Google Maps is rolling out a potentially life saving upgrade to millions of users Wildfires alerts are getting better outside the US. T3 · Jul 31, 2024
Deadly wildfires spread across Europe as tourists warned and towns evacuated Fires have broken out in Spain, Greece, Croatia, North Macedonia and Albania The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2024
As wildfires rage, what is the smoke doing to our health and bodies? Scientists are discovering just how toxic wildfire smoke is to the body – here’s what to know and how to stay safe The Guardian - US · Jul 31, 2024
Largest wildfire in US grows to cover area bigger than Los Angeles Park fire scorches 386,000 acres as firefighters battle blazes across US west, including historic mining town of Havilah The Guardian - US · Jul 31, 2024
Firefighters make progress against massive blaze in California ahead of warming weather Fire crews are working to hold on to the progress made against the largest blaze in California this year ahead of warming temperatures forecast for later this week The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2024
iPhone SOS saves stranded hikers trapped by wildfire A group of stranded hikers was saved from a wildfire thanks to the Emergency SOS function on iPhone. iMore · Jul 30, 2024
Firefighters continue battle against more than 100 blazes burning in the US Many fires ignited by weather, with climate crisis increasing lightning strikes amid blistering heat and dry conditions The Guardian - US · Jul 30, 2024
Evacuations, Destruction As California's Largest Fire Of Year Rages Throngs of firefighters were mobilized in California Monday to battle the state's largest blaze of the year, which has prompted thousands of evacuations and already burned an area larger than the city of Los Angeles. International Business Times · Jul 30, 2024
Park Fire rages across California in dramatic satellite video The second-largest wildfire of 2024 continues to rage in northern California, and satellites are watching the destruction unfold. Space · Jul 29, 2024
California wild fire scorches 360,000 acres - an area larger than Phoenix A man accused of pushing burning car into gully has been arrested on suspicion of intentional arson The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2024
California firefighters make progress as wildfires push devastation and spread smoke across US West Firefighters have made progress in the battle against wildfires covering massive areas and leaving a trail of damage in the western United States The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2024
Wind, Temperatures Pick Up As Fire Scorches Northern California Crews continued to fight a massive fire in northern California on Sunday, as authorities in the western US state warned of increasing winds and rising daytime temperatures. International Business Times · Jul 29, 2024
Firefighters battle California’s seventh largest wildfire on record as thousands under threat The Park fire has more than doubled in size in 24-hour span to burn 350,000 acres and stretches over four counties The Guardian - US · Jul 28, 2024
Thousands battle Western wildfires as smoke puts millions under air quality alerts Wildfires across the western United States and Canada have put millions of people under air quality alerts, as thousands of firefighters battle the flames, including the largest wildfire in California this year The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2024
The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2024 Firefighters helped by cooler weather battle blaze that has scorched area size of Los Angeles Thousands of firefighters battling a wildfire in northern California are getting some help from the weather just hours after the blaze exploded in size, scorching an area larger than Los Angeles
The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2024 Wildfire in Jasper National Park could burn for months, Canadian official says A Canadian official says a wildfire that has destroyed hundreds of structures in the town of Jasper, Alberta, is the largest blaze recorded in Jasper National Park in a century and could still be burning months from now
The Guardian - US · Jul 27, 2024 ‘The PTSD is horrible’: for Californians who survived tragedy, new blazes stir trauma As the Park fire rages near Chico, residents who were evacuated from the deadly Camp fire in 2018 are evacuated again
The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2024 Fires in the West are becoming ever bigger, consuming. Why and what can be done? Experts say a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the western U.S. and Canada are the legacy of the nation’s fire-suppression experts and climate change
Al Jazeera · Jul 27, 2024 California blaze multiplies in size, forces thousands to evacuate Speed of growth of California Park Fire prompts grim comparison’s with 2018 deadly Camp Fire, with ‘firenados’ spotted.
The Guardian - US · Jul 27, 2024 Cooler temperatures bring relief as Park fire explodes in California Intensity and dramatic spread have led to unwelcome comparisons to 2018 Camp fire, which killed 85 people
The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2024 California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West California’s largest active fire has exploded in size, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scramble to meet the danger
The Guardian - US · Jul 27, 2024 California’s largest wildfire of year whips through community of Forest Ranch: ‘The sky was dark with smoke’ Park fire has burned 239,000 acres, with an official telling CBS it was spreading at a rate of 4,000 to 5,000 acres an hour
The Conversation · Jul 26, 2024 How collaboration from across Canada, and the world, is helping fight the Alberta wildfires Hundreds of firefighters from as far afield as Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and South Africa are being deployed to western Canada to help fight wildfires while a major fire has damaged a third of the structures in the picturesque town of Jasper.
Al Jazeera · Jul 26, 2024 Rains help firefighters battle blazes in Canada’s Jasper National Park Town council of Jasper says about 32 percent of structures in the town had been destroyed in the wildfire.
The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2024 More than 350 structures were destroyed by Jasper wildfire in the Canadian Rockies, officials say Canadian officials say a wildfire in Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies this week has destroyed more than 350 structures but all of the critical infrastructure is intact