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HONOLULU (AP) — A wildfire that has burned forestlands in a remote mountainous area of Central Oahu has moved eastward and away from population centers, Hawaii authorities said Thursday, as firefighters continued to battle the blaze. The flames haven't threatened homes or property, and no evacuations have been ordered, but they have scorched some native koa and ohia trees. Nearly 2 square miles (5 square kilometers) have been burned so far by the blaze, which firefighters have been battling since Monday. Three Army helicopters were dropping water on the fire Thursday, and helicopters from the Honolulu Fire Department and the U.S. Political Cartoons View All 1233 ImagesHawaii's ecosystems evolved in the absence of frequent fires, and when native trees burn, they are often replaced by fire-prone invasive species.

Organizations: Honolulu Fire Department, Three Army, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency Locations: HONOLULU, Central Oahu, Hawaii, Honolulu, U.S, Lahaina

SYDNEY, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Residents in three areas in Australia's northern Queensland state were ordered to evacuate their homes on Wednesday, as bushfires burned out of control. People in two adjacent areas, near the town of Dalveen, were on Wednesday ordered to evacuate immediately. AAP Image/Darren England via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights"Every Australian's heart goes out to the people... who are being impacted once again by these bushfires," Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers, whose electorate is in the state, told a news conference on Wednesday. "It was a pretty horrifying experience," NSW resident Michelle Balint told state broadcaster ABC on Wednesday, recounting a wall of flames racing across the family's land. Authorities on Wednesday imposed a third evacuation warning in the far north of the state, near Watsonville.

Persons: Darren England, Jim Chalmers, Michelle Balint, Alasdair Pal, Gerry Doyle Organizations: SYDNEY, Firefighters, REUTERS Acquire, NSW, ABC, Authorities, Stefica Bikes, Thomson Locations: Australia's, Queensland, Australia, New Zealand, Dalveen, Wallangarra, New South Wales, NSW, Watsonville, Sydney

☆ Russian drone hits oil refinery, frontline attacks repelled -Ukraine military
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Firefighters work at an oil refinery which was hit during Russia's drone attacks in Kremenchuk, Poltava region, Ukraine November 1, 2023. "The focus of the attack was Poltava region, it was attacked in several waves," Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat told national television. A video posted by the Ukrainian military showed its forces destroying a Russian flamethrower system near Avdiivka, an attack it said could be observed for dozens of kilometres. Russian forces shell the river's western bank almost daily. In Poltava region, three villages lost electricity after power lines and an unnamed infrastructure facility were damaged, the Energy Ministry said on Telegram.

Persons: Administration Filip Pronin, Filip Pronin, Yuriy Ihnat, Oleksandr Kovalenko, Kovalenko, Natalia Khomeniuk, Andriy Raikovych, Pavel Polityuk, Lidia Kelly, Ron Popeski, Alison Williams, Gareth Jones, Grant McCool Organizations: Poltava Regional, Administration, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Ukraine's Air Force, Air Force, General Staff, Energy Ministry, Telegram, Railway, Reuters, Russian Defence, Thomson Locations: Kremenchuk, Poltava region, Ukraine, Poltava, Handout, Russian, Moscow, Russia, Ukrainian, Kupiansk, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Kherson, Dnipro, Kirovohrad, Odesa, Kyiv, Melbourne

☆ Compassion fatigue: What it is and how to beat it, according to experts
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

But those who are watching traumatic things unfold in communities they are connected to as well as those they empathize with from afar may also feel the impact of compassion fatigue, Sachs said. That can lead to exhaustion, irritability and difficulty continuing to engage with their empathy if not attended to, Sachs said. To be the best you can be for yourself, your loved ones and the issues you support, it is important to check in with yourself and prevent compassion fatigue, Figley said. “It’s not like, ‘Oh, I’m going to the spa for three days, and I’m going to rejuvenate, and then I’m ready to come back.’”Figley often recommends finding someone who you feel connected with for support. “There are going to be times where I am going to really feel that suffering,” Sachs added.

