FIRESTORM

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1000s evacuated as California fire grows; Greece battles wildfires amid Europe heatwaves
Jul 25, 2022 (AFP)
More than 2,000 firefighters backed by 17 helicopters have been deployed against the Oak Fire, which broke out Friday near Yosemite National Park, the Californi...
Greek firefighters battle inferno 'disaster' at natural park
Jul 25, 2022 (AFP)
Around 320 firefighters, ten water-bombing planes and 13 helicopters were deployed to contain the fire, now raging for a fourth day, at the Dadia National Park,...
Climate change drives Europe towards record fire year
Jul 21, 2022 (AFP)
Fires in parts of France, Spain and Portugal have already burned more land so far this year than in all of 2021 -- some 517,881 hectares (5,000 km2), or the equ...
Firefighters gain upper hand in Athens suburbs wildfire
Jul 20, 2022 (AFP)
"At the moment there is no active front...for the most part the fire is in decline," fire department spokesman Yiannis Artopios told reporters. Nearly 500 firef...
Firefighters battle wildfire in Athens; French fires coming under control
Jul 20, 2022 (AFP)
Nearly 500 firefighters, 120 vehicles, nine planes and 10 helicopters supported by army units sought to prevent the flames from causing further damage in the su...
Forest fires rage in scorching southwest Europe
Jul 17, 2022 (AFP)
Blazes raging in France, Greece, Portugal and Spain have destroyed thousands of hectares of land and forced thousands of residents and holidaymakers to flee. It...
Wildfires spread across Europe; Morocco battles infernos as villagers flee
Jul 14, 2022 (AFP)
Temperatures soared in Greece, Spain and Portugal, while the heatwave was expected to continue in Britain and France into next week. It is the second heatwave t...
Two killed in Greek firefighting helicopter crash
Jul 14, 2022 (AFP)
The two men, from Romania and Moldova, had been recovered unconscious in the water off the island of Samos on Wednesday evening and taken to the hospital there....
Two injured, one missing as in Greek firefighting copter crash
Jul 13, 2022 (AFP)
"The Romanian pilot of the helicopter was found safe and sound by the Greek coastguard off Samos and taken to the island's hospital," a coastguard official told...
US firefighters race to protect Yosemite's giant sequoias
Jul 11, 2022 (AFP)
The Washburn fire, in the world-renowned Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias, was first reported on July 7 and doubled in size over the weekend to 2,340 acres (946...
Portugal battles fires amid heatwave; As firefighters contain 'mega-fire' in France
Jul 10, 2022 (AFP)
The fires have been burning in several areas since Thursday, destroying at least two homes. Nearly 250 fires were reported to have started on Friday and Saturda...
900 firefighters battle 'mega-fire' in southern France
Jul 08, 2022 (AFP)
"This fire is far from being done, there are fronts in hard-to-reach areas that we haven't tackled and that are advancing freely," said Eric Agrinier, a senior ...
Thousands of lightning strikes put Alaska on pace for another historic fire season
Jul 07, 2022 (SPX)
Rick Thoman, a climate specialist at the International Arctic Research Center in Fairbanks, explains why Alaska is seeing so many large, intense fires this year...
Field Tests Help Prepare NASA Tech for Fire Season
Jul 06, 2022 (SPX)
One element of the solution developed by NASA's Scalable Traffic Management for Emergency Response Operations (STEReO) project focuses on firefighters who opera...
Study reveals an unprecedented change in Europe's fire regime
Jul 01, 2022 (SPX)
Among the authors of the study are distinguished climatologists, experts on forest fire risks and forestry ecology, members of an international consortium of re...
Greece's fire-ravaged Evia will take decades to heal
Jun 23, 2022 (AFP)
Grass is growing on blackened mountainsides under the carcasses of burnt trees and birds are singing again. And while the woods and meadows that once produced s...
Los Angeles warned over July 4 firework blazes during drought
Jun 16, 2022 (AFP)
Americans celebrate the 1776 declaration of independence from British rule on July 4 every year with proudly patriotic parties that often include drinking and p...
Spain battles wildfires as heatwave persists
Jun 16, 2022 (AFP)
The most alarming blaze, near Baldomar in Catalonia, has already destroyed 500 hectares of forest but could spread to over 20,000, the government in the northwe...
Wildfire tears through California forest as temperatures rocket
Jun 13, 2022 (AFP)
Almost 1,000 acres (400 hectares) had been charred by the Sheep fire since it erupted in the Los Angeles national forest on Saturday evening. Thousands were war...
Forest fire fears over new Greek migrant camp
Jun 09, 2022 (AFP)
Officials say it is desperately needed on an island at the forefront of Europe's migrant crisis, where hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers have arrived from...
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