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☆ Australia State Swings From Bush Fires to Flash Flooding in 24 Hours
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Less than 24 hours since residents in parts of Australia's Victoria state fled bush fires, state authorities are now warning of flooding as heavy rain douses flames and lifts rivers in the southeastern state. First responders overnight rescued a farmer in the area who got trapped after driving through floodwaters, according to chief officer operations Tim Wiebusch at Victoria state emergency service. "But over these next 24, 48 hours, flash flooding, riverine flooding is really the key risk. Firefights are still working to contain bush fires in two parts of Victoria state but authorities said there was no immediate threat to nearby residents. State fire authorities said conditions eased overnight although several properties were lost and firefighters still worked to contain the blaze.

Persons: Tim Wiebusch, Lewis Jackson, Aurora Ellis Organizations: SYDNEY, Australian, of Meteorology, Meteorology Locations: Australia's Victoria, Victoria, New South Wales, Bermagui, Sydney . State

☆ Australia state swings from bush fires to flash flooding in 24 hours
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Less than 24 hours since residents in parts of Australia's Victoria state fled bush fires, state authorities are now warning of flooding as heavy rain douses flames and lifts rivers in the southeastern state. First responders overnight rescued a farmer in the area who got trapped after driving through floodwaters, according to chief officer operations Tim Wiebusch at Victoria state emergency service. "But over these next 24, 48 hours, flash flooding, riverine flooding is really the key risk. Firefights are still working to contain bush fires in two parts of Victoria state but authorities said there was no immediate threat to nearby residents. State fire authorities said conditions eased overnight although several properties were lost and firefighters still worked to contain the blaze.

Persons: Tim Wiebusch, Lewis Jackson, Aurora Ellis Organizations: SYDNEY, Australian, of Meteorology, Meteorology, Thomson Locations: Australia's Victoria, Victoria, New South Wales, Bermagui, Sydney . State

SYDNEY, Oct 3 (Reuters) - A bushfire in Australia's Victoria state more than trebled overnight and authorities urged residents in a remote part of Tasmania state to evacuate as a spring heatwave fanned fires across the country's southeast. Across the Bass Strait in Tasmania state, residents on the northern edge of Flinders Island were told to evacuate from an out of control bushfire. Fires are being stoked by hot, dry winds across southeast as the country experiences an unseasonably hot spring. Australia began spring with its driest September on record, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, with rainfall 71% below the 1961-1990 average. Conditions are expected to change rapidly in Victoria Tuesday afternoon, with heavy rains expected to help douse fires but potentially trigger flash flooding.

Persons: Jason Heffernan, Heffernan, they're, Lewis Jackson, Richard Chang Organizations: SYDNEY, Country Fire Authority, Meteorology, Greater, Thomson Locations: Australia's Victoria, Tasmania, Victoria state's Gippsland, Bass, Flinders, Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Greater Sydney Region, Sydney's

☆ At least 21 dead after Italian bus carrying tourists falls from Venice overpass
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Manuel Silvestri | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

VENICE, Italy, Oct 3 (Reuters) - At least 21 people died on Tuesday and 18 were injured after a bus carrying tourists to a campground crashed off an overpass near Venice in northern Italy and caught fire, city officials said. Venice city councillor Renato Boraso said one line of enquiry was that the driver, a 40-year-old Italian who was among those killed, had been taken ill before the crash. He said the coach had been carrying 40 passengers, of whom 21 had died and 18 were injured. Venice's city hall said the injured people had been taken to nearby hospitals, with four in a serious condition. The bus was also carrying passengers from France and Croatia, Italian news agency ANSA reported.

Persons: Renato Boraso, Boraso, Luigi Brugnaro, Manuel Silvestri, Michele Di Bari, ANSA, Di Bari, Giorgia Meloni, Emilio Parodi, Gavin Jones, Keith Weir, Alvise, Crispian Balmer, Lisa Shumaker, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Sky Italia, Rescue, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: VENICE, Italy, Venice, Mestre, Venice's, France, Croatia, Verona

☆ Spanish nightclub hit by deadly fire was ordered to close in 2022, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Al Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Officials issued a closure order for the nightclub in the city of Murcia in January 2022, a top official in charge of licenses, told reporters on Monday. Antonio Navarro said the city reissued the decree in October 2022, after the owner’s unsuccessful appeal of the closure. Firefighters can be seen working at the site of a deadly blaze in the Teatre nightclub in Murcia, in southeastern Spain, on October 1. Bomberos/Ayuntamiento de Murcia/APThe nightclub Teatre opened with a license in 2008. But by 2022, city officials determined the alterations to create the two separate nightclubs required additional scrutiny and a new, separate license for La Fonda.

