$10 trillion Fire#Fire #California #Pacific #LosAngeles
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Israel on Fire 🔥
Raging wildfires forced the Israeli government to close major roads, evacuate several towns near Jerusalem and call for international assistance on Wednesday as firefighters battled some of the fiercest blazes the country has seen in years. 🚨
The fires interrupted Israel’s annual memorial day for the country’s fallen, one of the most hallowed dates on the national calendar. 🕯
Television broadcasts of solemn ceremonies in military cemeteries were replaced with footage of Israelis making their way to safety on foot along a major highway. 🎥
Many planned celebrations for Israel’s Independence Day on Thursday were canceled because of the expanding fires and inclement weather, including high winds. The cause of the wildfire was not immediately clear. 🌪
Eyal Caspi, the head of Israel’s fire and rescue service, called the blaze “one of the toughest events” that he could recall. 🧑🚒
He said firefighting planes were unable to function because of difficult conditions. ✈️
There were no reports of deaths, but the Magen David Adom emergency rescue service said its medics had treated at least 19 people for light injuries. 🚑
#Israel #fire #firefighting
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Raging wildfires forced the Israeli government to close major roads, evacuate several towns near Jerusalem and call for international assistance on Wednesday as firefighters battled some of the fiercest blazes the country has seen in years. 🚨
The fires interrupted Israel’s annual memorial day for the country’s fallen, one of the most hallowed dates on the national calendar. 🕯
Television broadcasts of solemn ceremonies in military cemeteries were replaced with footage of Israelis making their way to safety on foot along a major highway. 🎥
Many planned celebrations for Israel’s Independence Day on Thursday were canceled because of the expanding fires and inclement weather, including high winds. The cause of the wildfire was not immediately clear. 🌪
Eyal Caspi, the head of Israel’s fire and rescue service, called the blaze “one of the toughest events” that he could recall. 🧑🚒
He said firefighting planes were unable to function because of difficult conditions. ✈️
There were no reports of deaths, but the Magen David Adom emergency rescue service said its medics had treated at least 19 people for light injuries. 🚑
#Israel #fire #firefighting
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Shoa in Hong Kong: 36 Deaths, 279 Missing 🔥❤️
The death toll from a huge fire that has engulfed several residential tower blocks in Hong Kong has risen to 36, with a further 279 people reported missing, the city’s leader, John Lee, said in the early hours of Thursday morning. 📌
A taskforce has been set up to investigate the cause of the fire, which broke out on Wednesday afternoon at the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po, in the northern New Territories. 🚒
The complex is made up of eight 31-storey towers containing about 2,000 flats that house about 4,800 people. 🏢
Lee said 29 people remained in hospital, seven in a critical condition, and that the fire was “coming under control”. 🏥
Authorities declared the incident a five-alarm fire, the highest emergency rating, and at least 128 fire engines and almost 800 firefighters were dispatched to the scene. Roads including major highways near the towers have been closed. 🚔
Shortly after the fire broke out, Derek Armstrong Chan, the deputy director of Hong Kong’s fire services operations, said:
“The temperature inside the buildings concerned is very high. It’s difficult for us to enter the building and go upstairs to conduct firefighting and rescue operations.” 🔥
At least one firefighter, named as Ho Wai-ho, 37, was among the dead. 🕊
Videos from the scene show flames spread across the towers and visible on every floor, flaring out of windows. 📹
Dozens of shocked residents, many sobbing, watched from nearby pavements as smoke funnelled up from the complex. 😢
“There’s nothing that can be done about the property. We can only hope that everyone, no matter old or young, can return safely,” a Tai Po resident who gave their surname as So told Agence France-Presse near the scene of the fire. “It’s heartbreaking. We’re worried there are people trapped inside.” 📌
Harry Cheung, 66, who has lived at Block 2 in one of the complexes for more than 40 years, said he heard a loud noise about 2.45pm (6.45am UK time) and saw fire erupt in a nearby block.
