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1. News - World - AUSTRALIA

   Scores missing after devastating wildfires in Tasmania

   Posted Jan 07th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News World Wildfire Tasmania Agence France-Presse in Sydney Corpses expected to be found as police search for missing residents Police combed devastated towns for 100 people missing after wildfires tore through the Australian island state of Tasmania, with amid growing fears a number of them may have died. Acting Tasmania police commissioner Scott Tilyard said about 100 people had ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1121600/scores-missing-after-devastating-wildfires
2. News - World - PORTUGAL

   Portugal seeks European help to contain wildfires

   Posted Sep 04th 2012, 03:06pm by Associated Press in Lisbon

   ... News World Portugal Wildfire Associated Press in Lisbon A Portuguese official said on Tuesday authorities have asked other European countries to send help as the country’s ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1029338/portugal-seeks-european-help-contain-wildfires
3. News - World - UNITED STATES

   Southern California wildfire eases due to favourable weather

   Posted May 05th 2013, 12:50pm by Reuters

   ... have predicted the season will get worse with a summer of high temperatures and drought throughout much of the US West. Wildfire raging along California coast threatens 3,000 homes ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1230551/southern-california-wildfire-eases-due-favourable-weather
4. News - Asia - AUSTRALIA

   Kangaroo flees Australian bush fire

   Posted Jan 19th 2013, 12:00am by AGENCY

   ... News Asia Australia wildfires Kangaroo Agency A kangaroo flees across a road from a forest fire in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria yesterday. Temperatures in Sydney, the nation's largest city, yesterday hit their highest levels since records began 150 years ago, peaking at 45.8 degrees Celsius. The old record, of 45.3 degrees Celsius, was set in January 1939. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1131327/kangaroo-flees-australian-bush-fire
5. News - Asia - AUSTRALIA

   Milder temperatures ease Australian wildfire fears

   Posted Jan 09th 2013, 09:58am by Associated Press in Cooma

   ... News Asia Australia wildfires temperatures Associated Press in Cooma Temperatures cooled from record highs across much of southern Australia on Wednesday, reducing the danger from scores of wildfires that have blazed for days. Australia recorded its hottest day on record on Monday with a nationwide average of 40.33 degrees Celsius, narrowly breaking a 1972 record of 40.17C . The Bureau ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1123614/milder-temperatures-ease-australian-wildfire-fears
6. News - World - AUSTRALIA

   Temporary drop in temperatures brings relief for Australian fire crews

   Posted Jan 10th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... perished in the Yass area alone. Wildfires are a fact of life in Australia, where 173 people perished in the 2009 Black Saturday firestorm, the nation's worst natural disaster of modern times. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1124107/temporary-drop-temperatures-brings-relief-australian-fire-crews
7. News - World

   Briefs, January 13, 2013

   Posted Jan 13th 2013, 12:00am by AGENCIES

   ... continued. In the eastern state of New South Wales, 1,000 firefighters were attempting to douse 94 wildfires, about a dozen uncontained, while fires were also burning in Victoria and Queensland ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1126700/briefs-january-13-2013
8. News - World - UNITED STATES

   Wildfire raging along California coast threatens 3,000 homes

   Posted May 03rd 2013, 05:04pm by Reuters

   ... in Riverside County on Thursday destroyed two houses and damaged two others before firefighters halted its spread, and at least five additional wildfires burned in northern California. The outbreak ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1229274/wildfire-raging-along-california-coast-threatens-3000-homes
9. News - Asia - AUSTRALIA

   Australia firefighters race to beat heat spike

   Posted Jan 10th 2013, 04:24pm by AFP

   ... and Queensland, with total fire bans in place for Friday. Wildfires are a fact of life in arid Australia, where 173 people died in the 2009 Black Saturday firestorm, the nation’s worst natural disaster ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1124736/australia-firefighters-race-beat-heat-spike
10. Put out fires carefully

    Posted Aug 19th 2006, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... Environment Environment Fire Wildfire Disaster Some forest fires are started by sheer carelessness, usually by someone throwing away a lit cigarette. Leaving a glass bottle on the ground can also start a fire, as it acts as a focus for the sun's rays. The intense heat concentrated on dry leaves and twigs starts a spark that quickly turns into a flame. If you accidentally ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/560875/put-out-fires-carefully

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