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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Estimated damage to Los Angeles County infrastructure and other costs resulting from three summer wildfires now total $19.8 million. Most of the damage totals released Thursday relate to the Station Fire, which burned 250 square miles of the Angeles National Forest. Fires also burned to the east in the San Gabriel Canyon area of the forest and on the Palos Verdes Peninsula ...
Heat waves, hurricanes, wildfires: When you think about it, global warming can be downright depressing. Now, scientists are starting to validate that feeling.
The outside lane of an Oklahoma interstate has been reopened after a wildfire, troopers say.
Two men have been charged with improperly cutting brush with power tools that authorities suspect caused a massive wildfire in Santa Barbara County.
Manufacturer: WILDFIRE MOTORS, INC. Summary: WILDFIRE IS RECALLING MODEL YEAR 2009 WF-120V PASSENGER COUPE VEHICLES FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 500, A LOW SPEED VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER INSTALLED THE INCORRECT WINDSHIELD.
Posted: Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:55 am | Updated: 9:43 am, Thu Dec 10, 2009. Wildfires don’t usually pose a serious threat in December; that’s why local firefighters say it’s a great time to deal with them.
Joe Kline/Idaho State Journal Brad Tucker, a worker with Northwest Management, adds some fuel to one of the controlled fires near the Trayis Ridge subdivision on Wednesday afternoon. The burn was a fuel reduction project to lessen chances or severity of a summer wildfire.
More than 120 wildfires fanned by high winds and soaring temperatures raged in southeastern Australia Thursday, prompting emergency warnings for several towns, officials said.
Rainfall is expected tonight, but a more potent system will roll through the area Friday night, bringing with it a significant risk of mudslides in areas burned by recent wildfires. Two storm systems will begin moving into the region today and Friday, producing heavy rain and snow at times in Southern California, the National Weather Service said.
The state will clear more stands of black spruce in the Fairbanks area to combat the spread of wildfire. Fairbanks area forester Marc Lee says the fuel mitigation projects are part of an ongoing community wildfire protection program. Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks Download Audio (MP3)
Rising from the ashes phoenix-like after the massive wildfire of October ’08, lights will once again shine forth from the top of Angel Island this holiday season.
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