Persons: Rebecca Sachs, Charles Figley, Kurzweg, Figley, Sachs, I’ve, ’ ”, “ It’s, “, ” Sachs, ’ ” Figley, ”, That’s Organizations: CNN, Mental Health, Tulane University Locations: Israel, Gaza, New York City, New Orleans

☆ Wildfires erupt in southern Lebanon, civil defense blames Israeli shells
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The fires started around 1700 GMT and were caused by Israeli shells containing white phosphorous being launched across the border, Abdalla Mousawae, head of the Tyre Regional Center of Lebanese civil defense, told Reuters. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Earlier this month, the Israeli military said an accusation by Human Rights Watch that it had used white phosphorus munitions in Gaza was "unequivocally false." White phosphorus munitions can legally be used on battlefields to make smoke screens, generate illumination, mark targets or burn bunkers and buildings. White phosphorus is considered an incendiary weapon under Protocol III of the Convention on the Prohibition of Use of Certain Conventional Weapons.

Persons: Violeta Santos Moura, Mousawae, Israel, Abdallah Bou Habib, Aya Majzoub, Riham Alkousaa, Henriette Chacar, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Firefighters, Tyre Regional Center of, Reuters, Hamas, United Nations, UN Security, National News Agency, Amnesty, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Thomson Locations: Lebanon, Israel, Nahariya, Rights BEIRUT, Tyre, Iran, Lebanese, Labbouneh, East, North Africa, Gaza, Jerusalem

☆ Wildfires Erupt in Southern Lebanon, Civil Defence Blames Israeli Shells
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

The fires started around 1700 GMT and were caused by Israeli shells containing white phosphorous being launched across the border, Abdalla Mousawae, head of the Tyre Regional Center of Lebanese civil defence, told Reuters. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Earlier this month, the Israeli military said an accusation by Human Rights Watch that it had used white phosphorus munitions in Gaza was "unequivocally false." White phosphorus munitions can legally be used on battlefields to make smoke screens, generate illumination, mark targets or burn bunkers and buildings. White phosphorus is considered an incendiary weapon under Protocol III of the Convention on the Prohibition of Use of Certain Conventional Weapons.

Persons: Mousawae, Israel, Abdallah Bou Habib, Aya Majzoub, Riham Alkousaa, Henriette Chacar, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Firefighters, Tyre Regional Center of, Reuters, Hamas, United Nations, UN Security, National News Agency, Amnesty, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch Locations: BEIRUT, Lebanon, Tyre, Israel, Iran, Lebanese, Labbouneh, East, North Africa, Gaza, Jerusalem

☆ Southern California wildfire forces 4,000 residents to evacuate homes
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A structure is engulfed in flames as a wildfire called the Highland Fire burns in Aguanga, California, on Oct. 30, 2023. Roughly 4,000 residents in Southern California have been ordered to evacuate their homes due to a raging fire in the small town of Aguanga in Riverside County, which spread further overnight. In the evening, it was reclassified as a "critical rate" spread and had grown to more than 1,200 acres. On Monday, 1,139 homes near the area were ordered to evacuate, equating to about 4,000 people, according to Maggie Cline De La Rosa, a spokesperson for the county fire department. The National Weather Service has issued an air quality alert to surrounding neighborhoods due to the windblown dust and smoke of the wildfire.

