>300,000 people💔have been displaced by #wildfires in #France & #Spain. The temperatures are expected to start climbing again Monday, & there’s no rain in sight.

The scenes of the fires🚨around #Bordeaux & #Madrid are devastating, absolutely apocalyptic. We hope that the winds shift away from populated areas.

“Firefighters🚨are battling flames around Bordeaux, France's 6th-largest metropolitan area…”
GLOBAL #ClimateCrisis‼️
🚫#FossilFuels
#Climate #Wildfires #Disasters
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/26/world/live-news/france-spain-wildfires-evacuations

There is now a world wildfire map:
https://currentwildfires.com

#ClimateChaos
#ClimateDiary
#SignOfTheTimes
#Wildfires

Exhausted

#Pompiers #Firefighters #France #Bordeaux #Wildfires #ClimateEmergency

©️AFP/Alain Jocard

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Un pompier aux cheveux coupés court, le visage rougi par la fatigue, est agenouillé sur l'herbe sèche devant un camion de pompiers, vêtu d'une tenue de travail tachée de rouille. Son casque est posé à côté de lui ; il tient dans ses mains une bouteille en plastique remplie d'eau. A firefighter with closely cropped hair and an exhausted, flushed face is kneeling on the dry grass in front of a fire engine, wearing rusty work clothes. His helmet lies beside him; in his hands he is holding a plastic bottle of water.

I hope while #Scotland is experiencing and trying to deal with #WildFires that the water consumption in places like golf courses is being rationed.

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌸🌿 #Utrecht University researchers studied drill cores from the #UK and Northwest #Europe to track #wildfires during the end-Triassic #extinction 201 million years ago.

Using a new darkness index on #fossil pollen and a fern-to-fern #fire cycle, they found that #CO2-driven #warming collapsed #forests and let #ferns fuel intense repeated burns for up to 300,000 years. The ferns acted as both disaster colonizers and self-perpetuating wildfire fuel.

👉 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/triassic-inferno-fires-raged-across-europe-for-thousands-of-years-during-past-global-warming

#triassic #massextinction #climate #climatechange #palynology #paleontology #geology #earthscience #globalwarming #research #nature #deforestation #science

Apocalypse picnic

Lacanau, France
People sit on the beach of Moutchic as smoke rises into the sky from a wildfire. Authorities in south-western France have ordered the total evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula on the Atlantic coast by land and sea as an ‘intense and highly unpredictable’ wildfire advances on one of the country’s best-known holiday spots.

Photograph: Maximilien Lamy/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#wildfires
#France
#beach

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People sit on the beach of Moutchic as smoke rises into the sky from a wildfire.

Meanwhile the area by where we are is also burning. 200-300 hectares of the Dublin-Wicklow uplands scorched. Apparently under control now.

(You can smell the smoke in the air in Bray; found ash on my clothes after my morning walk.)

https://www.independent.ie/county/wicklow/wicklow-wildfires-under-control-but-estimated-200-300-hectares-of-uplands-scorched/a/158999554.html

#ireland #wildfires

Increasingly hot Europe faces more Severe Droughts and Growing Challenges for Water and Land Management

The European summer of 2026 has so far been characterised by exceptional #heat and widespread #dryness (#Copernicus, 2026). Between April and June, large parts of the continent, from #Portugal in the southwest to southern #Finland in the northeast, received below-average rainfall. Combined with successive #heatwaves, these conditions have intensified drought across #Europe, contributing to widespread #agricultural and #hydrological impacts, unusually low river levels (#NOS, 2026), and severe #wildfires, particularly in #Spain and #France, where 116,000 and 42,000 hectares have already been burnt, respectively (#EFFIS, 2026). Although western Europe experienced a relatively wet start to the year, persistent precipitation deficits in eastern Europe carried over from 2025, resulting in different types and stages of drought developing across the continent. With forecasts indicating little relief in the near term, the summer of 2026 is emerging as one of Europe’s most significant heat and #drought events in recent years.

https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/increasingly-hot-europe-faces-more-severe-droughts-and-growing-challenges-for-water-and-land-management/

#WeatherAttribution
#ClimateScience

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Fig: SPEI maps for 3- and 6- month accumulation periods ending in June 2026 over the region 33-60N,15W-30E. The Western Domain is highlighted in blue and the Eastern Domain is highlighted in red. Bottom: Drought classification maps categorised according to the US Drought Monitor (USDM) system. The categories are based on the n-month SPEI values in June 2026, calculated from ERA5 using the Hargreaves scheme for PET.

