FIRESTORM

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Yosemite forest fire example of possible things to come
Jul 07, 2015 (SPX)
Forest composition, ground cover and topography are the best predictors of forest fire severity in the Western U.S., according to Penn State physical geographer...
Hundreds of wildfires prompt Canadian troop deployment
Jul 07, 2015 (AFP)
Canadian authorities are sending troops to help shore up firefighters' efforts to battle numerous wildfires in the country, after the blazes prompted the evacua...
Spain on maximum alert for wildfires
Jul 06, 2015 (AFP)
Spain was on maximum alert for wildfires on Monday on the second day of a new heatwave that sparked a forest fire in the northern region of Aragon over the week...
The shape of a perfect fire
Jun 16, 2015 (SPX)
From ancient Egyptians roasting a dripping cut of beef next to the Great Pyramid of Giza to a Boy Scout learning to build a log cabin fire in his backyard, ever...
National mourning begins in Ghana after deadly blaze
Jun 08, 2015 (AFP)
Flags flew at half mast in Ghana on Monday as three days of mourning began to honour more than 150 killed in a petrol station fire during heavy flooding in the ...
Study: Fire suppression has killed Wisconsin's pine barrens
May 26, 2015 (UPI)
Researchers say pine barrens used to be abundant in Wisconsin. Now, they're nearly gone, apparently starved of wildfire, according to scientists at the Universi...
Fire at China nursing home kills 38
May 26, 2015 (AFP)
A fire at a nursing home in central China left at least 38 people dead, officials said Tuesday, with bodies burned beyond recognition and wheelchairs reduced to...
Canada police launch criminal wildfire investigation
May 19, 2015 (AFP)
Hundreds of firefighters battled a massive wildfire in western Canada for a 10th straight day Tuesday as federal police launched a criminal investigation into t...
Chernobyl wildfire extinguished: Ukraine
May 02, 2015 (AFP)
Ukraine said on Saturday that firefighters have extinguished a forest fire that had burned for four days near the Chernobyl plant, scene of the world's worst nu...
Chernobyl wildfire controlled: Ukraine
Apr 29, 2015 (AFP)
Firefighters have brought under control a forest fire near Ukraine's Chernobyl plant, scene of the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986, the emergency service...
Forest fire rages near Chernobyl nuclear site
Apr 28, 2015 (AFP)
A forest fire broke out Tuesday near the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine, scene of the world's worst civil nuclear disaster in 1986, but posed no danger to the site,...
Wildfires emit more greenhouse gases than assumed
Apr 17, 2015 (SPX)
A new study quantifying the amount of carbon stored and released through California forests and wildlands finds that wildfires and deforestation are contributin...
Huge Siberia wildfires kill 17
Apr 13, 2015 (AFP)
Seventeen people died and more than 460 sought medical treatment after wildfires blamed on adults who had "played with matches" swept through Siberia, authoriti...
30,000 evacuated in China chemical plant fire
Apr 09, 2015 (AFP)
Almost 30,000 people living near a Chinese chemical plant where a huge fire blazed for a total of nearly 50 hours were evacuated before the flames were finally ...
Explosion at China chemical plant injures 19
Apr 06, 2015 (AFP)
Nineteen people were injured in an explosion at a controversial chemical plant in the eastern Chinese city of Zhangzhou, reports said Tuesday, the second accide...
Explosion at China chemical plant injures three
Apr 06, 2015 (AFP)
Three people were injured in an explosion at a controversial chemical plant in the eastern Chinese city of Zhangzhou Monday, Chinese media reported, the second ...
Chile declares red alert as forest fires rage
Mar 24, 2015 (AFP)
Chile has declared a red alert for three national parks and reserves where massive wildfires are threatening forests that are thousands of years old, officials ...
Chile port fire subsides, but still not under control
Mar 15, 2015 (AFP)
The huge forest fire threatening the Chilean port of Valparaiso decreased in intensity but has yet to be fully controlled, the nation's emergency office reporte...
Residents return after fleeing Chile port city inferno
Mar 15, 2015 (AFP)
Thousands of residents began returning to their Valparaiso homes Saturday, hours after fleeing a still-smoldering forest fire that threatened the treasured Chil...
Arson to blame for Argentine forest fires: government
Mar 02, 2015 (AFP)
Fires that have ravaged some 20,000 hectares of forest in Argentina's remote Patagonia region were deliberately set, according to Argentine officials on Monday....
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