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Photo: California Firefighters Battle Wind-Driven Wildfire Near San Francisco California Firefighters Battle Wind-Driven Wildfire Near San Francisco
The Guardian - Sun Jun 2, 2024
TRACY, California - California firefighters aided by aircraft battled a wind-driven wildfire that began Saturday and continued burning early Sunday morning in an area straddling the San Francisco Bay Area and central California, authorities said. More»

Photo: A Wildfire Is Heading For Lake Tahoe, Sending Ash Raining Down On Tourists A Wildfire Is Heading For Lake Tahoe, Sending Ash Raining Down On Tourists
NPR - Wed Aug 25, 2021
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California — A California fire that gutted hundreds of homes advanced toward Lake Tahoe on Wednesday as thousands of firefighters tried to box in the flames and tourists who hoped to boat or swim were enveloped in a thick yellow haze of the nation's worst air. More»

Photo: Forest Service is Running Out of Firefighters Amid West Coast Wildfire Chaos Forest Service is Running Out of Firefighters Amid West Coast Wildfire Chaos
Daily Mail - Sat Aug 14, 2021
Firefighters in the West are being stretched to the limit by the blazes ravaging the state, the US Forest Service said on Friday - adding that it is operating in crisis mode. More»

Photo: Greece faces 'disaster of unprecedented proportions' as wildfires ravage the country Greece faces 'disaster of unprecedented proportions' as wildfires ravage the country
CNN - Tue Aug 10, 2021
Evia, Greece - Greece is facing a "natural disaster of unprecedented proportions," as 586 wildfires burn in "all corners" of the country, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a televised address on Monday. More»

Photo: 'Completely white': Ash, smoke fall on Tahoe Basin 'Completely white': Ash, smoke fall on Tahoe Basin
San Francisco Gate - Fri Aug 6, 2021
Winds pushed smoke from Northern California's Dixie Fire to the south Friday, choking the Lake Tahoe Basin with toxic air. More»

Photo: The Bootleg Fire Grows to the Size of Los Angeles as Government Warns of 'National Wildfire Crisis' The Bootleg Fire Grows to the Size of Los Angeles as Government Warns of 'National Wildfire Crisis'
Gizmodo - Mon Jul 19, 2021
The West’s nightmare summer continues to grow worse. More»

Photo: Arson Suspected In Pacific Palisades Brush Fire That Continues To Burn; Mandatory Evacuations Ordered Arson Suspected In Pacific Palisades Brush Fire That Continues To Burn; Mandatory Evacuations Ordered
KCAL-TV - Sun May 16, 2021
PACIFIC PALISADES, California – Los Angeles Police Department Officials now suspect arson to be the cause of the ongoing Pacific Palisades brush fire, which has burned more than 750-acres and prompted evacuation orders. More»

Photo: Tens of thousands without power, hundreds evacuated as new fires erupt in California Tens of thousands without power, hundreds evacuated as new fires erupt in California
CBS News - Fri Dec 4, 2020
LOS ANGELES, Ca - Southern California utilities cut power to tens of thousands of customers Thursday to reduce the risk of sparking new wildfires - but new blazes popped up regardless, forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes. More»

Photo: Thick wildfire smoke blocks sun, turns Bay Area sky orange Thick wildfire smoke blocks sun, turns Bay Area sky orange
San Francisco Gate - Wed Sep 9, 2020
Just when Bay Area residents thought the world outside couldn't get stranger, the sky Wednesday dimly glowed a pumpkin orange color you'd expect to see on Mars. More»

Photo: Motorists desperately try to escape California wildfires that have killed Motorists desperately try to escape California wildfires that have killed
Daily Mail - Sat Aug 22, 2020
A dashcam has captured people making the terrifying drive through the California wildfires that have now killed six with two of the blazes now in the top ten biggest ever seen in the state, as Governor Newsom pleads with Canada and Australia to send help. More»

