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Firefighters gain ground over devastating California blaze
2016-06-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A burned out truck rests on a roadside after the Erskine Fire burned through Weldon, California. Reuters/Noah Berger left1 of 2right Firefighter Bryan Gant sprays water on a residence leveled by the Erskine Fire in South Lake, California, U.S. June 26, 2016. LOS ANGELES Firefighters in the foothills of central California have made significant gains against a blaze that has killed at least two people and destroyed scores of homes in a devastating start to the state's wildfire season, authorities...
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California firefighters contain most of state's biggest wildfire
2016-06-29 12:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Firefighters in central California had by Wednesday contained most of a major blaze that ranks as the biggest and deadliest of several that are raging in an early summer heatwave. Crews had contained about 60 percent of fire, named Erskine, up from 15 percent on Tuesday, in the drought-parched foothills near Lake Isabella in Kern County, about 110 miles (180 km) north of Los Angeles, fire managers said. A major highway through the area had also been reopened and more evacuees had been allowed...
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Firefighters begin to get deadly California blaze under control
2016-06-26 18:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Firefighters have begun to contain a wildfire in central California that has killed at least two people and destroyed 200 structures, fire officials said on Sunday, as six other blazes raged in the state in an already intense wildfire season. The intense conflagration known as Erskine, about 110 miles (180 km) north of Los Angeles, has melted steel, exploded structures and reduced homes to ash. The Erskine fire is 10 percent contained after ripping through 36,810 acres - or nearly 60 square...
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Dead Trees Adding to California Firefighters Battle
2016-06-23 00:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: With drought and climate change conspiring to push California's summer wildfire season into premature overdrive, the state's lead wildfire agency has acquired a multimillion dollar arsenal to help it cope with unprecedented numbers of dying trees. California recently bought $6 million worth of chippers, mobile sawmills, portable incinerators and other equipment to help its firefighters remove some of the nearly 30 million trees that now stand dead across the state, killed by drought and insects....
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Firefighters protect Canada's oil sands battling 1,100 C flames
2016-05-24 07:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Fighting massive forest fires is dangerous and taxing enough, but those sent into Canadas oil sands are not only wrestling with one of the worst wildfires in the countrys history. They are doing it surrounded by the volatile, explosive chemicals and compounds critical to pumping oil from some of the worlds largest reserves. Now in its third week, the fire's proximity to the billions of dollars worth of oil equipment, flammable liquids, and extraction sites had people fearful that the flames,...
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