From staffwire reports
Thursday morning there will still be haze in the sky and smoke on the surface, but this will be mixing with fresh air through the next few days and will begin clearing out. The fire is still burning and producing smoke today, but that is being carried out to the...
September 28, 2023 OntarioShow map Last year there were 133 fire fatalities in the province – the most in 20 years. As part of Test Your Smoke Alarm Day, all Ontarians are encouraged to learn more about smoke alarms, fire safety, and home fire escape planning, which can save the lives ...
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"I've never experienced a snowstorm that smelled like smoke," Sonja Leverkus, a wildlands firefighter and ecosystem scientist based in British Columbia, told CBS News partner network BBC News. Men inspect the charred remains of a cabin destroyed by a wildfire near Fort Chipewyan, northern Albert...
The roar and the uprush of the black mass above were simultaneous. The rocks began to fall on the mountain side; the gases did not come our way much, as the wind drove them to the east, but we got some strong whiffs of sulphur smoke. For the same reason little ash fell where we ...
“Their high spatial resolution imager detects smaller and lower-temperature fires and also provides nighttime fire detection,” NOAA said. The agency said the goal of using all of these satellites and equipment together is to create a comprehensive picture of the fires and the smoke in order ...
Despite continuing challenges, about 3,400 fires are no longer active thanks to hundreds of fire personnel doing “good work” under extreme circumstances, Macnab said. “An important thing to realize is there’s a lot of good work that’s going on that’s gotten stuff under control, and ...