Persons: Maggie Cline De La Rosa, De, De La Rosa Organizations: Riverside County Fire Department, National Weather Service, CNBC Locations: Aguanga , California, Southern California, Aguanga, Riverside County, Riverside, De La, California

☆ Two Dead, Dozens of Homes Destroyed as Bushfires Rage Across Eastern Australia
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Two people have been killed and dozens of homes destroyed in bushfires raging across Australia's northern Queensland state, as firefighters travel from across the country and from New Zealand to try and contain the out-of-control blazes. Residents have been told to evacuate from two massive bushfires in the southeast portion of Queensland, even as dozens of fires continue to burn across the state where at least 45 homes have been destroyed and two people killed since last week. "These are heartbreaking scenes when people lose their houses," Albanese said from the town of Bundaberg, near one of the large fires. Firefighters from the neighbouring state of Victoria and New Zealand were on their way to help, Albanese added. More than 7,500 hectares (18,500 acres) are burning out of control in the neighbouring state of New South Wales, only 40 kms (25 miles) from one of the Queensland fires.

Persons: Anthony Albanese, " Albanese, Albanese, Firefighters, Lewis Jackson, Michael Perry Organizations: SYDNEY, Firefighters, Queensland Locations: Australia's, Queensland, New Zealand, Bundaberg, Victoria, Australia, New South Wales, Ulan, Sydney

Los Angeles CNN —Emergency responders found Matthew Perry “unconscious in a stand-alone jacuzzi” when they were called to his home on Saturday. “A rapid medical assessment, sadly, revealed the man was deceased prior to first responder arrival.”Perry was 54. The circumstances surrounding the actor’s death are being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, LAFD said. A law enforcement source told CNN that no foul play is suspected. Perry’s parents, John Bennett Perry and Suzanne Morrison, along with his step-father, “Dateline” correspondent Keith Morrison, were seen arriving at the actor’s home Saturday night amid the police response.

Persons: Matthew Perry “, “, ”, ” Perry, LAFD, John Bennett Perry, Suzanne Morrison, Keith Morrison, ” “ Matthew Organizations: Los Angeles CNN, Firefighters, Los Angeles Fire Department, CNN, Los Angeles Police Department, Angeles, Medical, Dateline

☆ Jennifer Anniston, Matt LeBlanc and rest of ‘Friends’ cast pay tribute to Matthew Perry
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Eric Levenson | Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

NBC/Getty Images Perry, pictured circa 1985, developed an interest in acting after moving to Los Angeles when he was a teen. ABC/Disney Entertainment/Getty Images Perry co-starred in "Friends" with Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston. NBC/Getty Images Perry and Cox appear on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in 1996. NBC/Getty Images Perry co-stars with Salma Hayek in the 1997 romantic comedy film "Fools Rush In." Julia Weeks/AP Perry enters the stage for a conversation with editor Matt Brennan during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books in Los Angeles in 2023.

Persons: ”, Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew, ” Perry, Chandler Bing, Perry, Michael Ochs, Christina Applegate, Martha Plimpton, Cox, Jay Leno, Salma Hayek, Michael Clarke Duncan, Warner, Monica, Danny Feld, Joe Quincy, Amy Stewart, Richard Schiff, Milo O'Shea, Kelly Reilly, Toby Melville, Reuters Perry, Merv Griffin, Jean, Paul Aussenard, LeBlanc, Mark J, Terrill, John Inwood, Zach Braff, John C, McGinley, Mitch Haddad, Amanda Peet, Bruce Willis, Everett, Chris Pizzello, Phil McCarten, Tom Williams, Lindsay Sloane, Michael Yarish, Ted Kennedy, James Corden, Terence Patrick, Julia Weeks, Matt Brennan, Dania Maxwell, HBO Max, “, Marta Kauffman, David Crane, Kevin Bright, Matthew’s, ’, Perry’s, Aniston, wasn’t, CNN’s Taylor Romine, Josh Campbell, Cheri Mossburg, Dan Heching, Lisa Respers Organizations: CNN, NBC, Getty, Michael Ochs Archives, Limelight, ABC, Disney Entertainment, Columbia, Warner Brothers, Bank, Comedy Theatre, Reuters, Merv Griffin Beverly Hills Country, Actors Guild, Guild of America, Los Angeles Dodgers, Capitol, National Association of Drug, Inc, CBS, Los Angeles Times Festival of, Los Angeles Times, HBO, Los Angeles Fire Department, Firefighters, Los Angeles Police Department, Angeles, Medical, Entertainment Locations: Los Angeles, Williamstown , Massachusetts, New York City, British, Chicago, London, Canada, Lisa Respers France

