By PETROS KARADJIAS and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press PEFKI, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters from across Europe and the Mideast...
READ MORENearly 900 Buildings Destroyed by Dixie Fire
by Peter Prochilo | Aug 11, 2021 | News
Associated Press GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) — California’s largest single wildfire in recorded history kept pushing through forestlands on...
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by Peter Prochilo | Aug 9, 2021 | Firefighting
Source: USFA Wildland firefighters are exposed to many of the same naturally occurring respiratory hazards as structural firefighters. They are...
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by Peter Prochilo | Jul 28, 2021 | News
PHOENIX (AP) — Federal authorities investigating the fatal crash of a small plane that was responding to a wildfire in northwestern Arizona...
READ MOREWestern Wildfires Calm Down in Cool Weather, But Losses Grow
by Peter Prochilo | Jul 28, 2021 | News
INDIAN FALLS, Calif. (AP) — Cooler weather on Tuesday helped calm two gigantic wildfires in the U.S. West, but a tally of property losses...
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