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Chile Sends Plane to Brazil to Fight Amazon Fires

Santiago de Chile, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) The first of four National Forestry Corporation (CONAF) planes prepared by Chile to help fight fires in...

Brazilian C-130 Hercules Planes To Douse Amazon Fire

Two Brazilian C-130 Hercules military planes have been sent to the Amazon state of Rondonia to put out the massive fire raging in the...

Victorian Aerial Firefighting Fleet to Exceed 50 Aircraft

After an exceedingly dry winter season and predictions indicate a dangerously dry summer for Australia, the Victorian government announced that a record fifty aircraft...

Pigeon Valley Fire Probe: Perfect Storm Led to NZ's Biggest Wildfire in 72 Years

On a scorching, cloudless summer's day, it was the perfect storm. A tractor driver ploughs a stony, tinder-dry paddock while the mercury tops 28C. Tall,...

Firefighters Battling Limassol Blaze Overnight in Cyprus

Police were on Monday night questioning several people over the fire that broke out at noon between Malia and Pachna villages and which was...

New South Wales Coulson Fireliner Performs First Water Drop Within Days of Arrival

Only days after its trans-continental delivery flight and a formal acceptance and press event, the newly named "Marie Bashir" Fireliner, named in honor of...

Turkey Takes Delivery of Ka-32 Firefighting Helicopters

Russian Helicopters has delivered three Ka-32A11BC multipurpose helicopters to Turkey for firefighting from the contract signed with KAAN Air last July. “(The)Ka-3232A11BC is the helicopter...

'Out of control' Wildfire Rages in Spain's Catalonia Region

A Spanish forest fire raged out of control on Thursday amid a European heatwave, devouring land as hundreds of firefighters battled through the night,...

Conair delivers first of six Dash 8 Q-400MR Aircraft to France's Sécurité Civile

France's Conair group delivered the first aircraft of a total order of six Dash 8-Q400MR air tankers to France's Sécurité Civile agency, charged with...

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