FIRESTORM

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Climate Change and Wildfire
May 24, 2013 (SPX)
Concerns continue to grow about the effects of climate change on fire. Wildfires are expected to increase 50 percent across the United States under a changing c...
Terracotta And Cement Roofs Vulnerable In Wildfires
May 22, 2013 (SPX)
Although made of fire-resistant materials, terracotta and cement roof tiles are vulnerable to penetration by windblown embers generated in wildfires, according ...
China factory blast leaves 33 dead and missing
May 21, 2013 (AFP)
A blast at an explosives plant in China has left 13 people dead and another 20 missing, state media said Tuesday, compounding the country's poor industrial safe...
Safer, more environmentally friendly flame retardant with first-of-its-kind dual effects
May 20, 2013 (SPX)
Amid concerns over the potential health effects of existing flame retardants for home furniture, fabrics and other material, scientists are reporting developmen...
Smoke from California wildfires visible from outer space
May 16, 2013 (UPI)
A series of intense wildfires continue to burn in Southern California, and the smoke is visible from space. Satellite imagery of the blazes and their giant plum...
Feds gear up for dangerous fire season in Western U.S.
May 13, 2013 (UPI)
Late rainfall contributed to what the Obama administration said Monday would likely be a dicey wildfire season in the western United States this year. Agricultu...
Fires in Australia
Apr 19, 2013 (SPX)
In the Kimberley region of Western Australia, there are two distinct seasons: a wet season between December and March and a dry season between May and October. ...
Many feared dead in US fertilizer plant blast
Apr 18, 2013 (AFP)
A Texas fertilizer factory exploded in a huge fireball Wednesday, flattening nearby homes and perhaps killing as many as several dozen people, with one official...
S. Korea mountain fires kill two, injure 17
Mar 10, 2013 (AFP)
Two women were killed and 17 others injured Sunday in mountain fires that destroyed dozens of houses in South Korea as thousands of firefighters struggled to st...
Australia fire survivors sue Singapore power firm
Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)
Survivors of a 2009 firestorm which killed 119 people in Australia Monday launched a class action against a Singapore power company over the disaster which lawy...
Better fire management tools for Africa's savannas
Feb 25, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists at the Nairobi-based World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and partners have developed specialized graphs that map out fire behavior, known as nomographs...
Fire-proofing saves Australian telescopes
Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)
Smoke damaged some buildings housing telescopes at Australia's top astronomy research observatory, but fire-proofing work prevented "catastrophic" damage from a...
Fire hits top Australian telescope site
Jan 13, 2013 (AFP)
Australia's top research observatory, which houses telescopes used by scientists from around the world, was damaged by a large wildfire Sunday as hot weather an...
Nerve centre at heart of Australian fires
Jan 13, 2013 (AFP)
As dozens of unpredictable bushfires break out in Australia's extreme heat, military-style operations are in full swing at a "nerve centre" that harnesses state...
As Australia bushfires rage, warning of more heatwaves
Jan 12, 2013 (AFP)
Firefighters were battling scores of wildfires raging in Australia Saturday, as a government commission warned that climate change had raised the risk of scorch...
How Australians survive the raging bushfires
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
Dozens of out-of-control fires have burnt vast tracts of Australia, destroying homes and crops and killing animals, but not a single person has died. The succes...
Australians face trauma of returning to razed homes
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
Australians who fled for their lives from raging bushfires faced the trauma Friday of returning to see if they still had homes, as firefighters battled worsenin...
Cool change aids Australia firefighters
Jan 09, 2013 (AFP)
A drop in temperatures helped firefighters battling blazes across Australia Wednesday but up to 30 wildfires were still raging out of control, destroying a hand...
Firefighters complain after new truck too wide for streets
Jan 09, 2013 (AFP)
Volunteer firefighters in a southern French village are complaining after the new truck they received -- at a cost of 250,000 euros ($326,000) -- turned out too...
Australia bushfires rage in 'catastrophic' conditions
Jan 08, 2013 (AFP)
Bushfires raged out of control across Australia's most populous state on Tuesday, fanned by intense heat and high winds in "catastrophic" conditions that threat...
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