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Oregon governor declares emergency as wildfire threatens homes
2015-09-15 03:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Oregons governor invoked the states so-called Emergency Conflagration Act on Monday, mobilizing additional resources as a fast-growing wildfire threatened 275 homes in a rural area of the state. Since the Dry Gulch Fire erupted in eastern Oregon on Saturday, it has charred more than 20,000 acres in dry, windy conditions, prompting officials to evacuate more than 100 homes on Monday. Authorities told residents of about 275 homes outside the community of Richland to stand by for possible evacuation...
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Northern California wildfire destroys hundreds of structures
2015-09-14 03:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A wildfire destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee as it roared unchecked through the northern California village of Middletown and several nearby communities, fire officials said on Sunday. The so-called Valley Fire, now ranked as the most destructive among scores of blazes that have ravaged the drought-stricken U.S. west this summer, came amid what California fire officials described as "unheard of fire behavior" this season. A separate fire raging since Wednesday...
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Sierra wildfire destroys homes, threatens 6,400 California residences
2015-09-13 02:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Four firefighters were injured on Saturday in a fast-moving wildfire in Northern California that forced the evacuation of thousands of people, officials said. The firefighters suffered second-degree burns as they battled the so-called Valley Fire, in Lake County, north of San Francisco, said Cal Fire spokesman Daniel Berlant. The Valley Fire broke out on Saturday afternoon and quickly spread to 10,000 acres (4,047 hectares), the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said...
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Sierra wildfire destroys homes, threatens 6,000 California residences
2015-09-12 20:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A relatively small but fast-moving wildfire in California's Sierra Nevada mountains grew overnight, destroying homes and threatening about 6,000 residences, fire officials said on Saturday. The so-called Butte Fire has destroyed 15 homes in rural Amador and Calaveras counties, where it covers an estimated 64,728 acres (26,195 hectares), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokeswoman Lynn Tolmachoff said. She said the fire grew overnight after officials initially overestimated...
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Wildfire Risk
2015-09-07 19:14:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Last weekend there was an enormous haze over Alberta. It was due to wildfires burning hundreds of miles away down in the Okanogan of Washington State. read more
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