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Alberta wildfire: Emergency declared in Fort McMurray A state of emergency has been declared in the province of Alberta in Canada after a wildfire forced all 88,000 residents of Fort McMurray to flee. Officials say the fast-moving blaze could destroy much of the city. The fire, which broke out on Sunday in the heart on the country's oil sands region, has gutted 1,600 buildings, including a new school.
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Fort McMurray fire: Entire city forced to flee as inferno rages Story highlights. (CNN)The sky in northern Alberta's Fort McMurray resembled a wall of fire and smoke Wednesday as a mammoth inferno swallowed parts of the Canadian city. Authorities ordered the evacuation of about 88,000 people, including the entire city of Fort McMurray, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo said. Reception centers for evacuees were being set up in Edmonton.
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- Fireworks illuminate the sky over Lake Como at Coney Island during the 2013 Fire Up The Night competition. (Photo: Thanks to MPR Marketing). Firework teams from England, Brazil and Australia will compete in Fire Up The Night IV, an international fireworks competition, at Coney Island Saturday, Sept. 26.
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- TEXAS LEGISLATURE PASSES ASBESTOS SURVEY LAW-Senate Bill 509. The 2002 bill requires a licensed Asbestos Survey prior to obtaining a permit for the renovation or demolition of a public or commercial building.The survey must be prepared by a licensed professional and meet strict state guidelines.EXAS LEGISLATURE PASSES ASBESTOS SURVEY LAW-Senate Bill 509. The 2002 bill requires a licensed Asbestos Survey prior to obtaining a permit for the renovation or demolition of a public or commercial building.
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Firefighters battle two wildfires near Kelowna Helicopters fight a Kelowna widlfire at Bear Creek Park. Related. WEST KELOWNA - An evacuation alert remains in effect for 80 properties along Bear Creek and neighbouring roads, despite progress battling the fire that started near the provincial park Sunday afternoon and grew to more than two hectares by nightfall.
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Top 10 Countries on the Ring of Fire Particularly active places around the Ring of Fire include Indonesia the Philippines, Japan, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, the west coast of Canada, the west coast of the US, Peru, Chile and New Zealand. Natural disasters noted in this list are those that relate directly to the Ring of Fire.
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- photos over 80000 forced to evacuate as blue cut fire rages east of los angeles the blue cut fire erupted in southern california on tuesday burning thousands of acres and forcing evacuations for entire communities
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- 4 workplace deaths in last week 'too many,' says labour minister. CBC News Posted: Nov 27, 2014 4:00 PM MT Last Updated: Nov 27, 2014 9:41 PM MT. Calgary Fire Department responded to site of workplace accident last Thursday.
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- 1 Blue Cut Fire Mandatory Evacuations Remain in Effect, Some Highways Reopened: Full List. 2  Plumes of Smoke From Blue Cut Fire Can Be Seen From Space. 3  Parts of 3 LAUSD Schools Near Closed Exide Plant Fenced Off Due to Lead Contamination.  Haunting Image of Bloodied Boy in Syria Shows Horrors of War.
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âBall of fireâ at giant Italian refinery â as it emerges same oil plant was hit by TWO other blazes recently Fire broke out today at a giant oil refinery near Pavia, south of Milan, sending huge plumes of smoke into the air. Witnesses said they saw a 'ball of fire' hundreds of metres high. The fire broke out at the Sannazzaro de' Burgondi refinery, one of the biggest in Italy, just before 4pm local time.
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11 ghost towns to see before theyâre completely gone Reminders of the past from across the country. Ireland's Eye. From coast to coast to coast, Canada is dotted by ghost towns, vacant testimony to our pioneering spirit and to dashed dreams. Many of their structures still stand, though in derelict condition, offering visitors haunting, often picturesque glimpses of the Canadian past.
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Canada wildfire: why a sleeping giant awoke in Alberta and became relentless Canada wildfire: why a sleeping giant awoke in Alberta and became relentless. Those on the front lines ask what made this fire of ‘unprecedented speed’ different from the hundreds of other blazes that ignite yearly in the region. The neighbourhood of Abasand has been ravaged by the wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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Provence fires: thousands evacuated from French campsites Provence fires: thousands evacuated from French campsites. Officials estimate 10,000 people moved out of the way, with dozens of mobile homes burnt out as drought-hit Var region is hit by string of blazes. Fire damage at a campsite in Bagnols-en-Foret, Var department, southern France. Photograph: Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty.
