#Northern California wildfires destroy towns, drain resources in Western states

#Northern California wildfires destroy towns, drain resources in Western states

“#Northern California wildfires destroy towns, drain resources in Western states” WESTWOOD, Calif. — A month-old wildfire burning through forestlands in Northern California lurched toward a small lumber town as blazes across the U.S. Western states strained resources and threatened thousands of homes with destruction. Crews were cutting back brush and using bulldozers to build lines…

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#Arson ‘spree’ near California’s Dixie Fire blamed on former professor

#Arson ‘spree’ near California’s Dixie Fire blamed on former professor

“#Arson ‘spree’ near California’s Dixie Fire blamed on former professor” A former professor specializing in cults has been arrested after he went on an “arson-setting spree” in a forest near California’s record-setting Dixie Fire, authorities said. Gary Stephen Maynard, 47, who previously taught at Santa Clara University and Sonoma State University, was charged with intentionally setting…

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#Richard Spring Wildfire bears down on Montana towns

#Richard Spring Wildfire bears down on Montana towns

“#Richard Spring Wildfire bears down on Montana towns” LAME DEER, Mont. — A wildfire bore down on rural southeastern Montana towns Thursday as continuing hot, dry weather throughout the West drove flames through more than a dozen states. Several thousand people remained under evacuation orders as the Richard Spring Fire advanced across the sparsely-populated Northern…

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#The lonely life of a wildfire lookout in northern Alberta

#The lonely life of a wildfire lookout in northern Alberta

“#The lonely life of a wildfire lookout in northern Alberta” Champagne ascends the 30-m ladder to his lookout perch (Photograph by Amber Bracken) “Thunder showers are expected again,” a monotone voice reports over the radio, “and crossover conditions persist.” Aaron Champagne, 38, scowls from his perch 30 m up in the smoke-clogged sky, in the shadow of…

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#Massive wildfire on Greek island of Evia devours forests

#Massive wildfire on Greek island of Evia devours forests

“#Massive wildfire on Greek island of Evia devours forests” AVGARIA, Greece, Aug 10 – Residents mounted a round-the-clock watch on Tuesday to try to save their homes from wildfires ravaging the Greek island of Evia as the government defended its handling of the crisis. Greek fire crews, backed by foreign firefighters and volunteers, battled flare-ups…

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#California wildfire burns town of Greenville to ashes

#California wildfire burns town of Greenville to ashes

“#California wildfire burns town of Greenville to ashes” GREENVILLE, CA — Eva Gorman says the little California mountain town of Greenville was a place of community and strong character, the kind of place where neighbors volunteered to move furniture, colorful baskets of flowers brightened Main Street, and writers, musicians, mechanics and chicken farmers mingled. Now,…

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