Fires around the world

Now the spire is slowly rising again.

The French government had hoped to reopen Notre Dame to worshipers and visitors in time for the Summer Olympics in 2024, whenParis will be a focus of worldwide attention and tourists will crowd the city. That target date is now December of that year.
But setting in place the spire’s cross-shaped base — a complex operation that took place after the enormous wooden trestle was constructed and then deconstructed at a sprawling work site 200 miles to the northeast — marked an important symbolic milestone in Notre Dame’s rebirth.
I have to ask myself if they even know how to put it back together. All that equipment and tech and it has hardly progressed in 4 years from removing the charred waste, it seems.

On another note I wonder if some of those fires started because of Mrs. O'Leary's descendant's cow's or a whole other atmospheric holy cow. :halo:
 
REDDING, Calif. — A California judge on Wednesday dismissed all charges against Pacific Gas & Electric in connection to a 2020 fatal wildfire sparked by its equipment that destroyed hundreds of homes and killed four people, including an 8-year-old child.

The utility also reached a $50 million settlement agreement with the Shasta County District Attorney’s Office, officials from both announced in separate statements.

The wind-whipped blaze began on Sept. 27, 2020, and raged through rugged terrain and small communities west of Redding, killing four people, burning about 200 homes and blackening about 87 square miles of land in Shasta and Tehama counties.

In 2021, state fire investigators concluded the fire was sparked by a gray pine tree that fell onto a PG&E distribution line. Shasta and Tehama counties sued the utility, alleging negligence. They said PG&E PCG, +1.74% failed to remove the tree even though it had been marked for removal two years earlier. The utility says the tree was subsequently cleared to stay.

Shasta County District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett determined that the company was criminally liable for the fire and charged the utility later that year.

Shasta Superior Court Judge Daniel E. Flynn disagreed, and in a tentative ruling ahead of a hearing Wednesday said prosecutors did not present enough evidence to show PG&E engaged in criminal conduct, according to the Sacramento Bee, which obtained a copy of the ruling.

The “tree was not a known risk prior to the Zogg fire, and there is no evidence to support the People’s claim in their opposition that it was,” the judge wrote.

The utility said in a statement that under the agreement with Shasta County, which is subject to court approval, it will fund $45 million in contributions to organizations dedicated to rebuilding and assisting local communities. The company will also pay a $5 million civil penalty to the county.

“We stand behind our thousands of trained and experienced coworkers and contractors working every day to keep Californians safe. We feel strongly that those good-faith judgments are not criminal,” said Patti Poppe, Chief Executive Officer of PG&E Corporation.

Bridgett said her goal was always to take PG&E to trial and hold them criminally responsible but that Flynn’s tentative ruling changed her position and she agreed to a settlement that includes dropping all charges.

“I am unwilling to gamble with the safety of Shasta County,” she said. “I have a responsibility to the community and needed to secure what I can for all the citizens to prevent future wildfires, prevent future deaths and devastation, and to be as prepared as our county can be if another one occurs.”

Last week, the California Public Utilities Commission approved a $150 million settlement between Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and the CPUC’s Safety and Enforcement Division over PG&E’s role in the Zogg Fire. As part of the agreement, the utility will pay $10 million as a penalty to California’s General Fund, and invest $140 million in shareholder funds in new wildfire mitigation efforts, officials said.


its creating mini Fire Tornados or fire whirlwinds as it burns through tons of mulch and other debris. The smoke from the fire can be seen from miles away.


told local news they saw a pile burning in a neighborhood before the fire took off. From the footprint, it’s clear it started in the residential neighborhood. “We had a good vantage point. We were at the high end – we could see very clearly and smell that something was going on,” Clattenburg said, noting there was no other smoke on the horizon at that time. He climbed down a ladder and ran into a nearby yard where a woman was standing on the back deck of a home, crying and speaking on the phone.“The guy next door said that she is always burning garbage in her backyard,” Clattenburg said, noting he did not witness her burning anything.: @baileyballum



Today near the community of Fort Chipewyan.Nova Scotia: Banned ALL outdoor recreational activities for the foreseeable future due to the extreme fire risk. This includes hiking, fishing, forestry work, mining operations, OHVs, dirt road access, boating, biking, and more. They have also increased the fine for breaking the burn ban from $250 to $25,000. I bet the Tantallon Fire had something to do with that. Saskatchewan: The entire community of La Loche Saskatchewan is being evacuated due to multiple fires burning close to the community.Busy day up North.
 

Firefighters from U.S., South Africa to battle Canada's 'unprecedented' fires​

As of mid-afternoon Thursday, the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre was reporting 209 active fires burning in eight provinces as well as in the Northwest Territories -- and 87 of them were out of control.
 
Meteoweb.eu reported about a large fire in Rome.
2 June 2023

I don't link to Meteoweb.eu because it is, without multiple ad blockers, a terror place to surf. Here is the article translated into English:

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Rome fire, at least one dead and 17 injured in the Colli Aniene building"but there are apartments still closed"

Rome fire, tragedy in Colli Aniene on the day of the Italian Republic Day
The balance of the fire that developed in a seven-story building in Colli Aniene, in Rome, is currently one dead and 17 injured, including poisoned and burned. According to sources from the Rome police headquarters, seven people were burned and, of these, three are hospitalized in serious conditions at the Sant'Eugenio hospital. On the other hand, ten people were left intoxicated by smoking. The public prosecutor of the Rome prosecutor's office arrived at the place where the fire broke out for an inspection.

