Hawaii emergency management records show no indication that warning sirens sounded before people ran for their lives from wildfires on Maui that killed at least 55 people and wiped out a historic town. Instead, officials sent alerts to mobile phones, televisions and radio stations — but widespread power and cellular outages may have limited their […]
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California Wildfire Explodes, 2 Dead
A wildfire in Northern California exploded in size over the weekend, triggering evacuations and becoming the state’s largest wildfire so far this year, according to Cal Fire. Two people were found dead inside a vehicle that burned in the path of the McKinney Fire, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said.The two were found Sunday morning […]
Yosemite National Park wildfire declared Emergency
A state of emergency has been declared in part of California as the largest active wildfire in the US rapidly spreads near Yosemite National Park. The Oak Fire has quickly grown since starting on Friday, and firefighters have struggled to get the blaze under control. “Explosive fire behaviour is challenging firefighters”, California’s fire department said. […]
Woman Charged With Arson In Major California Wildfire
A California woman has been arrested by authorities on suspicion of starting the state’s 6,820-acre Fawn Fire. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Shasta County District Attorney Stephanie A. Bridgett said that 30-year-old Alexandra Souverneva of Palo Alto, Calif. had been found with an operable lighter in her pocket. “We received the [CAL FIRE] report yesterday […]
Oregon Wildfire So Large That It Is Creating Extreme Weather
The super-heated air and smoke from Oregon’s Bootleg wildfire have reportedly impacted the weather. A pyrocumulus cloud from the fire – also known as a “fire cloud” – has formed over the blaze, bringing lightning and other threats and extending upward to 30,000 feet. The fire, located 15 miles northwest of Beatty, has already scorched […]
Elderly Couple Dies In Each Other’s Arms As Wildfire Consumes Home
Authorities in Colorado made a grim discovery Friday afternoon when they found the bodies of an elderly couple whose home was consumed in a raging wildfire two days earlier. The victims were identified as Lyle Hileman, 86, and his wife Marylin Hileman, 84, who chose not to evacuate the area following alerts from local officials, […]
4 Suspected Arsonists Arrested For Starting Wildfires Along West Coast
Four have been arrested on suspicion of arson in West Coast areas already under seige from major destructive and deadly blazes, according to reports. As wildfires continue to rage across three states, police investigated separate incidents near existing wildfires. Two men in Washington state, one man in Oregon and one woman in California are facing […]
California Wildfire Has Burned 1,000,000 Acres
A massive wildfire in Northern California has grown to become the second-largest in state history as it and hundreds of other blazes have now scorched nearly one million acres. The LNU Lightning Complex Fire that is burning across five counties — Napa, Sonoma, Lake, Yolo and Stanislaus — has spread to more than 325,000 acres, […]
Raging California Wildfire Has Claimed At Least Two Lives
At least two people have died helping to fight California wildfires that have forced thousands to flee their homes, destroyed over 100 structures, led to the evacuation of an Air Force base and covered large swaths of the Bay Area in smoke. “We are experiencing fires the likes of which we haven’t seen in many, […]
Study: Global Warming The Cause Of More Destructive Fires
A new study of Western forest fires confirms what is already apparent – wildfire seasons are getting longer and more destructive. But researchers with the University of Idaho and Columbia University also say humans are to blame. The study made public Monday says human-caused global warming contributed an additional 16,000 square miles of burned forests […]