Forest Fire (7779 ha) in United States 02 Aug 2022

Event summary

This forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1008018
Countries: United States
Start Date - Last detection*: 02 Aug 2022 - 05 Aug 2022
Duration (days): 3
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 7779 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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Articles: 126 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

Forest fires: When goats lend a hand to firefighters2022-08-13T03:37+0200.

PARIS, Aug 13 — Goats are being called upon to graze in specific areas of vegetation in order to reduce the risk of forest fires or, if not to prevent them from starting to reduce their ancestry. It’s a traditional technique that has been r
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Forest fires: When goats lend a hand to firefighters2022-08-13T03:34+0200.

PARIS, Aug 13 — Goats are being called upon to graze in specific areas of vegetation in order to reduce the risk of forest fires or, if not to prevent them from starting to reduce their ancestry. It’s a traditional technique that has been r
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Experts suggest using large ungulates to prevent wildfires2022-08-12T15:56+0200.

The unprecedented forest fire in Bohemian Switzerland, which ravaged more than 1,000 hectares of the park and took more than two weeks to get under control, has drawn fresh attention to the issue of climate change and the dangers it brings,
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Video: Se forma extraño tornado de fuego durante incendios en Californ ... 2022-08-12T03:01+0200.

(CRHoy.com/Medios internacionales).-En medio de los incendios que afectan a California, Estados Unidos, se formó un extraño fenómeno: un tornado de fuego. El hecho se produjo este miércoles en el Gorman , en el estado californiano. Las imá
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),