How risks have grown in recycling plants. Recycling has always involved some fire risk. In the U.S., the practice of repurposing waste, rather than burying it, began to take off in the late 20th ...

Q.Do you have any resource on how to care for plants damaged by fire, e.g., how to tell which ones will rebound or how long to leave them be, prune them or what? We have queen palms where the crown… ...

How Plants Use Fire (And Are Used By It) by Stephen J. Pyne The Earth has known fire for over 400 million years. The reason is simple: Life made it possible.

A nightmare for the recycling industry became incarnate when a Texas recycling plant burst into flames in December 2016. The fire caught quickly, melting plastic bottles, consuming cardboard boxes ...

The deadly wildfires in Hawaii this month were fueled in part by plants, in particular invasive grasses that have taken over land once occupied by sugar and pineapple plantations.

The Plant Lady: Consider fire-resistant flowers to protect your home from disaster By Marlene Simon Special to The Bee. November 11, 2019 1:47 PM.

Shawnee's fire department warns people with potted plants on wooden decks that extinguishing cigarettes in the parched soil can pose an extreme fire danger. KMBC 9's Kelly Eckerman reports ...

Non-native invasive plants such as the wild mustard that took over Los Angeles hiking trails last spring help to promote fire. “It’s like kindling,” Aoyagi adds.