“The European drought is a compound crisis, driven by prolonged precipitation deficits and extreme heat, with impacts already evident despite the summer only just beginning.

Wildfire activity has also intensified rapidly in western Europe. The drought is placing severe strain on agriculture”

https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/increasingly-hot-europe-faces-more-severe-droughts-and-growing-challenges-for-water-and-land-management/

#Climate #ClimateCrisis #Europe #Heat #Drought #Wildfires #Science #ClimateScience #Weather

In this photograph, PM Mark Carney is touring the Government Operations Centre - the nerve centre that leads the “integrated federal response to all-hazard events of a national interest.”

The workforce there has been cut in half thanks to Carney’s public service cuts, from 100 to just 50 workers.

In other words, to advance major projects “in the national interest” (like pipelines and military hardware), the PM has slashed the number of public sector workers who coordinate the response to emergencies “of a national interest”.

As Sharon de Sousa of PSAC says,

“Gutting it by almost half puts people across the country at risk, including frontline workers who are battling wildfires, supporting evacuations and risking their lives.”

https://ottawacitizen.com/public-service/government-operations-centre-cuts-wildfires

#canada #cdnpoli #wildfires

We should call it the "Chevron" smoke. Or "wildfires brought to you by BP"

#wildfires #wildfiresmoke

First Nation chiefs from northwestern Ontario:-

“the lack of communication and evacuation support should horrify all Canadians, and our community was on its own.”

"In their haste to extract our resources in our territories, both Ontario and Canada are ignoring the immediate threats our communities are facing because of climate change."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/wildfire-response-public-inquiry-9.7278584

#CdnPoli #OnPoli #Wildfires #ClimateEmergency #Indigenous

My wife and I have been working on a sticker design to sell that will help support folks affected by this years devastating 🇨🇦 Canadian wildfires. I’ll likely add a section to my existing Etsy shop rather than create something new.

My question to you:
Besides the Canadian Red Cross, what are some charities we could donate proceeds to? Particularly to help affected Indigenous communities?

Please boost for visibility!! Thank you! 😊

#Canada #wildfires

#France #wildfires > Sécurité Civile Canadair CL-415 water bombers taking turns scooping water from Lake Sainte-Croix before heading back to battle #wildfires raging across southern France

📸 Cyril Talbot

When the US struggles to put out wildfires, Canada has always been there to lend a hand. But when Canada struggles with the same, all Trump has for us are threats and insults.

Canadians are tired of it.

#canada #cdnpoli #trump #wildfires

Almost 200 #wildfires in northern #Ontario force #evacuations

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/close-to-200-wildfires-are-active-in-northern-ontario-as-communities-evacuate/

Credit @volcaholic1.bsky.social

"Climate change is coming for us all, and last night it reached the heart of Scotland's capital.

A wildfire broke out in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, as strong winds and tinder-dry vegetation helped the flames spread.

This is not the Amazon. This is not Australia. This is Scotland."

📹 Richard Goldie

#Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Wildfires #ClimateFires

We had 6 years to adopt clean air standards

We had 6 years to normalize masking

Society chose denial instead

Now as wildfires rage & the air turns to poison … people are left unprotected

Covid cautious folks are still trying to protect those who’ve ignored them for years

We are still trying to arm people with the tools they need to keep themselves and their families healthy.

We’re handing out N95s.

We’re supporting mask blocs.

We’re teaching people how to build corsi Rosenthal boxes.

We’re educating about the health risks of wildfire

We’re still fighting to help anyone who will listen.

We’ve been left by the wayside, but we haven’t given up.

Everyone is at risk from wildfire smoke.

