Evacuation warnings issued for new wildfire near Los Angeles
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A big bronze statue of a donkey named Brighty the Burro has been recovered from the charred rubble of the Grand Canyon Lodge in Arizona.
Desperate residents were Saturday trying to prevent a wildfire entering their Spanish village. Residents armed with brooms worked with fire fighters to try and douse the flames right outside Veiga das Mara in Vilardevos,
The U.S. Forest Service has been sending out crews to fight fires without the recommended masks for decades. Hannah Dreier, a New York Times investigative reporter, reveals the dangerous and sometimes deadly repercussions of sending firefighters into the field unprotected.
The smoke from the wildfires that burned through Los Angeles in January smelled like plastic and was so thick that it hid the ocean. Firefighters who responded developed instant migraines, coughed up black goo and dropped to their knees,
Mr Swallow, who is one of the National Fire Chiefs Council's tactical advisors on wildfire, said that vegetation was now essentially "fuel" and "ready to burn". He urged people to be vigilant and not to have any campfires or garden bonfires, which could quickly get out of hand.
What was a small wildfire reported about 14 miles east of Thermopolis on Wednesday evening has exploded to an estimated more than 20,000 acres
Evacuations have been ordered for parts of La Plata County due to the Blue Ridge Fire. Residents in the upper levels of the Forest Lakes subdivision, north of Bayfield are being asked to evacuate. The wildfire started Friday afternoon, Aug. 15.
State officials are encouraging Michiganders who own their own air quality sensors to contribute their readings to ongoing and real-time statewide analysis. Although the information can’t be used for regulatory purposes, the data from private sensors can help fill in the gaps between official monitoring equipment.
With rebuilding after disasters stretching to years, factory-built houses aspire to faster delivery, longer life than trailers — and to “lift people’s spirits.”
NANAIMO — A wildfire burning north of Nanaimo that had forced hundreds to evacuate is now under control. NANAIMO — A wildfire burning north of Nanaimo that had forced hundreds to evacuate is now under control.
The European Union has sent two firefighting planes to Spain to help battle raging wildfires, after the country activated the bloc's disaster assistance mechanism for the first time. The assistance comes as the country recorded a third wildfire-related death on Thursday morning.