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  • This Six-Wheeled Toyota Hilux Is Designed to Fight EV Fires

    This Six-Wheeled Toyota Hilux Is Designed to Fight EV Fires

    A UK-based company has modified the Toyota Hilux by adding a third axle and extra pair of wheels to turn the legendary pickup into a fire truck that’s specifically designed to put out EV fires. Even though EVs present less of a fire risk than their ICE-equipped cousins, overall, EV fires are harder to extinguish…


  • Researchers Breed Naturally Flame-Resistant Cotton

    Researchers Breed Naturally Flame-Resistant Cotton

    Chemical flame retardants can make us safer by preventing or slowing fires, but they’re linked to a range of unsettling health effects. To get around that concern, researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture have bred a new population of cotton that can self-extinguish after encountering a flame.


  • Wildfire Rages Through Suburbs of Athens, Greece

    Wildfire Rages Through Suburbs of Athens, Greece

    Wildfires have been wreaking havoc over the past few weeks, as several fires — like the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire in New Mexico — continue to burn. Greece is currently battling another wildfire that began on Saturday in the area surrounding Athens, and it is only one of the 61 different wildfires that were active…