Researchers have developed a new portable tool that could improve how firefighters douse fires, making the process more efficient and far less risky.

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At night, he said, pilots are outfitted with night vision goggles. From the air, they communicate the position of the flames to firefighters on the ground and spray water or retardant substances ...

The pages of books, some almost entirely blackened and illegible, others serrated and singed by flame from which fragments of text emerged, had been ripped, I imagine, out of peoples’ burning ...

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The fire threatened the separate Getty Villa, which also has special flame resistant protections, last week. Trees and vegetation around the coastal villa were burned, but the structure and collec ...