FIRESTORM

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Kazakh man dies in fire following Russian rocket launch: govt.
Jun 15, 2017 (AFP)
The blaze, reaching 15 kilometers (9.5 miles) across, was unleashed by parts of a rocket that fell to earth on Wednesday after launch from the nearby Baikonur c...
Thousands evacuated in South Africa as storm fans fires
Jun 08, 2017 (AFP)
Worst-hit was Knysna, a town of 77,000 people 500 kilometres (310 miles) east of Cape Town on South Africa's famed Garden Route, as firefighters battled to quel...
Three die in raging Siberia wildfires in Russia
May 25, 2017 (AFP)
Two people were found dead in the town of Kansk in Russia's Siberian Krasnoyarsk region, according to investigators in the region, who said a fire spread in the...
Fort McMurray recovery from 2016 forest fire plods along
Apr 30, 2017 (AFP)
"You don't know how it feels until you lose it all", says Steven Menard, 53, holding up a charred pair of his grandson's first ice skates, plucked from the rubb...
Flammable floodplains are weak spot of Amazon forest
Apr 13, 2017 (SPX)
The team made the discovery by combining satellite and field datafor the entire basin, with information on more than 250 forest fires, to compare how forest res...
Thousands return home after fleeing Chile forest fire
Mar 13, 2017 (AFP)
Some 6,000 people began returning home Monday after a forest fire forced their evacuation over the weekend, sweeping through central Chile and destroying more t...
Humans sparked 84 percent of US wildfires, increased fire season over 2 decades
Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)
Humans have dramatically increased the spatial and seasonal extent of wildfires across the U.S. in recent decades and ignited more than 840,000 blazes in the sp...
China detains 24 after deadly hotel fire
Feb 26, 2017 (AFP)
Authorities have detained 24 people after a fire sparked by unsafe welding and cutting work killed 10 people in eastern China, state media said Sunday. Three of...
Australia fires ease as damage mounts after record heat
Feb 13, 2017 (AFP)
Australia was counting the cost to property and livestock Monday after firefighters battled weekend blazes in some of the hottest conditions on record. At least...
Research predicts extreme fires will increasingly be part of our global landscape
Feb 07, 2017 (SPX)
Increasingly dangerous fire weather is forecast as the global footprint of extreme fires expands, according to the latest research. University of Tasmania Profe...
Vegetation resilient to salvage logging after severe wildfire
Feb 07, 2017 (SPX)
Nearly a decade after being logged, vegetation in forested areas severely burned by California's Cone Fire in 2002 was relatively similar to areas untouched by ...
More than 40 detained in Chile for spreading forest fires
Jan 29, 2017 (AFP)
Authorities have detained 43 people suspected of stoking some of the deadly Chilean forest fires that have killed 11 people and destroyed large swaths of land, ...
Chile wildfires kill 10 people: president
Jan 26, 2017 (AFP)
Raging forest fires in central Chile have killed 10 people, displaced thousands and destroyed entire villages, the government said Thursday. Multiple blazes fue...
Chile orders extra funds to fight fire 'catastrophe'
Jan 24, 2017 (AFP)
Chile's president Tuesday ordered extra funds to be spent on tackling what she called the country's worst forest fires ever, as other countries sent aid and fir...
Chile fires cause 'worst forestry disaster' in its history
Jan 23, 2017 (AFP)
Vast woodland fires in the center and south of Chile have caused "the biggest forestry disaster in our history," President Michelle Bachelet said Monday, cancel...
'Catastrophe' declared as wildfires rage in central Chile
Jan 21, 2017 (AFP)
Authorities declared a state of catastrophe in central Chile as crews Saturday fought vast forest fires described as the worst in decades. More than 450 square ...
Satellite photo reveals multiple fires burning in Argentina
Jan 03, 2017 (UPI)
Argentina is on fire. NASA has the proof. Last week, the Operational Land Imager, the camera on NASA's Landsat 8 satellite -- part of the Earth Observatory miss...
Chile forest fire ravages 50 hectares, destroys homes
Jan 02, 2017 (AFP)
A huge forest fire ravaged 50 hectares and destroyed homes near the tourist city of Valparaiso in western Chile, prompting the authorities to evacuate hundreds ...
Hundreds flee wildfires near Jerusalem
Nov 25, 2016 (AFP)
Hundreds of people were evacuated from an Israeli village near Jerusalem overnight, police said Friday, as firefighters battled wildfires that have forced tens ...
NASA Sets Space Fire in Second Round of Fire Safety Experiments
Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)
Fire safety is a crucial component of space living. As we partner with industry and international space agencies to develop deep space habitation capabilities, ...
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