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1 day ago · By Yan Zhuang. July 15, 2024, 6:44 a.m. ET. Multiple wildfires in Southern California have burned a combined 20,000 acres, forced more than 1,000 evacuations over the weekend and, according to the ...
The AirNow Fire and Smoke Map provides information that you can use to help protect your health from wildfire smoke. Use this map to see: Current particle pollution air quality information for your location; Fire locations and smoke plumes; Smoke Forecast Outlooks, where available; and, Recommendations for actions to take to protect yourself ...
5 days ago · Right now, 72 large active wildfires are being managed nationwide, and have burned 783,521 acres. Fire managers are using full suppression strategies on 44 of these wildfires. More than 17,000 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents across the nation.
3 days ago · July 12, 2024, 5:40 p.m. ET. California this week suffered its first death of the 2024 fire season during a fast-moving blaze that started this week in Mendocino County. Human remains were found ...
Aug 22, 2022 · As of Monday, there are 28 large or notable new fires burning across the Western United States, fueled by hot, dry and windy conditions in many areas. Fewer fires recently have dominated...
Mar 1, 2024 · The deadly wildfires in Texas, the largest in the state’s history and which are now spreading into Oklahoma, cover an area nearly the size of Delaware’s land. The most massive of the blazes ...
Feb 27, 2024 · A massive wildfire is tearing through the Texas Panhandle and part of Oklahoma, destroying homes and forcing residents to evacuate. Meanwhile, several other wildfires are burning nearby.
Apr 2, 2024 · A wildfire is an uncontrolled burn of vegetation, which includes the burning of forests, shrublands and grasslands, savannas, and croplands. Wildfires can be caused by human activity — such as arson, unattended fires, or the loss of control of planned burns — and natural causes, such as lightning.
A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a bushfire (in Australia), desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire, prairie fire, vegetation fire, or veld fire.
