Wildfire Today - News and opinion about wildland fire
5 days ago · News and opinion about wildland fire. A series of wildfires in Los Angeles County have caused widespread devastation in California, including at least 24 deaths and the …
New firefighting aircraft headed to US' arsenal
Dec 17, 2024 · An aerial firefighting company will soon introduce a new aircraft to the United States’ wildfire suppression arsenal as it begins upgrading a portion of its air tanker fleet.
Italy's wildfire spike linked to Sicily's mafia, report says
Dec 20, 2024 · Italy has seen massive recent increases in both burned areas and the total number of fires, according to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS).. The …
'Unprecedented' Wyoming wildfire expands evacuations
Oct 3, 2024 · The Elk Fire burning throughout Wyoming’s Big Horn National Forest near the town of Dayton triggered evacuations late Tuesday night and expanded evacuation warnings for …
Australian fleet poised and ready, while waiting for late arrivals
Dec 21, 2024 · Erickson Air-Cranes on northern hemisphere service, October 2021 in Greece. Photo by Dimitris Klagos. The National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC) has contracted 177 …
North Dakota wildfires trigger statewide emergency, evacuations
Oct 6, 2024 · North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum declared a statewide fire emergency as wildfires killed one person and triggered numerous evacuations.. The state’s forest service is fighting …
At what temperature does a forest fire burn? - Wildfire Today
Feb 26, 2011 · Forest fires burn at 800°C (1,472° F) to 1200°C (2,192° F). In an article we quoted earlier, a reporter wrote that forest fires burn at 4,000°F.
Line Fire's evacuations hold as it burns away from San Bernardino
Sep 10, 2024 · Crews continue to fight the arson-started Line Fire, which has burned 26,516 acres of the San Bernardino National Forest and sits at 5% contained as of Tuesday morning.. …
Evacuations hold for Utah’s largest wildfire of the season
Oct 16, 2024 · The Yellow Lake Fire has burned 32,919 acres of Utah’s Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and is at 29% containment as of Wednesday morning, officially making it the …
California’s ALERT camera network now publicly accessible
May 18, 2023 · Cal Fire and other agencies are using a network of over 1,000 cameras across California to track wildfires -- and now the public can access the network, too. FOX News …