“I immediately went back to pack up my things,” he told Reuters. “I don’t even know how I feel right now. I’m just thinking about where I’m going to sleep tonight because I probably won’t be able to go back home.” 🏠
Building standards in Hong Kong are relatively high and vastly improved in recent decades, but the Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims, a local advocacy group, expressed deep concern about fires associated with scaffolding, noting similar incidents in April, May and October. 🛠
Hong Kong’s high property prices have long been a source of social discontent in the city and the fire could stoke resentment towards authorities ahead of a city-wide legislative election in early December. 📊
The Tai Po district authorities have opened shelters in local community halls, at least one of which local media reported was full by Wednesday night, and police have set up a casualty hotline. 📞
Several forums and campaign events related to the 7 December elections that had been scheduled for the coming days have been cancelled. 🗳
#hongkong #fire #buildings #deaths
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The death toll from a huge fire that has engulfed several residential tower blocks in Hong Kong has risen to 36, with a further 279 people reported missing, the city’s leader, John Lee, said in the early hours of Thursday morning. 📌
A taskforce has been set up to investigate the cause of the fire, which broke out on Wednesday afternoon at the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po, in the northern New Territories. 🚒
The complex is made up of eight 31-storey towers containing about 2,000 flats that house about 4,800 people. 🏢
Lee said 29 people remained in hospital, seven in a critical condition, and that the fire was “coming under control”. 🏥
Authorities declared the incident a five-alarm fire, the highest emergency rating, and at least 128 fire engines and almost 800 firefighters were dispatched to the scene. Roads including major highways near the towers have been closed. 🚔
Shortly after the fire broke out, Derek Armstrong Chan, the deputy director of Hong Kong’s fire services operations, said:
“The temperature inside the buildings concerned is very high. It’s difficult for us to enter the building and go upstairs to conduct firefighting and rescue operations.” 🔥
At least one firefighter, named as Ho Wai-ho, 37, was among the dead. 🕊
Videos from the scene show flames spread across the towers and visible on every floor, flaring out of windows. 📹
Dozens of shocked residents, many sobbing, watched from nearby pavements as smoke funnelled up from the complex. 😢
“There’s nothing that can be done about the property. We can only hope that everyone, no matter old or young, can return safely,” a Tai Po resident who gave their surname as So told Agence France-Presse near the scene of the fire. “It’s heartbreaking. We’re worried there are people trapped inside.” 📌
Harry Cheung, 66, who has lived at Block 2 in one of the complexes for more than 40 years, said he heard a loud noise about 2.45pm (6.45am UK time) and saw fire erupt in a nearby block.
“I immediately went back to pack up my things,” he told Reuters. “I don’t even know how I feel right now. I’m just thinking about where I’m going to sleep tonight because I probably won’t be able to go back home.” 🏠
Building standards in Hong Kong are relatively high and vastly improved in recent decades, but the Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims, a local advocacy group, expressed deep concern about fires associated with scaffolding, noting similar incidents in April, May and October. 🛠
Hong Kong’s high property prices have long been a source of social discontent in the city and the fire could stoke resentment towards authorities ahead of a city-wide legislative election in early December. 📊
The Tai Po district authorities have opened shelters in local community halls, at least one of which local media reported was full by Wednesday night, and police have set up a casualty hotline. 📞
Several forums and campaign events related to the 7 December elections that had been scheduled for the coming days have been cancelled. 🗳
#hongkong #fire #buildings #deaths
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The US and Iran Return To War
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The US and Iran exchanged fire late on Thursday in the most serious test yet of their month-long ceasefire.
Iran accused the US of violating the ceasefire by targeting two ships at the strait of Hormuz and attacking civilian areas, as the US insisted it struck in retaliation.
The US military said it targeted sites responsible for attacking three US destroyers transiting the strait, in what it called “unprovoked” hostilities by Tehran.
Iran’s Press TV reported that after several hours of fire “the situation on Iranian islands and coastal cities by the strait of Hormuz is back to normal now”.
The United Arab Emirates said it had intercepted Iranian missile and drone attacks hours after the US said it thwarted attacks on the USS Truxtun, USS Rafael Peralta and USS Mason.
The fresh skirmishes threw into question the viability of a shaky ceasefire that had largely held for the previous month. But Donald Trump, the US president, insisted it remained intact despite the strikes, which he described in an interview with ABC News as a “love tap”.
“They trifled with us today,” Trump told reporters, during an evening visit to the Reflecting Pool in Washington DC. “We blew them away. They trifled. I call that a trifle.” Asked where this left hopes of a negotiated end to the conflict, Trump said a deal “might not happen, but it could happen any day”.
“I believe they want the deal more than I do,” Trump claimed.
Brent crude oil rose to trade about $101 a barrel on news of the attacks.
Before the strikes, there were reports the US and Iran may be close to a temporary agreement to halt the war, with a one-page memorandum being shared between Washington and Tehran, through Pakistan.
Senior Iranian officials have rejected concessions in recent days. Some favour dragging out the negotiations to closer to the November midterm elections in the US, when the Trump administration will be under intense pressure to settle the war and Iran may get a better deal.
However, regional diplomats believe Iran could overplay its hand, with the current moment offering an opportunity to finish the war and claim a victory – something that could be harder if all-out fighting resumes.
If there were no agreement, Washington could also unilaterally end the war and walk away, leaving Iran under suffocating economic sanctions, they said.
