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The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

California utility pays $22 million to settle federal claims over 2016 wildfire

Southern California Edison and two other companies have paid $22 million to settle U.S. government claims that they caused a 2016 wildfire that burned thousands of acres of national forest

The Independent UK

Canada faces ‘long, tough summer’ of wildfires with even hotter temperatures

More than 9m hectares of country had burned, federal data shows, shattering 34-year record

The Guardian - US

Colorado wildfires: Firefighters race to snuff flames before hot, dry weather hits

At least six fires were smoking on 5,276 acres around western Colorado on Friday.

The Denver Post

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Firefighters tackle over 2,000 arson attacks this year - with Gateshead nature reserve targeted 11 times in a month

Wheelie bins, play parks and grassland have been targeted by the fire setters over the last six months

Chronicle Live

Incredible transformation of town burnt to ground by wildfires - but facing fresh threat

Around 100 firefighters battled the blaze which reduced 19 homes to ashes, scorched the earth and left burned-out wrecks of cars in East London last year

Daily Mirror

US Forest Service and historically Black colleges unite to boost diversity in wildland firefighting

A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and historically Black colleges or universities is opening the eyes of students of color who never pictured themselves fighting forest fires

The Independent UK

Canada’s record wildfire season set to worsen as heat builds

Canada is bracing for higher-than-normal wildfire activity to continue into August, as soaring temperatures and drought turn much of the country’s vast forests into kindling.

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Wildfires in Canada have broken records for area burned, evacuations and cost, official says

Wildfires raging across Canada have already broken records for total areas burned, the number of people forced to evacuate their homes and the cost of fighting the blazes, and the fire season is only halfway finished

The Independent UK

Anticipating Canada's crisis response decisions can save critical time in future wildfire seasons

On June 30, 2021, the town of Lytton in British Columbia was destroyed by an out-of-control wildfire. The aftermath saw a lot of anger and finger pointing, with all levels of government roundly criticized.

The Conversation

Help arrives to battle wildfire in Washington state near Columbia River Gorge

Authorities have more than doubled the number of people battling a wildfire that has burned structures and forced the evacuation of homes in southwestern Washington near the Columbia River Gorge

The Independent UK

Blaze caused by single sky lantern rips through 14 vehicles in West Country town

Two neighbouring properties were narrowly saved by the fire teams

Bristol Post

14 vehicles destroyed in fire caused by single sky lantern

The lanterns contain candles or paraffin wax

Nottingham Post

Fire caused by single sky lantern destroys 14 vehicles

The lanterns contain candles or paraffin wax

Wales Online

With wildfire smoke and pollution, some want end to neighborhood fireworks: ‘It should be a no-brainer’

Every summer, some Winnemac Park residents await the Fourth of July with dread. The unofficial — and illegal — fireworks show that takes place in the park every year can upset those with post-traumatic stress disorder, pets and children, neighbors said.

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As California fire season begins, debate over wildfire retardant heats up

As the first heat wave of summer plunges California into yet another wildfire season, some environmental groups are taking aim at a commercial fire retardant that most residents have grown all too familiar with during recent, devastating fire years.

Zenger

More Ground-Level Smoke Expected To Reach US Amid Canadian Wildfires

Canadian wildfire smoke to blanket US again, impacting air quality across northern states

The Independent UK

Atlanta police academy targeted with ‘incendiary devices’

Fire comes amid battle over $90m ‘Cop City’ project that opponents say will lead to more racist policing

The Conversation

Human exposure to wildfires has more than doubled in two decades – read this if you're planning fireworks on July 4

Over the past two decades, a staggering 21.8 million Americans found themselves living within 3 miles (5 kilometers) of a large wildfire. Most of those residents would have had to evacuate, and many would have been exposed to smoke and emotional trauma from the fire.

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Daily Mirror

Woman and two children killed in horror fire named as man left fighting for life

Police in Cambridge have named the mum and her two children who died in a tragic fire which broke out at a flat on Friday morning, which has also left a fourth person critically injured

Chronicle Live

Major fire breaks out at Tyneside industrial estate as investigation launched

More than 50 firefighters worked through the night to fight the ferocious flames at Bede Industrial Estate in Jarrow

The Independent UK

US forest managers urge revelers to swap fireworks for Silly String, but some say not so fast

U.S. Forest Service managers are urging people in the drought-stricken Southwest to forgo the fireworks this July Fourth, suggesting instead that cans of red, white and blue Silly String could be used to celebrate

The Guardian - US

Warm temperatures return to California after cool spring bringing wildfire risk

Weather probably milder than previous summers but wet winter spurred growth in grasses and vegetation that is ‘ready to burn’

The Independent UK

Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse. Scientists call it the 'new abnormal'

As smoky as the summer has been so far, scientists say it will likely be worse in future years because of climate change

Alaska's slow start to wildfire season a relief after Connecticut-sized area burned last year

Alaska is off to the slowest start of a wildfire season in three decades -- an immense relief one year after fires scorched an area roughly equivalent to the state of Connecticut

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