Will Houston The Marin Independent Journal, Novato, Calif. (TNS) Oct. 8—Compared to recent catastrophic wildfire seasons in California, this one has been relatively mild. Just a few small ignitions have occurred in Marin County, and only 303,000 acres have burned...
Three homes were destroyed by a forest fire and a man was injured by a falling tree in the Bega Valley region of southeastern Australia.
Cleanup of areas destroyed in the Maui wildfires could end up being one of the most complex to date, federal officials said.
Jacob Factor The Denver Post (TNS) The Iron Fire in northwest Colorado that ballooned to over six thousand acres within hours Friday is now burning at over 7,300 acres as of Saturday afternoon. The fire, which is about 18 miles northwest of Craig in Moffat County, is...
Steve Rundio - La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Sep. 26—Federal investigators declined to blame prescribed burns at Fort McCoy for a mid-April wildfire in Monroe County, but a local fire chief is adamant that no burning should have been conducted anywhere in the area during...
Karina Atkins = Chicago Tribune (TNS) The Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois is a mosaic of towering trees, lush wetlands and commanding rock formations that are the native habitat for a wealth of plants and animals, including 19 species of oaks. The forest...
Nina Wu - The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Sep. 25—One recent August evening, Brett Schenk went for a walk to Waahila Ridge State Recreation Area, where he noticed a young boy overloading a barbecue grill at a pavilion with branches just before closing time. Schenk...
Alex Wigglesworth - Los Angeles Times (TNS) With temporary pay hikes for federal wildland firefighters set to expire in the coming weeks, union officials are warning that the 15,000-member workforce could face a mass exodus if Congress fails to make the increases...
Austin De Dios - oregonlive.com Fire crews fighting the nearly 86,000-acre wildfire burning at the border of Oregon and California reported vehicle malfunctions Friday following a fuel-mix up, officials said. Firefighters working on the south side of the Smith River...
Ellen Dennis The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. (TNS) Sep. 7—When a wildfire sparks, swift response times by first responders can mean the difference between a small brush fire and a deadly inferno. State officials say new artificial intelligence cameras installed...
Amy Bainbridge, Angus Whitley Bloomberg News (TNS) More frequent fires. Smaller, cooler blazes. Nighttime and early morning burns. Those are three important principles of what’s known as cultural burning, a firefighting practice honed by Indigenous people in Australia...
Don Sweeney The Charlotte Observer (TNS) A camp for firefighters battling a British Columbia wildfire had to be shut down because of “persistent bear activity,” Canada wildlife officials reported. About 160 firefighters at a camp near Goldbridge to fight...
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