HONOLULU (AP) — Maui police held a news conference on Monday to show 16 minutes of body camera footage taken the day a wildfire tore through Lahaina town in August, including video of officers rescuing 15 people from a coffee shop and taking a severely burned man to a hospital. Earlier this month, Maui County provided the AP with 911 call recordings in response to an open records request. Officers ushered out 15 people from the coffee shop as smoke swirled in the sky around them, loaded the group into police SUVs and took them to the Lahaina Civic Center. In another clip, an officer finds a badly burned man at a shopping center and put him in the back seat of his patrol car. The fast-moving wildfire on Aug. 8 killed at least 99 people and burned more than 2,000 structures.

Persons: John Pelletier Organizations: Lahaina Civic Center, Co Locations: HONOLULU, Lahaina, Maui County, Wailuku, Hawaii

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. labor unions are once again flexing the muscles in the national spotlight. UNION RATES HAVE BEEN FALLING FOR DECADES. Only 6% of U.S. private-sector workers belong to unions today, a sliver of the 35% that were union members in 1953. The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 granted private-sector employees the right to unionize. That means that what worked in auto workers' labor campaign, for example, may not be possible for other industries.

Persons: Gridlock, ” Alexander Colvin, ”, Eunice Han, Cathy Creighton, Shawn Fain “, ” Creighton, Joe Biden, Todd Vachon, Taft, Hartley, Vachon, Ronald Reagan, “, haven't, John F, Kennedy, ” Vachon, Han, Colvin, ” Colvin, Creighton Organizations: —, United Auto Workers, Big, Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Associated Press, Labor, University of Utah, Cornell University’s Industrial, Labor Relations Buffalo Co, NLRB, Motors, Ford, Facebook, Rutgers School of Management, Labor Relations, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Labor Relations, Starbucks, Gallup Locations: Las Vegas , Detroit, Southern California, U.S, United States, Midwest

That has allowed forests to become four to seven times more densely wooded than they once were, Safford said. Fire scientists advocate more deliberate burning at low-to-moderate severity to clear vegetation that makes forests susceptible to big fires. Susan Britting, executive director of one of the groups, Sierra Forest Legacy, acknowledged any cutting triggers skepticism because loggers historically took the largest, most marketable trees. But she said thinning trees up to a certain diameter is acceptable, though she prefers prescribed burning. Homeowners are anxious prescribed fires will jump perimeters and destroy houses.

Persons: ” Hugh Safford, Davis, John Muir, What’s, Safford, “ We're, ”, Brandon Collins, Chad Hanson, there's, Hanson, Christy Brigham, ” John Muir, Jeffrey, “ John Muir, ” Safford, gesturing, “, it's, Weeks, Susan Britting, ” Britting, John Muir Project's Hanson, Safford —, that's, what’s Organizations: University of California, Eldorado National, Sierra, U.S ., American Geophysical Union, John Muir Project, Earth Island Institute, Sequoia, National Parks, National Park Service, U.S . Forest Service, Service, Forest Service, Infrastructure Law, Sierra Forest Locations: Calif, Lake, Eldorado, Sierra Nevada, U.S, California, . California, Yosemite, Sequoia, Canyon, —, Berkeley, Lake Tahoe, Safford, New, Sierra

NEW YORK (AP) — A man was trapped inside a steel-reinforced concrete jewelry vault in New York City overnight after firefighters had to abandon an attempt to rescue him for safety reasons. Fortunately, the vault was on a timer and opened on its own Wednesday morning, officials said. Sarrocco did not explain how the man became trapped. Fire and police department personnel were in communication with the man inside the vault and could watch him on a security camera. “The process was started to breach the wall at the vault,” he said in a news conference at the scene.

