FIRESTORM

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Firefighters on top of wildfire in LA's luxury Bel Air
Dec 14, 2017 (AFP)
The blaze, which is 90 percent under control, has scorched 422 acres (170 hectares) since it broke out in the early hours of December 6, destroying six homes in...
Monster fire slows as California homeowners pick up pieces
Dec 13, 2017 (AFP)
But the biggest "Thomas" fire, which has charred nearly 95,000 hectares (234,000 acres) of land, remains only 20 percent contained, according to official data, ...
Second fire in Beijing migrant neighbourhood kills five
Dec 13, 2017 (AFP)
Beijing mayor Cai Qi visited the injured in the hospital and visited the fire scene, the official Xinhua news agency said, adding that police had detained the b...
California wildfires: what we know
Dec 12, 2017 (AFP)
Vast areas have been destroyed, hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated and thousands of firefighters are working around the clock. The future of th...
Biggest LA fire spreading more slowly as survivors pick up the pieces
Dec 12, 2017 (AFP)
But the biggest "Thomas" fire, which has charred nearly 95,000 hectares (234,000 acres) of land, remains only 20 percent contained, according to official data, ...
California wildfires a warning for other regions: Gov. Brown
Dec 12, 2017 (AFP)
"The important fact is that these fires are going to become a very frequent occurence, that's what the science is telling us," he told AFP on the sidelines of t...
Over 6,000 firefighters battling southern California blaze
Dec 11, 2017 (AFP)
As a wildfire near Los Angeles was brought under control, fire crews were being redeployed to battle the Thomas Fire northwest of America's second-largest city....
NASA Airborne Science Team Surveys California Fires
Dec 11, 2017 (JPL)
NASA uses the unique perspective of the ER-2 for science research missions over much of the world. This month, the aircraft has been flying locally over Califor...
Fire in southern California threatening another city
Dec 10, 2017 (AFP)
The so-called Thomas fire is only 15 percent contained, now threatening the city of Santa Barbara and the nearby coastal town of Carpinteria, making it one of t...
Smaller branches pack the fastest, biggest fire-spreading punch
Dec 08, 2017 (SPX)
Preliminary findings indicate the diameter of the branches that are burning is the biggest single factor behind which ones will form embers the most quickly and...
China jails 21 over deadly fire at elderly home
Dec 07, 2017 (AFP)
The blaze, which killed 38 people at the privately-owned home in central Henan province, sparked soul-searching in China where enforcement of safety standards i...
Ten dead in northern China apartment fire
Dec 01, 2017 (AFP)
Flames tore through the 38th floor of the apartment building in Tianjin, leaving 10 people dead and five people hospitalised with minor injuries, according to a...
19 dead in Beijing fire: state media
Nov 18, 2017 (AFP)
The inferno broke out in Beijing's southern Daxing district, Xinhua news agency said, citing local authorities. The report did not specify the cause but said an...
EU to re-think civil protection aid after Portugal fires
Oct 30, 2017 (AFP)
"We will consider, at Portugal's request, the reorganisation of civil protection in Europe," Juncker said at a press conference alongside Portuguese President M...
Portuguese govt survives no confidence vote over forest fires
Oct 24, 2017 (AFP)
The motion brought on by the opposition CDS-PP right-wing party aimed to "give voice to the indignation of numerous Portuguese who have lost confidence in the g...
Portugal forest fires death toll rises to 44
Oct 20, 2017 (AFP)
"It was a person who was seriously injured and hospitalised in Coimbra," Patricia Gaspar, spokeswoman for the civil protection authority, told AFP. "The number ...
Portugal forest fires death toll rises to 43
Oct 19, 2017 (AFP)
The latest grim discovery was made near a hospital in the central city of Coimbra, which was badly hit by the fires which broke out on Sunday and were largely c...
Portugal interior minister resigns after deadly wildfires
Oct 18, 2017 (AFP)
Constanca Urbano de Sousa handed her resignation to socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa Wednesday, bowing to increasing political pressure as the death toll ...
'Hurricane of flames' ravages a Portuguese village; Scores deads
Oct 16, 2017 (AFP)
"I was at one end of the village battling the flames and in two minutes the wall of fire had already reached the other side," said Ricardo Lopes. a 37-year-old ...
Six killed in Spain, Portugal as wildfires fanned by hurricane
Oct 16, 2017 (AFP)
In total, some 440 fires were burning across Portugal Sunday, which is "the worst day since the beginning of the year," according to a spokeswoman for the natio...
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