Modern wildfires are less frequent but more severe due to fire suppression and fuel buildup. Scientists urge prescribed burns ...

said they were taking several measures to prevent and fight forest fires in summer. "We have procured fire masks, helmets, air blowers, fire beaters with heat-resistant rubber, chain saws and a ...

Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai ordered the army to keep an eye on the forest ... fight the blaze in hilly areas, which are close to Tap Lan National Park. Meanwhile, the Forest Fire ...

Fewer wildfires burn in North American forests today than in previous centuries, increasing the risk of more severe wildfires, according to research published in Nature Communications. The findings ...

The reason for this is that Canada has no federal agency tasked or equipped to fight forest fires. Inexplicably, in a country that possesses 362 million hectares of forest — the third larges ...

In a proactive effort to curb this recurring crisis, the Forest Department has formed 60 teams comprising local villagers to ...

A former southeastern Ohio fire department administrator will serve 18 months in federal prison after admitting to starting dozens of wildfires in Wayne National Forest. U.S. District Court Judge ...

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A firefighter suffered minor injuries in a warehouse fire Sunday morning. Denver Fire posted just before 8 a.m. that crews were working a commercial structure fire near the intersection of 40th ...

Even though a much larger portion of the forest burned in fires in the 18th and 19th centuries, those fires were less devastating: the trees that recorded those fires survived and continued to grow.

so it can’t be used to help fight wildfires. “When we get to July and August and we have forest fires, how are we going to manage those?” the person said. The effects of the mass layoffs ...