Earlier this week, a wildfire burned through 335-acres of forest land near Flagstaff, Arizona, before it was brought under control and stopped by about 30 firefighters. The cause of the blaze? A drone that landed and “caught fire.
” The fact that a drone was involved in sparking the fire was repeatedly announced by the U. S. […]. petapixel.com
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Swanson documents California wildfires for a global audience, taking pictures and video at the same time. [Read More]
The Park Fire is currently the largest fire in California right now, with more than 350,000 acres burned as of Sunday. It has destroyed 134 structures including one wildfire camera tower that caught images of itself being consumed as the fire tore through the area. [Read More]
A super-rare fire tornado, or a fire whirl, was filmed by a member of the British Colombia Wildfire Service in Canada last week. [Read More]
The U.S. Forest Service in the Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho has issued a warning to drone pilots to stay away from wildfires as there have been two recent incursions in the area, where one got "extremely close" to a firefighting helicopter while in flight. [Read More]
It was a quiet evening with a brilliant red sunset visible through the tall pines of Flagstaff, Arizona. I was sitting with my neighbor in my front yard, each of us enjoying an Old Fashioned and toasting to another hot summer day.
The Oregon Department of Transportation has released some striking footage captured during the Beachie Creek Fire last month. Shot via several controllable webcams, the video shows a radio tower near Detroit, OR as it is rapidly engulfed in flames and destroyed.
Here’s an eye-opening satellite photo captured by NASA showing the wildfires and smoke “dominating” the landscape of the western United States. NASA’s Aqua captured the visible (left) and infrared (right) images on September 29th.