Everyone.

You can’t choose to not breathe.

We share the air and we need to start caring about the quality of that air.

Invest in good quality respirators.

Get air purifiers for your home.

Support clean air groups in your neighborhood.

Hand out masks to the unhoused and those who can’t escape the elements.

No one is coming to save us.

We must show up and save each other.

#wildfires #cleanair #climate #climatechange #n95 #COVIDisAirborne #covidisnotover

Another Indigenous community in Ontario has been lost to the climate fires 🔥

The community of Whitewater Lake First Nation has been lost to the devastating wildfires in Northwestern ON 💔

#Wildfires #Ontario #ClimateChane #GlobalWarming #Indigenous
https://www.nan.ca/news/statement-from-chief-pauline-drake/

@StevenSaus Not to mention the 555 Active US Wildfires burning in the US. https://www.americanforests.org/wildfire-map/ #Wildfires

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map of fires in the US: 555 Active US Wildfires 1.3M Active Acres

Waking up this morning to a heady bouquet of ozone, methane, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, fine particulate matter, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
#canada #wildfires #ClimateCrisis #climate

It's been nice to be in the #HabitableZone for a few weeks after the last #NorEaster. Today was a bit on the warm side, but soon #Hazy / #Wildfires / #ExtremeHeat will be here. I think this years' theme in #Maine will be #Drought rather than humid #Wetbulb -- more like 2022. Better store that #Rainwater -- but make sure you put a layer of #OliveOil on top (a good use for old/rancid oil) to keep the #Mosquitoes at bay.
#MaineWeather #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #Maine

Canada's boreal forest is an ecological treasure of inestimable value. It is also all too easy to forget.

#Canada #ClimateChange #BorealForest #wildfires #Deforestation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boreal_forest_of_Canada

‘It’s only going to get worse’: wildfires forcing firefighters to make impossible choices | Wildfires | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/18/the-impossible-choices-of-a-deadly-wildfire-season

#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires #Firefighters

#maine #wildfires #QuebecWildfires

HVAC filter System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXya56NIaVM

This system will cost you between 30 and 60 US dollars replacing 300 US dollar systems

#HVAC #filters #system #wildfires #clean #air #environment

The Guardian: ‘It’s only going to get worse’: wildfires forcing firefighters to make impossible choices

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/18/the-impossible-choices-of-a-deadly-wildfire-season

#wildfires #climateemergency

I do believe we live in the stupidest of times.

#uspol #wildfires #tariffs #climateemergency

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Financial Times: Donald trump threatens Canada with tariffs over "invasion" of wildfire smoke

The sad truth about the Canadian wildfires (gift link):
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/07/canadian-forests-are-big/687936/?gift=NBdGSmKfDQzLc1B6N1F-gRx6qrqMpFM5NdcMGowh1nY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

When the boreal forests of Canada catch on fire, no one can do anything about it in many cases.

Many people simply don’t grasp the sheer magnitude of the boreal forest or what it would take to manage fires across its enormous area, Jed Kaplan, a professor in the Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment at the University of Calgary, told me: “You can’t control these fires. You cannot put personnel, fire engines, over an area that is the size of the entire American South, or something like that. It’s just way too big of an area.”

And so the fires spread, pouring out smoke that washes over the residents of faraway cities.

#wildfires #Canada

Inside and outside. It’s also visibly smoky out there.
#virginia #wildfires #airquality

This is really bare bones because I haven't done the usual outreach I do to get it updated, but I have a Wildfire Smoke Resources doc for the US (I would like to expand it to Canada but I'd need help!) where you can get information about where to find free masks, air filters and air purifiers, and safe places to go to get out of smoky air, as well as general resources about wildfire smoke and how to protect yourself: https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/4Mi5umUBZUCSIt7qA6kMSiZK5ZoTntWUlSXkJ9y1ZhU/

If you have a mask block or other resource for free masks or clean air in your area, let me know! You can message me here or use the form that's linked in the doc.

