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High winds hamper efforts to tackle fire at Royal Albion hotel in Brighton

Firefighters says nobody injured in blaze that broke out on Saturday afternoon

The Guardian - UK

Trudeau pays tribute to firefighter, 19, killed battling Canada wildfires

Devyn Gale killed while tackling British Columbia blaze as wildfires continue to rage across country with little reprieve

The Guardian - US

Climate change's dangerous new fires

Rising temperatures are creating a new kind of dangerous wildfire. It will take all our tools to keep communities safe, write Jason Sharples and Nerilie Abrams.

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Canadian firefighter dies as record wildfire season continues

Firefighter dies battling blaze in British Columbia, union says, as more than 900 fires are still burning across Canada.

Al Jazeera

Severe US weather: California heat puts firefighters on high alert for wildfires; Canada wildfires cause air quality alerts in US midwest – as it happened

Extreme dry conditions raising fire risk; air quality alert for Minnesota took effect at 8am on Friday

The Guardian - US

For some remote Canadian wildfires, best and fastest option is sending in the smokejumpers

As more than 900 fires burn in a Canadian fire season that has periodically pushed dangerous smoke south into the U.S. and even far east to Europe, one province — British Columbia — relies on smokejumpers to help fight the blazes

The Independent UK

US firefighters raise concerns over looming pay cut

Poorly paid and stretched thin during gruelling wildfire seasons, firefighters warn of ‘devastating’ wave of departures.

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‘Devastating’ Wennington wildfire probably started in a back garden, says report

A large grass fire in the village in Havering, east London, ripped through 17 houses during scorching temperatures in July last year

Evening Standard

Night-flying helicopters prepare to battle wildfire as heat wave bakes California

Clouds of dust swirled around the Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale as a massive helicopter hovered over a tank of wildfire retardant, dropped a long snorkel from its belly and sucked up 3,000 gallons of bright pink material in just about 90 seconds.

Los Angeles Times

'Zombie fires' are occurring more frequently in boreal forests, but their impacts remain uncertain

“Zombie fires” are fires that ignite in one fire season, smoulder through the winter months under the snow, and re-emerge early in the spring before lightning and human caused ignitions begin in earnest.

The Conversation

Brave West Lothian firefighters face attacks and vandalism every day

At many incidents, fire crews have been met with verbal abuse and attacks while attending blazes

Daily Record

Arsonists thought to be behind spate of fires by Easton play park

Firefighters say that they believe the cause of the most recent blaze was deliberate

Bristol Post

Hertfordshire: Firefighters ‘scaling down’ response after major blaze at industrial estate

The fire at a Baldock industrial estate was declared a major incident on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Firefighters ‘scaling down’ response after major blaze at industrial estate

The fire at a Baldock industrial estate was declared a major incident on Tuesday.

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In fight against Canada fires, dancing South Africa crews are a familiar and uplifting sight

In the fight against Canada's wildfires, South Africa crews are a familiar and uplifting sight

Chronicle Live

Arson investigation underway after fire at listed County Durham college chapel

No-one was injured as five fire crews attended the blaze at Ushaw Chapels and Gardens from midnight on Friday July 7

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian sees surge in deliberate fires and attacks on crews

The Fire Service has been working hard with partner agencies to engage with teens following a year which has seen more than a thousand deliberate blazes started. The signs are that the work has started to produce results

The Guardian - UK

‘Everyone loved Ángel’: Spanish town still grieving for hero who fought wildfires

As fresh heatwave hits Spain, Tábara residents remember heroics of man who lost his life in blaze last year

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Climate change and increased human presence are enabling France’s forest fires

Climate change and increased human habitation across France's dry, forested regions are stretching the limits of firefighters' current strategies.

The Independent UK

California utility pays $22 million to settle federal claims over 2016 wildfire

Southern California Edison and two other companies have paid $22 million to settle U.S. government claims that they caused a 2016 wildfire that burned thousands of acres of national forest

The Guardian - US

Canada faces ‘long, tough summer’ of wildfires with even hotter temperatures

More than 9m hectares of country had burned, federal data shows, shattering 34-year record

The Denver Post

Colorado wildfires: Firefighters race to snuff flames before hot, dry weather hits

At least six fires were smoking on 5,276 acres around western Colorado on Friday.

Chronicle Live

Firefighters tackle over 2,000 arson attacks this year - with Gateshead nature reserve targeted 11 times in a month

Wheelie bins, play parks and grassland have been targeted by the fire setters over the last six months

Daily Mirror

Incredible transformation of town burnt to ground by wildfires - but facing fresh threat

Around 100 firefighters battled the blaze which reduced 19 homes to ashes, scorched the earth and left burned-out wrecks of cars in East London last year

The Independent UK

US Forest Service and historically Black colleges unite to boost diversity in wildland firefighting

A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and historically Black colleges or universities is opening the eyes of students of color who never pictured themselves fighting forest fires

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