Tag: flames

10 NOV

Malibu is in flames as two wildfires spread through southern California — here’s what it looks like on the ground

AP Photo/Reed Saxon Flames are racing along the southern California coastline as firefighters work to contain the fast-moving Woolsey Fire. The blaze has already scorched 14,000 acres on the outskirts of Los Angeles, and the nearby Hill Fire has charred 6,100 acres in Ventura County. They’re just two of thousands of California wildfires recorded this year. […]

14 OCT

Hockey Night in Canada: Flames vs. Avalanche

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17 SEP

Canadian business titan and Calgary Flames co-owner Clay Riddell dies

Clay Riddell, the billionaire oil baron and co-owner of the Calgary Flames, has died at age 81. Riddell founded multiple oil and gas companies during his career, including Paramount Resources in 1974. He was the president and CEO until his son Jim took over the business in 2015. His daughter is also an oil titan in her own […]

04 SEP

Steve Bannon caused the New Yorker festival to go down in flames on Twitter

Sean Gallup/Getty Images The New Yorker announced that Steve Bannon, who embraces the label of “racist,” would headline its 19th annual The New Yorker Festival. New Yorker staff members, journalists, and prominent celebrities quickly attacked the decision on Twitter. Within hours, several top celebrities had announced they would not attend the festival. The New Yorker […]

30 JUL

Watch Flames great Jarome Iginla's retirement announcement

Watch live, by clicking on the video above, starting at 12:30 p.m. ET as Flames great Jarome Iginla is in Calgary to announce his retirement from the NHL. The 41-year-old spent 16 of his 20 NHL seasons with the Flames. Iginla scored 625 goals and 675 assists, for 1,300 points, and had 1,040 penalty minutes in 1,554 games.  […]

24 JUL

‘The flames were chasing us all the way to the water’: Video captures vicious wildfires that have killed dozens on Greece’s coastline and forced tourists to flee from beaches into the sea

Costas Baltas/Reuters Wildfires have at least 74 people dead and 100 others injured near Athens, Greece.  The flames show no signs of stopping with gale-force winds quickly intensifying the flames and hotter temperatures expected to hit the country. Many tourists and residents fled toward the coastline to escape the fires, but flames are moving closer […]