From NBC News, Tens of thousands of people in Southern California have had to evacuate their homes as wind-driven wildfires burned in the state for the second time in two months. Three major wildfires are burning and some 150 structures have been destroyed by the most damaging of them, in Ventura County northwest of Los […]
Nineteen members of an elite firefighting crew were killed Sunday (June 30th) when a fire they were battling in an Arizona forest blew out of control, making it the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the U.S. for at least 30 years. The fire, which started Friday, spread to 2,000 acres on Sunday amid triple-digit temperatures, […]
via: cnn.com Whipped by high winds, a wildfire in central Washington state has scorched 26,500 acres and destroyed at least 60 homes, officials said Tuesday. The fire raging near Cle Elum is one of several devastating Western states this week. See More
HOUSTON (KTRK) — Hot and dry conditions, along with high winds, are putting firefighters under pressure as they face wildfire after wildfire in parts of Texas, but what are the odds of it affecting Houstonians locally? Employees with the Texas Forest Service said Sunday was the single worst fire day the state has ever seen. […]
