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Madre Fire in California explodes to more than 79,000 acres
A massive California wildfire has prompted evacuation orders and a highway closure. The Madre Fire ignited Wednesday afternoon in San Luis Obispo County, according to Cal Fire. It has since grown to ...
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New “heli-hydrant” systems aid firefighters on the Wolf Fire
New technology in the Banning Pass is giving firefighters an advantage to fight wildfires in our region. The first of seven ...
Madre Fire becomes California’s largest wildfire this year
A wildfire in central California has increased in scope and has become the largest wildfire in the state this year, surpassing the devastating blazes that ravaged the Los Angeles metropolitan ...
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Wildfires in residential areas are on the rise; why hydrants and the water system behind them were never meant to stop those fires
BYU professor Rob Sowby teaches and studies environmental engineering, urban water infrastructure and sustainability. He has ...
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After California wildfires, Ohio lawmakers look at fire hydrant maintenance - MSN
COLUMBUS, Ohio — State Rep. Thomas Hall couldn’t stop thinking about fire hydrants after watching firefighters in California scramble during January’s Palisades fire. The Butler County ...
California fireworks warehouse catches fire and explodes
A warehouse storing fireworks caught fire and exploded Tuesday, sending a fireball into the air and causing pyrotechnics to ...
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After California wildfires, Ohio lawmakers look at fire hydrant maintenance
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- State Rep. Thomas Hall couldn’t stop thinking about fire hydrants after watching firefighters in California scramble during January’s Palisades fire. The Butler County ...