle the fire, which broke out on Saturday on steep terrain at an altitude of around 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) in Mu...
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