Fires
Greece’s fire season officially starts in May, but dozens of fires have already been put out over the past month after temperatures began hitting 30 degrees Celsius in late March - considerably higher than previous spikes recorded over the past decade. “It’s actually already summer for us,” said Fire Lieutenant Colonel Ioannis Kolovos during a recent training exercise. “The truth is that the fire season has started prematurely and has been extended over the last five years.” His 10-member elite fire crew from the 1st Wildfire Special Operation Unit bristles with tools needed to hold back fires...
Euronews (English)
By Hans Nicholas Jong JAKARTA — 2023 saw the worst fire season in Indonesia since 2019, with an area the size of Qatar going up in flames, according to official government data. A total of 1.16 million hectares (2.87 million acres) of land and forest were burned last year, with an intense El Niño weather pattern a major factor. The fires led to 13,260 hectares (32,800 acres) of primary forest loss, according to data from the University of Maryland available at the Global Forest Watch (GFW) platform administered by the World Resources Institute (WRI). These figures, while alarming on their own,...
Mongabay
A fire at a six-story shopping centre in the Bangladeshi capital overnight killed at least 43 people and injured dozens of others, with several people escaping to the building's roof, officials said Friday. The blaze began late on Thursday at a restaurant on the first floor of the Green Cozy Cottage shopping centre in Dhaka. Fire Service and Civil Defence Director General Main Uddin said more than a dozen firefighting units were deployed to douse the fire. Firefighters rescued survivors and pulled out bodies, and by Friday morning, 43 people were confirmed dead. Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen...
Euronews (English)
Los Angeles (AFP) - The head of Maui's emergency management agency -- who said this week he did not regret the decision to not sound powerful warning sirens as a deadly wildfire ripped through the Hawaiian town of Lahaina -- resigned Thursday. Herman Andaya had come under criticism for not activating the island-wide network as fast-moving flames bore down on the city, with survivors saying they had no warning of the blaze. Many of those who were killed are believed to have been trapped in their homes or caught in their cars as they made a desperate last-minute bid to escape. At least 111 peopl...
AFP
Kahului (United States) (AFP) - President Joe Biden will head to Hawaii next week to meet with survivors of a horrific wildfire and first responders still hunting for bodies, the White House said Wednesday as the first victims of the tragedy were named. Last week's fire levelled the historic town of Lahaina on the island of Maui and was the deadliest in the United States in more than a century. The death toll of 106 is expected to rise over the coming days. Only five victims have been identified so far, two of whom were named by Maui County officials as Robert Dyckman, 74, and 79-year-old Budd...
AFP
Kahului (United States) (AFP) - The death toll in Hawaii's wildfires rose to 99 and could double over the next 10 days, the state's governor said Monday, as emergency personnel painstakingly scoured the incinerated landscape for more human remains. Last week's inferno on the island of Maui is already the deadliest US wildfire in a century, with only a quarter of the ruins of the devastated town of Lahaina searched for victims so far. Governor Josh Green said more fatalities are certain, as emergency responders with cadaver dogs work their way through hundreds of homes and burned-out vehicles. ...
AFP
Kahului (United States) (AFP) - The death toll in Hawaii from the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century ticked towards 100 Sunday, fueling criticism that government inaction contributed to the heavy loss of life. At least 96 people were confirmed to have died as of Sunday night, but officials warned the figure was likely to rise as recovery crews with cadaver dogs work their way through hundreds of homes and burned-out vehicles in Lahaina. The historic coastal town on the island of Maui was almost destroyed by the fast-moving inferno early Wednesday morning, with survivors saying there ...
AFP
Lahaina (United States) (AFP) - Anger was growing Saturday over the official response to an inferno that levelled a Hawaiian town, killing at least 93 people in the deadliest wildfire in the United States for over 100 years. More than 2,200 structures were damaged or destroyed as the fire tore through Lahaina, according to official estimates, wreaking $5.5 billion in damage and leaving thousands homeless. Hawaiian authorities have begun a probe into the handling of the fire, with residents saying there had been no warning. "The mountain behind us caught on fire and nobody told us jack," Vilma...
AFP
Lahaina (United States) (AFP) - Anger was growing Saturday over the official response to a horrific wildfire that levelled a Hawaiian town, killing at least 80 people as it consumed everything in its path. Over 2,200 structures were damaged or destroyed as the fire tore through Lahaina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said, wreaking $5.5 billion in damage and leaving thousands homeless. Hawaiian authorities said they were opening a probe into the handling of the inferno as a congresswoman from the state acknowledged that officials had underestimated the danger, and as residents ...
AFP
Washington (AFP) - Two-time major champion Collin Morikawa has pledged to donate $1,000 for every birdie he makes in the US PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs to fire relief efforts in Hawaii. The American, who has strong family ties to the island of Maui, made the announcement on Instagram on Thursday as the first playoff event, the St. Jude Championship, teed off in Memphis. "Maui has always held a special place in my heart – my grandfather owned a restaurant called The Morikawa Restaurant, on Front Street in Lahaina,” Morikawa, who won the 2020 PGA Championship and the 2021 British Open, wrote. ...
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