Days after he helped extinguish the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles, Pasadena Fire Captain David Marquez inhaled his first dose of glutathione on the side of the road outside the Rose Bowl stadium. The wildfire became the second most destructive fire in California’s history, killing 19 and destroying 9,000 buildings. “We were having trouble sleeping,”
Indonesia is in the throes of a wildfire catastrophe. Amid a so-called “Super El Niño” that has supercharged local drought conditions, thousands of active fire hotspots are spreading and multiplying across the country, fuelling a transnational haze crisis that is the region’s worst in more than a decade. But what makes Borneo’s fires particularly worrying
RENO, Nevada — A wildfire that mushroomed over the weekend in the Sierra Nevada foothills spread perilously close to neighborhoods in Reno, Nevada, forcing authorities to urge more than 90,000 residents to leave their homes. The out-of-control fire has already burned some homes, but there’s concern that shifting winds could push the flames into newly
SEATTLE — Fire and medical officials have issued warnings about a supplement offered to Western wildland firefighters who have been exposed to toxic chemicals while battling some of the country’s biggest blazes. The supplement glutathione, given through an IV or an inhaler-like machine called a nebulizer, has not been proven to be safe or effective
Gregory Melotte, one of those working to extinguish the blaze, told Belgian broadcaster RTBF: “We managed to calm the fire coming from the plain, to prevent it from spreading into the fir forest. We still succeeded in our mission, but it’s not over yet. “The flames are coming towards us, the wind has shifted twice,
Libyan emergency services have been battling to contain a huge blaze at a major oil plant after it was targeted by unknown attackers. The Zawiya refinery, west of the capital Tripoli, was hit in a drone strike on Monday evening – the third such incident in two days. The National Oil Corporation (NOC) said a
