14-12-18 The 2013 Rim Fire, the largest wildland fire ever recorded in the Sierra Nevada region, is still fresh in the minds of Californians, as is the urgent need to bring forests back to a more resilient condition. Land managers are using fire as a tool to...

14-11-29 Better not to give in to it. It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart. 最好不要向它屈服。重整旗鼓花的时间是崩溃的十倍。 That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have ple...

14-10-28 Once a boy's grandfather beat his grandson for playing with fire in the courtyard. The boy's father saw this and he got worried about his son. So he took a stick and began beating himself. The grandfather was surprised and asked: Why are you beating...

14-10-17 One person found that the chimney in his friend's house was too straight and too close to the firewood. Then he reminded his friend, Those two things are dangerous when they are too close together, you had better bend the chimney and move the firewo...

14-10-14 Stanford University scientists have developed a smart lithium-ion battery that gives ample warning before it overheats and bursts into flames. The new technology is designed for conventional lithium-ion batteries now used in billions of cellphones,...

14-08-21 A huge fire has ripped through the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) building in the capital Abuja on Wednesday. 本周三一场大火使位于尼日利亚首都阿布贾的足球协会大楼遭到破坏。 Flames were spotted coming out of the building at about 1000 local time a...

14-08-06 A special section of the September issue of Forest Ecology and Management, available online now, assesses the interactions among fire, climate change, and forests for five major regions of the United States. The editors of the section -- Drs. Chelcy...

14-07-29 A huge blaze engulfing Libya's biggest fuel storage facility in the capital, Tripoli, has spread to a second tank. 利比亚首都的黎波里最大的燃料储存库被一场巨大的火灾吞没，目前火情已蔓延至第二只燃料罐。 Libyan officials have called on local residents...

14-06-06 Scientists know that wildland fire emissions play a significant role in the global carbon cycle and that its principal component -- carbon dioxide -- is a primary driver of climate change. But predicting and quantifying the effects of potential futu...

14-05-19 A bus in northern Colombia has caught fire, killing at least 30 people, most of them believed to be children under 14. 哥伦比亚北部地区一辆公交车起火，造成至少30人死亡，其中大多数是14岁以下的儿童。 Police warned that the number of deaths could rise...