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Tasmania Fire Service pulls faulty tankers from service sparking union fears for firefighting effort

The Tasmanian Fire Service denies union claims that removing 22 faulty fire tankers from service will impact firefighting capacity this summer, but there are claims dozens more could be under review with the same issue.

ABC News

California hired a consultant to monitor PG&E’s wildfire safety woes. Here’s what it found

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — PG&E Corp.’s efforts to improve wildfire safety continue to run into headwinds, including aging equipment, damaged power poles and hazardous trees that went undetected by the utility’s crews, according to a consulting firm hired by California officials.

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New limits recommended for building homes in high-risk wildfire areas in California

One of California’s top elected officials on Monday announced steps to limit how housing and other developments can be built in areas that are at highest risk of wildfire, a move that follows a series of deadly, destructive blazes in recent years, but also comes amid the state’s persistent housing…

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Cause of huge fire that tore through former children's home identified

The blaze tore through the first floor and roof space of the derelict building

Liverpool Echo

Firefighters wearing breathing gear tackle blaze near row of shops in Stockport

Three fire engines were called after fire broke out in a property near the town centre

Manchester Evening News

Fire crews battling huge blaze as smoke seen billowing above town

Fire crews remain at the scene in Stalybridge

Manchester Evening News

Spanish forest firefighters march to demand rights

About 2,000 forest firefighters demonstrated in Madrid on Saturday to call for improved workers rights in a year when wildfires destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of woodland across Europe.

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People told to close windows as blaze rips through scrapyard

People with existing medical conditions are being told to keep medications nearby

Liverpool Echo

Chile's Easter Island 'Moai' statues face irreparable damage after wildfire

A number of Easter Island's iconic 'Moai' stone statues suffered irreparable damage after a wildfire swept through the island earlier this week, the island's mayor told Reuters on Friday.

Reuters

Fight over strategy intensifies as wildfire funding grows

WASHINGTON — As the Biden administration doles out historic levels of wildfire mitigation funding, fights are breaking out on Capitol Hill about how to spend the money.

Tribune News Service

Officials: Wildfire in Nebraska Sandhills nearly contained

Firefighters have nearly contained a large wildfire in the Nebraska Sandhills that has burned roughly 30 square miles and led to the death of a volunteer firefighter

The Independent UK

Resident sues wood products company over California wildfire

A California resident who lost his home in a wildfire is suing a wood products company at the center of the blaze

The Independent UK

Nebraska Sandhills wildfire more than half contained

Officials say a destructive Nebraska Sandhills wildfire that saw one firefighter die while fighting the flames is now more than half contained

The Independent UK

California lumber mill was ‘a ticking time bomb’ before deadly wildfire began, lawsuit says

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Another Weed resident is suing the owner of the lumber mill linked to last month’s deadly wildfire, blasting the company for storing hot ash in a warehouse that burned to the ground.

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The Canberra Times

NSW residents allowed in Orroral Valley fire inquiry after court erred

An initial ACT Coroner's Court decision to refuse the group was found to be in error.

The Independent UK

Officials say Nebraska Sandhills wildfire 30% contained

Officials say progress has been made in containing a large Nebraska Sandhills wildfire where one firefighter died while fighting the flames that also destroyed much of a popular youth campsite

Liverpool Echo

Warning 'unsafe practices' to heat homes in energy crisis could be deadly

Seemingly cost-effective methods could pose dangers

Daily Mirror

Fire chief warns how unsafe ways to heat homes in energy crisis could be deadly

Staffordshire's Chief Fire Officer, Rob Barber, has highlighted potential dangers from cheaper ways that people might try to keep themselves warm this winter - which could lead to blazes

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The Independent UK

Nebraska Sandhills wildfire razes camp, prompts evacuation

A wildfire raging in drought-stricken west-central Nebraska has destroyed much of a youth campsite and led officials to evacuate a nearby village

Manchester Evening News

Barbecues, fireworks and camping stoves set to be banned on moorland around Bolton

People could be fined up to £1,000 for taking prohibited items on the moors if new powers are granted to the council

The Independent UK

Ex-PG&E execs to pay $117M to settle lawsuit over wildfires

Former executives and directors of Pacific Gas & Electric have agreed to pay $117 million to settle a lawsuit over devastating 2017 and 2018 California wildfires sparked by the utility’s equipment

Los Angeles Times

Former PG&E executives agree to $117 million settlement over California wildfires

Former executives with utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric have reached a $117 million settlement agreement in connection to the 2017 North Bay fires and the 2018 Camp fire, officials said.

The Guardian - US

Clearing California’s landscapes is critical to stopping megablazes. Why is it taking so long?

Climate crisis has upped the ante in the state where progress has been hampered despite a considerable budget allocation

The Denver Post

Colorado forest lovers brace as feds rev up multibillion-dollar 'wildfire crisis' logging across West

DENVER — Lodgepole pines grow thick in mountain foothill forests west of Denver. Government-backed loggers cut down thousands. This left a hole across several acres of the popular Flying J Ranch Park that, close up, looks to visitors more like mowing than thinning.

The Independent UK

Forest service seizes PG&E equipment as part of fire probe

Federal investigators have taken possession of a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. utility transmission pole and attached equipment in their probe into the cause of a Northern California fire that has become the largest in the state this year

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