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Fire, Volume 9, Issue 1

2026 January - 49 articles

Cover Story: Fire is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal about the science, policy, and technology of fires and how they interact with communities and the environment, published monthly online by MDPI. The Global Wildland Fire Network is affiliated with Fire.
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Articles (49)

  • Article
  • Open Access
209 Views
13 Pages

22 January 2026

This study quantitatively analyzed the impact of concurrent large-scale wildfires that occurred in Korea in March 2025 on air quality in agricultural regions and identified potential risks to agricultural workers. Analysis of air quality data from ei...

  • Article
  • Open Access
186 Views
15 Pages

21 January 2026

To investigate the explosive characteristics of solid–liquid mixed fuels containing different types of metal powders—including hydrogen-storage metal powders—and volatile liquid fuels, explosion experiments and corresponding numeric...

  • Article
  • Open Access
236 Views
18 Pages

20 January 2026

Cropland fires are an important source of air pollution emissions and have a significant impact on regional air quality and human health. Although straw-burning ban policies have been implemented to mitigate emissions, the dynamics of PM2.5 emissions...

  • Article
  • Open Access
223 Views
13 Pages

Comparative Analysis of Fire Resistance in Steel Columns Insulated with Sustainable Biomaterials

  • Nadia Otmani-Benmehidi,
  • Abdessalem Otmani,
  • Yasser Mohamed Aimen Zeltni,
  • Ali Ourdjini and
  • Haithem Boumediri

20 January 2026

This paper investigates the influence of fire protection systems and insulation materials on the thermal performance of steel columns. An unprotected column and several columns insulated with different fire protection materials were analyzed using th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
298 Views
32 Pages

19 January 2026

Climate change can impact various facets of a region’s fire regime, such as the frequency and timing of fire ignitions. This study examines the temporal trends of monthly fire counts in the Northwest and Northeast Regions of Ontario, Canada, be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
303 Views
24 Pages

Wildfire Mitigation in Small-to-Medium-Scale Industrial Hubs Using Cost-Effective Optimized Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Juan Luis Gómez-González,
  • Effie Marcoulaki,
  • Alexis Cantizano,
  • Myrto Konstantinidou,
  • Raquel Caro and
  • Mario Castro

19 January 2026

Wildfires are increasingly recognized as a climatological hazard, able to threaten industrial and critical infrastructure safety and operations and lead to Natech disasters. Future projections of exacerbated fire regimes increase the likelihood of Na...

  • Article
  • Open Access
455 Views
23 Pages

Post-Wildfire Hydrogeochemical Stability in a Mountain Region (Serra Da Estrela, Portugal)

  • Vítor Martins,
  • Catarina Mansilha,
  • Armindo Melo,
  • Joana Ribeiro and
  • Jorge Espinha Marques

19 January 2026

Water from mountain regions is a crucial natural resource because of its major economic, social, and environmental significance. Wildfires may disrupt the normal functioning of the hydrological cycle, limiting water resources for nearby areas and deg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
441 Views
21 Pages

Fire in Tunnels: The Influence of the Heat Release Rate on the Lower Layer Contamination

  • Miguel Mateus,
  • Ulisses Fernandes,
  • João C. Viegas and
  • Pedro J. Coelho

17 January 2026

Fire accidents in road tunnels can cause a significant number of fatalities and severe damage to tunnel structures. The tunnel European directive applies to the trans-European road network and requires the use of active smoke control systems in most...

  • Article
  • Open Access
269 Views
23 Pages

16 January 2026

When forest fires occur, timely detection and initial attack are critical for fire prevention. This study focuses on optimizing the cruise path of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) from the perspective of initial attack. It aims to maximize coverage of...

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