Firefighting plane crashes battling devastating forest blazes in Portugal – 9news.com.au

9news.com.au Firefighting plane crashes battling devastating forest blazes in Portugal9news.com.auA water-bombing plane has crashed while fighting the devastating forest fires that have broken out in central Portugal. A spokesman for the country’s civil protection was unable to give further immediate details about the aircraft. Spain, France and …Portugal fire: Soaring temperatures threaten firefighting effortBBC NewsPortugal […]

New chief in Kelowna

June 20, 2017, Kelowna, B.C. – Travis Whiting will have to remove the deputy from his title, as he is Kelowna’s new fire chief. Whiting, who has served as deputy fire chief for the past two years, beat out candidates from across the country, according to a City of Kelowna media release. The City says […]

Knysna fire led to largest deployment of firefighting resources in SA history – authorities – News24

News24 Knysna fire led to largest deployment of firefighting resources in SA history – authoritiesNews24Cape Town – The recent Knysna fires led to the largest deployment of firefighting resources and personnel in a single incident in South Africa’s history, said Western Cape disaster management and fire rescue services chief director, Colin Deiner … Powered by […]

Portugal fire: Soaring temperatures threaten firefighting effort – BBC News

BBC News Portugal fire: Soaring temperatures threaten firefighting effortBBC NewsSoaring temperatures threaten efforts to bring a raging forest fire in Portugal under control, officials say. The week’s highest temperatures of around 38C (100F) are expected on Tuesday and together with windy conditions could reignite fires already …and more » Powered by WPeMatico

How electoral agency forum turned to fire-fighting conference – Daily Nation

Daily Nation How electoral agency forum turned to fire-fighting conferenceDaily NationBut it ended up being a fire-fighting spree, with the headlines shifting from the IEBC’s big message of everyone working towards a peaceful and credible election to the nagging questions of just how the IEBC will hold the very elections with all those …and more » […]