Persons: John Sarrocco, Sarrocco, ” Locations: New York City, midtown Manhattan

☆ Florida is experiencing the 'biggest migration' in a generation. Here are 10 states locals are moving to.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Floridians moving to Georgia, Texas and North Carolina have the same impetus for leaving, Meyer Lucas said. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe typical cost of a home in Florida was $384,300 at the end of 2022. The typical cost of a home in Georgia was $340,000 and the typical cost of a home in North Carolina was $345,100, according to Redfin. For those relocating to Texas, Meyer Lucas observed that people aren't going to places like Dallas, Houston, or Austin.

Persons: —, Holly Meyer Lucas, Floridians, Meyer Lucas Organizations: Service, Sunshine State, Florida, Yorkers Locations: —, — Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, New York, California, Florida, Florida , Arizona, South Georgia, Georgia , Texas, Dallas, Houston, Austin

☆ Wall Street and money moved into South Florida, driving up prices. Now some residents want to move out.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

They're looking to nearby smaller cities in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. They're picking places like Knoxville, Tennessee; Greenville, South Carolina; Huntsville, Alabama; and Asheville, North Carolina; which she collectively refers to as "the Villes." AdvertisementAdvertisementWhy CEOs moved their lives — and their businesses — to FloridaWall Street moved to South Florida in droves in 2020 and 2021. Billionaire hedge-fund CEOs — like Citadel's Ken Griffin — paid record-shattering amounts for South Florida homes , added offices, and moved their businesses there entirely from New York, Chicago, and Silicon Valley. They bought a 2,400-square-foot, four-bedroom home on an acre of land for the same price in Greenville, South Carolina.

Persons: —, There's, Nicole Panesso, Holly Meyer Lucas, Meyer Lucas, Ken Griffin —, Brian Guzman, Guzman, Jonathan Miller, Ken Griffin, PATRICK T, FALLON, It's, Larry Ellison, Miller, Michael Bordenaro, Greg May, Marcia Straub, Keller Williams, Jill Cody, she's, Ryan Wilson, Jami, Alexander Spatari, Jami Wilson Organizations: Service, Sunshine State, Census Bureau, Orlando, Coral, Fort Myers, Florida Wall, Billionaire, Guzman Advisory Partners, Getty, West Palm Beach, Florida Atlantic University, Silicon, Oracle, South, South Florida metros, Fortune, Miami, Homes, Army Locations: Florida, Greenville, Knoxville, South Florida, Chattanooga , Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina , Georgia, Tennessee, Knoxville , Tennessee, Greenville , South Carolina, Huntsville , Alabama, Asheville , North Carolina, Realtor.com, Asheville, Miami, Gulf Coast, New York, Chicago, Silicon, West Palm, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Texas, North Carolina, Greensboro, Fort

PARIS (AP) — Police arrested a man climbing Thursday on the Eiffel Tower, leading to visitors being temporarily stranded at the summit — including a reporter for The Associated Press and a Washington, D.C., couple who decided during the wait to get married. But when the lifts were temporarily shut down because of the climber, stranding the couple and others at the top, Khan decided to spring his surprise. “I figured we might be here longer than I imagined," Khan told the AP reporter. "So I didn’t want to miss dinner and she always wanted to be proposed to on or under the Eiffel Tower. Besides, when trapped at the top of a 1,083-foot (330-meter) tower, how can anyone say “No?”Had that happened, “somebody else would be climbing the Eiffel Tower today possibly,” she joked.

