Guardian News – Firefighters in British Columbia, Canada, lose control of their hose as it is sucked into the sky by high winds near a fire whirl. Fire officials say the whirlwind phenomenon, caused when heat from the fire and high ground temperatures combine to create uplift, differs from a tornado
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Richard Winton - Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — Flames will appear once again over Pacific Palisades this week as federal investigators conduct a controlled fire test to help determine what caused the January fire that killed a dozen people and destroyed...
Randy Krehbiel - Tulsa World, Okla. For decades, Oklahoma’s first responders have complained about their inability to communicate with each other in emergencies. The independent nature of the state’s 1,000 fire departments and the lack of overall command and...
WARETOWN, N.J. (AP) — Three-fourths of a vast wildfire in New Jersey's Pine Barrens has been contained, state officials said Monday. The state Forest Fire Service said the blaze in southern New Jersey's Ocean County had grown to nearly 24 square miles (62 square...
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