wildfire
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A police spokesperson said the remains were found by a member of the public after the wildfire affected an area of woodland known as The Pits.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It can be tempting for many to imagine a wildfire as an unstoppable wall of flames, creeping steadily across an area - but Fogarty, from Redditch, Worcestershire, said fires did not behave like this.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Belgium's largest wildfire in a century was brought "under control" Thursday after a seven-day fight involving hundreds of firefighters in the boggy terrain of the High Fens nature reserve.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Firefighters hacked their way through boggy terrain overnight to fully surround Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, but crews were still battling numerous flare-ups in the High Fens nature reserve.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
A hot, dry wind blew in from the north, scattering the dirt from the unpaved streets and the railyard, carrying the faint scent of smoke from a distant wildfire.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
In the long run, containing Germany’s wildfires may require deeper change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
"There was very little interest from the national media," she said, adding that in recent weeks there had been "smaller wildfires in the South that received a lot of coverage".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Multiple waves of intense heat, fuelled by climate change, have sparked devastating droughts and wildfires in several European countries this year, cut crop yields and contributed to more than 25,000 excess deaths.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Newsom is working behind closed doors on legislation to further protect Edison and the state’s two other big for-profit electric utilities from the cost of wildfires caused by their equipment, the Times reported this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
He watched the growth of the trees and felt wildfires burning across the landscape, experienced lightning strikes on the granite domes, and suffered the slow inevitable advancement of glacial ice.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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Earth Science - Middle School
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