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In the last few decades, these have been acknowledged by the United States Forest Service, NOAA, [14] and other agencies in American colonial nations. [ 13 ] [ 15 ] While lightning sparked ignitions are typical of fire-prone ecosystems , higher human population and increased development in the wildland–urban interface has increased accidental ...
The western areas of the nation are experiencing an expansion of human development into and beyond what is called the wildland-urban interface (WUI). When wildfires inevitably occur in these fire-prone areas, often communities are threatened due to their proximity to fire-prone forest. [14]
A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a bushfire ( in Australia ), desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire, prairie fire, vegetation fire, or ...
As thousands of people fled from fires that tore through Los Angeles County this month, you may have wondered about the wildfire risk in your area.
It’s not fun:’ Searching for answers in the wildfire wreckage Curt Devine, Eric Levenson, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Scott Glover, CNN January 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A fast-spreading wildfire that erupted this week about 45 miles northwest of Los Angeles roared from nothing to nearly 10,000 acres − in a matter of hours. The Hughes Fire that started Wednesday ...
Black Friday bushfires of 1939 (Victoria) with 2 million hectares burnt. Black Sunday bushfires of 1955 (South Australia) 1961 Western Australian bushfires with 1,800,000 hectares burnt. Black Tuesday bushfires of 1967 (Tasmania) with 260,000 hectares burnt. 1974-75 Australian bushfire season (Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia ...
This is a list of major bushfires in Australia. The list contains individual bushfires and bushfire seasons that have resulted in fatalities, or bushfires that have burned in excess of 5,000 hectares (12,000 acres), or was significant for its damage to particular Australian landmarks.