tagspam below

#Wildfire #Wildfires #WildfireSmoke #ClimateChange #Solarpunk #Canada #CanadianWildfires #MaskBloc #CleanAir #AirPollution #MaskUp #StillMasking #YallMasking

AP: Wildfire smoke makes air unhealthy from the US Midwest to East Coast. Officials say stay inside

https://apnews.com/article/canada-wildfires-smoke-us-ae4b2bd09a97919a081e26ede6a6d355

#wildfires #AQi #airquality

For anybody who wants to discuss tangible actions around telling our gov't they are not doing a good job on climate change (and everything else, really) we're starting a #thisIsNotFine movement.
So far we're developing stickers and postcards.
Drop in to share your ideas, and help with anything other folks are working on.

A landslide is made of many small pebbles moving at once.
💪🇨🇦

(boosts appreciated, I'm on a small server here)
#CNDpoli #CANpoli #climateCrisis #wildfires #smoke

Smoke from the wildfires in north western Ontario will blanket the southern part of the province as well as the east coast of the US, consequences of yet another heatwave.

Video is of a Canadian train crew surrounded by raging wildfire flames yesterday near Armstrong, Ontario.

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Wildfires

👀 #wildfires #AQi

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Hazardous air quality, especially in the Great Lakes/ northeast US

Live map of active wildfires in Canada 😳.
Via https://fireradar.ca/ .
#wildfires #canada #ontario

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Screenshot of the map in the linked page. It shows an astonishingly dense display of orange fires blanketing much of Ontario and Quebec, northern Manitoba, and our northern territories. Also some fires in inland southern BC.

To my friends out in the smoke: i wanted to point out that the way the Canadian system works it's just going to say "10+" on most apps, but the smoke hazard may be way above that. Here is a comparison of the same day and time as shown on the Purpleair app, showing the warning messages from the Canadian and U.S. system side by side. Last year someone I knew got pneumonia because nobody was protecting themselves from the smoke. After all, it only says high risk people need to worry

#wildfires #ontario

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Two readings composited together from the Purpleair site showing the reading at a specific spot in Winnipeg on August 7th at 2:37 PM On the left is the Environment Canada scale showing 28 (out of ten) "10 minute Average Canadian PM2.5 (AQHI+) is now 10+: Reduce or reschedule strenuous activities outdoors, especially if you experience symptoms such as coughing and throat irritation. Avoid strenuous activities outdoors. Children and the elderly should also avoid outdoor physical exertion." Right side shows a reading of 327 "10 minute Average US EPA PM2.5 (AQI) is now >300: Health warning of emergency conditions: everyone is more likely to be affected with 24 hours of exposure."

Distant #wildfires cast long, #toxic shadow over #Maine

https://www.centralmaine.com/2026/07/15/distant-wildfires-cast-long-toxic-shadow-over-maine/

Prevailing winds have been directing more wildfire smoke to New England in recent years, experts say.

Incredibly brazen for the Prime Minister to boast about the “lasting benefits” of expanding fossil fuel production on a day like today.

Record-breaking heatwaves. Toxic smoke engulfing cities and towns. Out of control wildfires forcing entire communities to evacuate.

This government is spending billions of dollars in public money to expand the very industry that’s causing climate breakdown — at a moment when renewables are cheaper and more available than ever before.

No more climate-wrecking corporate welfare. We need a government that protects the people and places we love.

#canada #cdnpoli #climate #wildfires

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Screenshot of a Facebook post from Mark Carney. It has a video with the caption: The world wants to do more with Canada. Our MOU with Alberta will unlock those opportunities in energy — and create lasting benefits for Canadians.

#DIY box fan filters – #CorsiRosenthal box

"Also known as a Corsi-Rosenthal box, this DIY method of building your own air filter with #MERV13 furnace filters and a box fan are an easy and cost-effective way to help clear indoor air from airborne virus particles, wildfire smoke, pollen, dust, and more!