Persons: Amir Khan, Kat Warren, Khan, Pat Eaton, Robb, ’, ” Warren, ”, Alice Beunardeau, Beunardeau, she’d, Billie Eilish, “, ’ ”, “ I’m, AP's Eaton, Kathleen, ___ John Leicester, Le Organizations: PARIS, — Police, Eiffel, Associated Press, D.C Locations: Washington, Paris, Connecticut, Versailles, Le Pecq, France

☆ Suspect in killing of French teacher put under formal investigation
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

French police and firefighters stand in front of the Gambetta-Carnot school, where French teacher Dominique Bernard was killed in a knife attack on Friday, after the school was evacuated following a bomb alert in Arras, northern France, October 16, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Oct 18 (Reuters) - A 20-year-old man suspected of stabbing a teacher to death and wounded three people at a French school has been placed under formal investigation for murder in connection with a terrorist organisation, the anti-terrorism prosecutor's office said. The main suspect in the Friday attack, known as Mohammed M, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said before the man was placed under investigation on Tuesday evening. Mohammed M's 16-year old brother was put under formal investigation for complicity in murder in relation with a terrorist organisation and their cousin was put investigation for voluntarily abstaining from preventing a crime, the office said in a statement on Wednesday. Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; editing by Robert BirselOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Gambetta, Carnot, Dominique Bernard, Pascal, Mohammed M, Jean, Francois Ricard, Mohammed M's, Gerald Darmanin, Dominique Vidalon, Robert Birsel Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Islamic State, Thomson Locations: Arras, France, Israel

☆ Floridians are looking to move to these 7 states
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Many Floridians have been priced out and are eyeing a move to nearby states. Florida homeowners were happy to make the million-dollar profits selling to wealthy families from New York and California, Meyer Lucas said. But people now are taking these profits "out-of-state along with the people who are teachers, cops, and firefighters," Meyer Lucas said. Realtor.com data shows that Floridians are looking at homes in Georgia the most, as well as other surrounding Southern states. Below are the top seven states Floridians searched for homes between July and October, according to Realtor.com.

Persons: —, they're, Holly Meyer Lucas, Meyer Lucas, Floridians Organizations: Service Locations: Florida, —, New York, California, Carolinas, Alabama, Georgia, Southern, Texas

☆ French school where teacher was stabbed evacuated over bomb alert
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Pascal Rossignol | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] French police and firefighters stand in front of the Gambetta-Carnot school, where French teacher Dominique Bernard was killed in a knife attack on Friday, after the school was evacuated following a bomb alert in Arras, northern France, October 16, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol Acquire Licensing RightsARRAS, France, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A high school in Arras, northern France, where a French teacher was fatally stabbed on Friday, was evacuated on Monday morning following a bomb alert, according to a Reuters photographer who was at the location. After the bomb alert on Monday, teachers, some of them in tears and holding each other, left the building, as did pupils who had come to lay flowers in tribute to Bernard. As a police bomb squad arrived, teachers and students gathered in the courtyard of a building opposite their school as civil protection personnel comforted them. Reporting by Pascal Rossignol; Writing by Ingrid Melander; Editing by Toby Chopra, Sudip Kar-Gupta and Bernadette BaumOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Gambetta, Carnot, Dominique Bernard, Pascal Rossignol, Gerald Darmanin, Lycee Gambetta, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Bernard, Ingrid Melander, Toby Chopra, Sudip Kar, Gupta, Bernadette Baum Organizations: REUTERS, Lycee, Thomson Locations: Arras, France, ARRAS, Israel

☆ A temporary pay bump for federal firefighters is slated to end in November, raising fears that up to 50% of the workforce could quit as the country faces more extreme wildfires
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Federal wildland firefighters could see sizable pay cuts if Congress doesn't step in soon. Per the US Department of Agriculture, the entry-level salary for a federal wildland firefighter is roughly $34,000, absent the temporary pay increase. But the legislative fix was only temporary, and Biden pushed for the permanent pay when he submitted his administration's 2024 budget earlier this year. AdvertisementAdvertisementDemocratic Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado has been one of the most prominent supports of the increased firefighter pay on Capitol Hill. AdvertisementAdvertisementNeguse has introduced legislation that would permanently boost federal firefighter pay, but it has so far not advanced in the House.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Joe Neguse, Kevin McCarthy of, I'm Organizations: Service, The Times, US Department of Agriculture, Capitol, National Federation of Federal Employees, Times Locations: Colorado, Kevin McCarthy of California, Interior West

