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Wildfire briefing, February 27, 2013
Fire burns 407 acres near Lone Pine, California CAL FIRE expects to fully contain the River Fire on Thursday which has burned 407 acres east of Lone Pine, California. Thick brush and winds measured at...
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Another advertiser irresponsibly uses fire balloon in ad
A fire balloon or sky lantern as seen in a testosterone commercial Another advertiser on television for some unfathomable reason is using imagery of a fire balloon or sky lantern in a commercial. This...
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Utah bill approved to restrict target shooting during enhanced fire danger
The Governor of Utah has signed legislation, S.B. 120, that will allow the state forester to restrict target shooting during periods of enhanced wildfire danger. When first introduced by state Senator...
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Wildfire briefing, May 8, 2013
The Japanese bombed an Oregon forest — in 1942 The only time during World War II when Japanese forces bombed the American mainland occurred in 1942. They loaded a small airplane with two incendiary...
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Fire balloon causes massive fire in England
A fire balloon caused a massive and very destructive structure fire in the UK Sunday night. Fire Geezer has the details, but a security camera caught the device, sometimes called a Chinese lantern or...
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Tesco stores in UK to stop selling fire balloons
A fire balloon or sky lantern as seen in a testosterone commercial Bowing to public pressure, a chain of stores has decided to stop selling fire balloons or sky lanterns. Tesco, a British multinational...
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Fire balloons suspected of starting 300 fires in Russia
Fire Balloon — a screen grab from a Mercedes commercial on CBS, November 4, 2012. Fire balloons, sometimes called sky lanterns, are suspected of causing 300 vegetation fires in the Sverdlovsk oblast in...
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National Park Service discourages the use of fire balloons
Sky lantern release in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Photo by Takeaway. Chinese lanterns, sky lanterns, or fire balloons are banned in at least 12 states and 6 countries. These devices use burning material...
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In Thailand, possible death penalty for launching fire balloons
Fire Balloon — a screen grab from a Mercedes commercial on CBS, November 4, 2012. Using a fire balloon, sometimes called a sky lantern, can get you the death penalty in Thailand. According to reports...
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NFPA addresses sky lanterns
The National Fire Protection Association has taken on the issue of sky lanterns — what I call fire balloons. These dangerous devices have started dozens of documented fires in the United States and...
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Sky lanterns ignite cell phone tower
Cell tower fire ignited by sky lanterns. Screen grab from video at TWCNews. What could possibly go wrong when dozens of sky lanterns or fire balloons were released from the Carolina Speedway in...
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People cited for using fire balloon that may have started wildfire
A fire balloon is the suspected cause of a wildfire that started just before midnight Tuesday night on Y-Mountain near Provo, Utah. These dangerous devices that use a small flaming object to inflate...
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Private companies make money by organizing sky lantern releases
Sky lantern release in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Photo by Takeaway.At least two private companies are in the business of charging admission to organized events where the participants can ignite and release...
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Illegal sky lantern lands on fire chief’s roof
A sky lantern recently landed on a fire chief’s roof in York Beach, Maine. For years Chief David Bridges has been trying to educate the public about the lantern law and the fire dangers they pose. He...
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Sky lanterns possible cause of fires that burned 4 homes and a boat dock
Sky lantern release in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Photo by Takeaway. Sky lanterns are being looked at as the possible cause for at least two fires over the Fourth of July holiday, one in New York and...
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Sky lanterns cause problems for landowner
File photo of a sky lantern release in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Photo by Takeaway. Hundreds of sky lanterns released at an October 15 event 18 miles north of downtown Denver caused problems for at least...
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Rancher says sky lantern caused death of a cow
Sky lanterns. This photo found on the site of a company that sells the dangerous devices appears to show four of them in the background that have ignited the paper or plastic balloon and are raining...
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Sky lantern may have caused warehouse fire
Sky lantern, file photo. The most likely cause of a fire that damaged a warehouse in the Philippines is a sky lantern, a small balloon carried aloft by burning fuel attached to its base. According to...
View ArticleSky lantern sets fire to Olympic venue in Rio
The track and roof of the velodrome used in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were damaged after a sky lantern landed on the facility. Much of the roof was heavily damaged and photos from TV network...
View ArticleSky lantern incident — 15 people injured and 4 houses destroyed
A sky lantern caused burn injuries to 15 people when one of the dangerous devices landed on shop in the Indian state of West Bengal. The fire spread to four kutcha houses, gutting them, and injured 13...
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