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Extreme fire behavior, including "short and long-range spotting," continues to challenge firefighting efforts, Cal Fire said in an incident update Wednesday. The fire was listed as "0%" contained.
An aircraft flies to drop fire retardant over the area of a wildfire burning near Pacific Palisades on the west side of Los Angeles during a weather driven windstorm on Jan. 7, 2025.
Sam (2005–2007 – 6 August 2009), also known as Sam the Koala, was a female koala from the forests of Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia.She became publicly known when a video and photographs of her being rescued by a firefighter were distributed on the internet and through the media during the aftermath of the Black Saturday bushfires.
On Saturday the 8th, the fire swept into the suburbs of Como and Jannali where more than 100 buildings would be destroyed, including two schools a church and a kindergarten. [7] [8] The Como/Jannali fire burnt 476 hectares and destroyed 101 houses - more than half of the total homes lost in New South Wales during the January emergency period. [9]
A fast-moving bushfire in Malibu has prompted officials to issue mandatory evacuation orders as firefighters battle the inferno. The three-alarm blaze, being called the Franklin Fire, was first ...
[1]: 7–8 Approximately 386 hectares (1,000 acres) of uncleared land and pasture—the majority on private property—were burned during the 21-day duration of the fire. [3] [5]: 3–4 None of the residential subdivisions impacted had been formally declared as being within a bushfire prone area. [5]: 3–4
The bushfire is being brought under control by the New South Wales Rural Fire Service.Over 2.7 million hectares have been burnt out by bushfires this fire season so far, with over 700 homes ...
A bush fire advice warning for the fire was issued at 08:50. [3] Later it was reported that it had grown to an 8 ha (20 acres) scrub fire when a P&W spotter plane overflew the site. [4] [5] The second fire was tackled first as it would have endangered crews fighting the first if it got out of control. [1] It was extinguished by 11:45. [1]