Aspen Acres Fire burn scar areas at risk of dangerous flash flooding

The Aspen Acres Fire has burned tens of thousands of acres. Those burn scar areas will now be prone to flash flooding in the ...
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High-severity fires burn 30 times more acreage than 40 years ago, researchers find

Forest fires now burn 10 times more acreage annually than in 1985, while wildfire severity has gotten even worse. In California, 30 times more acreage burned from high-severity, forest-killing ...
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Prescribed fires can cut smoke pollution for years, miles beyond burn areas

A new study finds that burning 500,000 acres (202,000 hectares) of California conifer forests each year with prescribed fire could cut deadly pollution from wildfire smoke by roughly 10% over a ...
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Lowcountry fire crews already seeing surge in fires as burn ban takes effect

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — As a statewide burn ban takes effect, Lowcountry fire crews say they’re already responding to a growing number of fires — and warn conditions could quickly make ...