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Canadian air tanker crashes while fighting Australia bushfires, 3 dead
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Canadian air tanker crashes while fighting Australia bushfires, 3 dead

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Canadian-owned C-130 Hercules air tanker crashed while fighting bushfires in Australia’s alpine region on Thursday, killing…
World’s largest volunteer force fights Australia’s wildfires
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World’s largest volunteer force fights Australia’s wildfires

TOMERONG, Australia (AP) — The wildfire was behaving erratically last week, and Doug Schutz and his team needed to make…
Wildlife ravaged by Australia fires could take decades to recover
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Wildlife ravaged by Australia fires could take decades to recover

The bushfires raging across Australia have had a devastating impact on the country’s unique flora and fauna, with some estimates…
Military reservists called up as thousands flee Australian fires
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Military reservists called up as thousands flee Australian fires

Up to 3,000 military reservists were called up to tackle Australia’s relentless bushfire crisis on Saturday, as tens of thousands…
World rings in the new year amid wildfires, protests
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World rings in the new year amid wildfires, protests

SYDNEY/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Millions of people began ringing in 2020 with fireworks, dancing and champagne on Wednesday, but Australia’s…
Wildfire in Chilean port city of Valparaiso leaves 700 homeless
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Wildfire in Chilean port city of Valparaiso leaves 700 homeless

SANTIAGO (Reuters) — More than 245 homes have been destroyed and 700 people left destitute after a forest fire tore…
Australia braces for heatwave as more than 100 fires burn
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Australia braces for heatwave as more than 100 fires burn

Out of control bushfires forced residents in eastern Australia to flee their homes on Saturday, as other parts of the…
Technology to keep lights on could help prevent wildfires
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Technology to keep lights on could help prevent wildfires

LOS ANGELES (AP) — B. Don Russell wasn’t thinking about preventing a wildfire when he developed a tool to detect…
Australian man accused of starting bushfire to protect cannabis crop
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Australian man accused of starting bushfire to protect cannabis crop

An Australian man has been accused of deliberately lighting a fire to protect his cannabis crop, sparking an out-of-control bushfire…
Australians trapped by bushfires told ‘too late to leave’
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Australians trapped by bushfires told ‘too late to leave’

Dozens of fires fanned by gale-force winds, scorching temperatures and tinder-dry bushland burned out of control in eastern Australia on…
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