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
He says that while the techniques for tackling fire have not changed much, technology in forest fire detection has.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The hope here is that this could form an autonomous first response, so forest fire detection and drone activation can be so quick that fires can be extinguished as they're starting.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The wildfire near Bordeaux is the largest nationwide since a deadly forest fire in the same region in 1949, which scorched around 50,000 hectares.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Just like being trapped by a forest fire.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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