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Two days later, on December 17, the North Wichita Fire was fully contained, with a burned area of 7,572 acres (3,064 ha). The wildfire destroyed five structures and cost approximately $46,000 (2021 USD). Another but smaller wildfire, the Wichita County Fire, was contained a day later on December 18 with a burned area of 782 acres (316 ha).
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America Burning: The Report of The National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control is a 1973 report written by the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control to evaluate fire loss in the United States and to make recommendations to reduce loss and increase safety of citizens and firefighting personnel.
A controlled burn in Niagara Falls, Ontario where the Burn Boss is watching a back fire (lit first and in the background) move towards a head fire (in the foreground) Back burning or a back fire is the term given to the process of lighting vegetation in such a way that it has to burn against the prevailing wind. This produces a slower moving ...
The fire killed 600 cattle, burned 16 houses, including two houses north of Medicine Lodge, and destroyed 25 structures. [8] [4] [6] An unknown number of cattle were lost. [6] The fire caused the melting of some cows‘ eyeballs, singed udders, and melted plastic ear tags. It killed coyotes, deer, porcupines, possums, skunks, and raccoons. [11]
The Getty Villa art museum is threatened by the flames of the wind-driven Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, Jan. 7, 2025. A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned ...
Last month, reStart, Inc., the Kansas City-based homeless services organization selected to own the site, submitted to the city of Lenexa an application for a permit to operate the hotel building ...
Lenexa / l ɪ ˈ n ɛ k s ə / is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, [1] and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 57,434. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] making it the 9th most populated city in Kansas.