Global Landscape Fire News

January

January (All News)

• Belarusian rescuers awarded for helping extinguish forest fires in Borjomi, Georgia
• California Considers Switching Off Power Lines As Wildfire Prevention
• Water Contaminated With Benzene In Santa Rosa Area Ravaged By Wildfire
• Catastrophic wildfires mimicked volcanic eruption
• Is pyroterrorism a threat in the United States?
• Humans need to learn to co-exist with wildfires. Here’s how we can do it.
• Wildfire-weary California may ban Elon Musk’s flamethrowers as they fly off the shelves
• Insurers told to cover California mudslide claims if wildfire linked
• CoreLogic: Wildfires, Floods Dominated Natural Hazards in 2017
• New technology developed to reduce bushfire risks

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February

February (All News)

• Fighting Fire with Native Plants
• Indonesia braces for return of fire season as hotspots flare up
• Night firebomb trial in national first
• Wildfire Problem Will Get Bigger in Coming Decades
• Two cows die, seventeen families left homeless in forest fire in Kullu
• Guantanamo Wildfires Ignite Cuban Minefield, Force Evacuation Of Navy Housing
• Disaster alert issued by 4 Indonesian provinces as fires rage
• US President proposes budget stability for fire fighters, cuts for fire aviation
• Portugal: Forest fires of 2017 caused €1bn in damage; €244m covered by insurance
• Combating Forest Fires

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March

March (All News)

• TFS crews head to South-West Victoria to battle peat fires
• Forest fire in Bandipora injures 5 employees
• Poachers cause fire in Campeche natural reserve
• Using drones to help fight wildfires
• Study: Indonesia’s ambitious peat restoration initiative severely underfunded
• Agricultural fires can double Delhi pollution during peak burning season
• EDITORIAL: California Paying the Price for Wildfires
• Aerial Firefighting North America Gathers the World´s Experts in the US
• Paramount M’mbelwa blames Raiply for forest plunder
• Portugal scrambles to prevent forest fires

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April

April (All News)

• Melbourne’s water supply at risk due to ‘collapse’ of forests caused by logging
• Fiji forest fires putting farming, tourism at risk – NGO
• High wildfire severity risk seen in young plantation forests
• B.C.’s mega-fires, still smouldering underground, could flare up again
• Multiple fire departments fight Devil’s Lake blaze as DNR urges caution due to dry conditions
• Large parts of India dotted with fires: Nasa images
• 170 hectares were affected only in the Arroyo Colorado forest fire
• Wildfires Destroy 1,870 Square Kilometers Of Forest In Russia’s Far East
• Brigadistas die fighting forest fire
• Forest fires keep billions of liters of water on the ground

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May

May (All News)

• Flaming kite from Gaza said to spark brush fire in south
• Scientists race to reveal how surging wildfire smoke is affecting climate and health
• Anacom working group proposes measures to protect networks from forest fires
• Forest fire consumes the hill Cerro de Tetela de Ocampo
• Forest fire alarms residents
• Aerial firefighting asset availability at risk with contractual cutbacks
• 24-year-old killed, another injured in forest fire in Kangra
• Firefighters fight fire in ecological reserve in Tlalpan
• California Senate Extends Insurance Relief to All Homeowners in a Wildfire Disaster Area
• NIOSH warns firefighters about rhabdo

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June

June (All News)

• Photos: Severe storms leave over 200,000 without power from Missouri to Alabama
• More than 100 firefighters battle ‘rapidly developing and aggressive’ blaze for a SEVENTH day after two wildfires merged into giant hillside inferno
• Bear cub with burnt paws rescued from raging wildfires
• Blazing statistics: visualizing wildfire data
• Apartments briefly evacuated due to brush fire in Vista
• State: Controlled burn sparked Eastpoint fire that destroyed 36 homes
• Some Structures Destroyed In Spring Fire
• Grass fire in Benicia prompts brief closure of I-780
• Costilla County wildfire destroys buildings, grows overnight to 3,724 acres, zero percent contained
• Brush fire near Bonita mall caused brief road closure; firefighter injured

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July

July (All News)