If you can seal a box, you can build one (or 100!) of these!"

https://cleanaircrew.org/box-fan-filters/

#CleanAir #CleanAirCrew #WildfireSmoke #WildfireHaze #AQI #AirQuality #ClimateDiary #WildfireSeason #Wildfires
#HEPAFilters #CorsiRosenthalBox

NEW YORK CITY RESIDENTS:

#NewYork #Wildfires #Wildfire

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FREE MASKS AVAILABLE AT DISTRIBUTION LOCATIONS To protect the health of New Yorkers, especially those at greatest risk, free KN95 masks are available at public library branches across the five boroughs. These include Brooklyn Public Library and Queens Public Library locations, as well as the following New York Public Library branches: St. George Library Center in Staten Island, the Bronx Library Center in the Bronx, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (the main branch) in Manhattan. Emergency Management is working to expand availability at additional distribution sites and will announce further locations if air quality worsens.

CN Rail Crew seen in viral video surrounded by #wildfires near Armstrong, north of Thunder Bay #Ontario evacuated.

Three First Nations evacuate. One community destroyed.

https://globalnews.ca/news/11966535/northern-ontario-wildfires-cn-rail/

#Ontario #wildfires: #Smoke in #Toronto prompts #airquality warning

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/weather/article/torontos-air-quality-ranked-worst-in-the-world-as-wildfire-smoke-drifts-into-region/

Yikes #Toronto Air Quality is worst in the world today!

#Canada #AQI #wildfires

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The image displays a ranking of major cities worldwide based on their air quality index (AQI) for the date July 15, 2026. Toronto, Canada, has the highest AQI at 192, followed by Kinshasa, Dubai

#maine #dystopia #USPol #MEPol #ClimateChange #wildfires

@sbourne No kidding! Sky is so yellowish-gray from high-level wildfire smoke we have the kitchen lights on. The only upside is that we never got enough sun to kick off the predicted thunderstorms yesterday. Yes, the sky really is the color in that photo. #wildfires #MEwx

#ClimateDiary There are #Wildfires everywhere. Everywhere! Right here outside Eastbourne, other places in Sussex; in Wales, Manchester, Scotland, France (Fonteinebleau!), Spain (so many dead, such horrific stories!), Germany, US, etc etc. It really is the #Pyrocene. And yet STILL hardly anyone is talking about it.

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Cartoon dog sitting in a room full of fire with a cup of tea saying; THIS IS FINE

This does NOT have to be our new normal: make polluters pay, fund real fire prevention and climate adaptation, and protect both people and the sports we love.

Add your name: https://act.gp/3RLI2EV

#MakePollutersPay #tourdefrance #heatwave #fires #wildfires #cycling #sports #climatechange #climatecrisis

Escalating #wildfires in a warming world: a systematic review of #climate change influence on fire regime - IOPscience

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-5295/ae7b75

BBC: Wildfire in southern France forces evacuation of 10,000 people

"...Tour de France spectators have been urged to stay away from the conclusion of the third stage of the cycling race on Monday to allow access for emergency vehicles to the area...."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crlwweye9glo

#wildfires #sports #tourdesmoke #BikeTooter

Good news, long overdue:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/firefighters-wear-n95-respirators-policy-change-rcna351438

The Forest Service announced Wednesday that firefighters were authorized to use N95 respirators on the fire line, a major policy reversal as the agency for decades did not allow such protections, even as studies demonstrated the health harms of wildfire smoke.

The Forest Service also announced that it is initiating a decontamination program designed to reduce firefighters’ skin exposure to the toxins in soot and ash. Workers will be paid for the time they spend washing clothes, cleaning their vehicles and showering after working on a fire.

The agency described the new policies as an interim step as it pursues a more robust protection program.

The announcement came as Congress increases its scrutiny of the agency’s protections for firefighters.

h/t @BakerRL75 @ai6yr

#wildfires #GoodNews

CALFIRE RRU: (June 16, 2026 10:36am PT)

SHORE FIRE – HIGHWAY UPDATE
MORENO VALLEY, CA - The Shore Fire is currently 2,600 acres and 25% contained.