There is a dead man, 45-50 years old. There are 12 people hospitalized in Sant'Eugenio, the most serious, then Umberto I and in yellow code in San Giovanni ". To make the first assessment to AGI of the fire that hit a building in the Colli Aniene area, is the president of the town hall Massimiliano Umberti, who is on the spot. “ Unfortunately, one of the two staircases has now caught fire again – he announces on the phone.

There is still no certainty about the causes. “ We still haven't been able to open all the doors of the apartments and therefore we don't know if the toll of injured and dead could increase“. Just in these hours on social media, the mini-mayor had appealed to those who had the keys to the 24 apartments to reach the site of the fire to speed up the checks. “ Up until now, we haven't found anyone in all the apartments we've opened – he continues – we're setting up tent cities at the Croce institute to give people first refreshment. The building is totally uninhabitable. We still have unknowns for the apartments we haven't been able to open. Let's hope the balance sheet doesn't get worse .

These are minutes, terrible hours, which Colli Aniene is experiencing on this day of celebration. In via Edoardo d'Onofrio, in Rome, a building under renovation caught fire. Many injured, even seriously, and at the moment one confirmed victim. But there are fears that the budget could grow. On behalf of the regional council, I express my deepest condolences to the family of the victim of the fire and my deepest sympathy to the injured and their families. I also want to thank the Firefighters, the Police Forces, the women and men of 118 and the many health workers of the Umberto I Policlinico, San Giovanni and S. Eugenio who are tirelessly engaged in treatment. I am following the rescue operations and will continue to do so ." This was stated in a note by Francesco Rocca, President of the Lazio Region.

More than 100 people have been displaced by the fire. The building has been declared unusable and people will be accommodated in two gyms set up for this weekend. From Monday, however, some places in the hotel will be made available. Also at the site of the stake was the prefect of Rome Lamberto Giannini.


END OF ARTICLE
 

Wind turbine blaze 'contained' north of Goderich, Ontario, Canada:​

Wind turbine blaze 'contained' north of Goderich, Ont.
This is the second wind turbine fire at the Kingsbridge 1 Wind Farm, which was constructed in 2006. The last fire in 2013 was very similar, with damage focused on the nacelle, and fire crews forced to watch the fire from the ground.

Howard thinks sprinkler systems should be mandatory on all Ontario wind turbines.

“You can’t get up to the thing they call the ‘nacelles,’ so you gotta have sprinkler systems up there when fires start. There’s a lot of oil up there,” he explained.
 
A high-tech offshore vessel suffered a major fire Friday morning while docked Brazil’s Açu port complex.
June 2, 2023
Norwegian offshore specialist DOF Group confirmed the incident on board the vessel Skandi Buzios, an a subsea construction and pipe-laying vessel.

“On Friday morning, June 2, a fire occurred onboard Skandi Buzios while the vessel was alongside Porto do Açu in Brazil,” the company said in its statement.

Video shows flames and thick smoke billowing from the deck of the vessel.


All personnel are reported safe and there are no serious injuries.

The fire has since been brought under control after efforts by the crew and local authorities.

Skandi Buzios is owned and operated by TechDOF, a joint venture between TechnipFMC and DOF Subsea.

“TechDOF is cooperating in the investigation of the fire and its cause,” DOF said.

Skandi Buzios was built in 2016 and is designed for subsea construction and pipe laying, IRM, and ROV services in water depths up to 3,000 meters.

Brazil’s Port of Açu opened in 2014 as Latin America’s largest private deep-water industrial port complex. It is located in Rio de Janeiro state.


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The wildfires in Canada appear to be getting worse;

Wildfire risk remains well above average across Canada this month​

Another 389 fires were recorded since June 1, and as of this morning there are 413 active fires underway, with the risk having spread to more provinces over the weekend.

Nearly 250 of those are out of control in nine provinces and two territories.

Smoky conditions expected in Ottawa on Monday​

I can confirm the air is quite hazy outside at the moment.

What is starting these wildfires? Lightning? Arson? Cometary bombardment?
The media isn't talking about what might be causing these fires other than some brief mention of "due to climate change".
 
In the news here today, people are being encouraged to stay home if they don't need to go out and wear a mask if they can't avoid going outside. Sounds familiar. Never let a good crisis go to waste.

'We've never seen this before': Canada's unprecedented fire season adds pressure to crews​

Ken McMullen, president of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs says, in his career, he's never seen such an early and devastating start to the wildfires season marked by large fires in regions countrywide. "We're seeing fires like we've never seen before, at an earlier stage in the month of May than we've ever seen," McMullen told CTV's Your Morning on Wednesday.
 
