FIRESTORM

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Wildfires rage in western US amid deadly heatwave
Jun 21, 2016 (AFP)
Hundreds of firefighters battled raging wildfires in the western United States on Tuesday amid a record-setting heatwave that has claimed at least four lives an...
Aircraft from Britain and Greece join Cyprus firefight
Jun 20, 2016 (AFP)
Aircraft from Britain and Greece have joined Cypriot firefighters in a battle to control some of the worst forest fires to have hit the island in years, officia...
NASA Glenn Ignites Largest Fire Experiment in Space
Jun 19, 2016 (SPX)
Engineers at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio and Orbital ATK in Dulles, Virginia successfully conducted the first remote Spacecraft Fire Experim...
Dead trees, dry earth: Western US a tinderbox
Jun 18, 2016 (AFP)
Tens of millions of dead trees, record temperatures in June and persistent drought can only mean one thing for the American West this fire season: it's going to...
Fires rage across western United States
Jun 16, 2016 (AFP)
Firefighters struggled Thursday to contain infernos across the western United States as experts warned that drought-striken California should prepare for an unu...
S.Africa wades into firefighter pay row in Canada
Jun 11, 2016 (AFP)
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma stepped in Saturday to resolve a pay dispute that has led to a strike by 300 of his nation's firefighters who are in Canada ...
Fires near Los Angeles displace 5,000 people
Jun 05, 2016 (AFP)
Fires near Los Angeles pushed 5,000 people out of their homes this weekend from the affluent Calabasas area, a suburb home to many celebrities including members...
Wildfire on warming planet requires adaptive capacity at local, national, international scales
Jun 03, 2016 (SPX)
Industrialized nations that view wildfire as the enemy have much to learn from people in some parts of the world who have learned to live compatibly with wildfi...
Fort McMurray residents slow to return home
Jun 02, 2016 (AFP)
The pace of Fort McMurray residents' return to the wildfire-ravaged Canadian oil city accelerated Thursday, but continued to fall short of expectations. Authori...
First residents return to fire-ravaged Canadian city
Jun 01, 2016 (AFP)
The first convoys of weary, anxious residents returned to wildfire-ravaged Fort McMurray on Wednesday, a month after they were forced to flee the Canadian oil c...
Contamination delays return for 9,000 Canada wildfire evacuees
May 30, 2016 (AFP)
Chemical and heavy metal contamination will delay the return of 9,000 residents from Canada's oil sands region who fled a huge wildfire about a month ago, senio...
Wildfire not spreading like wildfire
May 26, 2016 (SPX)
A new analysis of global data related to wildfire, published by the Royal Society, reveals major misconceptions about wildfire and its social and economic impac...
S. African, US firefighters help battle Fort McMurray wildfire
May 26, 2016 (AFP)
Canadian firefighters battling an out of control wildfire near the oil city of Fort McMurray, Alberta were reinforced Thursday with the arrival of nearly 500 Am...
Indonesia refuses palm oil permits in anti-haze push
May 25, 2016 (AFP)
Indonesia has rejected applications from scores of companies for new palm oil operations, an official said Wednesday, as it cracks down on an industry whose exp...
Crucial interaction between fire and mankind explored
May 25, 2016 (SPX)
A pioneering team of international researchers have devised a 'manifesto for fire science' to explore the pivotal relationship that exists between mankind and f...
Fort McMurray fire contained, but smoke delays oil production restart
May 20, 2016 (AFP)
Firefighters have contained a massive wildfire in Canada's oil sands region, but thick smoke Friday continued to prevent a resumption of most oil production. Th...
Wildfires: More people, less fires
May 18, 2016 (SPX)
Every year, about 350 million hectares of land are devastated by fires worldwide, this corresponds to about the size of India. To estimate the resulting damage ...
Wildfires to increase in Alaska with future climate change
May 16, 2016 (SPX)
Climate change is melting glaciers, reducing sea-ice cover and increasing wildlife activity - with some of the most dramatic impacts occurring in the northern h...
10 more days needed to put out Spanish tyre fire: officials
May 16, 2016 (AFP)
It could take another 10 days to put out a huge fire at a tyre dump near Madrid, regional authorities said Monday, though residents have already been allowed to...
Canada PM honors firefighters who battled Fort McMurray blaze
May 13, 2016 (AFP)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid tribute Friday to crews who fought to save fire-ravaged Fort McMurray, amid criticism for not showing up in the city...
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