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Southern California Firefighters Battle 3 Brush Fires Amid Winter Heat Wave

February 11, 2022

Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday afternoon for residents in the Irvine Cove and Emerald Bay areas of Laguna Beach, California, hours after a dangerous...

Forest Service Seeds 57 miles of Cub, Cedar Creek Fire Lines

February 10, 2022

The U.S. Forest Service reported recently that crews reseeded 57 miles of dozer lines from last summer’s Cub Creek 2 and Cedar Creek fires,...

Wind-Fanned Brush Fire Above the Orange County Coast Forces Evacuations

February 10, 2022

A brush fire pushed by strong winds forced evacuations early Thursday in coastal Orange County communities, but firefighters have protected homes as flames appear...

Pilot was Rescued Within a Few Minutes

February 9, 2022

A helicopter pilot was badly injured last spring during a firefighting mission near Nipigon when the chopper lost power and crashed due to an...

Supervisors Given Update on Additional Heli Hydrant

February 7, 2022

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors received a report on the feasibility of placing additional Heli-Hydrant water tanks in San Diego County, and...

NSW RFS Receives Third Bell 412 Ahead Of Next Brushfire Season

February 4, 2022

A third Bell 412 helicopter has been delivered to the NSW Rural Fire Service and it will be reconfigured over the next several months...

Houses Doused, Forestry Workers Evacuated in Two Separate Waikato Vegetation Fires

February 4, 2022

Three properties were in danger from a vegetation fire in Huntly, and forestry workers near Raglan were evacuated to avoid another blaze. Four helicopters were...

Forest Fire Declared Extinguished in Ojén

February 4, 2022

The Infoca has considered extinguished 24 hours later the forest fire declared at noon this Tuesday in the municipality of Ojén, specifically in the...

Italian Teams Join Fight to Put Out Swiss Forest Fire

February 3, 2022

In a short Twitter message on Tuesday, the Swiss embassy in Rome expressed thanks for the Italian contribution which it said was part of...

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