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Fire!

I’ve lived in a wood-heated home for over 40 years and, unfortunately, I’m no stranger to fires. Back in the ’70s, we had two fires in an old chimney that vented our pre-WWII Home Comfort cookstove. After the second episode, which...

High fire danger warning issued for Adirondacks

Following this week’s one-acre brush fire on Upper Saranac Lake, state officials have issued a warning that fire danger in the Adirondack Park is “high.” State forest rangers blame the situation on warm, dry weather. According to...

Barn fire

While human lives are rarely lost in barn fires around here, animals often do perish. For a farmer, this is a terrible experience–not simply because of the financial impact but because of the emotional trauma. We develop an emotional...

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People: Naturalist Ed Kanze, on the Australia Bush Fires

by Martha Foley

Jan 04, 2002 — Martha Foley talks with naturalist Ed Kanze, author of the book "Kangaroo Dreaming," about massive fires burning in New South Wales, Australia. The country has a long history of fire, and some plants thrive on fire, but people settled on the landscape complicate the picture. Go to full article

Malone's Flanagan: Monument or Ruin?

Jun 18, 2001 — The fate of the Flanagan Hotel in Malone is up for debate. A poll shows most residents want the historic building, damaged by fire in 1997, demolished. But others want to restore the century-old building. Go to full article

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