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The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

‘I see what the fire may do’: the college student documenting wildfires from the frontlines

Michael Steinberg, storm chaser and geography undergraduate, has been an essential source for many following the state’s roaring Park fire

The Guardian - US

Unregulated oilfield power lines are suspected of sparking Texas wildfires

No state agency is taking responsibility for making sure the privately built lines that power many oil and gas sites are safe. Such lines have been blamed for sparking two recent Panhandle fires.

The Texas Tribune

The Jasper fire highlights the risks climate change poses to Canada’s world heritage sites

Climate change and extreme weather events pose a real risk to the world’s heritage sites — a stark reality laid bare by the recent wildfire in Jasper, Alta.

The Conversation

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Human remains found in burned house in Colorado as wildfires torch US west

Nearly 100 wildfires are burning, including massive wildfire in California that has become fifth-largest in state history

The Guardian - US

Google Maps is rolling out a potentially life saving upgrade to millions of users

Wildfires alerts are getting better outside the US.

Deadly wildfires spread across Europe as tourists warned and towns evacuated

Fires have broken out in Spain, Greece, Croatia, North Macedonia and Albania

The Independent UK

As wildfires rage, what is the smoke doing to our health and bodies?

Scientists are discovering just how toxic wildfire smoke is to the body – here’s what to know and how to stay safe

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Largest wildfire in US grows to cover area bigger than Los Angeles

Park fire scorches 386,000 acres as firefighters battle blazes across US west, including historic mining town of Havilah

The Guardian - US

Firefighters make progress against massive blaze in California ahead of warming weather

Fire crews are working to hold on to the progress made against the largest blaze in California this year ahead of warming temperatures forecast for later this week

The Independent UK

iPhone SOS saves stranded hikers trapped by wildfire

A group of stranded hikers was saved from a wildfire thanks to the Emergency SOS function on iPhone.

iMore

Firefighters continue battle against more than 100 blazes burning in the US

Many fires ignited by weather, with climate crisis increasing lightning strikes amid blistering heat and dry conditions

The Guardian - US

Evacuations, Destruction As California's Largest Fire Of Year Rages

Throngs of firefighters were mobilized in California Monday to battle the state's largest blaze of the year, which has prompted thousands of evacuations and already burned an area larger than the city of Los Angeles.

International Business Times

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.

Space

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

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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

International Business Times

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.

The Guardian - US

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 Independent UK

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

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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

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 Guardian - US

‘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 Independent UK

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

Al Jazeera

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.

The Guardian - US

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 Independent UK

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

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