wildfire
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If the utilities commission agrees that the company acted prudently, Edison’s liabilities for the fire would be fully covered by a $21-billion state wildfire fund.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
A separate Welsh government wildfire summit also led to promises of action to improve preparedness, external.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Under current law, the cap will end when the state wildfire fund, as well as an additional $18-billion reserve created last year, are depleted, leaving shareholders exposed to greater costs of future fires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
A nature reserve has said the wildlife "will never really be the same again" after a huge wildfire almost three months ago.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Others had been told by parole and probation officers that they could not vote, and although it was not true, they believed it, and the news spread like wildfire.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
There is a "terrifying prospect" of more UK wildfires in future due to climate change and preparation will be "crucial", the Prince of Wales has said.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
One senior official ruffled feathers when he said the wildfires were out of human control and that oxygen in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia "also comes from our forests".
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
When Robbie and his mother travel by bus from Alberta, Canada, they part ways for a time before he discovers raging wildfires threaten her location.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
She was abroad in Ghana as part of a presidential delegation when deadly wildfires erupted in early 2025.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
When wildfires got big, when the wind whipped them up and they grew quickly out of control, that’s when they were really dangerous.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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