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Theni fire: No information on casualty, says DC
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Theni (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 12 (ANI): Theni District Collector, Pallavi Baldev on Monday said that she has not received any information on the casualty in the forest fire that erupted near Kurangani hills here.
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Tamil Nadu: IAF rescues students trapped in forest fire
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Theni (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): 15 students, who were trapped in a forest fire near Kurangani hills in Theni district of Tamil Nadu, were rescued by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday.
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Charcoal remains after fires accelerate CO2 emissions in boreal forests
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 30 (ANI): A study has recently revealed that charcoal remains after a forest fire may help decompose fine roots in the soil and consequently accelerate CO2 emissions in boreal forests.
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Wild forest fire danger not limited in climate variations
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 14 (ANI): A wildfire is a fire in an area of combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or rural area. These are common in summer in the temperate boreal forest, rarer at high altitudes, and unheard of in an ice age at high altitudes, until now.
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Forced evacuation of 36,000 people in Canada over forest fire outbreak
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 17 (ANI): Massive forest fires forced evacuation of total of 36,000 people in the Canadian westernmost province of British Columbia.
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Spruce budworm outbreak can put forests at fire risk
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 19 (ANI): Turns out, it is not "a moth to a flame," but "a flame to a moth" as a new study has revealed that a spruce budworm outbreak could increase forest fire risk.
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PM Modi expresses grief over loss of lives in Portugal forest fire
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the Portugal forest fire tragedy in which 62 people lost their lives.
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Portugal to mourn for three days as forest fire claims 62 lives
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], June 18 (ANI): Portugal has declared three days of national mourning as the death toll in one of the country's worst forest fires rises to 62.
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Death toll in Portugal forest fire rises to 57
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], June 18 (ANI): The death toll in Portugal forest fire has risen to 57, local media reports said on Sunday.
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Forest fire in central Portugal kills 25, several injured
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], June 18 (ANI): At least 25 people were killed and 20 others injured in a huge forest fire in central Portugal.
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NDMA to conduct mock exercise on forest fire in Uttarakhand
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 17 (ANI): The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will conduct its first-ever mock exercise on forest fire in Uttarakhand on Thursday to help improve the preparedness and response mechanism in the event of a forest fire.
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IAF helping in dousing forest fire in hills around Mt. Abu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Apr. 14 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) is helping to douse the forest fire that broke out this afternoon in hills around Mt. Abu town.
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