Persons: Antonio Navarro, ” Navarro, Javi, La Fonda, Navarro, “ La Fonda, Andres Francisco Guerrero, . Navarro, Guerrero, Francisco Jimenez, Jose Ballesta, Ballesta Organizations: CNN, Fonda, Europa Press, La Fonda, Firefighters, TVE Locations: Spanish, Murcia, Spain, Ayuntamiento, Telecinco

☆ Bushfires in Parts of Southeast Australia Amid Spring Heatwave
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Lewis JacksonSYDNEY (Reuters) - A bushfire in Australia's Victoria state more than trebled overnight and authorities urged residents in a remote part of Tasmania state to evacuate as a spring heatwave fanned fires across the country's southeast. "It is quite a large fire spread across a large area. Across the Bass Strait in Tasmania state, residents on the northern edge of Flinders Island were told to evacuate from an out of control bushfire. Fires are being stoked by hot, dry winds across southeast as the country experiences an unseasonably hot spring. Australia began spring with its driest September on record, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, with rainfall 71% below the 1961-1990 average.

Persons: Lewis Jackson SYDNEY, Jason Heffernan, Heffernan, they're, Lewis Jackson, Richard Chang Organizations: Country Fire Authority, Meteorology, Greater Locations: Australia's Victoria, Tasmania, Victoria state's Gippsland, Bass, Flinders, Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Greater Sydney Region, Sydney's

☆ Why paying off your student loans won't get easier anytime soon
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Student-loan borrowers are entering uncharted territoryThe Education Department has never had to reenter 28 million people into payments at the same time. Plus, federal servicers' technology may not be up to the task. In contrast, federal student-loan servicing has been contracted out to five companies, and the government doesn't have the resources to fully keep tabs on the industry. "So there really were deep-rooted structural problems in the loan programs on the policy design but also on the execution side," Kvaal said. As the years went on, the GAO continued to identify flaws in student-loan programs that were hurting borrowers.

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☆ Nightclub fire kills at least 13 in Murcia in Spain
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Firefighters work to control flames inside a nightclub in Murcia, Spain, October 1, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a handout video. The emergency services gave the death toll, which has risen steadily throughout the day, as 13. Earlier, Murcia's Mayor Jose Ballesta told reporters seven bodies had been found in the same area of the first floor, where the fire broke out. A spokesperson for the Teatre nightclub, Maria Dolores Albellan, told reporters the fire originated in the neighbouring club, La Fonda, before spreading to the two adjoining clubs. Footage released by Murcia's fire service showed firefighters working to control flames inside the nightclub.

Persons: Diego Seral, Jose Ballesta, Maria Dolores Albellan, La Fonda, Ballesta, Jessica Jones, Hugh Lawson, Alison Williams Organizations: Murcia Firefighters, REUTERS, Rights, Spain's National Police, Fonda, Murcia's, Thomson Locations: Murcia, Spain, Rights MADRID, Atalayas, Murcia's

Firefighters carry out a covered body on a stretcher after a fire in a nightclub in Murcia, Spain in the early hours of Sunday Oct. 1, 2023. At least 13 people were killed in a fire in a Spanish nightclub on Sunday morning, authorities said, with fears the toll could still rise as rescue workers sift through the debris.The fire broke out in the two-storey "Teatre" nightclub, also called "Fonda Milagros", in the city of Murcia in southeastern Spain in early hours of the morning. (AP Photo/Alfonso Duran) Alfonso Duran

Persons: Fonda, Alfonso Duran Locations: Murcia, Spain, Spanish

☆ Murcia nightclub fire: 13 dead as rescuers search for more victims
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Duarte Mendonca | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

“New victims cannot be ruled out,” the services said on their website. The injured are two women, aged 22 and 25, and two men, aged 41 and 45, who were all taken to the hospital due to smoke inhalation, the Murcia emergency services website said. The President of the Murcia region posted on X, formerly Twitter, “Worried and dismayed by the news coming from there (Murcia). “The General Director of Security and Emergencies, Ricardo Villalba, is on-site coordinating with the Murcia City Council the necessary means to manage this tragedy,” the emergency services said. Three days of mourning have been declared in the city of Murcia for “those who died in the fire that occurred at the Teatre de Atalayas nightclub”, Murcia mayor José Ballesta said on X.

