{
  "id": 28132,
  "title": "‘Fire-Breathing Dragon Clouds’: The Health Threat of Wildfire Smoke Choking Europe and the World",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/29/fire-breathing-dragon-clouds-the-health-threat-of-wildfire-smoke",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-07-29T16:57:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/fire-breathing-dragon-clouds-health-threat-wildfire-smoke/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nine miles south of the picturesque French city of Bordeaux, firefighters are at war with a phenomenon straight out of an apocalyptic epic. Scientists call them pyrocumulonimbus, or PyroCbs. NASA calls them the “fire-breathing dragon of clouds”. The port capital of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, normally bustling with tourists at peak season, is instead drowned in smog, so […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}