• Forest fires will become more widespread and destructive, expert warns
• Carr Fire in California is so hot it’s creating its own weather system
• Forest fire on Armenia’s Georgia border!
• Get the Latest Update on the California Fires From These Google Maps
• PG&E-friendly wildfire plan is labeled unconstitutional by fire victims
• California fires: US authorities ask Australian firefighters to help battle deadly wildfires
• The Carr Fire Is Officially One of the 10 Worst Wildfires in California History
• Wildfire Smoke Challenges Homeless, Sensitive Populations In Southern Oregon
• Death toll from Greek fires reaches 91 as village mourns
• Belarus helicopter drops 200t of water over wildfires in Latvia

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August

August (All News)

• Forest Service science improving fire weather prediction
• UPDATE: 2 fires burning in Rocky Mountain National Park
• An epic firefight has sapped morale for many on the front lines. And much work lies ahead.
• Traditional slash-and-burn practices ‘don’t cause haze’, say Dayak communities in West Kalimantan
• The only thing fire scientists are sure of: This will get worse
• US study shows police officers and fire fighters are more likely to die by suicide than in line of duty
• California’s $1 billion plan to reduce wildfire risk
• California wildfire frequency could surge 50% by 2050, report finds
• CDU awarded for innovative bushfire mapping tool
• Indonesian government appeals ruling on tighter peat fire regulations

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September

September (All News)

• Taming forest fires
• 1908: Forest fires wipe out Adirondack village, lead to new laws (photos)
• Walmart avoids trial on wildfire-contaminated food in Fort McMurray
• Shea nut yields decline in Northern Region due to bush fire
• U.S. Forest Service Awards Nearly $8 Million In Innovation Grants
• Take a ride on fire fighting train battling the Delta Fire, US
• No moor burning on upland peat bogs in Cumbria
• As wildfire closes California interstate, Waze sends drivers down dead end
• Portugal charges 12 over huge wildfire that killed 66 people
• Jeff Merkley introduces bill aiming to thin forests, stem wildfires

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October

October (All News)

• Death toll in Garden Route fires rises to 9, 1500 displaced
• B.C. promises disaster plan in wake of another record-breaking wildfire season
• Escalating Global Cooperation on Tropical Peatlands in Indonesia
• Tasmanian heritage forests at risk of ‘catastrophic’ bushfires, study finds
• Delhi air quality turns SEVERE as Punjab farm flames fan deadly haze over North India
• Think modern wildfires are bad? Fires once burned up to 36 times more of the West, study says
• Indigenous communities neglected during Fort McMurray wildfire, report suggests
• Supreme Court: Cause Theory Limits Insurance Coverage for Forest Fire Damage
• $1.5 million FEMA award to fund first-of-its-kind study of health effects on wildland firefighters
• Eight people killed in Western Cape forest fire

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November

November (All News)

• Thousands evacuated as flash floods, mudslides hit wildfire-ravaged California
• CA wildfire aid tangled in fights over Trump’s border wall, GOP tax bill
• State takes over failing insurer after California wildfire
• Bay Briefing: How wildfires are undermining California’s climate progress
• War against wildfires a new priority for House Armed Services Committee?
• In fire prevention test, PG&E installing underground lines along rural Sonoma County road
• Manitoba officially privatizes wildfire-fighting service
• Search for remains in California’s deadliest wildfire officially ends
• Fitch Warns of Negative Credit Effects on Reinsurance from California Wildfires
• CLIMATE CHANGE FOCUS: Cutting emissions, one bog at a time

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December

December (All News)

• Criminal charges against PG&E possible if utility is found responsible for recent wildfires, prosecutors say
• Here’s how Paradise ignored warnings and became a deathtrap
• Climate Change Refugees Share Stories Of Escaping Wildfires, Floods, and Droughts
• UPDATE: Wilderness bushfires merge into 1500 hectare blaze
• Governor commits $1 million to put out underground fire
• What a century of bushfire data teaches us about how to save lives this summer
• For wildfire survivors, mental health can be a struggle
• CAL FIRE Denied Access to Private Firefighting Crews Sent by Insurance Companies
• Tree-ring analysis explains physiology behind drought intolerance
• Upper West: Bushfires poses a great danger to food security

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