Persons: “, ”, Ricardo Villalba, Jose Ángel Antelo, José Ballesta Organizations: CNN, Reuters, ”, of Security, Emergencies, Security, Murcia City Council, Territorial Planning, Deportes Locations: Murcia, Spain, ”, Palacio

☆ Ukraine counteroffensive: Winter is coming to Ukraine, but Kyiv is adapting its tactics
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Tim Lister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

And Kyiv has dramatically increased long-range missile and drone attacks against Russian military hubs: command centers, fuel and ammunition supplies, transport hubs. There is anecdotal evidence of this from other sources, but not to the degree that the Russian military machine would be damaged. Alexander Ermochenko/ReutersBut just as they seek to degrade Russian air defenses, the Ukrainians have made strides in improving their own. “Our air defense system has become even more comprehensive and experienced … By the winter, it will become even stronger.”Energy production has increased too. Ryan, the former Australian general, says Ukraine’s western partners must recognize and plan for this.

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☆ Some government jobs are offering big bonuses, higher pay and parental leave to lure applicants
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sign-on bonuses, higher pay, and paid family leave are on offer with some government jobs. Listings offer an average of 20% higher pay compared to last year, The Wall Street Journal reported. Many are offering higher pay, sign-on bonuses, and paid family leave, The Wall Street Journal reported. Oklahoma is poised to pay out teachers bonuses of between $15,000 and $50,000 to about 530 recently recruited teachers, according to NPR affiliate KOSU. For some, paid family leave can help maintain that balance, and government employers seem to be taking note.

Persons: —, KPIX, Katie Hobbs Organizations: Street Journal, Service, FRED Economic, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Customs, Alameda Police Department, NPR Locations: Polk County , Florida, Tampa, California's Bay, Oklahoma, Arizona

☆ Cheap drones and expensive missiles mean there's no more 'safe rear areas' in wartime, top NATO general says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Stavros Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Russia and Ukraine have made prolific use of cheap drones and pricier cruise and ballistic missiles. One such insight has been how the proliferation of drones and long-range missiles is changing the battlefield. AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna, FileUkraine and Russia are both using drones in a variety of roles, including surveillance and strikes. AdvertisementAdvertisementRussia has also leaned heavily on long-range missiles and drones to target Ukrainian logistical nodes, command-and-control hubs, and civilian infrastructure, often far from the frontlines. For its part, Ukraine is using Western-made long-range missiles to hit Russian military targets and using drones, some of them possibly deployed on Russian territory, to hit targets deep inside Russia.

Persons: —, Johnny Stringer, you've, Stringer, Phil Speck, Stavros Atlamazoglou Organizations: NATO, Service, AP, Royal United Services Institute's, Air, Allied Air Command, US Air National Guard, US Air Force, Combat, Hellenic Army, 575th Marine Battalion, Army, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins School, International Studies, Boston College Law School Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Europe, Kyiv, Russian, Wyoming

Here are the key takeaways of an Associated Press investigation into the probe:WHAT DO THEY THINK HAPPENED? Investigators led by the federal bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Maui County have declined to comment on specifics of the probe. They included a heavily charred, hollowed 4-foot-tall stump of a utility pole, two heavily burned trees and the remains of an old car tire. Photos taken after the blaze show charred foliage in the utility’s right-of-way still more than 10 feet high. The utility instead sought to shift the blame to Maui County fire officials for what it believes was their premature, false claim that they had extinguished the first fire.

Persons: ”, Balagso, couldn’t, Munro Tulloch Organizations: Associated Press, Co, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Press, AP, Electric Locations: Lahaina, Maui, Maui County

☆ Senate introduces a bipartisan bill to keep the government open through Nov. 17
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Sahil Kapur | Frank Thorp V | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Senate leaders released a short-term funding bill Tuesday — with four days left to avert a government shutdown at the end of this month — to keep money flowing until Nov. 17 to give Congress more time to ink a larger agreement. The bipartisan bill, negotiated between leaders of the Democratic majority and Republican minority, includes $4.5 billion in aid to Ukraine and $6 billion in emergency FEMA funding for disaster relief. "It's always a hypothetical that the Senate is going to do something," McCarthy told reporters. "I'm not going to take up hypotheticals of someday dreaming the Senate is going to do something. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., urged senators to pass it.

