Tag: fires
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Prescribed burns planned at Fort Carson and Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Crews will be lighting prescribed fires on Fort Carson training areas and the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site northeast of Trinidad starting this week through April 15. The intermittent prescribed burns are meant to reduce heavy vegetation that can fuel wildfires, a news release stated. The…
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Xcel Energy says its facilities appeared to have role in igniting largest wildfire in Texas history
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The utility provider Xcel Energy says its facilities appeared to have played a role in igniting a massive wildfire in the Texas Panhandle that grew to the largest blaze in state history
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Mexico City drought causes rainwater catchment basin to catch fire and burn for a day
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Mexico City’s drought and water shortage is so bad that one of the capital’s rainwater catchment basins has caught fire, scorching 75 acres of dried-up vegetation
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Explosive fire at site used by vape suppliers kills 1 outside Detroit, sends debris a mile away
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Authorities say a fire that destroyed a building which housed suppliers for the vaping industry caused multiple explosions that killed one person and injured a firefighter as the blasts rocked suburban Detroit, sending gas cannisters and debris shooting into the air
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Infernos rage from Texas to Australia as fire season kicks off early
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After a year of deadly wildfires around the globe, the world is burning again from Texas to Australia — and in some regions, the blazes are igniting early. Canada’s Alberta province said last month that wildfire season had already begun, well before the typical March start. On the other side of the planet, South Australia…
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Influx of firefighters, cooler weather in Texas Panhandle helps keep wildfires in check
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An influx of hundreds of firefighters and more favorable weather conditions are helping authorities in the Texas Panhandle keep the largest wildfire in state history from threatening more homes and communities
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Firefighters keep up battle to stamp out largest wildfire in Texas history
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Planes have dropped fire retardant over the northern Texas Panhandle as firefighters are continuing efforts to stamp out the largest wildfire in state history
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Firefighters face difficult weather conditions as they battle the largest wildfire in Texas history
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Firefighters battling the largest wildfire in Texas history face increasingly difficult weather conditions and are focused on containing the northern and eastern perimeter of the fire while protecting life and property
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Gov. Abbott says Texas wildfires may have destroyed up to 500 structures
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Gov. Greg Abbott says wildfires may have destroyed as many as 500 structures in the Texas Panhandle
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Texas continues battling second-largest wildfire in U.S. history (copy)
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PAMPA, Texas • Wildfires continued to engulf the Texas Panhandle and parts of Oklahoma on Friday as officials were concerned warming temperatures and growing winds may elevate fire conditions going into the weekend. The Smokehouse Creek fire, which ignited Monday, has burned through more than 1 million acres becoming the largest wildfire in state history.…