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Utah wildfire blocks rescuers from reaching firefighting helicopter crash site
By Uwa Ede-Osifo

Fate of two passengers onboard helicopter that went down Friday morning remains unknown after more than 24 hours

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/08/utah-helicopter-crash-wildfire

#Utah #Helicoptercrashes #Firefighters #Wildfires #USnews #TheGuardian #UwaEdeOsifo

Utah wildfire blocks rescuers from reaching firefighting helicopter crash site https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/08/utah-helicopter-crash-wildfire #Utah #HelicopterCrashes #Firefighters #Wildfires #UsNews

If smoke is spirit and fire is cleansing, what is happening right now? People have been suggesting that I write about fire in my next ecofiction work, and I think they’re right. There’s something here about connection, responsibility, and how we imagine solutions.

CBC News is partly blocked outside of Canada, so I’m sharing a screenshot for those beyond our borders. Thank you #firefighters, including those who have come from other countries to help. Visualize #rain and tempered skies. And remember that wherever you are, we are all connected.

When you think of fire, how do you see yourself and your community as part of the picture? When you think of environmental choices, how do you perceive your ability to influence? If you visualize solutions, where do you see yourself in relation to them?

#MitakuyeOyasin

The EU's adaptation framework offers an illusion of preparation. Laying out plans for a 3°C drift average does not make it survivable. But it makes it seem so. 🧵

Europe is not even preparing for what happened recently!
In the pine plantations west of Bordeaux, firefighters met the first pyrocumulonimbus France has ever seen.
There was the largest firefighting mobilisation in EU history, and the destruction broke records anyway:
https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories/news/eu-deploys-largest-ever-wildfire-response-2026-summer-2026-06-02_en

#climatePolicy #adaptation #megafires #wildfires #plantations #forestry #climateDrift #climateChange #firefighting #firefighters #France #EUPol #policy

The EU's adaptation framework offers an illusion of preparation. Laying out plans for a 3°C drift average does not make it survivable. But it makes it seem so. 🧵

Europe is not even preparing for what happened recently!
In the pine plantations west of Bordeaux, firefighters met the first pyrocumulonimbus France has ever seen.
There was the largest firefighting mobilisation in EU history, and the destruction broke records anyway:
https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories/news/eu-deploys-largest-ever-wildfire-response-2026-summer-2026-06-02_en

#climatePolicy #adaptation #megafires #wildfires #plantations #forestry #climateDrift #climateChange #firefighting #firefighters #France #EUPol #policy

Helicopter fighting Utah wildfire crashes with two people onboard, officials say
By Uwa Ede-Osifo

Rescuers not yet able to reach scene of crash near Richfield in central Utah, prompting fears for two missing people

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/07/utah-wildfire-helicopter-crash

#USnews #Wildfires #Utah #Firefighters #TheGuardian #UwaEdeOsifo

Helicopter fighting Utah wildfire crashes with two people onboard, officials say https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/07/utah-wildfire-helicopter-crash #UsNews #Wildfires #Utah #Firefighters

“I’ve spent over 50 years fighting fires, and I’ve watched this threat change beyond recognition,” said former Commissioner of Fire & Rescue NSW Greg Mullins.

“The fire seasons start earlier, burn hotter and run longer, because climate pollution from coal, oil and gas is heating the planet.”

Australia’s 2019-20 Black Summer disaster was one of the most catastrophic fire seasons in its history, killing 33 people directly, with an additional 417 deaths attributed to smoke inhalation.

Mr Mullins said that “in the six years since, we’ve added more pollution to the problem”.

“Governments that keep approving new coal, oil and gas projects are raising the risk of even worse fire disasters,” he said.

https://thepoint.com.au/new/260708-no-one-is-left-to-come-to-anyones-aid-former-emergency-chiefs-warn-of-a-new-era-of-bushfire-risk

#wildfires #Australia #climateRisks #climateChange #firefighting #firefighters #fires #climatePolicy #AusPol

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian missile strike in Kyiv region, Ukraine, August 5. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov

#photography
#Ukraine
#firefighters

Cat survives Utah apartment fire by sheltering in closet for three days
By Ramon Antonio Vargas

Toast the cat escaped his namesake fate when blaze ripped through building and displaced more than 40 families

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/05/toast-the-cat-utah-fire

#Utah #Cats #Firefighters #Pets #Animals #USnews #TheGuardian #RamonAntonioVargas

Cat survives Utah apartment fire by sheltering in closet for three days https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/05/toast-the-cat-utah-fire #Utah #Cats #Firefighters #Pets #Animals #UsNews

Thank you to Mexico and the 300 firefighters who will be helping us fight the wildfires in BC, Canada.
❤️❤️❤️

https://youtube.com/shorts/LN_cwq-HPds

#canada #mexico #wildfires #firefighters

LIVE: Firefighters battle raging wildfires in Greece

Hundreds of Greek firefighters continue to battle wildfires for a fifth day after strong and erratic winds helped it devastate homes, pine forests and thousands of hectares of farmland, ‌forcing evacuations by land and sea. #wildfire #greece #climatecrisis #heatwave #europe #firefighters #live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the world:

https://fllics.com/en/video/live-firefighters-battle-raging-wildfires-in-greece/

California Firefighters Assist in Battling Devastating Washington Wildfires

📰 Original title: Hundreds of California firefighters help battle raging Washington wildfires

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

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#environment #wildfires #firefighters #evacuations

LIVE: Aerial firefighters tackle wildfires in Greece

Firefighters tackle wildfires in the village of Vilia in West Attica, Greece. #wildfires #greece #vilia #westattica #firefighters Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Keep up with the latest news from around the world:

https://fllics.com/en/video/live-aerial-firefighters-tackle-wildfires-in-greece/

Two firefighters work to contain a blaze near Porto Germeno, Greece.

Photograph: Michael Varaklas/AP

#photography
#wildfires
#firefighters
#Greece

Athens, Greece
An Erickson firefighting helicopter drops water over a wildfire in Mount Kitheronas, near Psatha, west of Athens.

Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters

#photography
#wildfires
#firefighters
#Greece