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Park Fire rages across California in dramatic satellite video

The second-largest wildfire of 2024 continues to rage in northern California, and satellites are watching the destruction unfold.

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California wild fire scorches 360,000 acres - an area larger than Phoenix

A man accused of pushing burning car into gully has been arrested on suspicion of intentional arson

The Independent UK

California firefighters make progress as wildfires push devastation and spread smoke across US West

Firefighters have made progress in the battle against wildfires covering massive areas and leaving a trail of damage in the western United States

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Wind, Temperatures Pick Up As Fire Scorches Northern California

Crews continued to fight a massive fire in northern California on Sunday, as authorities in the western US state warned of increasing winds and rising daytime temperatures.

International Business Times

Firefighters battle California’s seventh largest wildfire on record as thousands under threat

The Park fire has more than doubled in size in 24-hour span to burn 350,000 acres and stretches over four counties

The Guardian - US

Thousands battle Western wildfires as smoke puts millions under air quality alerts

Wildfires across the western United States and Canada have put millions of people under air quality alerts, as thousands of firefighters battle the flames, including the largest wildfire in California this year

The Independent UK

Firefighters helped by cooler weather battle blaze that has scorched area size of Los Angeles

Thousands of firefighters battling a wildfire in northern California are getting some help from the weather just hours after the blaze exploded in size, scorching an area larger than Los Angeles

The Independent UK

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Wildfire in Jasper National Park could burn for months, Canadian official says

A Canadian official says a wildfire that has destroyed hundreds of structures in the town of Jasper, Alberta, is the largest blaze recorded in Jasper National Park in a century and could still be burning months from now

The Independent UK

‘The PTSD is horrible’: for Californians who survived tragedy, new blazes stir trauma

As the Park fire rages near Chico, residents who were evacuated from the deadly Camp fire in 2018 are evacuated again

The Guardian - US

Fires in the West are becoming ever bigger, consuming. Why and what can be done?

Experts say a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the western U.S. and Canada are the legacy of the nation’s fire-suppression experts and climate change

The Independent UK

California blaze multiplies in size, forces thousands to evacuate

Speed of growth of California Park Fire prompts grim comparison’s with 2018 deadly Camp Fire, with ‘firenados’ spotted.

Al Jazeera

Cooler temperatures bring relief as Park fire explodes in California

Intensity and dramatic spread have led to unwelcome comparisons to 2018 Camp fire, which killed 85 people

The Guardian - US

California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West

California’s largest active fire has exploded in size, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scramble to meet the danger

The Independent UK

California’s largest wildfire of year whips through community of Forest Ranch: ‘The sky was dark with smoke’

Park fire has burned 239,000 acres, with an official telling CBS it was spreading at a rate of 4,000 to 5,000 acres an hour

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How collaboration from across Canada, and the world, is helping fight the Alberta wildfires

Hundreds of firefighters from as far afield as Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and South Africa are being deployed to western Canada to help fight wildfires while a major fire has damaged a third of the structures in the picturesque town of Jasper.

Al Jazeera

Rains help firefighters battle blazes in Canada’s Jasper National Park

Town council of Jasper says about 32 percent of structures in the town had been destroyed in the wildfire.

The Independent UK

More than 350 structures were destroyed by Jasper wildfire in the Canadian Rockies, officials say

Canadian officials say a wildfire in Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies this week has destroyed more than 350 structures but all of the critical infrastructure is intact

The Independent UK

Man arrested for starting California’s largest wildfire of 2024 by pushing burning car into gully

Ronnie Dean Stout II, 42, was seen shoving the smouldering vehicle down a 60-foot gully in Chico, California, authorities said

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The Guardian - US

Alberta premier fights tears over Canada wildfires despite climate crisis denial

Danielle Smith and her government’s refusal to combat global heating is said to have made blazes more intense

The Independent UK

Wildfire sparked by a burning car triples in size in a day. A 42-year-old man is arrested

Authorities say a Northern California wildfire that has tripled in size in one day was started by a man who pushed a burning car into a gully

Evening Standard

Jasper wildfire: Huge blaze in the Canadian Rockies ravages picturesque resort town

At least 25,000 people have been forced to evacuate

The Guardian - US

Man accused of starting California’s largest wildfire of the year is arrested

Suspect allegedly pushed burning car into gully which started Park fire as other fires scorch Pacific north-west

International Business Times

Wildfire Engulfs Parts Of Main Town In Canada's Jasper National Park

An "out of control" wildfire has devoured up to half of the main town in western Canada's popular Jasper National Park, authorities said Thursday, with 400 foreign firefighters called in to help battle the blaze.

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Powerful wildfires devastating Canada captured in satellite imagery

A rapidly spreading wildfire burns through part of the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies as satellites track its growth and movement.

Al Jazeera

‘Our worst nightmare’: Raging wildfire hits western Canada town of Jasper

Authorities say damage is ‘significant’ in Canadian Rockies town as firefighters work to save as much as possible.

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