In a statement on Thursday evening, US Central Command (Centcom) said Iranian forces had “launched multiple missiles, drones and small boats” at the three destroyers, but that “no US assets were struck”.
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The US and Iran exchanged fire late on Thursday in the most serious test yet of their month-long ceasefire.
Iran accused the US of violating the ceasefire by targeting two ships at the strait of Hormuz and attacking civilian areas, as the US insisted it struck in retaliation.
The US military said it targeted sites responsible for attacking three US destroyers transiting the strait, in what it called “unprovoked” hostilities by Tehran.
Iran’s Press TV reported that after several hours of fire “the situation on Iranian islands and coastal cities by the strait of Hormuz is back to normal now”.
The United Arab Emirates said it had intercepted Iranian missile and drone attacks hours after the US said it thwarted attacks on the USS Truxtun, USS Rafael Peralta and USS Mason.
The fresh skirmishes threw into question the viability of a shaky ceasefire that had largely held for the previous month. But Donald Trump, the US president, insisted it remained intact despite the strikes, which he described in an interview with ABC News as a “love tap”.
“They trifled with us today,” Trump told reporters, during an evening visit to the Reflecting Pool in Washington DC. “We blew them away. They trifled. I call that a trifle.” Asked where this left hopes of a negotiated end to the conflict, Trump said a deal “might not happen, but it could happen any day”.
“I believe they want the deal more than I do,” Trump claimed.
Brent crude oil rose to trade about $101 a barrel on news of the attacks.
Before the strikes, there were reports the US and Iran may be close to a temporary agreement to halt the war, with a one-page memorandum being shared between Washington and Tehran, through Pakistan.
Senior Iranian officials have rejected concessions in recent days. Some favour dragging out the negotiations to closer to the November midterm elections in the US, when the Trump administration will be under intense pressure to settle the war and Iran may get a better deal.
However, regional diplomats believe Iran could overplay its hand, with the current moment offering an opportunity to finish the war and claim a victory – something that could be harder if all-out fighting resumes.
If there were no agreement, Washington could also unilaterally end the war and walk away, leaving Iran under suffocating economic sanctions, they said.
In a statement on Thursday evening, US Central Command (Centcom) said Iranian forces had “launched multiple missiles, drones and small boats” at the three destroyers, but that “no US assets were struck”.
#US #Iran #fire #ceasefire #war
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Centcom said its forces eliminated “inbound threats and targeted Iranian military facilities” responsible for attacking US forces, including missile and drone launch sites, command and control locations, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance nodes.
“Centcom does not seek escalation but remains positioned and ready to protect American forces,” it added.
Iran’s military accused the US of breaking the ceasefire agreement by targeting an Iranian oil tanker and another ship entering the strait of Hormuz.
“The aggressive, terrorist, and pirate US military has violated the ceasefire,” a military spokesperson said.
The spokesperson added the US carried out airstrikes on “civilian areas” along the coasts of Bandar Khamir, Sirik and the island of Qeshm – home to about 150,000 people and a water desalination plant – and that the strikes were launched “with the cooperation of some regional countries”.
They said Iran’s armed forces responded by attacking US military vessels, “reportedly inflicting significant damage on them”.
The US been pressuring Iran to reopen the strait, enforcing a naval blockade of Iranian ports. On Monday, the US military said it had destroyed six Iranian small boats, as well as cruise missiles and drones, after Trump sent warships to “guide” stranded tankers through the strait in a campaign he called “Project Freedom”.
In a social media post on Thursday, Trump praised the crews of the destroyers for transiting out of the waterway while under fire. The US vessels sustained “no damage”, he said, while describing the “Iranian attackers” as having been “completely destroyed along with numerous small boats” as well as missiles and drones.
Trump railed that the attack showed Iran was “not a normal country” and its “lunatic” leaders would not hesitate to use a nuclear weapon if they had one. Without swift diplomatic action, the US could respond “a lot more violently” in the future.
The Pakistani prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, had struck an optimistic tone prior to the exchanges of fire, saying in televised remarks: “I firmly believe that this ceasefire will turn into a long-term ceasefire.”
Any agreement between the US and Iran could also help lower tensions in Lebanon, where a separate truce was under renewed strain after an Israeli strike on southern Beirut killed a commander from militant group Hezbollah on Wednesday.
A US state department official confirmed on Thursday that the new Israel-Lebanon talks would take place on 14 and 15 May. It will be the third meeting in recent months between the two countries, which have technically been at war for decades and have no diplomatic relations.
#US #Iran #fire #ceasefire #war
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A fire in the Doral District, in western Miami-Dade County, (Florida) has caused serious traffic delays.
#fire #doralDistrict #miamiDade
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