fire prevention
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Super Bowl Will See Heat Wave as Wildfires Dot Los Angeles
This year’s Super Bowl in Los Angeles could see record-setting temperatures in the middle of winter. The heat wave is helping fires to spark in the region, even in the usually fire-free winter months.
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Google Maps Adds Wildfire Layer to Help You Find the One Place That’s Not Burning
Here’s an ominous sign of the times: Alongside other more mundane data like traffic, satellite, transit maps, and tree cover, fire will now be one of the top layers in Google Maps
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Smoke Blots Out the Sun as Canada’s Wildfires Worsen
The Canadian province of British Columbia is on fire. Hundreds of fires are burning out of control across the region, and smoke from the blazes is turning the skies black in the middle of the day.
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Smoke From Siberian Wildfires Has Reached the North Pole
Siberia is a famously cold place. But since May, it’s been extremely hot and extremely on fire. Those wildfires are so extreme that they’ve sent smoke streaming to the North Pole, and the plume is expected to reach Canada later this week.