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Swedish municipalities to cooperate in fighting future wildfires

Monica Elfström, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, November 15, 2019 at 16:43
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It is hoped over fifty municipalities in central Sweden will work together to fight forest fires. After the huge fires

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Fire season in Yukon, northwestern Canada was ‘complex and challenging’

CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 7, 2019 at 10:39 — Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2019 at 14:47
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Damien Burns, the director of Yukon Wildland Fire Management, says firefighters in Yukon had quite a summer this year —

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

‘History-maker’ wildfire in northwestern Canada could flare up again, politician worries

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 14:57 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 17:45
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Don Hutton, a retired wildland firefighter, says he’s never seen anything like the “history-maker” fire that raged near Mayo and

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Residents on alert as crews battle large wildfire in northwestern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at 14:04
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Eighteen people have been flown out of the vicinity of a growing wildfire in central Yukon (northwestern Canada), while other

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Environment (USA) General USA 

Health impacts of wildfire smoke can linger for years, U.S. study says

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, September 2, 2019 at 15:00
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This summer has been filled with smoke for communities near the Swan Lake fire like Sterling and Cooper landing in

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Drivers describe ‘hellfire’ on Southcentral Alaska highway Sunday

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 10:29
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Marina Brooks was traveling the Sterling Highway from Anchorage to her home in Anchor Point, in Southcentral Alaska, Sunday night

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Calm winds helping firefighters battle wildfires in southcentral Alaska

Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, August 23, 2019 at 10:06 — Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2019 at 10:44
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Calm winds are aiding firefighters as they continue to battle blazes throughout Southcentral. On Thursday, the McKinley Fire, between Willow

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Local firefighters first to fight southcentral Alaska wildfires

Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 10:57
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Dozens of wildland firefighters have arrived from the Lower 48 this week to fight the McKinley fire south of Talkeetna.

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Alaska wildfire evacuees begin to learn fate of their homes

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 10:51
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When residents fled the worsening McKinley fire in southcentral Alaska on Saturday and Sunday, many left their homes not knowing

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Extreme weather fuelling wildfires in southcentral Alaska

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 13:35
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Usually by August, peak fire season has passed. But fire and climate experts say conditions in Southcentral Alaska were nearly

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

A breakdown of wildfires raging in southcentral Alaska

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 10:04 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 16:08
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Major wildfires continued to burn north and south of Anchorage Monday, threatening property and major infrastructure, snarling highway travel and

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Southcentral Alaska wildfire: evacuations, burnt structures and highway closures

Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, August 19, 2019 at 10:40 — Last Updated: Monday, August 19, 2019 at 14:32
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At least 50 structures burned Sunday in the McKinley wildfire north of Anchorage, according to the Division of Forestry. The

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Large wildfires in Yukon, northwestern Canada threaten highway

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 10:41
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Fire crews are battling a pair of major wildfires on the North Klondike Highway near Dawson City that are creating

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Clear-cutting more harmful to mushrooms than forest fires, Finnish study finds

Yle News
Posted: Friday, July 5, 2019 at 16:01
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Commercial clear-felling of trees is more harmful to fungi than forest fires, according to a recent doctoral thesis published at

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Wildfire smoke brings more respiratory complaints in Anchorage, Alaska

Amy Mostafa, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 11:03
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Anchorage, Alaska health care providers have seen more patients with respiratory problems in recent days because of poor air quality.

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