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2 days ago · The wildfire has burned 3,500 acres and sits at 20% containment, but crews expect the fire to continue burning for days until it reaches containment lines. Smoke-covered areas of New York City ...
'Unprecedented' Wyoming wildfire expands evacuations
Oct 3, 2024 · The Elk Fire in Wyoming's Big Horn National Forest near the town of Dayton has burned nearly 50,000 acres. Fire crews say it expand more.
Idaho wildfire spreads toward isolated town, smoke restricts aircraft
Aug 26, 2024 · Wildfire quickly spreads toward isolated Idaho town, but massive smoke plumes restrict help from aircraft. The Wapiti Fire has burned 68,123 acres of the Boise National Forest in Idaho as of ...
North Dakota wildfires trigger statewide emergency, evacuations
Oct 6, 2024 · North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum declared a statewide fire emergency as wildfires killed one person and triggered numerous evacuations. The state’s forest service is fighting multiple fires mainly ...
French Fire prompts evacuations near Lake Isabella, California
Aug 21, 2021 · Friday night the French Fire west of Isabella Lake near Kernville, California grew a bit to the north and southwest while under the influence of a light and variable wind from the south, east, and ...
‘Extreme’ Crete wildfire forces evacuations of villages
Aug 8, 2024 · A rapidly spreading wildfire triggered evacuations in central Crete Wednesday afternoon, according to the European Union’s Space Program. The program’s Earth observation satellite, Copernicus ...
Evacuations hold for Utah’s largest wildfire of the season
Oct 16, 2024 · The Yellow Lake Fire has burned 32,919 acres of Utah’s Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and is at 29% containment as of Wednesday morning, officially making it the state’s largest wildfire ...
Russia declares multiple states of emergency as wildfires threaten ...
Jul 18, 2024 · Multiple wildfires across Russia have caused officials to issue multiple states of emergency and evacuate thousands, while government officials are accused of largely ignoring the problem.
First Wildland Fire Commission report focuses on aviation
Feb 13, 2023 · The report, released on February 13, 2023, frames the status of fire and aviation today in eight findings, which in turn aims us to 19 recommendations. Both the framing and the aiming may raise ...
Updates on four large wildfires in New Mexico - Wildfire Today
May 17, 2022 · Red Flag Warning for the Calf Canyon / Hermits Peak Fire, May 19-20, 2022. NWS. The National Weather Service has taken the unusual step of issuing a Red Flag Warning one and two days in advance ...