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Alberta declares state of emergency over wildfires

Alberta on Saturday declared a provincial state of emergency after tens of thousands of Albertans have been forced to evacuate their homes as "unprecedented" wildfires rage on in Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith, head of the ruling United Conservative Party (UCP) said at a press conference.

Reuters

Mobile Doppler radar investigated as potentially 'life-saving' tool in extreme fire management

Fire and research agencies hope a powerful new radar being tested will play a significant role in early warning about some of the most dangerous components of bushfires, including fire storms and vortices.

ABC News

Smoke seen billowing over countryside as huge blaze breaks out

Crews from six fire engines are tackling the flames

Liverpool Echo

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In a bad fire year, Australia records over 450,000 hotspots. These maps show where the risks have increased over 20 years

The bushfire outlook for many parts of Australia has changed drastically over the past decade. Environmental conditions have transformed, producing larger and more destructive bushfires.

The Conversation

Rangers at Scots beauty spot issue warning after wildfire 'sparked by disposable barbecue'

The National Trust for Scotland team in Glencoe have spoken out after a wildfire devastated grassland near Glen Etive on Thursday, April 27.

Daily Record

New £50,000 Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service machine will be a 'game-changer'

It comes after there was difficulty obtaining a similar appliance during a blaze in Haltwhistle

Chronicle Live

Arson investigation launched as firefighters tackle blaze at Gateshead farm

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) received a report that a stack of tires, rubbish and other materials that had caught fire on a farm in High Spen, Rowlands Gill at 3.34am. Police are now treating the incident as arson

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Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service's chief fire officer announces retirement

Paul Hedley has worked at the service for decades and his replacement will receive a package of £139,366

Chronicle Live

Smoke seen from Edinburgh after Scottish substation bursts into flames

Smoke could be seen from Edinburgh after the blaze erupted near Torridon Place in Rosyth, Fife, around 8.40pm. Fire crews descended on the station and two appliances were still battling the fire around 11pm

Edinburgh Live

Mothers of Stardust fire victims describe grief and pain of loss at long-awaited inquest

The 1982 inquest lasted just five days and recorded the cause of the deaths in accordance with medical evidence, with no reference to the cause of the fire

Dublin Live

Mothers of Stardust fire victims tell inquest of their ongoing pain and grief

A long-awaited inquest for the 48 people who died in the fire at the Stardust nightclub in Dublin in 1981 began on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Judge to weigh limits for aerial fire retardant in wildfires

A federal judge is weighing whether to severely limit the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires following arguments by environmentalists who are concerned about water pollution

The Independent UK

Fire crews battle huge blaze as inferno rips through Blackpool hotel

Emergency services raced to the New Hacketts Hotel on Queens Promenade earlier this afternoon after reports of a fire.

Daily Record

Pollution lawsuit could curb use of aerial fire retardant

A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires

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Firefighters battle blaze above Scots restaurant through night with crews still at scene

Firefighters remain at the scene on Canmore Street in Dunfermline after the alarm was first raised at around 6pm on Friday.

AAP

Megabucks up for grabs for megafires solution

A cashed-up competition is underway to transform how fires are detected, managed and fought, and Aussie firefighters will help decide who wins.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

California wildfires grew worse. The Forest Service dropped more retardant. Did it help?

Greg Bolin has watched the colorful spray of fire retardant fall from airplanes over the canyon near his home. He has also had wildfires come close to his back door.

Manchester Evening News

Firefighters tackle huge wildfire on Marsden Moor

Images showed huge plumes of smoke visible for miles around

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The Conversation

Climate change increases the risk of extreme wildfires around Cape Town -- but it can be addressed

Across the globe, many recent severe wildfires have moved from wildlands into the urban periphery (the “wildland urban interface”). In their wake, they’ve left death, destruction and disruption. This has led to questions about the extent to which climate change is to blame.

Evening Standard

France sounds climate change alarm as large wildfire sweeps across border with Spain

French government says fire season is starting earlier because of climate change

Reuters

Wildfire on French-Spanish border destroys 1,000 hectares

A wildfire destroyed nearly 1,000 hectares on the French-Spanish border on Sunday and early Monday, authorities said, as parts of southern Europe remain gripped by a drought that is raising fears of a repeat of last summer's exceptional conflagrations.

The Independent UK

Firefighters battle France's 1st major forest blaze of 2023

France’s government is sounding the alarm about the growing risk of forest fires because of climate change, as hundreds of firefighters in the country’s parched south wrestle with their biggest woodland-destroying blaze so far this year

Belfast Live

New plan to reduce Northern Ireland wildfires open to public consultation

"Wildfires are a threat to people, property, wildlife and the countryside"

ABC News

Tullibigeal to restore Bedford fire truck that inspired women's brigade, helped save town in 1990s

Maxine Imrie vividly remembers the day in 1991 when a grassfire started on the edge of Tullibigeal while its firefighters were away putting out another blaze.

The Independent UK

Massive New Jersey Pine Barrens fire now fully contained

Authorities say a fire that tore through 6 square miles of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens this week has now ben fully contained

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