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Indonesian fires exposed 69 million to 'killer haze'
Nov 21, 2016 (SPX)
Wildfires in Indonesia and Borneo exposed 69 million people to unhealthy air pollution and are responsible for thousands of premature deaths, new research has s...
Wildfire management or fire suppression
Oct 25, 2016 (SPX)
An unprecedented 40-year experiment in a 40,000-acre valley of Yosemite National Park strongly supports the idea that managing fire, rather than suppressing it,...
Climate change doubles US forest-fire burn areas: study
Oct 10, 2016 (AFP)
Climate change is making the planet hotter and drier, and has about doubled the area burned by forest fires in the western United States in the past three decad...
Siberia forest fires engulf 2 mn hectares
Sep 27, 2016 (AFP)
Forest fires have hit two million hectares (7,700 square miles) of Siberian forest, where global warming has caused an "exceptional drought", environmental Grou...
Indonesian clerics issue fatwa against forest fires
Sep 14, 2016 (AFP)
Indonesia's top Islamic clerical body said Wednesday it has issued a fatwa against intentionally starting forest fires in a bid to stop the blazes that cloak So...
Examining forest resilience in the face of fires
Sep 13, 2016 (SPX)
In 1988, fires consumed more than a million acres of Yellowstone National Park and its surrounding lands. But for the past three decades, Yellowstone's forests ...
Greenpeace firefighters attacked by masked men in Russia
Sep 09, 2016 (AFP)
At least two people were seriously injured when armed masked men attacked a team of volunteer Greenpeace firefighters and a local environmental group early Frid...
Wildfires hit Portugal's tourist Algarve region
Sep 08, 2016 (AFP)
Portugal's Algarve tourist region was the latest to be hit by violent forest fires Thursday, prompting the evacuation of a luxury hotel and three hamlets, offic...
Indonesia vows 'war' after haze investigators held
Sep 07, 2016 (AFP)
Indonesia vowed Wednesday to "wage war" against illegal land burning after officials were detained and faced death threats from a mob allegedly trying to stop t...
Indonesian fire investigators taken hostage, face death threats
Sep 05, 2016 (AFP)
Indonesian officials investigating forest fires were taken hostage and threatened with death by a mob allegedly linked to a palm oil company, prompting activist...
1,400 flee wildfire on Spain's Costa Blanca
Sep 05, 2016 (AFP)
Some 1,400 people were evacuated after a wildfire fuelled by intense heat roared through brush surrounding a popular tourist resort on Spain's Costa Blanca, off...
Washington state declares emergency due to wildfires
Aug 23, 2016 (AFP)
A growing number of wildfires were threatening people and property in the western United States on Tuesday, with the governor of Washington state declaring a st...
Landmark Hearst Castle closed as California wildfires bear down
Aug 22, 2016 (AFP)
Firefighters in California said they are making progress slowing the advance of several devastating wildfires, but authorities ordered the temporary closure of ...
Thousands flee homes as California burns
Aug 19, 2016 (AFP)
Firefighters battled Thursday to douse a series of wildfires fueled by high winds, scorching temperatures and dry vegetation, which have forced tens of thousand...
Over 17,000 firefighters battle monster fires in US
Aug 19, 2016 (AFP)
More than 17,000 firefighters struggled Friday to contain dozens of large fires that have burned huge swaths of land and destroyed hundreds of buildings across ...
Indonesia in haze warning as fires flare
Aug 19, 2016 (AFP)
Indonesia warned Friday that haze from forest fires was floating over a key waterway towards its neighbours, and that the number of blazes was rising. The fires...
Firenadoes rage in California as blaze menaces 82,000
Aug 18, 2016 (AFP)
An inferno scorching swathes of southern California threatened the homes of more than 82,000 people Wednesday, sending flaming "firenadoes" tearing across the b...
More than 82,000 flee California fires: authorities
Aug 17, 2016 (AFP)
A rapidly spreading fire raging east of Los Angeles forced the evacuation of more than 82,000 people Tuesday as the governor of California declared a state of e...
Man arrested for starting raging wildfire in California
Aug 16, 2016 (AFP)
A man was arrested and charged with arson Monday for starting a massive wildfire in northern California that has destroyed 175 buildings and forced thousands to...
A.I. Could Be a Firefighter's 'Guardian Angel'
Aug 15, 2016 (JPL)
Firefighters have only their wits and five senses to rely on inside a burning building. But research developed in part by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasa...
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