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Canada wildfires in 'bullseye' of warming planet trends
May 12, 2016 (AFP)
Experts say climate change is contributing to the wildfires raging across Canada, and the increasing frequency of such fires may overwhelm one of Earth's most i...
Canadian forest fire still burning out of control
May 11, 2016 (AFP)
The huge forest fire that prompted the evacuation of Fort McMurray remained out of control Wednesday but cooler, more humid weather slowed its advance, Canadian...
Canada natives mourn loss of hunting, fishing in Fort McMurray fires
May 10, 2016 (AFP)
Chipewyan native Elmer McDonald putters around his trailer in a Lac La Biche parking lot and plays his fiddle since being evacuated as the Fort McMurray wildfir...
Canada's fire-ravaged Fort McMurray works to restore utilities
May 10, 2016 (AFP)
Crews worked Tuesday to start restoring water and electricity in this Canadian oil hub turned into a ghost town by a towering ring of fire that reduced its subu...
Weather aids firefighters battling blaze in Canada oil region
May 09, 2016 (AFP)
Authorities battling a forest fire in Canada looked to Mother Nature for more help Monday, as cooling temperatures and rain slowed the spread of the blaze that ...
Canada fire 'out of control,' may double in size
May 08, 2016 (AFP)
A ferocious wildfire wreaking havoc in Canada was expected to double in size Saturday, officials warned, cautioning that the situation in the parched Alberta oi...
Traumatized, Canada wildfire evacuees reach safety
May 06, 2016 (AFP)
Visibly shaken, Margarita Carnicero recalled fearing for her life Friday as she sped to safety through the massive wildfire engulfing the Canadian town of Fort ...
Airlift for 1000s trapped by Canada fires; long wait to return home
May 06, 2016 (AFP)
Canada on Thursday began airlifting to safety up to 25,000 people from the city of Fort McMurray forced from their homes by raging forest fires in Alberta's oil...
Fort McMurray evacuees eager to return home gather on edge of fire zone
May 06, 2016 (AFP)
A handful of abandoned cars wrapped in yellow police ribbons still lined the ditches along the main roadway to Fort McMurray Thursday, days after a massive exod...
Study finds human activity is a major factor driving wildfires
May 05, 2016 (SPX)
A new study examining wildfires in California found that human activity explains as much about their frequency and location as climate influences. The researche...
'Catastrophic wildfires' force thousands to flee in Canada
May 05, 2016 (AFP)
Raging wildfires pressed in on the Canadian oil city of Fort McMurray Thursday after more than 80,000 people were forced to flee, abandoning fire-gutted neighbo...
India forest fires flare close to famous Shimla railway
May 03, 2016 (AFP)
Forest fires raging in India's Himalayan region crept perilously close to a famous British-era railway track Tuesday, as panicked residents fought off blazes th...
Wildfire smoke forces Canadian neighborhood's evacuation
May 02, 2016 (AFP)
The mayor of Fort McMurray, Alberta -- a city in the Canadian oil sands region -- on Monday ordered the evacuation of a neighborhood threatened by wildfires. Ma...
Thousands battle deadly forest fires in India
May 01, 2016 (AFP)
Thousands of labourers backed by water-carrying helicopters were battling to control fires that have killed two people in India's northern Himalayan state of Ut...
Seismic networks can be the backbone for 21st century firefighting
Apr 26, 2016 (SPX)
On the YouTube video, the fire appears first as a small white dot among the trees, then as an unmistakable wisp of smoke curling up over a ridgeline. Wilderness...
China chemical blaze extinguished, but may affect thousands
Apr 23, 2016 (AFP)
A fire caused by an explosion at a chemical and fuel storage facility in the Chinese city of Jingjiang may affect thousands of nearby residents as well as key e...
Post-wildfire erosion can be major sculptor of forested western mountains
Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)
Erosion after severe wildfires can be the dominant force shaping forested mountainous landscapes of the U.S. Intermountain West, suggests a new research paper b...
Philippine mountain fire forces hundreds to flee
Mar 27, 2016 (AFP)
A raging fire on the Philippines highest mountain forced hundreds of people to flee from the peak by foot, officials said Sunday. Firefighters dug ditches that ...
Wildfire map reveals countries in Europe
Mar 24, 2016 (SPX)
"This study was exciting, especially when we had our Eureka moment as it became clear that were onto something. We did not know what to expect when we started t...
NASA Pursues Burning Desire to Study Fire Safety in Space
Mar 18, 2016 (SPX)
Engineers at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland have developed a space flight experiment that will increase understanding of how an accidental fire might...
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