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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.
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 ...
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
Today, in the United States, it is not uncommon for suppression operations for a single wildfire to cost millions of dollars. Federal funding to manage wildfires comes from the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior. The combined annual appropriations from these two departments were around $1.6 billion from FY1994–FY2000.
The 2024 Texas wildfires was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of Texas during 2024.. The 2024 Texas wildfires were marked by several major fires, including the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas panhandle and part of Oklahoma.
CASTAIC, California (Reuters) -A new wildfire that broke out north of Los Angeles on Wednesday rapidly spread to more than 8,000 acres (32 square km), fueled by strong winds and dry brush, forcing ...
The 2021 Wooroloo bushfire was a fast moving bushfire that started on 1 February in Wooroloo, 45 kilometres (28 mi) north-east of the Perth central business district, in the Shire of Mundaring, Western Australia. By 2 February, the bushfire emergency had spread to Shires of Chittering and Northam, and the City of Swan. [2]