We are feeling the effects of the Canadian wildfires this week here in northern NY state. There has been a "Haze" in the atmosphere and the pollution level is reportedly almost double safe levels for breathing in some areas. Compromised people are warned to stay inside. I witnessed the sun as a beautiful strawberry color as I took a quick gaze to the east yesterday morning. It is unsettling and scary as reported above to see such an early and devastating destruction in these areas along with the dire warnings to wear masks and stay inside even this far south of the active wild fires.
 
We are feeling the effects of the Canadian wildfires this week here in northern NY state. There has been a "Haze" in the atmosphere and the pollution level is reportedly almost double safe levels for breathing in some areas. Compromised people are warned to stay inside. I witnessed the sun as a beautiful strawberry color as I took a quick gaze to the east yesterday morning. It is unsettling and scary as reported above to see such an early and devastating destruction in these areas along with the dire warnings to wear masks and stay inside even this far south of the active wild fires.

Yep, heavy smoke in NY😰
🇺🇸 #USA Smog has descended on the States. New Yorkers are even advised to wear masks.

Forest fires in Canada are to blame for everything. New York City Mayor Eric Adams also called for "limiting outdoor activities as much as possible."

📍The indicator of air pollution in the city has reached a "dangerous level", which is why New York ranked second in the anti-rating for air quality after Delhi in India. 😨
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I just put it together yesterday that the haze warnings, golden sunlight, feeling short of breath last Thursday (had the windows open) and a strange smell outside are due to the Canadian fires smoke blanketing a large portion of the Eastern US. Luckily I have been running my purifier, thinking then that it was only high pollen levels.

I was thinking of getting a car purifier, something that plugs into the cigarette light charger. Is anyone else taking any precautions other than staying inside and using air purifiers? Don't people near California deal with this regularly?
 
The wildfires in Canada appear to be getting worse;

Wildfire risk remains well above average across Canada this month​


Smoky conditions expected in Ottawa on Monday​

I can confirm the air is quite hazy outside at the moment.

What is starting these wildfires? Lightning? Arson? Cometary bombardment?
The media isn't talking about what might be causing these fires other than some brief mention of "due to climate change".

I think these fires are weird. The simultaneity of them in unpopulated areas of Quebec point most strongly to a comet fragment break up. "Forest" Arson happens frequently in Canada - but - they are in close proximity to populated areas and in small clusters. Also when the forests go up it's in very dry places like the Okanagan or sandy, pine forests after a dry winter/spring. The politicization on "Climate Change" on the liberal side and "Eco-terrorists" WEF'ers to blame on the other is way too fast and aggressive of a response to something that happened in the remote, boreal forest instantly. rerading over an hour of Twitter feeds on it today, it feels like speculated human events are being used to cover up actual celestial events.

Like the Peshtigo/Chicago fires of 1871 - this may be comet fragments. Which is the last thing anyone in power will want to reveal. Didn't this co-incide with weird, sonic booms in the Northeast as well?
 
I think these fires are weird. The simultaneity of them in unpopulated areas of Quebec point most strongly to a comet fragment break up. "Forest" Arson happens frequently in Canada - but - they are in close proximity to populated areas and in small clusters. Also when the forests go up it's in very dry places like the Okanagan or sandy, pine forests after a dry winter/spring. The politicization on "Climate Change" on the liberal side and "Eco-terrorists" WEF'ers to blame on the other is way too fast and aggressive of a response to something that happened in the remote, boreal forest instantly. rerading over an hour of Twitter feeds on it today, it feels like speculated human events are being used to cover up actual celestial events
Someone sent me a video from tiktok of a drone causing some of the fires. Unfortunately, it didn't state when, where and who took the video. I was going to post it but just noticed it's been taken down and all the comments have disappeared. But here in Southern Ontario we've had haze and the smell of burning wood in the air for the past two days.
 
Someone sent me a video from tiktok of a drone causing some of the fires. Unfortunately, it didn't state when, where and who took the video. I was going to post it but just noticed it's been taken down and all the comments have disappeared. But here in Southern Ontario we've had haze and the smell of burning wood in the air for the past two days.
I watched some of that same footage. No context as of when and where it was shot. The BC forestry ministry (you can follow their website/twitter account) does controlled burns all the time - especially in the interior. Much of it is filmed and it's usually within a short helicopter trip from Kamloops, Kelowna or Prince George.

If the satellite footage that's also kicking around shows the instant ignition in remote Quebec is accurate - it was at night from what I can tell. Also, it looks to me to be way out in the middle of nowhere. No one's filming the tweitter/tiktok stuff from the ground as it looks like another chopper shot the burning footage from the sky (makes sense on a controlled burn). Also, there's no reason to "manage" burns where there are no people.

What also caught my attention was that both the premier of Alberta and the QPP (Quebec Provincial Police) implied there could be arson involved. The fires in Alberta definitely could have an arson element. But the Quebec fires seem to spread over a huge area (more than 1000km) instantly - with little or no population. If there's no humans, drought, or lightning involved - then what could ignite green lumber at that temperature? My guess is it could only be comet frags.
 
Regarding the Canada fires:


This reminded me about the extreme fires Greece experienced aprox 2 years ago; when I asked fellow greek crew members they were suspecting "foul play" involved in their country.
 
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