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75 people killed after high rise building collapses in Iran
At least 75 people in Tehran including 45 firefighters have been killed after responding to a huge fire in a commercial high rise building which caused the structure to collapse. Iranian state media said it is believed people are still trapped beneath the rubble. Emergency services, including ten fire engines, are still at the 17-storey tall Plasco building, where the blaze is still burning after breaking out at around 8am (5.30am GMT) on Thursday morning.
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Tehran Fire: Many feared Dead as High-Rise Collapses
Tens of firefighters were inside as the 17-storey structure fell to the ground in a matter seconds.
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Israel Calls in Allies as Fires Rage Across Country
With backing from several other countries, Israeli firefighters battle blazes around the country for the third day as flames damage homes and prompt the evacuation of thousands of people.
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Southern Wildfires Create Smoky Haze, Prompt Health Concerns
Wildfires burning across the South have created a smoky haze over metro Atlanta and prompted a public health advisory in Kentucky — and the forests are expected to continue burning for days as flaming leaves fall to the ground and spread the fire, authorities said Wednesday. In Georgia,...
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A Talent for Sloth
Ten years as a lookout on a fire tower requires a particular aptitude for idleness. By Philip Connors.
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Superheroes Are Real
They jump out of planes. They fly onto the field of battle. They run, chainsaws in hand, into 20-foot flames against the ultimate opponent: Mother Nature. By Rachel Monroe. [Autoplay]
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Wildfire burns with ferocity never seen by fire crews
A wildfire with a ferocity never seen before by veteran California firefighters raced up and down canyon hillsides, instantly engulfing homes and forcing thousands of people to flee, some running for their lives just ahead of the flames. By Wednesday, a day after it ignited in brush left tinder-dry by years of drought, the blaze had spread across nearly 47 square miles and was raging out of control. The flames advanced despite the efforts of 1,300 firefighters.
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The Sand Fire in Santa Clarita Offers Omens of a Fiery Future
Southern California’s latest wildfire is a sign of things to come. By Eric Holthaus.
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Santa Clarita Area Fire Grows to more than 22,000 Acres
The brush fire raging in the rugged mountains in the Santa Clarita Valley grew to more than 22,000 acres overnight as firefighters struggle to gain control of the wildfire amid a brutal heat wave.
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Campfires, explained - Fire has been around for a million years. It’s okay if you still don’t know how to build one.
Before the invention of clothing, agriculture, and even the wheel, our ancestors were playing with fire. How do we know this? In 2012, archaeologists announced they had uncovered traces of ash, burnt twigs, and animal bone — evidence of a controlled fire — while excavating a cave in South Africa. Those tiny fragments were more than a million years old and likely the handiwork of Homo erectus, a species that predates Homo sapiens (i.e., you and me).
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Fort McMurray Wildfire Costliest Insured Disaster in Canadian History at nearly $3.6B
The massive Fort McMurray wildfire that led to a mass evacuation of the northern Alberta city has become the costliest disaster for insurers in Canadian history, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada.
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California's Deadly Erskine Fire in Pictures
A deceased dog at a burned down residence after the Erskine Fire burned through South Lake.
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Southern California Wildfire Spreads as Blazes Hit Parched States
A wildfire fed by parched land and high winds spread in southern California on Saturday, forcing hundreds of people to leave their homes as the blaze formed destructive columns of flames known as fire tornadoes.
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Wildfires in California, New Mexico Trigger Hundreds of Evacuations
Hundreds of people have evacuated to escape a wildfire in coastal Southern California and a larger blaze in rural New Mexico as hot weather feeds the flames, raising health concerns in other regions, officials said on Thursday.
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Canada's Scorched Oil Lands have some Evacuation Orders Lifted
Authorities in Canada's wildfire-ravaged energy heartland have lifted evacuation orders on Suncor Energy Inc and Syncrude oil sites after rain and cold weather helped dampen the flames.
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Into the fire: Training elite smokejumpers who parachute into wildfires
The elite smokejumpers who parachute into the worst, most remote wildfires go through a rigorous annual training process.
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Wildfires Glow Underneath the Northern Lights,
Near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, May 7, 2016.
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New hypothesis explains how human ancestors used fire to their advantage
Fire, a tool broadly used for cooking, constructing, hunting and even communicating, was arguably one of the earliest discoveries in human history. But when, how and why it came to be used is hotly debated among scientists.
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Firefighters
A wildfire that started in western Arizona and jumped the Colorado River into California, near Needles, California, April 6, 2016.
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Wildfire in Kansas and Oklahoma Kills Livestock on Ranches
Crews battling a wildfire that scorched about 400,000 acres in Kansas and Oklahoma braced on Friday for wind gusts to change direction overnight, as they sought to control a fire so big it has sent smoke streaming into Kentucky. The fire started in Oklahoma on Tuesday and moved into Kansas, with strong winds on Wednesday making it eight times bigger and forcing voluntary evacuations in rural prairie towns that ended as winds died down on Thursday.
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