American crew killed in crash on January 23, 2020 Australian Transport Safety Bureau The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released the preliminary report from its ongoing investigation into the collision with terrain of a Lockheed C-130 large air ...
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Rain Drenches Australia Wildfires and Eases Three-Year Drought
Currowan Fire finally out By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Drought, wildfires and now flooding have given Australia’s weather an almost Biblical feel this year. The good news is that a recent deluge in ...
Read More »California Firefighters Return from Australia
Bodies of two in tanker crash sent home By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the wildland firefighters, fresh off a long flight from Australia, strode into a Los Angeles fire station Wednesday morning, Marvin ...
Read More »Arguments Grow Over Cause of Australian Wildfires
Debate grows over cause of fires By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — What’s to blame for scores of wildfires devastating Australia’s southeast? There’s an increasingly bitter face-off between those who say arson and those who ...
Read More »As Forests Burn, Drinking Water is at Risk
Post-fire runoff can introduce pollutants Boats are pulled ashore as smoke and wildfires rage behind Lake Conjola, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Thousands of tourists fled Australia’s wildfire-ravaged ea
Read More »Wildfire Creates State of Emergency in Australian Capital
Fire on Canberra’s southern fringe has burned over 53,000 acres By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian capital region declared a state of emergency on Friday because of an out-of-control forest fire burning erratically ...
Read More »Video: Wind Causes Sudden Change in Australia Brush Fire
When the wind changes Guardian News – Dashcam footage captured by the Dunmore Rural Fire Brigade on 4 January 2020. The footage shows just how quickly a bushfire can move when the wind changes direction.
Read More »Wildfire Threatens Homes on Australian Capital’s Outskirts
Monday’s fire has burned over 19,000 acres CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A wildfire sparked by a military helicopter helping firefighting efforts was blazing out of control and threatening homes on the outskirts of Australia’s capital on Tuesday as ...
Read More »Bodies of American Tanker Crew Recovered from Australia Wildfire Crash
Bodies and voice recorder retrieved By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The bodies of three U.S. flying firefighters and the cockpit voice recorder from the water bomber in which they died battling Australia’s unprecedented wildfire ...
Read More »Australia Works to Recover Bodies of American Tanker Crew
Canadian-based company identifies C-130 crew SYDNEY (AP) — The American tanker plane that crashed while fighting Australian wildfires had just dropped a load of retardant on a fire before it went down in New South Wales state, investigators ...
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