TRAFFIC ADVISORY

State Route 60 westbound has reopened at the Interstate 10 interchange. Motorists should expect delays and remain alert for firefighters, law enforcement personnel, and heavy equipment operating in the area. State Route 60 remains open.
Drivers are urged to reduce their speed, use caution, and consider alternate routes when possible, to help maintain safe access for emergency personnel. Traffic conditions and roadway access remain subject to change based on fire activity and operational needs.

SMOKE AND FIRE ACTIVITY UPDATE
Residents and motorists may continue to see smoke and occasional flare-ups within the area. This activity is the result of interior hotspots and pockets of unburned vegetation continuing to smolder within the established fire perimeter.

Firefighters are actively monitoring and addressing these areas. While visible smoke may be visible from surrounding communities, it remains within the fire footprint and does not indicate significant fire growth.

Residents in and around the area are advised to use caution, as emergency personnel and equipment remain in the area conducting suppression and containment operations.

Evacuation ORDERS and WARNINGS remain in effect.

Map and Information: https://Protect.Genasys.com
We appreciate the patience and cooperation of residents and the community as crews continue
suppression and containment efforts. For additional information and updates on the Shore Fire,
please visit: linktr.ee/calfirerru

#ShoreFire #RiversideCounty #wildfires #CAwx

NEW: A U.S. Senator Pushed to Cut Firefighting Aircraft Inspections the Same Month His Former Company Failed One

Before entering politics, Tim Sheehy ran an aerial firefighting company, Bridger Aerospace.

In the Senate, he has sought to cut regulations and expand the government’s use of private aircraft on wildfires, while still owning stock in the company.

https://www.propublica.org/article/tim-sheehy-bridger-aerospace-forest-service-inspection

#news #government #business #wildfires #senate

LA Times: New evidence confirms Edison’s idle line ignited Eaton fire, lawyers say

"... New surveillance video and utility data bolster claims that a century-old, idle Edison transmission line ignited last year’s Eaton fire, which killed 19 people and displaced thousands in Altadena, lawyers say.
Lawyers for insurers are seeking a ruling holding Edison financially liable for the fire. They point to how two flashes on a video from a Pasadena swim club correspond to the timing of two faults, three seconds apart, that Edison recorded on its transmission lines just before the fire ignited.
Edison has not accepted responsibility for igniting the fire, saying its own investigation and a separate inquiry by state and county officials is continuing.
..."

(paywall)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-06-09/evidence-confirms-edisons-idle-line-ignited-eaton-fire-lawyers-say

#wildfires #EatonFire #Altadena

(my poem for the occasion)

The hills are on fire
Go to the mall
Sure your home is burning
Fashions on sale for fall

Quickly now hurry
you must evacuate
Things are on sale at the mall
Don't be late

While you watch
the neighborhood burning
Snag some fast fashion
You've been yearning

Be sure to
Grab a hot dog on a stick
Apologies if
The smoke is too thick

Anyway now
Enjoy your time at the mall
Since the hills will be burning
Until well past fall

#wildfires #mall #poem (human written)

ps. My thoughts with folks under very real danger there in La Jolla, stay safe, and apologies for injecting some levity into this...

Wildfires are killing trees faster than we can plant them

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/wildfires-tree-planting-canada-9.7215528
- - -
Les feux de forêt tuent des arbres plus vite que nous sommes en mesure d’en planter

// Article en anglais //

#Canada #Wildfires #FeuxDeForêt

Companies that sold gender-reveal fireworks which ignited California wildfire agree to $4m settlement https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/03/gender-reveal-fireworks-california-wildfire-settlement #CaliforniaWildfires #California #Wildfires #UsCrime #UsNews #WestCoast

VCFD: "Today, VCFD and our partners are actively reducing wildfire risk across the county through a variety of fuels management projects designed to protect communities in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI).

In Thousand Oaks, specifically the Rancho area by the 101 and 23 freeways, crews and a tracked masticator is reducing hazardous vegetation and creating strategic fuel breaks to help slow the spread of future wildfires.

Near Long Canyon in Simi Valley, targeted goat grazing is being used to naturally reduce invasive grasses and other flashy fuels while minimizing environmental impacts.

