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The agency, crediting the North Carolina Forest Service, said the Crooked Creek fire containment was at 55% with 220 acres burned. A downed power line during high winds on Wednesday sparked the ...
1985 forest fires burnt 105,000 hectares with the worst affected being around Kavala in eastern Macedonia and Thasos Island in the north Aegean. [11] 2000 forest fires were the worst forest fires to date and included the island of Samos in east Aegean and at Mount Mainalon and eastern Corinthia in the Peloponnese. The burnt area was 167,000 ...
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory said 1,600 firefighters fought 19 fires in his state, at a cost of $10 million. Arson is believed to be responsible for several fires in the Nantahala National Forest where 46,000 acres had burned. [5] [6] Lightning and accidental human activity such as campfires may have started some fires.
2025 California wildfires-Evacuations forced; destroyed 9,418 structures and damaged 1,073 in Altadena and Pasadena, making it the second-most destructive fire in California history; seventeen confirmed fatalities and nine confirmed injuries, making it the fifth deadliest in state history; associated with extremely powerful Santa Ana wind event.
A smoky haze from Western wildfires shrouds Pilot Mountain State Park near Winston Salem, N.C., Thursday, July 22, 2021. A code orange air quality alert is in effect for some portions of the state.
Crews searching the rubble of a massive construction fire in North Carolina on Friday found the bodies of two people who firefighters couldn't reach to save before the flames became too intense.
The Evans Road Wildfire was a smoldering peat fire in Eastern North Carolina that started on June 1, 2008 by lightning strike during North Carolina's drought - the worst on record. It burned 41,534 acres (168.08 km 2) inside the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and burned for three months.
They can even find the remains of matches in forest fires, for example,” Robin said. One reason investigations take as long as they do, Robin said, is the process of elimination investigators ...