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Heute | Arte | 20:15 - 21:50 | Dokumentation Überall auf der Welt werden Wälder von riesigen Feuern verschlungen. 350 Millionen Hektar - also eine Fläche, die fast sechsmal so groß ist wie Frankreich - fallen jährlich den Flammen zum Opfer. Im australischen New South Wales wird man der monatelang lodernden Buschfeuer nicht mehr Herr.Heftig wütende Waldbrände gigantischen Ausmaßes, sogenannte Megafeuer, können selbst von erfahrenen Löschkräften und unter Einsatz von Spitzentechnologie nicht beherrscht werden. Schlimmer noch, diese gewaltigen Feue...

Letters: John Hallman's fire breaks saved homes and lives.

The verdict is sadly in. Our state agencies and county governments, have failed us, miserably. Well-meaning environmentalists, who wanted to save our watershed, destroyed it. It is time for the ranchers, farmers and landowners to take it back. The Board of Supervisors should repeal the Watershed Protection Ordinance. The ordinance, per se, did not cause the conflagration. The philosophy behind it did. The destruction they have wrought on our hillsides is indescribable. For the past 45 years, we saw this disaster coming. We attended the meetings. Like Cassandra, we landowners warned our leader...

So interstate 80 in both directions remains closed for the time being. as soon as we're aware of when we can get that open, we'll share that as well. we have some good news. the vegetation fires are all contained and all but out. we're mopping those up. we had about 15 acres of grass burn around the facility. thanks to good fire breaks and natural and manmade, we were able to contain those to the immediate vicinity of the incident itself. 15 acres all told for the vegetation fires, which are now out. we continue to use firefighting foam and water to try to bring the two tanks that are burning ...

24 hours by what officials are calling the sheep fire. the active nuclear reactors are there, but even if fire breaks around the facility they are safe. the main reason for evacuation is heavy smoke. to cnn business. a look at markets around the world. gains in asian markets and a little mixed performance in european markets as they have opened. on wall street leaning down a little bit, just i would almost call it directional. we'll watch to see what happens today. yesterday stocks were higher, approaching record highs. the dow finished up 77, ten points below the most recent record. the s&p...