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The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

Charging vape sparks devastating house fire as residents left unable to stay for 'some time'

Four fire crews were sent out to tackle the blaze caused by a vape overheating after it was left charging unattended.

Daily Record

Car blaze forces Dublin Port Tunnel to close causing traffic chaos

Huge traffic delays are expected as a result of the incident

Dublin Live

Bangs heard as car goes up in flames on main Valleys road

'Emergency services were there pretty quickly to put it out'

Wales Online

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Man killed neighbour by setting fire to mobile home with victim inside

Darren Smith murdered Richard Thomas at Beeches caravan park where they both lived on December 20 2021.

Daily Record

East Lothian beauty spot burnt out after firework destroys sand dunes

Local countryside rangers in the Whitesands area took to social media this week to remind locals that the area should be preserved and taken care of after they discovered the blaze.

Edinburgh Live

Bomb disposal experts called in after 'suspicious package' found in Cambuslang

Bomb disposal experts were called into Cambuslang on Tuesday night after a suspicious package was discovered. Police shut down surrounding streets while the item was dealt with.

Glasgow Live

Giant Snowdonia mountain fire likened to 'Lord of the Rings'

It is not yet clear what the source of the blaze that consumed the mountain was

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Fire eases after warning in Cape York town

Conditions have eased and a caravan park near the tip of Cape York is no longer under threat from a fast moving fire, authorities say.

AAP

California Legislature warned in new report about ‘growing concern’ over wildfire smoke

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When California legislators return to the state Capitol in three weeks, reducing wildfire smoke won’t be at the top of their to-do list. But a new report calls the pollution source a “growing concern.”

Tribune News Service

Canberra 2020 bushfire inquest postponed

An inquest into Canberra's devastating 2020 bushfires has been adjourned just one day into evidence about the monster blaze in the Orroral Valley.

AAP

Orroral Valley fire inquiry hears pilot of helicopter that started blaze did not see long grass before landing

An Australian Army helicopter pilot tells the first day of an inquest into a fire sparked by a light on the chopper he didn't take the area's long grass into account before landing.

ABC News

Inquest told army helicopter started blaze

Two army personnel in charge of a helicopter that started Canberra's 2020 Orroral Valley bushfire have given evidence to an inquest at the ACT Coroners Court.

AAP

The arrest that shocked the firefighting world – and threatens a vital practice

A fire chief is under investigation for a prescribed burn gone wrong and stirred up long-simmering tensions over wildfire risk

The Guardian - US

Wildfires incite animal behavior changes

Wildfires affect forest animals in a multitude ways — both harmful and helpful, oddly

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The National (Scotland)

Emergency services battle huge fire in Dundee city centre

FIREFIGHTERS rushed to Dundee city centre on Saturday night after a huge fire erupted in an abandoned building.

Daily Record

Firefighters tackle massive blaze in Dundee as roads in city centre blocked off

The well developed fire is believed to have started in an abandoned building just after 6pm.

Newcastle Herald

Koala escapes flames with fractured foot: RFS warns of grass fires this summer

THERE are serious concerns for the koala population around Salamander Bay after a fire tore through the Mambo Wetlands. Kyrie the koala was lucky to survive.

Newcastle Herald

Mambo Wetlands bushfire: wind change key to keeping fire under control

A FIRE which reached the rear of several properties at Salamander Bay on Tuesday will be monitored carefully while water bombing helicopters attempt to douse the flames.

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Newcastle Herald

Roads closed as Coalfields shed fire takes hold

Government Road at Loxford was closed yesterday as a team of 20 fire fighters fought to keep a shed fire under control.

The Independent UK

Rain, snowfall reduce risk of wildfires in California

A turn to wet weather has blunted an already moderate wildfire season in California but some risk remains as changing climate has made a rainy fall no guarantee of a stormy winter

Daily Mirror

Massive blaze rips through former care home as people warned to keep windows closed

At least ten fire crews were at the site of a former care home in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, which caught alight earlier this evening as people were told to stay away

Inverse

Wildfire smoke may warm the Earth for longer than we thought

As atmospheric chemists living in a region frequently polluted by wildfire smoke, we wanted to know more about these effects.

Salon

Ore. residents agog at wildfire warning

Homeowners fear the state will devalue their properties by publicizing their fire risk

ABC News

Climate change hampers fire reduction efforts after successful decade in Kimberley

In the 2000s wildfires raged in the Kimberley until a huge increase in planned burning reduced their impact. But climate change means that success is far from guaranteed into the future.

The Canberra Times

House fire in Farrer closes road

The street was closed in both directions.

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