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BEIJING, China (AFP) — At least 26 firefighters died after they were sent to tackle a forest blaze in remote mountains in southwest China’s Sichuan province at the weekend, authorities said Monday. Hundreds of firefighters were deployed to battle the fire, which broke out on Saturday evening on steep terrain at an altitude of around 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) in Muli County, according to the ministry of emergency management. Authorities lost contact with 30 […]
(Eagle News) — Dahil sa pinsalang dulot ng naganap na forest fire sa bahagi ng Poblacion Village at Eddet Village sa Kabayan town sa lalawigan ng Benguet, pansamanatalang isinara sa mga turista ang Akiki trail na siyang pangunahing ruta patungong Mt. Pulag. Kasunod nito ay ang pagsasara rin sa Mt. Pulag upang magsagawa ng rehabilitasyon sa lugar para sa seguridad at kaligtasan ng publiko partikular na sa mga trekker. Sa ngayon ay hindi pa inilalabas […]
by Laurent Banguet Agence France-Presse PARADISE, United States (AFP) — Thousands of firefighters battled blazes in northern and southern California on Tuesday as body recovery teams searched the remains of houses and charred cars for victims of the deadliest wildfires in the history of the US state. At least 44 deaths have been reported so far from the late-season wildfires and with hundreds of people unaccounted for the toll is likely to rise. Most of […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — A large forest fire raging 50 kilometers (30 miles) southwest of Berlin continued to spread early Friday after hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes. The smell of acrid smoke reached as far away as the capital as more than 400 hectares (1,000 acres) of woodland burned outside the city of Potsdam. Around 600 people were told to leave their homes in three villages in Brandenburg state late Thursday as […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Thick smoke blanketed Vancouver on Tuesday, triggering warnings about dangerous particulate matter in the air and comparisons with cities in China and India ranked by the WTO as the worst polluted. It blew in more than a week ago from hundreds of wildfires burning across Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia as well as US states to the south, and according to officials was expected to linger for several more days […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — One of the most popular national parks in the United States announced its imminent partial closure on Tuesday as thick plumes of smoke drifted from a deadly wildfire raging in central California. Yosemite National Park said the Yosemite Valley, home to many of the cliffs and waterfalls that make the area famous, would shut at noon on Wednesday. Wawona, a settlement of around 160 people a 25-mile (40-kilometer) drive […]
BAGUIO CITY (Eagle News) — Isinailalim na ng pamunuan ng Mount Pulag sa indefinite suspension ang lahat ng aktibidad sa bundok dahil sa nangyaring forest fire nitong Sabado ng hapon, Enero 20. Batay sa inisyal na imbestigasyon, nag-simula ang sunog sa pagsabog ng butane gas stove ng isang hiker. Dahil dito apektado ng forest fire ang lahat ng campsite at peak. Ang sunog ay tumagal ng halos walong oras bago naapula, pasado alas nuebe na […]
The Department of Foreign Affairs today advised more than 100,000 Filipinos along the path of three fast-moving wildfires in southern California to take the necessary precautions and evacuate their homes if ordered to by local authorities. The DFA said it is closely monitoring the raging fires in Ventura County and another two in Los Angeles County, which according to the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles, could affect as many as 115,000 members of the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – A sharp increase in forest fires stoked record losses in global forest cover equivalent to the area of New Zealand in 2016, a Global Forest Watch report said Monday. The alarming pace of destruction — 51 percent higher than the prior year with a loss of 73.4 million acres (29.7 million hectares), according to data from the University of Maryland — was partially due to climate change that has increased […]
CORONA, California (Reuters) — Crews were battling a major Southern California wildfire on Tuesday (September 26) that has destroyed at least one structure and forced 1,500 people to flee their homes amid high temperatures and gusty winds. The so-called Canyon Fire, which broke out in the Santa Ana Mountains east of Los Angeles on Monday afternoon, charred more than 2,000 acres and forced the evacuation of roughly 500 homes, according to the California Department of […]
LOS ANGELES, USA (Reuters) — Fire officials said that they had effectively stopped the uncontrolled spread of a massive brush fire on the northern edge of Los Angeles on Monday, but were still working to contain it, according to local news sources. More than 1,000 firefighters are battling the fire, dubbed the La Tuna Fire, which started in Los Angeles County on Friday and has rapidly burned thousands of acres of land. California Governor Jerry […]
https://youtu.be/q3YD3vaI6Q8 LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A massive fire described as the biggest in the history of Los Angeles was raging Saturday, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate their homes. Mayor Eric Garcetti told reporters the blaze, which broke out Friday and lit up the hills surrounding the northern suburb of Burbank overnight, had already burnt 5,000 acres (2,000 hectares), adding: “In terms of acres involved this is probably the largest fire in L.A. […]
