FIRESTORM

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Indonesia launches biggest operation ever to combat fires
Oct 16, 2015 (AFP)
Indonesia launched Friday its biggest operation ever to combat fires blanketing Southeast Asia in haze, an official said, with dozens of planes and thousands of...
2015 becomes worst US wildfire year on record
Oct 14, 2015 (AFP)
Wildfires in the western United States have made 2015 the country's most devastating fire year since at least 1960, despite the relatively small number of indiv...
Malaysian premier vows to help Indonesia combat haze
Oct 11, 2015 (AFP)
Visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pledged Sunday to help Indonesia fight forest fires blanketing Southeast Asia in haze as foreign aircraft joined o...
Indonesia accepts international help to combat fires
Oct 08, 2015 (AFP)
Indonesia agreed Thursday to accept international help to combat forest and agricultural fires cloaking Southeast Asia in haze, after weeks of failed attempts t...
Footage shows Indonesia fires as pressure mounts in Singapore
Oct 07, 2015 (AFP)
New aerial footage released Wednesday showed smoke billowing from Indonesian forest fires as smog-choked Singapore's biggest supermarket chain announced a ban o...
Flame retardant breakthrough is naturally derived and nontoxic
Oct 06, 2015 (SPX)
Inspired by a naturally occurring material found in marine mussels, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have created a new flame retardant to repla...
Indonesia forest fires could become worst on record: NASA
Oct 02, 2015 (AFP)
The forest fires blanketing Southeast Asia are on track to become the worst on record, NASA has warned, in a crisis that has seen thousands of people seek medic...
Indonesia defends haze-fighting efforts
Oct 01, 2015 (AFP)
Indonesia's disaster chief on Thursday defended the country's efforts to fight forest fires that have blanketed Southeast Asia in choking haze, and said he beli...
Green barriers of cypresses could reduce fire initiation risk
Sep 23, 2015 (SPX)
Every year fires burn thousands of hectares, destroy entire ecosystems and put the lives of people and animals at risk. Understanding the dynamics of fire would...
Let wildfires burn when prudent
Sep 22, 2015 (SPX)
With nearly 9 million acres burned this year across the nation, 2015 is shaping up to be one of the most destructive wildfire seasons yet. And with drought and ...
Indonesia acts against timber, palm oil firms over haze
Sep 22, 2015 (AFP)
Indonesia has revoked the licence of a timber supplier and suspended the operations of three palm oil plantation operators over fires that have blanketed Southe...
More than 1,400 homes destroyed in California fires
Sep 20, 2015 (AFP)
More than 1,400 homes have been destroyed in two of the biggest wildfires burning in California, officials said Sunday, making them among the worst ever in the ...
Study: Let wildfires burn, whenever possible
Sep 18, 2015 (UPI)
Fire suppression is the norm in the United States. But researchers at the University of Washington say a more nuanced -- and sometimes hands-off -- approach is ...
Southeast Asia's haze: what's behind the annual outbreaks?
Sep 17, 2015 (AFP)
Southeast Asia has been enveloped in choking haze from agricultural fires in Indonesia over the past fortnight, prompting flight cancellations, closing schools ...
Relentless battle for California firefighters
Sep 17, 2015 (AFP)
For two days straight, with barely time for sleep, Ron Earls and his team of firefighters battled a monster blaze this week that spread out of control in a smal...
Sorrow and survival in wildfire-ravaged California
Sep 16, 2015 (AFP)
An air tanker cut across the sky as Paula Chaves and Eve Meland loaded a pickup truck with supplies to survive wicked wildfires yet to be vanquished. Chaves and...
Wildfires threaten California's treasured Sequoias
Sep 15, 2015 (AFP)
Wildfires sweeping across California are threatening the US state's famed Sequoia trees, with firefighters scrambling to protect the national treasures. The so-...
Fickle flames burn sear lives, spare others
Sep 15, 2015 (AFP)
Kyle Noble was celebrating her 50th birthday in Northern California wine country when a wildfire incinerated her home and every memento of her life. In a remind...
Indonesia fights fires as haze cloaks SE Asia before F1
Sep 15, 2015 (AFP)
Indonesia Tuesday deployed an extra 1,600 military personnel to fight forest and farm fires that have cast a thick haze over the region, closing schools in Mala...
Indonesia water-bombs forest fires to fight haze
Sep 14, 2015 (AFP)
Helicopters Monday water-bombed raging forest fires that have cloaked parts of Indonesia in thick haze and pushed air quality to unhealthy levels in neighbourin...
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