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Eyewitness images reveal devastation of Colorado wildfires (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Published time: 11 Jun, 2018 15:11 Tweets
Authorities have issued a forest-wide closure order in Colorado, warning residents and ramblers to stay out of the forest while the threat of wildfires remain high.
Firefighters are braced for more dry weather as they battle to put out raging wildfires in the Centennial State.
A number of fires have plagued parts of Durango and local authorities warning that parched conditions in the area look set to continue. The area bordering New Mexico is known for its acres of natural parks and forests.
With fires still burning, wooded areas could be off limits for the rest of the week as the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) gets ready to enforce a forest closure order.
“Under current conditions, one abandoned campfire or spark could cause a catastrophic wildfire, and we are not willing to take that chance with the natural and cultural resources under our protection and care, or with human life and property,” the USDA said.
One blaze about 13 miles north of Durango has reportedly doubled in size in just 24 hours, according to CBS Denver. Images from the area show thick plumes of smoke rising from the mountainous region
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La
Plata County has informed residents that fires intensified near the San Juan National Forest on Sunday.
“Large smoke columns and flames could be seen today as fire behavior intensified near the Lower Hermosa Campground and burned conifer stands. Multiple aircraft are actively dropping water and retardant at this time,” county fire officials said.
Sausalito fire damages 2 buildings, injures firefighter
06/10/18, 11:17 PM PDT
A two-alarm fire in Sausalito scorched two buildings, damaged six apartments and injured a firefighter on Sunday, a fire official said.
The fire broke out at about 6:30 p.m. in a building on Princess Street at the intersection of Bridgeway. The fire spread up the exterior, into the wall and up to the attic, said Mill Valley fire Battalion Chief Scott Barnes.
The flames then spread across a narrow alley to a neighboring building that includes a ground-floor Starbucks.
The fire burned electrical panels in the alley, and a Southern Marin firefighter working in the passage started to feel tingling from the feet to the waist, Barnes said. The firefighter walked out and was taken to Marin General Hospital for examination, then released.
The fire caused smoke, fire or water damage to six apartments and the Starbucks. None of the occupants was injured.
The apartment residents were unable to return to their homes Sunday night.
“This fire could have been much worse,” Barnes said. “We were able to get water on the fire fast and get it stopped.”
The cause remained under investigation late Sunday.
Traffic was restricted in the area for much of the night.
Frankfurt airport fire sparks plane inferno fears (PHOTOS)
Published time: 11 Jun, 2018 10:29 Tweets
A fire on the runway of Frankfurt Airport sparked alarm on Monday with people thinking of the worst, including a plane inferno as thick smoke was seen rising from the area.
Images showing columns of black smoke billowing from the airport tarmac have appeared online, with some people fearing that an aircraft had caught fire.
Yet, the blaze, which in eyewitness pictures appeared to come from a passenger jet, was actually caused by a malfunction in an aircraft tow vehicle, according to local media reports
The fire has since been extinguished by emergency crews, with images of the aftermath showing blankets of foam sprayed over the damaged vehicle.
Nobody was injured in the incident, an airport spokesperson told
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Fire Crews Knock Down Fire At Sausalito Starbucks
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Brian Hackney reports on firefighters knocking down two-alarm fire at Sausalito Starbucks (6-10-2018)
12 Teens Injured After Explosion At Upstate Camp
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New York Published on Jun 8, 2018
Flames burned through a bungalow in Monroe occupied by 12th graders from a Brooklyn yeshiva.
More Than 1,800 Homes Evacuated In Southwest Colorado Fire
June 10, 2018
(Reuters) - A Colorado wildfire nearly doubled in size from Saturday to Sunday and prompted hundreds more evacuations as dry and windy conditions were expected to persist, officials said.
The so-called 416 Fire in southwest Colorado had burned nearly 17,000 acres by Sunday morning, an area larger than Manhattan. The fire located north of Durango was 10 percent contained, the Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team said.
The fire had burned about 9,000 acres by early on Saturday, according to an aerial survey.
