Wildfires intensifying more due to changes in vegetation and humidity than to lightning, supercomputer simulation finds
Extreme fire seasons in recent years highlight the urgent need to better understand wildfires within the broader context of ...
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Markham arsons damage 19 vehicles, several ‘fully engulfed,’ York police say
York Regional Police are asking for witnesses after 19 vehicles were damaged by fires ... On Jan. 21, police responded to reports of a fire in the area of Green Lane and Guardsman Road at about ...
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‘Domino effect’ leads to underground electrical fire outside Cuyahoga County Justice Center
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Cleveland Fire Department responded to a large underground electrical fire Friday morning outside the Cuyahoga County Justice Center. Cleveland Fire said around 10:30 ...
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Hughes Fire: Residents Begin To Return Home As Firefighters Gain Upper Hand On Blaze North Of L.A. – Updated
While evacuation orders remained in place for areas around the immediate perimeter of the fire, other nearby neighborhoods were reduced from evacuation orders to warnings, while warnings were ...
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Fake firefighters roll up to Palisades evacuation zone in phony fire truck, are arrested, police say
Two people were arrested on suspicion of dressing up as firefighters and trying to enter a Palisades fire evacuation zone in their own phony fire truck, authorities said Sunday. Patrolling ...
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'Threat to life': 19 000 forced to evacuate as California hit with new massive fire
A new wildfire that broke out north of Los Angeles on Wednesday rapidly spread to more than 32km 2, fuelled by strong winds and dry brush, forcing mandatory evacuation orders for more than 19 000 ...
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Here's the latest on LA County's Hughes Fire as 'dangerous' winds continue
LATEST Jan. 23, 8:45 a.m. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County continued to burn Thursday morning, but locals and first responders had some reason for optimism despite ...
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Ski Resort Blaze Killed 20 Children, Fire Department Officials Among 11 Now Detained
Entire families wiped out, last words of victims revealed after the fire in northwestern Turkey killed 76 Musa Serdar Terzioglu/Anadolu via Getty Twenty children were among the 76 fatal victims of ...
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Crews battle 3-alarm fire at San Jose apartment complex
Firefighters are battling a three-alarm blaze at an apartment complex in San Jose. The fire was reported at 1:55 p.m. Wednesday at a two-story apartment complex on the 2400 block of Los Gatos ...
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Fire tears through Turkey ski resort hotel, killing at least 76 people and injuring dozens more
Istanbul, Turkey — A fire engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 76 people and injuring at least 51 more, the interior minister said. Witnesses said ...
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Hughes Fire in Castaic now 56% contained with rain in the forecast
Firefighters continue to make progress in containing the massive Hughes Fire that broke out Wednesday near Castaic Lake, growing to more than 10,000 acres and forcing mass evacuations. Around ...
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Man critically injured in Pilsen house fire: Chicago Fire Department
CHICAGO (WLS) -- One person was hospitalized after a fire broke out at a house on the city's Southwest Side on Tuesday afternoon, the Chicago Fire Department said. The fire started at home near ...