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The third squad was then called to assist an engine—which was now about 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) down the road from the other two squads. Minutes after arriving, the fire began spotting near the road and Squad 3 retreated to the lunch site. Squads 1 and 2 attempted to escape, but were cut off by fire crossing the road. [23]
The evacuation radius was expanded to 1 mile (1.6 km) in case a second tanker exploded. [2] [4] By 7:00 pm the fires were under control, and a search for additional casualties began. It was later terminated because of visibility problems, but resumed at 5:30 am. on February 25. A car loaded with paper products reignited circa 3:15 pm, but was ...
An extremely critical fire weather event is the greatest threat level issued by the NWS Storm Prediction Center (SPC) for wildfire events in the United States. On the scale from one to three, an extremely critical is a level three; thus, these outlooks are issued only when forecasters at the SPC are confident of extremely dangerous wildfire ...
The official name of this incident by Cal Fire is the Tunnel Fire. [3] It is also commonly referred to as the Oakland Hills firestorm or the East Bay Hills fire. The fire ultimately killed 25 people and injured 150 others. The 1,520 acres (620 ha) destroyed included 2,843 single-family dwellings and 437 apartment and condominium units.
Governor Jay Inslee issued a proclamation on June 26, declaring a state of emergency to exist in all Washington state counties, implementing the Washington State Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, and ordering deployment of National Guard and other organized militia for incident-related service assistance, all because of the predicted risk of wildfires in the wake of significantly drier ...
The fire department arrived at 2:26 p.m. but found it hard to fight the fire because of the presence of thousands of untrained people. [2] When the wind changed direction at about 3:00 p.m., the fire rushed up Dam Canyon , jumped a hastily constructed firebreak , and advanced on the workers, killing dozens and injuring more than 100. [ 2 ]
The Three Mile Island accident plays a pivotal role in Heat and Light, a 2016 novel by Jennifer Haigh. [159] Meltdown: Three Mile Island is a four-part docuseries released by Netflix on May 4, 2022. [160] The documentary recounts the events, controversies, and lingering effects of the accident. [161]
Severe fire weather conditions continued over the following weeks. Between April 29 and May 4, the fire grew over 10,000 acres a day, fueled by more red flag warning conditions. On May 3, the now-combined Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire became the second largest wildfire in recorded New Mexico state history.