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Should you have a bonfire this fall? How do you do it safely while preventing fire? We asked Fayette County’s fire marshal for safety tips
When responsibly planned, forest restoration projects can improve forest health by reducing density and restoring ecosystems to a more natural state.
Jade A. Cobern, MD, MPH, board-certified in pediatrics and general preventive medicine, is a medical fellow of the ABC News Medical Unit. Wildfires pollute the air with smoke, dust, ash.
The Meridian Boundary Fire burned 8,586 acres near Grayling, Michigan in 2010.. The U.S. state of Michigan has been the site of several major wildfires.The worst of these were in the lumbering era of the late-1800s when lumbering practices permitted the buildup of large slash piles and altered forest growth patterns which may have contributed to size of the wildfires.
Wildfires are different from other fires in their size, speed, and unpredictability. Wildfires can occur due to natural or man-made elements. The four most common natural elements that can cause a wildfire are lightning, an eruption from a volcano, sparks from a rockfall, and spontaneous combustion.
The fire began in the vicinity of Sleeper Lake and burned towards the southeast over largely uninhabited marsh and bogs. By August 5, 2007, southeasterly winds began to push the fire towards the north, threatening structures and forcing nearby residents to evacuate. [1] By that point, the fire had burned an estimated 12,000 acres (49 km 2). [1]
In addition to the map, there is a list of reported wildfires, smoke description and access to other useful links. Wildfire smoke map More: Mapping smoke from Canada: As wildfires burn, check the ...
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