The War on Wildfires Is Going High-Tech December 27, 2024 By William Ralston Last December, a farmer was burning dry grapevines in his vineyard in Deir Mar Moussa, a hill town a dozen...
Rainfall Helps Firefighters Control Southern Spain’s Inferno September 15, 2021 MADRID (AP) _ Authorities in southern Spain say that rain has helped to bring under control a major wildfire that...
California Prepares for More Wildfires as Coronavirus Challenges Budget May 14, 2020 By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has had 60% more wildfires so far in 2020 than last year because of drier weather,...
Crews Use Controlled Burns to Fight Kenai Peninsula Wildfire June 28, 2019 By Dan Joling ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A wildfire on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula expanded Wednesday but fire crews used controlled burns to create firebreaks...
Florida Fire Station Considered Nation’s Busiest September 30, 2014 By CARLI TEPROFF, Miami Herald It’s 8:15 p.m. and the four-member crew of Fort Lauderdale Fire Department Engine 8 has just made its way back...
Cost of Battling Minnesota Wildfire Tops $12 Million October 3, 2011 Officials tallying the cost of fighting the widespread wildfire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northeastern Minnesota say expenses...
Rhode Island City Seeks to Recoup Mill Fire Costs June 21, 2011 Woonsocket is seeking reimbursement for part of the cost of fighting a massive fire that destroyed the historic Alice Mill...