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LA fires expand as winds forecast to pick up

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Quito fires coming under control after choking capital

A helicopter sprays water over a bushfire on a hill in Quito on September 25, 2024. Firefighters in Ecuador’s capital were battling the remnants of major forest fires on Thursday that had sent massive plumes of smoke above Quito earlier this week, amid a record drought. Helicopters dumped water to extinguish the flames at two

With fires in east Canada ‘under control,’ evacuations ending

A July 12, 2024 aerial view of a wildfire near Canada’s northeastern town of Wabush. A forest fire in northeastern Canada that forced the evacuation of more than 9,000 people a week ago is now under control, allowing those displaced to begin returning home, authorities said Saturday. The risk to the towns of Labrador City

Fires in Brazil’s Pantanal push wetlands community to limit

A sunset is seen through smoke from wildfires in Brazil’s Pantanal June 28, 2024. A riverside community in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands narrowly escaped raging wildfires last month, but some say the record-setting blazes—still burning nearby—are compounding threats to their way of life. “The river was the only thing separating us from the flames. On the

Fighting fires from space in record time: How AI could prevent a repeat of Australia’s devastating wildfires

Editors’ notes This article has been reviewed according to Science X’s editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content’s credibility: fact-checked trusted source proofread by University of South Australia Simulation of the onboard smoke detection process using AI, detailing the steps of tiling, band extraction, AI model inference, image

Ban on fires extended amid poor air quality caused, in part, by people ignoring the burn ban

Credit: Junior Libby/public domain Angelenos hoping to cozy up by the fireplace this week should make other plans. The South Coast Air Quality Management District has extended a no-burn order for much of Southern California through Thursday amid poor air quality. The agency chalks up the bad air to—coincidentally— residents enjoying holiday fires as well

Air pollution from fires hits world’s poorest hardest: study

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People in poorer countries are disproportionately suffering from air pollution spewed from the increasing scourge of fires in forests and fields around the world, according to new research published Wednesday. Landscape fires include blazes in forests, shrub, grass, pastures and agricultural lands, whether planned or uncontrolled such as the wildfires that

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