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NASA's Terra Satellite Shows Smoky Pall Over Most of California
Opinion | My cousin had his best year fighting fires as an inmate. But the system failed him.
By Danielle Allen
Native American Burning And California's Wildfire Strategy
By Lauren Sommer
August Complex Fire now the largest in state history: See list of top 10 biggest California wildfires
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Formerly TwitterThe Hotshot Wake Up
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New Start: The John Fire, initially mapped at 55 acres.
This fire is in Contra Costa County,
California.
John Henry Johnson Pkwy, Ripple Rouge Rd in Pittsburg.
#cafire #wildfire #cawx #johnfire pic.twitter.com/crxuQ9x7Kk
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The Hotshot Wake Up
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A look at one of the burn days on the Indios Fire in New Mexico.
#nmfire #nmwx #Indiosfire #wildfire
Crews conducted firing operations to remove fuel between control lines and the main fire. As if today, the fire is 11,500 acres and 86% completed. (Wilderness area fire) There… pic.twitter.com/EeVRrqA7yS
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CAL FIRE LNU
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The 60-acre #CrystalFire was LNU's first fire exceeding 10 acres this year. There have been 104 across all of CA.
Here's a look at the number of 10+ acre wildfires in the month of June for LNU:
2023: 4
2022: 7
2021: 2
2020: 6
2019: 3
2018: 4
2017: 2
2016: 3
2015: 5
2014: 4 pic.twitter.com/OUgPuS5xbI
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CAL FIRE
CAL_FIRE
From protecting #California through #PrescribedFire, #ForestHealth grants, and new guidelines on #BatterySafety, the new CAL FIRE Community Newsletter shares some of the ways #CALFIRE is working to safeguard Californians and Golden State resources.
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California and Colorado Fires May Be Part of a Climate-Driven Transformation of Wildfires Around the Globe
By Michael Kodas
Coronavirus Limits California's Efforts to Fight Fires With Prison Labor (Published 2020)
By Thomas Fuller
7 dead, structures destroyed as 625 California fires burn
By Rong-Gong Lin II & Luke Money
Meme Recycles Conspiracy Theory on California Wildfires
By Angelo Fichera
California fires: About 560 wildfires burning right now 6 dead
By Wyatte Grantham & Joel Shannon
Climate Change Has Led To Extreme Wildfires In California
By David Wallace-Wells
Northern California wildfire now 2nd-largest ever as total blazes scorch nearly 1M acres
By minyvonne burke & Dennis Romero
California wildfires: Trump declares major disaster as state braces for worsening conditions
By Maanvi Singh & Oliver Milman
Deadly California wildfires scorch more than 1 million acres with no end in sight
By Jamiel Lynch & Amir Vera
California wildfires: 560 blazes have scorched more acres than there are in Rhode Island
By Steve Almasy, Faith Karimi & Jason Hanna
California fires torch more land than 5 New York Cities. Now bad weather could ignite more blazes
By Holly Yan
California Wildfires Explained: Why Does The State Have So Many?
By John Schwartz & Kendra Pierre-Louis
California wildfires rank among state’s largest on record
By Heather Kelly, Andrew Freedman & Hannah Knowles
Does California have the resources to fight Bay Area fires?
By Joseph Serna, Anita Chabria & Rong-Gong Lin II
'Fires of hell': How dry lightning has sparked some of California's biggest infernos
By Bettina Boxall
Massive California wildfires expected to get worse as lightning, wind storms move in
By Joseph Serna, Rong-Gong Lin II & Alex Wigglesworth