Containment efforts have paid off in Maine – in a record-breaking wildfire year here, the average acreage per fire is very low.
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Commentary: We can’t ignore wildfires’ dangers to people with chronic illnesses
My autoimmune disease symptoms are flaring uncontrollably from the smoke, and I’m not alone in my plight.
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Posted inNation & World
California braces for power shutoffs and warm, windy weekend
Firefighters battling the state’s largest wildfire braced for the change in weather by constructing fuel breaks on Friday to keep the flames from reaching a marijuana-growing enclave.
Posted inNation & World
California wildfire likely to grow from wind, low humidity
The Bobcat Fire is 15 percent contained and has destroyed nearly 100,000 acres.
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Firefighter dies battling wildfire in California
The blaze erupted earlier this month from a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used by a couple to reveal their baby’s gender.
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Interactive Tracker: Wildfires scorching parts of the United States
Where wildfire activity and thermal detected hot spots are found across the United States in a fully interactive map.
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Lingering bad air throws another challenge at fire-ravaged West Coast
Hazardous air has forced businesses to close and grounded flights, and is creeping into homes.
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Smoke from wildfires in the West reaches East Coast and even Europe
Plumes from deadly and record-breaking fires are being caught in the atmospheric jet stream and carried across the United States.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Wildfires during pandemic intensify economic pain in West
Blazes are wiping out businesses and homes at a time when residents’ livelihoods were already in jeopardy.
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Western fires raise fight over climate change prior to Trump’s visit
The Democratic governors say the fires are a consequence of climate change, while the Trump administration has blamed poor forest management for the flames that have raced through the region.