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Miley Cyrus
Liam Hemsworth Shares Heartbreaking Photo of His Malibu Home After Wildfire
E! News - by Mike Vulpo
| Tue., Nov. 13, 2018 9:41 AM All you need is love. For thousands of California residents, the past month has been filled with uncertainty as wildfires …
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Green Design
Denver firefighter uses 9 shipping containers to build a stunning family home
inhabitat - by Nicole Jewell
Denver-based firefighter Regan Foster used to spend his days putting out fires, but while recovering from a work-related injury, Foster decided to …
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Southern California
Here’s where the Woolsey fire burned through the hills of Southern California
Los Angeles Times - By Jon Schleuss and Priya Krishnakumar
One of the largest fires to hit L.A. County has torn through nearly 150 square miles and left a burn scar from Bell Canyon to the Pacific Ocean. New satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe shows the extent
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Los Angeles
Lady Gaga surprises Red Cross evacuation shelter by arriving with pizza and coffee and even SINGING to 98-year-old woman
dailymail.co.uk - Dailymail.com Reporter
Thousands of California residents were displaced due to the wildfires. And on Tuesday, Lady Gaga delivered pizza to one of the many Red Cross …
San Bernardino County
Firefighters battling Sierra Fire in the Rialto area
foxla.com - By: Shelly Insheiwat
- A new brush fire has erupted in the Rialto area Tuesday night. The San Bernardino County Fire Department said the Sierra Fire was about 2-3 acres at …
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Wildfires
Caitlyn Jenner snaps photo with California firefighters after her Malibu home was nearly destroyed in wildfires
dailymail.co.uk - Dailymail.com Reporter
Caitlyn Jenner's Malibu home was nearly destroyed in the California wildfires that erupted just days ago. On Tuesday, the 69-year-old reality star …
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Los Angeles
The story behind this viral photo of exhausted California firefighters
TODAY - By Scott Stump
News As California struggles with the devastation of two deadly wildfires, a 2017 photo has come to symbolize the tireless efforts of firefighters and first responders. As firefighters in California work
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Firefighters battling large building fire in River Rouge
freep.com - Fiona Kelliher
A fire blazed through at least one commercial building in River Rouge early Tuesday morning. No injuries have been reported, confirmed a police …
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Safe-Space
Shivering horse found waiting out Camp Fire in backyard pool
SFGate - By Dianne de Guzman, SFGATE
A horse was found in the backyard pool of a Paradise, Calif. resident, after the animal apparently tried to find a safe space as the Camp Fire moved through town. Paradise resident Jeff Hill shared photos
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Southern California
Residents return but Southern California fire still has life
miamiherald.com - By AMANDA LEE MYERS and BRIAN SKOLOFF
Thousands of people have returned to neighborhoods evacuated during Southern California's deadly wildfire but officials said the threat is far from …
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Woolsey Fire
Firefighters battle blazes on two fronts in California, 50 dead
24matins.uk - By Laurent Banguet,
Thousands of firefighters battled blazes in northern and southern California on Tuesday as body recovery teams searched the remains of houses and …
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Environment
How to survive wildfires: let’s do as nature does
The Guardian - Alistair Smith and Crystal Kolden
The natural world has developed ways of surviving and using wildfires that we humans can adopt California wildfires rarely killed civilians in the 20th century. The Griffith Park fire killed 29 in 1933,
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Insurance
Rich People Pay for Private Firefighters While the Rest of Us Burn
VICE - Caroline Haskins
Insurance companies offer exclusive firefighting services for high-paying clients that can help them mitigate the worst consequences of wildfire disasters. Most other people aren’t so lucky. At least people
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Criminal Sentencing
Retired firefighter who fired shotgun at black teen asking for directions gets up to 10 years in prison
NBC News - By Minyvonne Burke
U.S. news A white retired firefighter in Michigan found guilty of firing a shotgun from his porch at a black teenager who knocked on his front door because he was lost was sentenced Tuesday to four to
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Windy
