forest fire
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forest fires
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Last year, without El Niño, forest fires in Indonesia torched a 359,000-hectare area, says Professor Bambang Hero Saharjo, a forest fire forensics expert from Institut Pertanian Bogor University.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
A fleet of small boats evacuated about 500 tourists from beaches in northern Greece as a forest fire threatened two popular resorts on Thursday, with hundreds of firefighters tackling the flames.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
A fleet of small boats evacuated about 500 tourists from beaches in northern Greece as a forest fire threatened two popular resorts.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
A forest fire in the south of France has revealed a cache of 400 historic shells and munitions in the village of Le Porge, according to local authorities.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Many Alaskans have wondered why, in his desperation, McCandless didn’t start a forest fire at this point, as a distress signal.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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