This page provides live weather information of active fire incidents as an interactive map. It also provides predicted smoke fallout from each fire, as well as live air quality data. We currently collect and showcase past and present fires from over 20+ cities. It was created underneath the Smart Cities Project, under the Good Systems Initiative in collaboration with The University of Texas at ...
The National Weather Service issues alerts for fire weather conditions often during this time of year, but what do they mean?
Yahoo: Study finds that dangerous days when weather is prone to fire soaring around the world
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy — ideal to spark extreme wildfires — has nearly tripled in the past 45 years across the globe, with the trend increasing ...
Study finds that dangerous days when weather is prone to fire soaring around the world
Dry air and gusty winds are setting the stage for elevated fire danger across parts of the Southeast heading into the weekend. A Fire Weather Watch has been issued by the National Weather Service for ...
Fire is one of the four classical elements and has been used by humans in rituals, in agriculture for clearing land, for cooking, generating heat and light, for signaling, propulsion purposes, smelting, forging, incineration of waste, cremation, and as a weapon or mode of destruction.
View the latest fires from the last 48 hours on an interactive map, displaying the brightness and the event time. The information is provided by the NASA FIRMS - Active Fire Data.