Early morning fire damages Craig Henry office
ottawacitizen.com - Norman Provencher
An investigation has determined no suspicious issues in an overnight fire at a rental office overnight on Craig Henry Drive, near Knoxdale …
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At 1:20 a.m. East Bay firefighters remove 92-year-old man’s head from storm drain
The Mercury News - Nate Gartrell
HERCULES — Police here got what’s probably the oddest early morning call in recent memory in the small town last Friday, when they responded to …
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Los Angeles
As toll mounts from Malibu to Thousand Oaks, how did the Woolsey fire become a monster? - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Matt Hamilton , Alene Tchekmedyian , Benjamin Oreskes , Laura J. Nelson and Jaclyn Cosgrove
From the start of the destructive Woolsey fire, firefighters were at a number of distinct disadvantages. The blaze came on the heels of one of the hottest summers on record for the region, after years
West Yorkshire
Road closed in Leeds as police deal with incident near Co-op store
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk - www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
A key commuter route into Leeds is closed this morning due to a police incident. Cardigan Road in Burley is shut near to the Co-op, with a spokesman …
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Wildfires
WATCH: Hundreds of Texas Firefighters Rush to California’s Aid Amidst Historic Wildfires
Southern Living - Meghan Overdeep
As California battles the worst fires in state history, fire departments across Texas are springing into action. On Sunday, Gov. Greg Abbott announced …
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California
California firefighters battle 'peak fire' near highway amid continuing destruction
ABC News
"Peak fire" near California highway blazes through 105 acres as the death toll rises to at least 44 people.
Family Business
Four-alarm fire at Gascoigne Lumber on Lower Queen Anne was arson, fire officials say
seattletimes.com - Sara Jean Green
Lumber yard fire was arson, fire officials say. Damages estimated at $4.3 million.
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Miley Cyrus
Celebrities Caught in Path of California Wildfires
Cheddar
The California wildfires continue to devastate neighborhoods and towns in its path, and many celebrities have been the victim of these relentless …
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Wildfires
The bitter lesson of the Californian fires
theconversation.com - David Bowman David Bowman is a Friend of The Conversation.
California is burning, again. Dozens of peoples have been killed and thousands of buildings destroyed in several fires, the most destructive in the …
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Paradise: Before and after the town's wildfire destruction
bbc.co.uk
The town of Paradise in Butte County in northern California has been engulfed by the deadliest wildfire in the state's history. Thousands of the town's structures were completely destroyed in just a matter
Woolsey Fire
Winds bedevil firefighters as Woolsey Fire grows to 96.3K acres
abc7.com - By
Santa Ana winds on Tuesday continued to bedevil firefighters on the front lines of the Woolsey Fire, whose burn area increased to 96,314 acres. The …
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Simi Valley
Intense Footage Of A Helicopter Fighting A Wildfire Feet Away From Cars In California
Digg
Firefighters in California acted quickly yesterday to put out a wildfire that threatened the 118 Freeway in Simi Valley.
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Woolsey Fire
Agoura Hills Restaurant Feeds 1,000 First Responders Despite Fire Evacuation
Eater - Farley Elliott
An Agoura Hills restaurant owner is being applauded for staying behind the lines of the Woolsey Fire evacuation in order to feed hundreds of first responders. Owner Marco Gonzalez runs Tavern 101 Grill
Baltimore
Crews respond to partial building collapse at Baltimore church
wbaltv.com - www.wbaltv.com
Emergency crews were working to rescue a person from the roof of a church that had partially collapsed Tuesday. Baltimore City firefighters were …
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New Zealand News
Wellington firefighters extinguish car fire on suburban road in Lyall Bay
nzherald.co.nz - NZ Herald
Wellington firefighters worked to extinguish a car fully engulfed in flames at Lyall Bay earlier tonight. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman …
Emergency Medicine
Firebombs, stabbings and hammers: The shameless attacks behind major change that makes targeting 999 staff more serious ever
liverpoolecho.co.uk - Joe Thomas
A new law making it more serious than ever to assault 999 workers follows a shameful series of attacks on those tasked with protecting Merseyside. The …