http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Wed, 22 May 2013 18:39:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/11/fire-fuel-reduction-treatments/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/11/fire-fuel-reduction-treatments/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:00:40 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30469 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. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/11/fire-fuel-reduction-treatments/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/08/south-of-campus-fire-guts-apartment-building/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/08/south-of-campus-fire-guts-apartment-building/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:31:37 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26275 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. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/08/south-of-campus-fire-guts-apartment-building/feed/ 0