In Upper Ojai, partners are conducting a 65-acre prescribed burn to safely remove excess vegetation under carefully planned conditions, reducing fuel loads.

No single tool solves the wildfire challenge. Mechanical treatment, prescribed grazing, and prescribed fire each play an important role in creating healthier, more fire-resilient landscapes.

These proactive projects represent a balanced approach between wildfire safety, environmental stewardship, and community protection. By reducing hazardous fuels before a fire starts, we can improve firefighter safety, strengthen defensible space, protect critical infrastructure, and reduce the intensity and spread of future wildfires.

The Ventura County Fire Department continues to seek collaborative fuels management and wildfire resilience projects throughout the county to help create safer, more fire-adapted communities."

Together, we're building a more resilient Ventura County.

#wildfires

UAF invites people to take a wildfire walk

"...The University of Alaska Fairbanks will celebrate a new interpretive trail July 11 at the 2021 Yankovich Road Fire site, where 3.5 acres burned within 100 yards of a neighborhood.

The Wildfire Walk educates visitors about the fire site through nine interpretive signs describing the relationship between wildfire and the boreal forest, fire science and climate change, and wildfire prevention...."

https://www.uaf.edu/news/uaf-invites-people-to-wildfire-walk.php

#wildfires #Alaska #FireScience #climate

Meanwhile, Up North,

Man accused of shooting wildfire plane says he was crow hunting

VIRGINIA — A northern St. Louis County man allegedly told authorities he was crow hunting on Friday evening when a firefighting aircraft was struck with a bullet near his rural home.
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/man-accused-of-shooting-wildfire-plane-says-he-was-crow-hunting

#Minnesota #wildfires #gunfire #crows

#CorsiRosenthal #wildfires #SandyFire #smoke #AQI

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The Corsi-Rosenthal Box is an affordable DIY air-cleaning system made with simple materials found in hardware stores. The box fan pulls air through the filters on the sides and blows out clean air It 1 proven to reduce indoor exposure to airborne particles, including those containing the virus that causes COVID-19. The box can also decrease the levels of other particles in the air, such as dust or wildfire smoke.

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Details on build to come

Sending units to the Long Canyon Area, there is no fire there yet, but they are going to start prepping structures in the Long Canyon area 5/18/26 1236 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

https://alertwest.live/cam-console/2220 5/18/26 1249 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

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Wildfire on a camera

Discussion on 1 1/12 to 2 hours to reach Albertson Fire Road. They would use Albertson Fire Road as a trigger for Kanan area evacuations. 5/18/26 1316 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

Here's Albertson Fire Road.

Strike team incoming might have an Aussie on the radio. 🤔 Or possibly a Kiwi.

5/18/26 1317 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

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Albertson Fire Road

Imminent threat of fire crossing Montgomery Fire Road into Bridal Path (Rocking Horse/Maynard) 5/18/26 1350 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

Spot fire about to impact homes at Covington. OES engine was asking about whether or not to engage, and the answer was yes. 5/18/26 1353 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

1Lima, 2Golf, 1Charlie strike teams requested. 5/18/26 1401 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

Corrected: 1Lima, 3Golf, 1Charlie - resources are currently in route. Will be committed overnight, need to plan for extended attack. 5/18/26 1402 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

Discussion that if fire keeps on making its way through retardant at Runkle, plan to extend evacuation warning through Bell Canyon. 5/18/26 1403 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

AA430 off poterville with eta 1432 5/18/26 1411 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

Current air quality readings... despite smelling like ash, air is not terrible (yet). 5/18/26 1422 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

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Purpleair showing air quality readings, one side is very low PM2.5 AQI (due to wind), th eotehr side only mildly unhealthy

5/18/26 1421 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

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PM2.5 graph

Requesting 10 strike team crews for tomorrow, due to terrain. Separate call, they are requesting PD for civilians at end of Covington Ave who are refusing to leave and putting water on the fire. 5/18/26 1422 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

"Bedding down" some Golfs due to some kind of hour rule, so they can use them tomorrow instead of today. 5/18/26 1436 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

Fire impact report 279 Meadow Mist, Branch 7. Accidental EM activation by an engine. (NOTE: will be offline for a slight bit, have to run an errand...)