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- The Wildfire Invitational. The Wildfire Invitational is a PGA TOUR Canada event, featuring 128 professionals and 64 amateurs. The tournament will take place from August 31st to September 6th at Wildfire Golf Club near Peterborough, Ont. in the township of Douro-Dummer (about 20 mins from Lakefield, ON).
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Tennessee Mountain Resorts of Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge Evacuated for Wildfires Tennessee Mountain Resorts of Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge Evacuated for Wildfires. Watch Wildfires Swoop Down on Tenn. The Tennessee mountain resort towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge were under mandatory evacuation orders as multiple wildfires swept through Great Smoky Mountain National Park Monday night.
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Where are some of the most abandoned places on earth? This town in Quebec, Canada, was abandoned in 1971 after a landslide destroyed most of it. Later research into causes found that Saint-Jean-Vianney was built directly on top of a spot where there was another landslide approximately 500 years earlier. So, this poor little place was literally a ticking time bomb.
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Wildfires In Canada And Alaska Drive Thousands From Homes Wildfires In Canada And Alaska Drive Thousands From Homes. Smoke rises from the Bogus Creek Fire, one of two fires burning in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Alaska. Smoke rises from the Bogus Creek Fire, one of two fires burning in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Alaska.
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50 to 60 homes burn in fast-moving brush fire in Kern County The Erskine fire was burning off Erskine Creek Road just south of Highway 178, near Lake Isabella in Squirrel Valley. The blaze is “extremely dangerous, extremely volatile,” said Kern County Fire Capt. Tyler Townsend. Erskine Fire (@latimesgraphics) “I've never been in a wildland fire where I've seen so many homes burn,” said Townsend, who has been in the area for nearly a decade. “It's one of the most devastating I've ever seen.”. UPDATE: Kern County fire is the state's most destructive fire of the year >>.
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World's Worst Wildfires The Miramichi Fire. (A View of Miramichi, 1760, oil painting by Francis Swaine) These blazes whipped up into a firestorm during a dry summer in Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick in October 1825, charring a massive 3 million acres and taking out settlements along the Miramichi River.
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Forest Fire A forest fire is a moving combustion reaction, spreading outwards in a band from its ignition point, leaving burned-out forest behind it. On average, about 7,600 forest fires occur annually in Canada. Of Canada’s approximately 7,600 annual fires, just over half are started by people, most by accident, and just under half by lightning. Being generally less accessible, fires started by lightning are about 10 times as large as human-caused fires.
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ITV studios evacuated after fire breaks out - Good Morning Britain taken off air London Fire Brigade tweeted: Good Morning Britian off air while we tackle fire at ITV studios. A room on the first floor is alight. 50 people evacuated. Ben Shephard's co-anchor Kate Garraway and news presenter Ranvir Singh apologised to viewers in a video on GMB's Twitter account.
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Evacuations ordered in B.C. as more than 100 new wildfires burn The number of forest fires in British Columbia has nearly doubled and some of the blazes are so close to homes that evacuations have been ordered. Kevin Skrepnek, chief fire information officer with the BC Wildfire Service, said 115 new fires started on Monday, bringing the total number burning in the province to 266. Skrepnek said “the vast majority” of the new fires were started by lightning.
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Alberta flies drones to find cause of epic Canadian wildfire | LAC LA BICHE, Alberta. LAC LA BICHE, Alberta Fire-ravaged Alberta will use drones to investigate the cause of a huge blaze that has scorched the Canadian province and displaced some 88,000 people.
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Forest Fire Burning Near Sechelt July 4, 2015. Day 3 of Forest Fire in Sechelt BC. Fire fighting crew from Strategic Wildfire in Campbell River getting ready in downtown Sechelt to head up to the wildfire on the Sunshine Coast BC Canada.
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Toxic Town: Picher, Oklahoma Toxic Town: Picher, Oklahoma. This is Picher, Oklahoma, an American exclusion zone. An acquaintance with an enthusiastic political streak recently told me Picher, Oklahoma is a ghost town because of a tornado. It’s true, an F4 tornado did strike Picher in 2008 and damaged 150 homes, but it was merely the final straw. From 2000 to 2010, Picher’s population dropped from over 1,600 residents to twenty.
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When Our Rivers Caught Fire So did Michigan’s Rouge River. “Burning Rivers – Revival of Four Urban-Industrial Rivers that Caught on Fire,” a new book by Michigan environmental hero John Hartig, chronicles the shameful and lasting damage done to the greatest rivers in the most spectacular freshwater ecosystem on our planet.