Tag: fire
SubscribeLet it burn: Prescribed fires pose little danger to forest ecology, study says
June 11, 2012:
UC Berkeley-led research is giving the green light to fighting fire with fire. An analysis of controlled burns and mechanical thinning nationwide did not find substantial ecological harm from fuel-reduction treatments used to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. And with a rise in wildfires predicted in many parts of the country, researchers say more treatments are needed to manage this risk.
South of Campus fire guts apartment building
March 8, 2012:
No injuries were reported when a two-alarm fire early this morning swept through a three-story apartment building at 2227 Dwight Way, gutting all six apartments and displacing as many as nine residents, five of them UC Berkeley students.
