Dry and windy weather hampers efforts to fight dozens of firesDixie fire, California’s biggest, only 35% containedDry and windy weather hampered efforts to contain destructive fires that are devouring the bone-dry forests of drought-stricken northern C…
Grizzly Flats: the California town leveled by the Caldor fire – in pictures
Houses were reduced to piles of ash and cars to twisted metal as the blaze rushed through the El Dorado county town Continue reading…
Caldor fire levels California town of Grizzly Flats as dry weather fuels blazes
Two people hospitalized with serious injuries as houses reduced to ash and post office and school destroyedFew homes were left standing in Grizzly Flats, California, the small northern California forest town leveled by the Caldor fire on Tuesday.Street…
The mountain town sheltering Dixie fire refugees: ‘Each year we hold our breath’
Quincy has become accustomed to hosting evacuees as wildfires worsen. Now some residents wonder if it’s time to leaveBy the time the Safeway parking lot in Quincy, California, began to fill with emergency vehicles and RVs carrying people planning to sp…
Russian firefighting plane crashes in southern Turkey
Eight Russian and Turkish crew members and emergency workers killed trying to land in Adana provinceA firefighting plane from Russia crashed on Saturday in a mountainous area in southern Turkey, killing the eight crew members and emergency workers aboa…
Wildfire smoke in Siberia causes ‘stay at home’ instruction
Yakutia leader declares ‘non-work’ day over health concerns as 22m acres burn in east Russia regionThe leader of a Siberian region has declared Friday a non-working day and urged residents to stay at home as smoke from raging forest fires raised health…
Dixie fire continues its rampage across California, just 30% contained
And in Montana, Richard Spring fire leaps highway barrier and forces evacuationsThe Dixie fire raging through northern California has destroyed another 550 homes, becoming one of the most destructive in state history.The fire, which is the largest wild…
Firefighters battling wildfires to save homes on Greek island of Evia
Almost 800 firefighters fighting what the Greek prime minister called ‘a natural disaster of unprecedented dimensions’In scenes more resonant of war, trained firefighters backed by a ragtag army of local people waged a “superhuman” battle overnight to …
If Dante had filmed the Inferno on his iPhone, it would look like this | Francine Prose
If the Evia fire ferry video seems extraordinary, it’s not only because of what it shows but because of how it shows itTo have lived through the last few decades is to have, in our minds, an all too accessible video library of historical nightmares. Th…
Heat, drought and fire: how climate dangers combine for a catastrophic ‘perfect storm’
The three conditions feed off each other to create a vicious cycle, demanding urgent actionNorthern California’s Dixie fire this weekend swelled to become the single largest fire incident the state has ever recorded, a mammoth that has leveled mountain…