On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “11th Hour,” Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA) stated that there needs to be a “huge” amount of work to reduce material in wildlands that fuel fires and “We need to increase the rate of planned burns
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) responded to criticism of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for being out of the city and in Ghana during the fires in Los Angeles by saying that “I’m sure
Los Angeles is counting on a significant Canadian presence in its firefighting forces this week as multiple blazes ravage the city, forcing tens of thousands out of their homes. The government of Quebec, in particular, confirmed on Wednesday that its aircraft are currently operating to try to put out the fires in Los Angeles.
HBO’s “Hacks” star Jean Smart, an Emmy and Golden Globes winner, is getting a lot of agreement regarding her idea of how to aid victims of the Los Angeles area wildfires and firefighters battling the blazes.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News @ Night,” Orange County Fire Chief Brian Fennessy stated that vegetation died due to years of drought in the state and “All that dead, dry chaparral is still on those
During an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) stated that local authorities are trying to figure out the situation with water and that President-Elect Donald Trump “wanted to politicize” the disaster, adding, “I
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Los Angeles Fire Department Captain Sheila Kelliher stated that municipal water supplies just are not designed for firefighting and there were also issues where high winds prevented air support and
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports,” NBC News Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard stated that the issue around the water supply in California during the recent fires in the state “is where you are getting into a lot of the details
Actor James Woods is among the people evacuating from the Los Angeles area due to a wildfire in the mountains above the Pacific Palisades.
The Village of Ruidoso in New Mexico announced that residents were being ordered to immediately evacuate from the village due to the ongoing spread of the South Fork Fire.
A man from Quebec has pled guilty to starting 14 forest fires that forced hundreds of Canadians to flee their homes last summer.
A fire broke out in a nightclub in the southeastern Spanish city of Murcia on Sunday, killing 13 people and injuring several others.
During portions of an interview with PBS aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “PBS NewsHour,” Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen stated that “No one was prepared for” something like the Maui fires to take place and that while he accepts “all
Two people have died in the fires ravaging Louisiana as residents and leaders are desperate for rain to help quell the blazes.
A woman living in Paris who allegedly set a fire to “annoy” her neighbour is on trial this week after the fire spread, killing ten people.
Eleven migrants, eight of them children, were injured after an asylum accommodation in north-eastern Germany caught fire this week.
A 38-year-old migrant from Morocco died in an Italian detention centre this week after another migrant set his mattress on fire in a protest against the living conditions in the centre.
Fire department officials are raising awareness of the dangers of electric vehicle battery fires, calling on regulators to increase electric vehicle safety standards for emergency responders. One fire department chief called electric cars “trick birthday candles” due to their tendency to reignite even after the fire has been put out.
Firefighters in Greece on Sunday were battling a wildfire for a second day in two suburbs of the capital of Athens.
The Detroit News published a lengthy article explaining that batteries catching on fire in electric vehicles is a problem steering some consumers away from purchasing them, but it is not so problematic that the outlet could not find people committed to buying them.
A church in the French commune of Saint-Loup-Hors saw two suspicious fires in just four days, with investigators determining if one or both was intentional.
As wildfires rage across much of Greece, police say they are investigating possible arson attacks that may linked to fires in Athens and in Ilia.
The growing homeless population in LA County accounts for 54 percent of fires responded to in the first quarter of 2021.
A group of off-duty volunteer firefighters rescued a Maryland family from a house fire last Sunday.
A family in Fresno County, California, is upset that vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) trespassed on their property to use their burnt home as a photo op, according to a local news report.
California governor Gavin Newsom wants to blame the wildfires on record-breaking temperatures in LA County. So does Joe Biden; so too does the LA Times which claims that this ‘sizzling summer’ was the ‘Hottest August on Record’ in California. The not-so-subtle implication, of course, is that this is another case of ‘man-made global warming’ putting lives, property and the natural landscape at risk.
Actor and WWE megastar John Cena has announced his intention to donate $500,000 to California’s first responders amid the state’s ongoing struggle to fight wildfires.
All this week, the mainstream media have been trying to scare you with heartrending tales of burning Amazonia — a conflagration the like of which we have never seen before. Supposedly…
Retail giant Walmart is suing Tesla over a number of roof fires at multiple Walmart stores which the company claims were caused by Tesla solar panels.
Beto O’Rourke said at the Democrat debate on Wednesday that the feds should subsidize cities and pay farmers to fight climate change.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke backed President Donald Trump on the years of forest mismanagement that led to the California fires as Zinke joined Breitbart News Sunday radio with host Amanda House.
(AP) — Authorities have reported seven more fatalities from a blaze in Northern California, bringing the total number of fatalities so far to 63, while the number of missing people jumped to 631.
“There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor,” Trump wrote on Twitter.
“We’re deeply grateful to our incredible firefighters and first responders,” Trump said. “They’re really brave people, I’ve been watching them go to areas where very few people would go and some of them don’t come out alive.”
President Trump signed a ‘Major Disaster’ declaration on Saturday paving the way for California to receive fire mitigation funds and recovery grants and low-cost loans for Shasta County individuals and business owners.
The administration of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing intense criticism for its response to deadly wildfires that killed 85 people at last count. The opposition accused the Tsipras government of incompetence and arrogance, while the government blamed illegal construction in the affected areas and suggested terrorists might have set the fires.
CalFire reported 18 major wildfires as of noon on July 3, including the “County Fire,” which, in total, had already burned 72,500 acres and were less than 15 percent contained as of Tuesday.
A mudslide shut down the 101 Freeway in Montecito, California, on Tuesday morning as heavy winter rains hit the region devastated by the recent Thomas fire. #BREAKING: Mudslide shuts down the 101 in Montecito. People asking to be rescued from
The Thomas fire in Ventura County and Santa Barbara County was still blazing strong as of Tuesday morning, while Southern California’s other wildfires were largely contained.
President Donald Trump approved a declaration of a state of emergency in California on Friday, ordering federal assistance in response to multiple wildfires that have broken out and continue to cause massive damage in the state since December 4.
