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Giorgio Armani and Guests Flee Sicilian Island Wildfires as Blaze Threatened Vacation Villas
Firefighters are putting out the remnants of two wildfires on a Sicilian island that forced fashion designer Giorgio Armani and dozens more to flee vacation villas overnight.
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Firefighters Continue Battling Large Hawaii Wildfire
Dozens of firefighters are battling a large wildfire in a rural area of Hawaii’s Big Island. No homes are threatened. Gusts and arid conditions are making it difficult to contain the blaze. The fire started in the western reaches of the U.S. Army’s Pohakuloa Training Area, which is above the town of Waikoloa and between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea...
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California Wildfire Wipes Out Scenic Town with 100-Year-Old Homes
Firefighters say they’re making progress as they battle California’s largest and deadliest wildfire of the year.
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Utah Man Accused of Starting Wildfire by Burning a Spider
Deputies found a jar of marijuana in his belongings, but he didn’t appear to be high, they said.
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2 Bodies Found in Burned Vehicle in Path of Raging California Wildfire
Two bodies were found inside a charred vehicle in a driveway in the wildfire zone of a raging California blaze that is among several burning in the western U.S. amid hot, dry and gusty conditions that boost the danger that the fires will keep growing, officials said Monday.
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House Approves Bill to Help West Fight Wildfires, Drought
The House has approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at helping communities in the West cope with increasingly severe wildfires and drought — fueled by climate change — that have caused billions of dollars of damage to homes and businesses in recent years. The measure combines 49 separate bills and would increase firefighter pay and benefits; boost resiliency and mitigation projects for...
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Oak Fire Rages Outside of Yosemite National Park
Firefighters are battling a blaze in central California which has already burned nearly 17,000 acres and was only 10% contained as of Monday morning.
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Alaska Facing Rare Fire Season, With an Area the Size of Connecticut Already Burned
Alaska is burning this year in ways rarely or ever seen. So far this year more than 530 wildfires have burned an area the size of Connecticut and the typically worst of the fire season lays ahead.
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What's Behind Europe's Spate of Wildfires and Are They Worse Than Before?
Major wildfires in Europe are starting earlier in the year, becoming more frequent, doing more damage and getting harder to stop.
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Fires Scorch Spain and France as Europe Faces Extreme Heat Waves
Firefighters battled wildfires raging out of control in Spain and France, including one whose flames reached two popular Atlantic beaches.
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Forest Service Didn't Consider Climate Change When It Accidentally Caused Historic Fire
The Calf Canyon/Hermits Creek fire has burned more than 341,000 acres and destroyed hundreds of homes in New Mexico.
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Biden Signs Off on Hefty Pay Raise for Federal Firefighters
President Joe Biden has signed off on giving federal wildland firefighters a hefty raise for the next two fiscal years. The move announced Tuesday affects more than 16,000 firefighters and comes as much of the West braces for a difficult wildfire season. Pay raises for the federal firefighters had been included in last year’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill, but they...
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Biden Says Federal Government Will Cover Full Cost of New Mexico Wildfire Recovery
President Joe Biden says he is escalating federal assistance for New Mexico as it faces its largest wildfire in recorded state history.
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Biden Facing Fire and Anger During New Mexico Visit
President Joe Biden is visiting New Mexico to talk about his administration’s efforts to tackle wildfires as residents smolder with anger over how federal officials allowed planned burns to spread out of control, leading to the largest blaze in recorded state history.
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In This Zone, Your Home Might Be at a Higher Wildfire Risk
Across the country, more than two-thirds of the homes and businesses destroyed by wildfires are in the “wildland urban interface,” or WUI, a transitional zone between developed areas and wilderness. LX News climate storyteller Chase Cain explains why the area is more hazardous and how to see if your home is one of the 72 million facing some level of...
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California Fire Destroys Mansions; New Mexico Blaze Threatens Resort Towns
In Southern California, a wildfire erupted Wednesday in the coastal community of Laguna Niguel and burned more than 20 homes, many of them multimillion-dollar mansions.
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Crews in New Mexico, Arizona Scramble to Corral Wildfires
Firefighters in New Mexico’s Rocky Mountain foothills are excavating new firebreaks and clearing brush to keep a massive wildfire from destroying more homes and pine forests. Nearly 300 structures including homes, commercial buildings and barns have already been destroyed. Officials said Monday that the tally will increase as more of the damage is surveyed. More residents were told to evacuate...
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New Mexico Residents Brace for Extreme Wildfire Conditions
Residents of a northern New Mexico city tried to recapture a sense of normalcy as their rural neighbors hunkered down amid predictions of extreme fire conditions.
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Biden Declares Disaster in New Mexico as Largest Wildfire in US Rages
Firefighters have slowed the advance of the largest wildfire in the U.S. as heavy winds relented, while Biden’s disaster declaration brings new financial resources.
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Residents Wary as Fire Burns Near Northeast New Mexico Town
Residents of the small northeast New Mexico town have been watching aircraft disappear into a giant plume of smoke to fight a growing wildfire that has burned hundreds of square miles.