Articles for Major Fires

MCD asks Delhi fire dept to suggest new ways to douse landfill fires, NGT told
4 months, 2 weeks ago

MCD asks Delhi fire dept to suggest new ways to douse landfill fires, NGT told

Hindustan Times  

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has reached out to the fire department to suggest new techniques or equipment to douse landfill fires as conventional methods were not working, the civic body told the National Green Tribunal in a report on the three-day-long fire that broke out at Ghazipur landfill in April, officials aware of the matter said. MCD also said …

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India reported over 75,000 forest fires in April; Odisha worst hit
7 months, 3 weeks ago

India reported over 75,000 forest fires in April; Odisha worst hit

Hindustan Times  

Even as Army helicopters have been pressed to douse forest fires in Uttarakhand’s Kumaon region, the Forest Survey of India data on forest fires shows Odisha to be the worst hit followed by Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh. The FSI data shows that close to 80% of the forest fires in April started after middle of the month, especially in plains of …

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A Greek zoo serves up frozen meals to animals to help them beat the heat
1 year, 4 months ago

A Greek zoo serves up frozen meals to animals to help them beat the heat

Associated Press  

SPATA, Greece — At first sight, Tiembe studies his frozen breakfast with hesitation: Chunks of red meat and bone packed in a foot-long block of ice. Animals at the Attica Zoological Park outside the Greek capital were being fed frozen meals Friday as temperatures around the country reached 40 C and were set to rise further, in the fourth heat …

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Firefighters battle France’s 1st major forest blaze of 2023
1 year, 8 months ago

Firefighters battle France’s 1st major forest blaze of 2023

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s government sounded the alarm Monday about the growing risk of forest fires because of climate change, as hundreds of firefighters in the country’s parched south wrestled with their biggest woodland-destroying blaze so far this year. On a visit Monday to the zone, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said: “The fire season is starting early because of climate …

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North Korea fires ballistic missile in extension of testing
2 years, 9 months ago

North Korea fires ballistic missile in extension of testing

LA Times  

North Korea on Saturday fired a ballistic missile into the sea, according to its neighbors’ militaries, extending Pyongyang’s streak of weapons tests this year amid a prolonged freeze in nuclear negotiations with the United States. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile fired from an area near the North Korean capital flew about 168 miles eastward at a …

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