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Oregon Bootleg wildfire spreads over 3,90,000 acres so far, say officials
Brown, along with the state fire marshal and director of emergency management, briefed the p…
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A Maui fire victim's family sued landowners saying they let non-native grass grow wild, claiming they're liable for the deadly summer blaze
A Maui wildfire victim's father is suing Maui County, landlords, and an electrical company, claimin…
Azmi Haroun
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Another fire has swept through the largest refugee camp in Europe, destroying what little was left from the first blaze
A second fire hit Moria, on Greece's Lesbos island, destroying what was left after an earlier fire …
Sinéad Baker
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Iran's largest navy ship sank after catching fire in the Gulf of Oman, state media says
A fire started on the Kharg early Wednesday during a training session, Iranian state TV said. The c…
Sinéad Baker
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'The forest ... is resetting': California wildfires burned hundreds of ancient redwoods, but much of the forest seems to have survived the blaze
A wildfire ravaged through the historic Big Basin Redwood State Park Monday, taking down hundreds o…
Lauren Frias
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An Oregon family fleeing wildfires ran out of gas as they drove away from the blaze, and had to abandon their car and boat to get to safety
The family was camping at Detroit Lake State Park near Salem, Oregon, when they were told to evacua…
Kelly McLaughlin
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I'm a wildland firefighter in Colorado who's been battling blazes and scrambling to save homes. It's hard to have a social life.
"You don't want your entire gender blamed if you mess up. I'm always trying to work hard to prove m…
Justin Higginbottom
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3 major wildfires are burning in Colorado, one of which is the 4th largest in state history
Three major wildfires scorched Colorado this week. One of them, Pine Gulch, is the fourth largest w…
Susie Neilson
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3 of California's 4 largest fires ever are burning right now, including the biggest in state history
This week, the Doe Fire became the biggest in California history. Three of the four biggest fires i…
Susie Neilson
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A fire tore through Europe's largest migrant camp, displacing as many as 20,000 refugees
A fire broke out in Moria, a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, at 2 a.m. Wednesday, accor…
Bill Bostock
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The blazes in the Amazon are so big they can be seen from space. One map shows the alarming scale of the fires.
This week of fires comes on the heels of another worrisome milestone for the world's largest rainfo…
Aylin Woodward
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As Notre-Dame burned, alt-right figures launched a campaign on social media falsely blaming Muslims for the blaze
Paul Joseph Watson, of the InfoWars website, tweeted that one worker was "claiming that the blaze w…
Tom Porter,Tom Porter
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'Every year we have wildfires': Brazil's president insists fires in the Amazon are no worse than normal, as he sends the army in to fight the blazes
Bolsonaro has faced sharp criticism from leaders around the world for his previous inaction in tack…
Will Martin
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Brazil is the world's largest beef exporter - here's why eating meat is linked to the Amazon fires
Handech Wakana Mura: Over the years we have resisted here, when there was no access by road, when e…
Barbara Corbellini Duarte,Nis…
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The Weather Channel's blazing-hot wildfire simulation clearly explains why wildfires are getting so much worse in California and the western US
It's shaping up to be another record-breaking year of wildfires in California. As of October 20, mo…
Hilary Brueck
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Amazon fires created a smoke eclipse in the skies above Brazil's largest city, 2,000 miles away
This isn't the first time the Amazon has experienced thousands of fires simultaneously. Typically, …
Aylin Woodward
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A fire in the US midwest is so big you can see it from space - two people have been killed in the blaze so far
Wildfires have gotten worse in recent years because of climate change, and that trend is expected t…
Jeremy Berke
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5G is the 'largest existential threat to broadband providers,' and Verizon and T-Mobile could be about to win big
Verizon also announced it will give away free YouTube TV service and Apple TV 4K along with 5G serv…
Abby Jackson
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New close-up photos of Saturn's largest moon may be the last for decades
Once Cassini vanishes, it may be the last probe that NASA sends to Saturn for decades. There are cu…
Dave Mosher
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An out-of-control wildfire in California is now the 2nd largest in the state's history - see photos from the scene
Over the weekend, one of the many ongoing fires - the Mendocino Complex Fire - almost doubled in si…