VIDEO: Incredible Footage of Record Breaking ‘Firenado’ that Took the Life of CA Firefighter [arve url="https://youtu.be/L1XkAsWGu60"] Firebrains | August 25, 2018 11 Likes 2 Tweets 0 Comments
The Ferguson Fire Responsible for Closing Yosemite Valley, CA is Finally 100% Contained The Ferguson Fire, which killed two firefighters and interrupted peak-season tourism around Yosemite National Park, is over after burning for 36 days in northern California, reports USA Today. Fire crews reached full containment late Saturday night, though Sierra National Forest officials said Sunday that smoke will linger and “continue to produce unhealthy conditions” in the area as interior parts of […] Fire Firebrains | August 20, 2018 0 Comments
Carr Fire, CA Claims the Life of a Third Firefighter Cal Fire officials confirmed a firefighter assigned to battle the Carr Fire burning in Shasta County was killed in a traffic accident. Andrew Brake, 40, of Chico, died in a single-car crash in the early hours on Highway 99 in Tehama County when his Cal Fire support vehicle veered off the road at a curve, hit a tree and went […] Fire Firebrains | August 10, 2018 0 Comments
NASA Images: Wildfire Smoke Plumes Over California The below is a blog post from NASA Earth Observatory. In July and August 2018, towering plumes of smoke have risen from several fires in northern California. Though heavy rains ended the lengthy drought that parched California, trees, and vegetation killed during that dry spell still linger in California’s forests. With all that extra fuel priming the state’s forests for […] Fire Firebrains | August 9, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Little Girl Hands Out Burritos to Firefighters Battling Carr Fire, CA A heartwarming video posted to Facebook shows a little girl handing out burritos to firefighters battling the devastating Carr Fire in Northern California. The fire, which has already killed six people and forced evacuations for nearly 40,000 people, has grown to the size of Denver and is only 20 percent contained, putting a heavy toll on firefighters, many of […] Fire Firebrains | August 1, 2018 0 Comments
Smoke from Intense Wildfires in California Affecting Air Quality in Colorado The intense fires in California and Oregon are having a huge effect on visibility and air quality across large parts of the country as thick blankets of wildfire smoke are being blown west to east. Thanks to a stubborn ridge of high pressure that has brought soaring, fire-stoking temperatures to a large portion of the West, there are very few clouds […] Fire Firebrains | July 31, 2018 0 Comments
6 More Killed as Wildfires in California Continue to Blaze Two children and their great-grandmother are among six people to have died in wildfires in California. Two firefighters died on Thursday, 17 people are missing and tens of thousands have fled their homes as the Carr Fire rages out of control, destroying around 900 structures and threatening thousands of homes. “My babies are dead,” said the children’s mother, Sherry Bledsoe, through […] Fire Steven Agar | July 30, 2018 0 Comments
The Intensity of California’s Wildfires is Causing Rare Volcanic Clouds Pyrocumulus clouds, also known as ‘fire clouds’, are extremely rare cloud formations caused by rising heat and smoke from volcanoes, or as in the case in California right now, by raging wildfires. These fire clouds are extremely fast-forming, can host their own lightning storms, and cause devastating wind. In other words, the wildfire can create its own weather system, writes […] Fire Firebrains | July 30, 2018 0 Comments
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