1 天前 · MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — A brush fire that burned 10 acres last week in Martin County is the first major incident of what’s expected to be a busy fire season. The flames forced evacuations at a ...

What began with the shower of sparks from metal-on-metal quickly ignited the dry scrub around a development site and grew into a 2,000-acre brush fire. Called the Diamond Fire, it would rage overnight and force the evacuation of more than 1,100 people.

2024年3月13日 · On a punishingly hot day this June in Scottsdale, AZ, construction crews cutting rebar with a grinder accidentally set the desert ablaze. What began with the shower of sparks from metal-on-metal quickly ignited the dry scrub around a development site and grew into a 2,000-acre brush fire.

2024年5月22日 · The expansion of the grass-fire cycle in the deserts of North America is driving ecosystem level transformation from patchy desertscrub to invasive grassland. A novel fire regime in the Sonoran Desert is forcing a new approach to land management, where there are currently more questions than answers.

2024年5月30日 · SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A brush fire broke out Thursday in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, fire officials said. The blaze, dubbed the “Great Fire,” began around 12:21 p.m. in Great...

2025年1月13日 · Destruction from the Palisades fire could have been tempered had officials cleared brush in wildland areas, which could have slowed its spread, some critics say

2024年6月17日 · Officials said the fire was now 95% contained as of 10:15 a.m. The fire department also said the size of the blaze had been revised to approximately 126 acres, significantly smaller than...

2024年3月13日 · Fueled by invasive grasses and climate change, desert fires are growing larger and more dangerous.

2 天之前 · Rapid increases in wildfire area burned across North American forests pose novel challenges for managers and society. Increasing area burned raises questions about whether, and to what degree ...

2025年1月9日 · "This whiplash sequence in California has increased fire risk twofold," said lead author Daniel Swain from UCLA. "First, by greatly increasing the growth of flammable grass and brush in the months ...