Tag: Fires

Heli Hydrants - Glenn Chavez sets a timer as water fills a newly installed Heli-Hydrant, a small, open tank that helicopters can rely on to get water faster for urban fires, Friday, April 11, 2025, in Cabazon, Calif. Credit: Brittany Peterson AP Photo
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Heli Hydrants – Urban fires can mean long trips for helicopters to get water. One firefighter had a better idea 

Heli Hydrants By DORANY PINEDA and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press CABAZON, Calif.…

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January Fires. A firefighter battles flames from the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2025.  Credit: Photo by Eric Thayer, Getty Images
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California Infernos in January? Here’s Why Wildfire Season Keeps Getting Longer and More Devastating

January Fires By Julie Cart, CalMatters As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have…

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The Strange Ways That Californians Ignite Wildfires. Property damaged by the Park Fire in the Cohasset community of Butte County on July 28, 2024. Photo by Eugene Garcia, AP Photo
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Toilet Paper and Flat Tires — The Strange Ways That Californians Ignite Wildfires

The Strange Ways That Californians Ignite Wildfires BY JULIE CART, CalMatters Of all…

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