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Fire whirls and pyrocumulus clouds: How fire creates its own weather
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoSubstantial fires can make their own weather – and do it in several ways. The most common weather...
Oak Fire live update: Wildfire ‘moving fast,’ jumps road and now threatens structures
Merced Sun-Star via AOL· 2 years agoA fast-moving wildfire near Yosemite National Park quickly spread in the mountainous terrain of...
Mosquito fire doubles in size west of Lake Tahoe, sending a pyrocumulus cloud skyward
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPG&E on Thursday disclosed 'electrical activity' near where the Mosquito fire started in the...
Oak fire near Yosemite explodes to 6,555 acres. 10 structures destroyed, thousands evacuated
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA firefighter battles the Oak fire as it crosses Darrah Road in Mariposa County on Friday. (Noah...
Oak Fire updates: ‘Explosive fire behavior’ in Mariposa County destroys structures
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoEVENING UPDATE: The Oak Fire had now burned 11,900 acres and was 0% contained as of 6:45 p.m....
How heat waves spread wildfires in California -- even when it isn't windy
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFirefighters and meteorologists look to a little-known metric called "mixing height" to understand...
Fast-moving McKinney Fire blows up in western Siskiyou County; evacuations ordered
Redding Record Searchlight via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis story is provided free of charge as a public service to our communities. Please support local...
PG&E fined $45 million for conductors sparking Dixie Fire
KRON via Yahoo News· 4 months ago(KRON) — Pacific Gas and Electric Company agreed to pay a $45 million fine for igniting the largest...
Fast-moving Oak Fire near Yosemite is belching smoke. Will it choke Fresno area?
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoThe smoke from the Oak Fire in Mariposa County could spread to the Fresno area by Sunday afternoon,...
Homes destroyed by 500-acre wildfire near Possum Kingdom Lake; blaze grows near Glen Rose
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoThe National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning Tuesday for north and central Texas as...