5/18/26 1456 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

Back listening. They are looking at triggering evacuation warnings on the Bell Canyon side, and something about the homes on the top of Sequoia, due to expected wind shift. Nothing new has been ordered yet. 5/18/26 1525 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

Evacuation Warning issued for MEIC-01, Meier Canyon 5/18/26 1533 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

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Evac zone polygon

Flanking fire Sunnydale, opportunity for engine companies for direct attack. 5/18/26 1537 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

Onshore flow starting per units on scene. 5/18/26 1551 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

Wind shift, fire turning to Southeast, immediate structure threat. 5/18/26 1555 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

Tuning back in they want to turn another evac zone to a warning.

SASU-1

5/18/26 1722 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

Discussion of evacuation warnings.... SASU-02 order, Box Canyon-02 warning... maybe Box CANYON-03 5/18/26 1731 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

Sandy Fire – Information

Evacuation Warning – Level 2 – Set

Ago-C304, CSB-U024, CAL-C401, MTV-U048, MTV-U048, HID-C501, LFD-0471, LFD-0469, WTH-U045, LFD-0405, LFD-0343, LAC-Woolsey, and LAC-Lakemanor.

For information on the Sandy Fire, a wildfire near the Simi Valley area in Ventura County, visit Emergency.VenturaCounty.gov

To determine the evacuation status of your zone visit protect.genasys.com

https://lacounty.gov/emergency

#SandyFire #Evacuations #BellCanyon #LosAngelesCounty #wildfires

Sandy Fire is now 2400 acres, per IC. 5/18/26 1819 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx #ThousandOaks

Evacuation Orders being triggered for SIMI 33, SIMI 34, SIMI 35
Evacuation Warning for SIMI 32

#SandyFire #SImiValley #wildfires #CAwx

5/18/26 1039PT

Helicopter in Simi doing water drops. 5/18/26 1045PT #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

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Copter over southern Simi Valley

VFIRE 25, 26 radio channels for tactical 5/18/26 1046PT #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

Head's up Conejo Valley/Thousand Oaks... those gusts are pushing that in this direction, 31mph gusts at the peaks. 5/18/26 1048PT #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

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Wind gusts on a map to 31mph on peaks

They are requesting Simi PD for traffic control at Sandy and Watson 5/18/26 1054PT #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

Launching two additional ? immediate need. Heavy fire impacting homes in ? area. 5/18/26 1056 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

Official evacs. 5/18/26 1056 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

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Fire personnel are currently on scene of a fast-moving brush fire in the area of Sandy Drive in Simi Valley. The fire is currently threatening structures. Evacuation Orders and Warnings have been issued for the area. Evacuation Orders The following zones are under Evacuation Order: Zone 32 Zone 33 Zone 34 Zone 35 To view on the Incident Dashboard, click HERE.

LA City fire copter 7 is on scene 5/18/26 1058 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

Primary goals: structure, life safety, secondary perimeter control, steer away from structures 5/18/26 1059 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

They are steering resources to Rocking Horse and Meander Drive for structure protection. 5/18/26 1102 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

LA County Fire 7 is currently HELCO since VCFD is doing water drops. 5/18/26 1102 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

LA County Fire 7 is currently HELCO since VCFD is doing water drops. 5/18/26 1102 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

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air7

2 typo 2 air tankers requestion, 3 lats type 1, one mapping platform. 5/18/26 1111 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

"I can use anything you can send" 5/18/26 1111 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

The following zones are under an Evacuation Warning:

Simi Valley 31
TOAKS 6
TOAKS 7

https://emergency.venturacounty.gov/

5/18/26 1112 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

Mulitple spots over fire road, if we get aircraft might be able to grab it. 5/18/26 1113 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

Air attack now overhead. 5/18/26 1116 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

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circles of plane

Roads they are currently looking at are Meander and Rambling 5/18/26 1120 #SimiValley #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #wildfires #CAwx

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Map, Simi, with dot on Meander Drive