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Recent Examples of forest fireTengden said the aircraft is designed for reconnaissance, precision strikes, communications relay, emergency rescue, and forest fire prevention.—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025 The forest fire sequence is a good example.—Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025 The inflationary forest fire that many expected to see has yet to ignite.—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 The only safe way to get real fires was laying gas lines and creating gas burns, without releasing any particles in the air that would potentially cause a forest fire.—Tomris Laffly, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
Officials said that the slide occurred in the same spot where a brush fire had broken out in November.
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Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
Moore also said that the department’s handling of the Lachman Fire — a small New Year’s Day 2025 brush fire that ignited in the Pacific Palisades, eventually leading to the Palisades Fire — wasn't good enough, KNBC added.
Finding human fingerprints on disasters The study, confirming what had been widely suspected, brings the first scientific assessment of global warming’s role in intensifying some of the most serious wildfire emergencies to grip Chile and Argentina in years.
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Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Pratt’s book traces his infamous career as a reality television star and more recent turn — after losing his house a year ago in the Palisades wildfire — as a high-profile critic of state and local government officials.
Their savior, a late-40s man travelling alone, welcomed them to join him at his campfire.
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Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
3 Feb. 2026
Those sentiments are shared by San Diego Symphony President and CEO Martha Gilmer, who playfully invoked a children’s campfire music favorite known to several generations of Girl Scouts.
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George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
There’s always a huge bonfire to warm up by, as well as a beer garden, various food trucks and tables featuring local vendors and nonprofit organizations selling delicious treats.
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Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2026
Here, a festive bonfire, live music and á la carte access to the restaurant’s full food and bar menu (including the Mongolian BBQ) await.