A mandatory evacuation order was issued on Sunday for approximately 675 residences, bringing the total number of homes under evacuation to almost 2,000, La Plata County, Colorado, spokeswoman Megan Graham said.
Law enforcement officials are going door to door and residents have been warned to leave via calls to their phones, text message and emails, Graham said.
Low humidity and high winds have left firefighters bracing for the fire to spread and the weather was expected to be dry and windy on Sunday.
Images on social media showed large plumes of smoke disseminating above mountains against a backdrop of blue sky.
A blaze known as the Burro fire prompted U.S. Forest Service officials on Saturday to close part of the Colorado trail in the San Juan National Forest.
In addition, an air quality health advisory was extended on Sunday due to unhealthy levels of smoke, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
In 2017, a near-record 10 million acres (4 million hectares) were burned in U.S. wildfires, the National Interagency Coordination Center said.
The same agency issued a June forecast for "above-normal significant large fire potential" in Southern California and the Four Corners region of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, because of a deepening drought and ample fuel for wildfires.
Theresa May says she will 'always regret' not meeting Grenfell Tower survivors after the fire Video / 00:23 / 2 hours ago
Theresa May has admitted she should have met
Grenfell Tower survivors in the immediate aftermath of the fire, saying not doing so was a mistake she will “always regret”.
The prime minister was widely criticised for meeting with emergency service workers at the site but not with survivors who had lost everything in the blaze.
In an article to mark a year since the fire, which killed 72 people, she admitted the immediate response to the disaster, including her own, was “not good enough”.
“I include myself in that. The day after the disaster I made the first of a number of trips to the site, thanking the firefighters for their work and holding a short meeting with the team in charge of the response.”
She added: “What I did not do on that first visit, was meet the residents and survivors who had escaped the blaze. But the residents of Grenfell Tower needed to know that those in power recognised and understood their despair.
“And I will always regret that by not meeting them that day, it seemed as though I didn’t care. That was never the case.”
Writing for the
London Evening Standard, she said: “It was a tragedy unparalleled in recent history and, although many people did incredible work during and after the fire, it has long been clear that the initial response was not good enough.
Ms May visited the site of the disaster the day after the blaze and met with firefighters and police officers working at the scene. However, she was kept away from survivors and members of the public as aides feared she would be a target for the anger that swiftly developed in the hours after the fire.
She was heckled as she left the scene, with bystanders shouting “resign” as she stepped into her car and was whisked away.
A year on, Ms May said “real progress” was being made on rehousing Grenfell survivors and ensuring those found to be responsible for the disaster are held to account.
She said no decision had been made about what to do with the site of the tower but that it was her “personal commitment that the bereaved, the survivors and the community will lead the process” of deciding.
Ms May said she was determined to avoid another Hillsborough-type scenario, where survivors and families of the victims are forced to wait years to establish what happened.
She said: “This litany of obfuscation, evasion and delay must not and will not be repeated with Grenfell. That’s why I did not hesitate to set up the public inquiry that began taking evidence last month – and why, after hearing first-hand the concerns of those who lost relatives and friends, I decided to appoint extra members to the inquiry panel to broaden its experience and insight.”
To mark the first anniversary of the fire on Thursday, the charred tower, which has been covered with white material, will be illuminated in green for several nights, as will 12 nearby tower blocks, 10 Downing Street and other buildings across the country.
A series of vigils and memorial services will take place around the tower, while children from nearby primary schools will be invited to plant two camellia bushes in the garden of No 10. Local children will be encouraged to wear green to school on Friday as part of a “Green for Grenfell” day to remember the victims.
Video
nvseismolab Published on Jun 4, 2018
ALERTWildfire is moving into Orange County with the first pair of cameras funded through Southern California Edison and the Orange County Fire Authority. UC San Diego and the University of Nevada, Reno are excited about this further expansion. Here's a 12 hour time lapse of the Aliso Fire from the Santiago West Axis camera
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SF Bay Area Published on Jun 9, 2018
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A Santa Rosa woman rebuilding after losing her home in the Wine Country wildfires, missed her stainless steel sink so much she wrote to the CEO of Kohler to find a replacement. John Ramos reports. (6-9-18)
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