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Fire at smelting plant in Phuket, no casualties

PHUKET: A fire broke out at a smelting plant in Muang district on Friday afternoon. No casualties were reported.

Bangkok Post

Rutherglen fire seen for miles around as video captures blaze crews are still tackling

Police have confirmed that a joint investigation is underway to establish the cause of the fire as well as letting the public know that Rutherglen Police Office will be closed to the public today as a result of the blaze.

Glasgow Live

Rutherglen fire prompts warning to residents to keep windows and doors closed

The fire was initially reported just after 11pm last night with nearby flats having been evacuated as a safety precaution and the fire service now advising locals to keep their windows and doors closed due to the extent of smoke.

Glasgow Live

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Fire crews continue to battle huge blaze outside of Glasgow

Fire crews continue to battle a fire that began late last night in Rutherglen.

The National (Scotland)

Residents evacuated after huge blaze in Rutherglen as fire crews battle to bring flames under control

Emergency services raced to King Street at around 11.20pm last night after receiving 26 calls about the burning building from concerned locals.

Daily Record

Rutherglen fire: Flats evacuated as seven crews rush to blaze tearing through building

The fire was first reported just after 11pm on Thursday night and emergency services rushed to the scene on King Street with seven fire engines as well as two aerial appliances mobilised

Glasgow Live

Huge disruption to town as Lanarkshire fire crews battle through the night to tackle blaze

Emergency services have worked through the night with locals reporting a roof has collapsed in the inferno

Daily Record

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Climate change magnifies health impacts of wildfire smoke in care deserts

DRESSLERVILLE, Nev. — Smoke began billowing into the skies of northwestern Nevada in September, clouding the mountains, dimming the sun — and quashing residents’ hopes that they would be spared from wildfires and the awful air quality the blazes produce.

Tribune News Service

Despite its long history of wildfires, Canada still doesn't know how to live with them

In the fall of 1922, the city of Toronto sent 85 surplus streetcars to Haileybury and other northern Ontario towns to help house thousands of desperate people who had lost their homes to wildfires.

The Conversation

Firefighters spend hours tackling blaze in basement of business in Northern Quarter

A cordon was in place in the bustling area of the city centre

Manchester Evening News

'Acutely aware' of increasing risk: Hume bushfire training facility proposed

If approved the training site would be built on a 35,163 square-metre site, inclusive of a helipad.

The Canberra Times

Wildfire smoke hurting pregnant moms

The legacy of redlining in Fresno isn’t just linked to housing access. It also has deadly effects on air quality

Salon

Wild flannel flowers create eye-catching sight in huge display near Port Macquarie

Native flannel flowers have burst into bloom in huge numbers in NSW for the second year in a row — such a large display may not be seen there again for a decade.

ABC News

Firefighters use swimming pool water to put out house blaze

A three storey detached home went up in flames

Liverpool Echo

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Tasmania Fire Service pulls faulty tankers from service sparking union fears for firefighting effort

The Tasmanian Fire Service denies union claims that removing 22 faulty fire tankers from service will impact firefighting capacity this summer, but there are claims dozens more could be under review with the same issue.

Tribune News Service

California hired a consultant to monitor PG&E’s wildfire safety woes. Here’s what it found

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — PG&E Corp.’s efforts to improve wildfire safety continue to run into headwinds, including aging equipment, damaged power poles and hazardous trees that went undetected by the utility’s crews, according to a consulting firm hired by California officials.

Tribune News Service

New limits recommended for building homes in high-risk wildfire areas in California

One of California’s top elected officials on Monday announced steps to limit how housing and other developments can be built in areas that are at highest risk of wildfire, a move that follows a series of deadly, destructive blazes in recent years, but also comes amid the state’s persistent housing…

Liverpool Echo

Cause of huge fire that tore through former children's home identified

The blaze tore through the first floor and roof space of the derelict building

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Firefighters wearing breathing gear tackle blaze near row of shops in Stockport

Three fire engines were called after fire broke out in a property near the town centre

Manchester Evening News

Fire crews battling huge blaze as smoke seen billowing above town

Fire crews remain at the scene in Stalybridge

Reuters

Spanish forest firefighters march to demand rights

About 2,000 forest firefighters demonstrated in Madrid on Saturday to call for improved workers rights in a year when wildfires destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of woodland across Europe.

Liverpool Echo

People told to close windows as blaze rips through scrapyard

People with existing medical conditions are being told to keep medications nearby

Reuters

Chile's Easter Island 'Moai' statues face irreparable damage after wildfire

A number of Easter Island's iconic 'Moai' stone statues suffered irreparable damage after a wildfire swept through the island earlier this week, the island's mayor told Reuters on Friday.

Tribune News Service

Fight over strategy intensifies as wildfire funding grows

WASHINGTON — As the Biden administration doles out historic levels of wildfire mitigation funding, fights are breaking out on Capitol Hill about how to spend the money.

The Independent UK

Officials: Wildfire in Nebraska Sandhills nearly contained

Firefighters have nearly contained a large wildfire in the Nebraska Sandhills that has burned roughly 30 square miles and led to the death of a volunteer firefighter

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