Persons: Patty Murray, Murray, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, I'm, Chuck Schumer, Schumer, Mitch McConnell, McConnell Organizations: Democratic, Republican, GOP Locations: Ukraine, Ky

☆ Up in the Air: Brazilian Firefighters Make Unusual Trip to Salvage Organ Transplant
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - When it comes to organ transplants, every second counts. But without immediate communication with Oliveira, firefighters decided to pick him up directly. "He would have lost this organ if he had not gotten to the hospital in time," firefighter spokesperson Major Fabio Contreiras said. Oliveira was able to arrive in time to the hospital and his surgery succeeded. "It was a huge mix of emotions, I didn't know whether to laugh, whether to cry, whether to believe," Oliveira said.

Persons: Ricardo Medeiros de Oliveira, Oliveira, Fabio Contreiras, Sergio Queiroz, Carolina Pulice, Jamie Freed Organizations: RIO DE, Reuters Locations: RIO DE JANEIRO, Rio de Janeiro

☆ Up in the air: Brazilian firefighters make unusual trip to salvage organ transplant
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Patient Ricardo Medeiros de Oliveira reacts after a kidney transplant at the hospital Santa Casa de Juiz de Fora, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil September 25, 2023. REUTERS/Michelle Cafiero Acquire Licensing RightsRIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - When it comes to organ transplants, every second counts. But without immediate communication with Oliveira, firefighters decided to pick him up directly. "He would have lost this organ if he had not gotten to the hospital in time," firefighter spokesperson Major Fabio Contreiras said. Reporting by Sergio Queiroz; Writing by Carolina Pulice; Editing by Jamie FreedOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ricardo Medeiros de Oliveira, Michelle Cafiero, Oliveira, Fabio Contreiras, Sergio Queiroz, Carolina Pulice, Jamie Freed Organizations: REUTERS, DE, Thomson Locations: de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil, DE JANEIRO, Rio de Janeiro

☆ A couple left Miami and downsized to a tiny home in a Georgia forest. They found happiness through building more tiny homes in their backyard and renting them on Airbnb.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

John and Fin Kernohan are Airbnb hosts who rent out eight units in their backyard in Georgia. They live in a tiny cabin on the property and built a community around tiny living. The tiny firehouse, tiny houses, yurts, and domes that they rent out range from $99 to $148 a night. They went on to build a tiny firehouse on wheels to take to fundraising events to raise money for firefighters. "What I love most about living in the Beloved Cabin is how simple your life is," she said.

Persons: John, Fin, —, Fin Kernohan, wasn't, John Kernohan, They'd, didn't, they'd, Rocco, they've, who's, They're Organizations: Service, Tiny, Tiny House Association, United Tiny, Facebook Locations: Georgia, Miami, London, Lake Oconee, Zillow, Thailand, Moroccan, Atlanta, Vietnam, South Korea

☆ Russia hits Ukrainian port and grain facilities in air strikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Firefighters work near damaged trucks following a Russian strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a location given as Odesa region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released September 26, 2023. Odesa Regional Military Administration/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsSummary Russia carries out new air strikes in UkraineUkraine says grain and port facilities struckSuch attacks have increased since Moscow quit grain dealKYIV, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Russia hit Ukrainian port infrastructure and grain storage facilities in an overnight drone strike on the grain exporting district of Izmail, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday. The two-hour attack was the latest strike on Ukrainian grain and port facilities since July, when Russia quit a grain deal that had ensured safe Ukrainian shipments via the Black Sea to help combat a global food crisis. The military said 26 of the 38 Iranian-made attack drones launched by Russia at Ukraine overnight had been shot down. OTHERS REGIONS ATTACKEDIt said that in addition to the Odesa region, the Mykolaiv region, Kherson and Kirovohrad regions had also come under fire.

