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The 2024 Nevada wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of Nevada during 2024.. Predictions for the 2024 fire season made by the National Interagency Fire Center forecast above average wildfire potential in the northern portion of the state through September and average wildfire potential throughout most of the rest of Nevada.
Murphy Complex Fire: Idaho and Nevada: 2007: 240,207 acres (97,208 ha) Zaca Fire: California: Started July. Second largest California fire at the time after the Cedar fire of 2003. 2007: 972,000 acres (393,000 ha) October 2007 California wildfires: California: A series of wildfires that killed 9 people and injured 85 (including 61 firefighters).
Brazil's federal government increased the size of its wildfire response taskforce, while Brazil's air force dropped 48,000 liters (11,000 imp gal; 13,000 U.S. gal) of water on July 6-7. Firefighter Cabo Sena reported that wildfires would often reignite within 24 hours of them being put out.
The buildings in Brazil's modernist capital, Brasilia, have been enveloped in smoky air the past two days. The central part of the country is just the latest region affected by smoke from fires in ...
Watch Duty is a non-profit focused on "disseminating public safety information in real-time from verified sources" about wildfires across 14 states, including Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho ...
The Line Fire has grown more than 14 times in size in just over 30 hours, from about 1,180 acres at 5 p.m. PT Friday to over 17,200 acres Saturday night.
Smoke from the fire smothered the capital, Brasilia, on Monday, and columns of black smoke were visible from several points in the city. Brazil has been enveloped in smoke in recent weeks, as fires rage in the Amazon rainforest, the Cerrado savanna and the Pantanal wetlands. Those uncontrolled, human-made wildfires have ravaged protected areas ...
Wildfires in California and Nevada have spread rapidly after a heat wave that saw triple-digit temperatures and dry conditions — but cooler weather may bring some respite in the firefights.