Fire in Paris at one of Europe's biggest science museums (Update)
Scores of firefighters on Thursday fought a blaze at Paris' Cite des Sciences, one of the biggest science museums in Europe.
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Video: Developing software that more accurately predicts wildfire movement
Fire season in San Diego County is a yearly battle against the elements for homeowners, firefighters, first responders and government officials. To help in that battle, the SDSU Visualization Center has partnered with New ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2015
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California oil spill gushed like hose 'without a nozzle'
Firefighters investigating a reported petroleum stench at a California beach last month didn't take long to find a spill—oil was spreading across the sand and into the surf. Tracing the source, they found crude gushing ...
Environment
Jun 26, 2015
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Western wildfires: Firefighters battle blazes in four states
Wildfires are tearing through some hot, drought-stricken areas of the West, including a massive blaze in Northern California. A look at the latest hotspots and what crews are doing to control them:
Earth Sciences
Jun 24, 2015
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Robots on reins could be the 'eyes' of firefighters
Researchers at King's College London have developed revolutionary reins that enable robots to act like guide dogs, which could enable that firefighters moving through smoke-filled buildings could save vital seconds and find ...
Robotics
Mar 25, 2015
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Chile declares red alert as forest fires rage
Chile has declared a red alert for three national parks and reserves where massive wildfires are threatening forests that are thousands of years old, officials said Tuesday.
Environment
Mar 24, 2015
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Chemical cloud over Spanish town after factory accident
A chemical accident at a factory in Spain on Thursday injured three people and cloaked large swathes of the region in an orange chemical cloud, forcing over 60,000 people to stay indoors before it disappeared.
Environment
Feb 12, 2015
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Study offers hint at a way to predict 'blow up' fires
(Phys.org)—A pair of researchers with Harvard University has found that a simple experiment they conducted in their lab might lead to helping predict when fires in buildings or forests might be on the verge of becoming ...
Computer modeling study reveals the lethal dynamics of a San Francisco house fire
A new computer-based fire-dynamics study by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has helped to clarify the circumstances and violent fire behavior of a lethal 2011 blaze in a San Francisco ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 2, 2015
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Facebook Argentina fined over fake profiles
Facebook Argentina was ordered to pay a firefighter one million pesos ($177,000) for failing to comply with an order to delete insulting fake profiles of the plaintiff, the Ministry of Justice said Tuesday.
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