Tag result for article published on Tue January 08 2013 7:05 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Australia, Australia wildfire, Fire and Rescue NSW, New South Wales, New South Wales Rural Fire Service, South Wales, wildfire
Firefighters are battling wildfires raging across southeastern Australia as authorities evacuated national parks and warned that blistering temperatures and high winds had led to “catastrophic” conditions in some areas. Thousands of fire fighters were on standby across New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, where fire authorities said wildfire conditions were at the most severe [...]
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Tag result for article published on Wed October 17 2012 8:33 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County Fire Department, wildfire
A wildfire in the rugged hills overlooking Santa Barbara threatened about 100 homes Wednesday in an area where a fire in 1990 killed one person and burned about 550 homes. Fire burning today are in the same rugged hills where wildfires in 1990 killed one person and burned about 550 homes. Santa Barbara Sheriff’s deputies [...]
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Tag result for article published on Wed July 25 2012 12:21 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: air quality, drought, dry weather, dryness, Dust storm, food prices, high temperatures, hot temperatures, Illinois, insects, price increase, price increases, United States, USDA, weather records, wildfire, wildfires
U.S. Drought Monitor Map for July 17, 2012 (See current data at droughtmonitor.unl.edu). As of July 23, 2012 the United States is experiencing the worst drought conditions since 1956. Currently the drought is considered in third place compared to the Dust Bowl ranging from 1930 to 1936 (some areas until 1940), and a United States [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu June 28 2012 10:18 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Colorado, Colorado wildfire, forest fire, wildfire
Air Force firefighters have contained the wildfire to 10 acres of the Air Force Academy grounds. But with the wind picking up, the threat grows from the fire that’s claimed over 16 thousand acres of Colorado so far. Fire crews fought to save the U.S. Air Force Academy and residents begged for information on the [...]
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Tag result for article published on Wed June 27 2012 5:33 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Colorado, Colorado wildfire, wildfire
Waldo Canyon Fire -View of fire burning as it hits Mountain Shadows division and parts of Peregrine as the fire grows close to it. This view is from the tip of Hunters Point neighborhood, directly above Centennial and Woodmen. Waldo Canyon Fire -View of fire burning as it hits Mountain Shadows division and parts of [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sun June 24 2012 4:06 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Colorado, evacuation, wildfire
At least 7 fires are burning across Colo. as the state battles one of the most severe wildfire seasons in recent memory. The state’s governor says officials across the country recognize that it’ll take a big push to get the blazes under control. At least 11,000 residents of Manitou Springs, Cascade, Chipita Park and Green [...]
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Tag result for article published on Tue May 29 2012 8:55 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: RED FLAG WARNING, wildfire
URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 313 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012 OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-KENDALL-WILL-LAKE IN- 313 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012 …RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING [...]
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Tag result for article published on Wed May 16 2012 9:44 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Arizona, wildfire
Intense Gladiator Fire visible from North Phoenix — smoke is thick and dark, which is not a good sign. A wildfire known as The Gladiator Fire is still burning out of control in the Bradshaw Mountains north of Phoenix. Fire officials told evacuees of Crown King Tuesday night that their homes are still in jeopardy. [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sun March 11 2012 4:30 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: brush fire, Cook County Forest Preserve, Deer Grove fire, Deer Grove Forest Preserve, Deer Grove Forest Preserved Fire, Forest Preserve District Cook County, grass fire, Lake Cook Road fire, Lake Zurich Fire Rescue, MABAS Box Alarm, Palatine Fire Department, United Parcel Service, UPS, wild fire, wildfire
VIDEO of Deer Grove wildfire from daylight to night on Saturday that burned about 10 acres of brush, grass and trees in the Cook County forest preserve. FIREFIGHTERS PROTECT UPS FACILITY, GROSSINGER CHEVROLET AND HOMES FROM WILDFIRE WHILE AREA WAS UNDER A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RED FLAG WARNING A brush fire at Deer Grove Forest [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sun March 11 2012 11:11 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: brush fire, Cook County Forest Preserve, Deer Grove fire, Deer Grove Forest Preserve, Deer Grove Forest Preserved Fire, Forest Preserve District Cook County, grass fire, Lake Cook Road fire, Lake Zurich Fire Rescue, MABAS Box Alarm, Palatine Fire Department, United Parcel Service, UPS, wild fire, wildfire
VIDEO of Deer Grove wildfire from daylight to night on Saturday. FIREFIGHTERS PROTECT UPS FACILITY, GROSSINGER CHEVROLET AND HOMES FROM WILDFIRE WHILE AREA WAS UNDER A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RED FLAG WARNING Lake Zurich firefighters responded to a grass fire about 4:35 p.m. Saturday just south of Lake Cook Road and Dee Lane. Firefighters reported [...]
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Tag result for article published on Tue September 13 2011 1:32 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Ely, forest fire, Minnesota, wildfire, Wisconsin
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 103 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2011 WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-063>066-068>072-140100- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN- [...]
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Tag result for article published on Mon September 05 2011 3:35 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: fatal wildfire, Gladewater, Texas, Texas wildfires, wildfire
Tropical storm Lee winds fanned flames in a fatal wildfire in Texas — onw of . Six homes were toppled within minutes, including a trailer where a 20-year-old woman and her 18-month-old daughter were killed by the fire in Gladewater, Texas. A man inside the trailer survived with minor burns. The fires have been fanned [...]
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