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WEB2 days ago · The wildfire has threatened over 65,000 structures since it first began on Sept. 5, with 9,200 of those structures under evacuation orders, Cal Fire officials said. A 34-year-old man was arrested ...
Google's global wildfire tracking satellites to offer ultra-early alerts
WEB1 day ago · Ultra-early wildfire detection worldwide nears reality with coming satellite ‘constellation,’ Google says. For more than half a century, the first line of wildfire defense was humans perched ...
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WEB6 days ago · Crews continue to fight the arson-started Line Fire, which has burned 26,516 acres of the San Bernardino National Forest and sits at 5% contained as of Tuesday morning.. The wildfire has ...
Wind-driven wildfire burns hundreds of homes near Boulder, …
WEBDec 30, 2021 · There are reports that the fire southeast of Boulder, Colorado, now known as the Marshall Fire, has spread east along Highway 170, crossed Highway 36 near Superior, and is burning near West Dillon ...
Photos and video from the Windy Fire in Sequoia National Forest
WEBDec 12, 2021 · In 2021 the Windy Fire burned more than 97,000 acres in the Sequoia National Forest and the Tule River Reservation in California. It killed numerous giant sequoia trees which can live for up to ...
Bootleg Fire spreads 2 to 4 miles further east, growing to nearly ...
WEBJul 14, 2021 · Bootleg Fire map. The white line was the perimeter at 10:39 p.m. PDT July 12. The red areas represent heat detected by a satellite at 4:06 a.m. PDT July 13, 2021.
Radford Fire near Big Bear Lake in Southern California prompts ...
WEBSep 7, 2022 · The fire is south of the Snow Summit Ski area. Updated at 8:02 p.m. PDT Sept. 7, 2022. The Radford Fire at Big Bear Lake in Southern California was mapped at 1,052 acres at about 12:30 p.m. The ...
Updated status on two unsuppressed fires in Yosemite National Park
WEBAug 28, 2022 · Red Fire 3-D map 8:52 p.m. Aug. 27, 2022. Two wildfires in Yosemite National Park are being managed without the intent to stop the spread. They are being allowed to replicate natural processes ...
Congress appropriates $3.3 billion for wildland fire
WEBNov 6, 2021 · Friday night, four months after a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill with major funding for wildland fire passed the Senate, it was approved in the House of Representatives. About 0.3 ...
Examining how fuel treatments affected suppression of the …
WEBOct 8, 2021 · In this episode the agency examines how fuel treatment areas on National Forest System lands changed the intensity of the Caldor Fire and provided opportunities for community defense. The blaze ...