California police arrest firebug for allegedly starting bushfire in San Bernardino
A man has been arrested on suspicion of starting a wildfire in San Bernardino, California, which spread to more than 30 acres before being extinguished Wednesday afternoon, local police said. The fire started around 2 p.m. on Little Mountain Drive near Edge Hill Drive, sending a series of devastating and deadly infernos engulfing parts of […]
California bushfire tears through Malibu, sparking massive mandatory evacuation order
A rapidly advancing forest fire in Malibu has prompted authorities to issue a mandatory evacuation order as firefighters battle an inferno. The three-alarm fire, dubbed the “Franklin Fire,” was first reported around 10:45 p.m. Monday near Malibu Canyon Road near Pepperdine University, where a mandatory shelter-in-place order is in effect. is in place. video Posted […]
WA bushfire caused by fatal car crash triples in size as firefighters warn ‘we’re not out of the woods’ | Western Australia
Firefighters have the upper hand in battling the raging blazes threatening coastal areas, but authorities have warned harsh weather conditions will test their defenses. The Dundaraganshire bushfire, about 170km north of Perth, has cut off evacuation routes and burned more than 70,000 hectares of bushland since it started in a fatal car crash on Monday. […]