Photo: California's wildfires double in size with tens of thousands forced to flee California's wildfires double in size with tens of thousands forced to flee
Daily Mail - Fri Aug 21, 2020
At least five people have died and two are missing after dozens of lightning-sparked California wildfires spread rapidly on Thursday, doubling in size in the state's wine country alone while expanding by nearly a third near Palo Alto. More»

Photo: Thousands Ordered To Evacuate As Wildfires Scorch Southern California Thousands Ordered To Evacuate As Wildfires Scorch Southern California
Huffington Post - Mon Aug 3, 2020
BANNING, California - Thousands of people were under evacuation orders Sunday after a wildfire in mountains east of Los Angeles exploded in size as crews battled flames in triple-digit heat. More»

Photo: Apocalyptic Scenes in Australia as Fires Turn Skies Blood Red Apocalyptic Scenes in Australia as Fires Turn Skies Blood Red
New York Times - Thu Jan 2, 2020
SYDNEY, Australia - As the fire stalked the east coast of Australia on Tuesday, the daytime sky turned inky black, then blood red. More»

Photo: California declares statewide emergency: More than 180,000 people evacuated California declares statewide emergency: More than 180,000 people evacuated
Daily Mail - Sun Oct 27, 2019
Authorities in Northern California ordered 180,000 residents to flee their homes on Sunday as historic winds fueled a wildfire in the wine country and led the state's biggest utility to shut off power for millions of people in an effort to prevent more fires. More»

Photo: Hundreds of wildfires spread across Alabama as temperatures hit 100 Degrees Hundreds of wildfires spread across Alabama as temperatures hit 100 Degrees
Daily Mail - Fri Sep 27, 2019
Several weeks of dry, hot weather has pushed the Deep South into an intensifying drought that is affecting more than 11 million people, jeopardizing crops across the region and burning thousands of acres of land. More»

Photo: Trump Orders FEMA To Cut Off Aid For California Wildfires Trump Orders FEMA To Cut Off Aid For California Wildfires
Huffington Post - Tue Jan 8, 2019
The president said the fire-ravaged state will receive no more money until "they get their act together". More»

Photo: Trump Insists 'Raking' Will Help Stop Forest Fires Trump Insists 'Raking' Will Help Stop Forest Fires
Huffington Post - Sat Nov 17, 2018
With 76 people dead and nearly 1,300 unaccounted for and feared dead in California wildfires, President Donald Trump had a word of advice about stopping future blazes: "Raking. More»

Photo: At Least 71 People Dead and More Than 1,000 Missing At Least 71 People Dead and More Than 1,000 Missing
CNN - Fri Nov 16, 2018
More than 1,000 people are unaccounted for and thousands of survivors are living in cars and tents as California's deadliest wildfire enters a second week. More»

Photo: Incarcerated Women Are Fighting on the Front Lines of California's Wildfires for $1 an Hour Incarcerated Women Are Fighting on the Front Lines of California's Wildfires for $1 an Hour
Jezebel - Thu Oct 12, 2017
Large swaths of California have been destroyed by wildfires that have left at least 21 dead, razing thousands of homes and businesses throughout the region. More»

Photo: Wildfires Burn Out of Control Across Northern California; 15 Are Dead Wildfires Burn Out of Control Across Northern California; 15 Are Dead
New York Times - Tue Oct 10, 2017
NAPA, California - With roads still blocked by the police and fires still raging across broad swaths of Northern California, Matt Lenzi hiked through smoke-choked vineyards and waded the Napa River to reach the home his father lived in for 53 years. More»

Photo: Monster Colorado fire doubles in size Monster Colorado fire doubles in size
MSNBC - Wed Jun 27, 2012
Fire crews outside Colorado Springs, Colorado, expected more weather trouble on Wednesday in what the local fire chief called a "monster event" that doubled in size overnight and has forced 32,000 people to flee. More»

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