Persons: Oleh Kiper, Reni, Anna Pruchnicka, Lidia Kelly, Michael Perry, Timothy Heriatge Organizations: Firefighters, Odesa, Administration, Handout, REUTERS Acquire, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Ukraine Ukraine, Moscow, KYIV, Russia, Izmail, Ukraine's, Romania, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Kirovohrad, Kryvyi, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Crimea, Russia's Kursk, Kursk, Melbourne

☆ More than 100 dead, 150 injured in fire at Iraq wedding party
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Timour Azhari | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NINEVEH, Iraq, Sept 27 (Reuters) - More than 100 people were killed and 150 were injured in a fire at a wedding party in Hamdaniya district in Iraq's Nineveh province that left civil defence searching the charred skeleton of a building for survivors into the early hours of Wednesday. Nineveh Deputy Governor Hasan al-Allaq told Reuters that 113 people had been confirmed dead, with state media putting the death toll at at least 100, with 150 injured. The fire ripped through a large events hall in the north-eastern region after fireworks were lit during the celebration, local civil defence said, according to state media. Preliminary information indicated that the building was made of highly flammable construction materials, contributing to its rapid collapse, state media said. Ambulances and medical crews were dispatched to the site by federal Iraqi authorities and Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, according to official statements.

Persons: Hasan al, Allaq, Timour Azhari, Enas, Sonali Paul, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: NINEVEH, Iraq, Hamdaniya district, Iraq's Nineveh, Nineveh, Kurdistan, Baghdad, Cairo

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan authorities fined a golf ball manufacturer 2.4 million New Taiwan dollars ($75,000) on Monday and warned of criminal charges for storing 30 times the legal limit of hazardous material and other violations after a major factory fire killed nine people and left one other missing. Launch Technologies is one of the world's major golf ball makers, producing 20% of the global supply last year. Since 2018, the company has been fined 200,000 New Taiwan dollars ($6,200) for safety and health violations and another 300,000 New Taiwan dollars ($9,300) over labor conditions, according to Taiwan's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The company was also fined 300,000 New Taiwan dollars ($9,300) for air pollution violations in 2020, according to its 2021 annual report. Company general manager Lu Ying-cheng said at a news conference on Sunday that Launch Technologies has made improvements to the work environment in recent years.

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☆ Russia's missile, drone attack on Odesa injures one, damages port - Ukraine's military
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A firefighter works at a site of a hotel damaged by a Russian military attack, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine September 25, 2023. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa region/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsSept 25 (Reuters) - One woman was injured and buildings and port infrastructure were severely damaged in Russia's overnight missile and drone attack on the port of Odesa in southern Ukraine, Ukraine's military said on Monday. Ukraine's south military command posted on its Telegram messaging app several pictures showing a high-rise building with blown up windows and severe damage to its structure. Separately, the ministry said that four other drones were destroyed overnight over Russia's Kursk and Belgorod regions. Reporting by Lidia Kelly and Anna Pruchnicka; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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(AP) — The 3-year-old son of a firefighter was struck and killed in Delaware over the weekend shortly before a memorial walk was to begin to honor three firefighters killed in an a blaze seven years ago, authorities said. The Wilmington fire chief's office said a group of off-duty Wilmington firefighters, family members and friends were gathering just before 10 a.m. Sunday for the walk to honor three city firefighters killed in the line of duty at a structure fire on the same day in 2016. Matthew Marsella said in a statement that the child, the son of an off-duty firefighter, was struck by a vehicle driven by another off-duty firefighter trying to park to take part in the memorial event. The boy was taken to Wilmington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Beatriz Fana-Ruiz, accused of having set fire to the basement of the home, pleaded guilty in 2019 to second-degree murder, arson and assault.

Persons: Matthew Marsella, Wilmington Mayor Michael Purzycki, “, ”, Christopher Leach, Jerry Fickes, Ardythe Hope, Beatriz Fana, Ruiz Organizations: Wilmington Hospital, Wilmington Mayor, Wilmington Fire Locations: WILMINGTON, Del, Delaware, Wilmington, Canby, Dominican Republic

A German company is building a constellation of satellites to detect fires from space. “They’re trained very specifically to detect smoke or not, and we train them with images of smoke and images of not smoke,” CEO Sonia Kastner said. The cameras help detect fires quicker and get teams on the ground faster, shaving up to two hours off response times. German startup OroraTech analyzes satellite images with artificial intelligence. "There are algorithms on the satellite, very efficient ones to detect fires even faster," CEO Thomas Gruebler said.

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CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — A Chandler woman who ran an animal rescue out of her now-condemned home has been arrested after dozens of abused dogs were discovered and five dead puppies found in a freezer, according to police. April McLaughlin, 48, was taken into custody Friday after a search warrant was executed at the house. They said most of the 55 dogs removed from the home were elderly and special-needs animals. According to court documents, McLaughlin told police she didn’t believe there was anything wrong with storing food next to the dead animals in the freezer. She also said she had been running the rescue for a year and had taken on too many dogs.

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