☆ Teams Tackling Madeira Wildfires Reinforced as Missing Tourists Found
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Civil Protection authority on Friday morning located the missing tourists. They had fled to a cave in a mountainous part of Porto Moniz and an operation to rescue them from the area was under way, it said on social media. "It was a complicated night, a difficult night," Civil Protection secretary of state Patricia Gaspar told public broadcaster RTP at Lisbon's military airport. A few houses have been destroyed in Calheta and Porto Moniz, but no serious injuries reported so far, authorities said. Porto Moniz mayor Emanuel Camara told RTP it was a "night to forget" and that "many people" were evacuated as a precaution.

Persons: Catarina Demony, Porto, Porto Moniz, Patricia Gaspar, Carlos Teles, Emanuel Camara, Gaspar, Inti Landauro, John Stonestreet Organizations: Friday, Porto Moniz, RTP, Camara de Lobos Locations: Catarina Demony LISBON, Portugal, Madeira, Calheta, Porto, Camara, Funchal

Hawaiian Electric, the state’s primary electric utility company, has acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui that morning. One caller said cars were being routed into a gated parking lot and were forced to turn around. A third caller told dispatchers they needed to open a road on the south side of town, warning that the blocked exit would result in people dying. One dispatcher told a caller stuck in traffic that emergency workers were busy “because Lahaina has a couple of house fires going on right now.”“If you’re safe, you need to stay there,” she said. Associated Press writers Lisa Baumann in Seattle; Chris Keller in Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Claire Rush in Portland, Oregon, contributed.

Persons: ”, “, “ It’s, Alana Pico, Hale, cinders, we’ve, ‘, We’re, Mahina Martin, ” Martin, ” ____ Lauer, Johnson, Lisa Baumann, Chris Keller, Claire Rush Organizations: Associated Press, Electric, Hawaiian Electric, Flames, Maui Police Department, AP, Lahaina Civic Locations: LAHAINA, Hawaii, Maui, Lahaina, Philadelphia, Seattle, Boone, Boise , Idaho, Albuquerque , New Mexico, Portland , Oregon

BUENA PARK, Calif. (AP) — An ammonia leak at a Southern California business sent 11 people to the hospital Friday morning, authorities said. The leak was reported shortly before 9:15 a.m. in a commercial building in Buena Park, the Orange County Fire Authority said. The building was evacuated and 12 people were decontaminated, with 11 being sent to hospitals where they were in stable condition, the fire authority said. A hazardous materials team determined that the chemical released was ammonia, firefighters said. Political Cartoons View All 1211 ImagesThere was no immediate word on what caused the leak.

Organizations: Orange County Fire Authority, U.S . Centers for Disease Control Locations: BUENA, Calif, Southern California, Buena Park, Orange County

☆ Luton Airport fire: All flights suspended at London hub following ‘significant’ blaze
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | Sharon Braithwaite | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —All flights have been suspended in London’s Luton Airport following the breakout of a “significant” fire in the airport’s Terminal 2 parking lot, the airport said in a statement on Wednesday. The airport said it would be closed until at least 3 p.m. local time, with passengers advised not to travel to the airport. “Crews have controlled and extinguished the fire at Luton Airport,” it said in a statement posted on X/Twitter. Efforts are still ongoing to extinguish a serious fire at Luton Airport. For anyone whose travel plans may be affected, please refer to the advice being provided by London Luton Airport.

Persons: “ Crews, Andy Hopkinson, Marcin Nowak, Shutterstock Hopkinson, Hopkinson, Tamara Hardingham, Gill Organizations: London CNN, . Bedfordshire, Rescue Service, Luton Airport, Luton DART, London Luton Airport, Airport, Wizz Air, Ryanair Locations: London’s Luton, ”, Bedfordshire, London

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