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Wednesday 21 October 2020
More than 8,500 wildfires have burned more than 6,400 square miles in California since the start of the year, most since mid-August.
The flames have destroyed neighbourhoods and driven tens of thousands of people from their homes.
The August Complex Fire became the biggest recorded blaze in Californian history yesterday.
Some 14,000 firefighters are working along the West Coast.
Three people have died in the latest blaze.
Two of the three largest fires in state history are burning in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes by the intense summer blazes.
The state of California has recorded 11,000 lightning strikes in 72 hours.
Firefighters have been aided in their attempts to quell the blaze by light winds and scattered thundershowers.
The Department of Heritage said: “At a time of so much demand on our emergency services this carry-on is criminal and morally reprehensible.”
Firefighters battled large blazes in the area for 10 days earlier this month.
The C-130 Hercules plane went down in the Snowy Monaro region in the state of New South Wales.
Emergency services were warning people there to “move cars undercover and away from trees and power lines”.
The Queensland man, who wishes to remain anonymous, used his wife’s “special numbers” on the ticket.
At least 25 people have been killed and 2,000 homes destroyed by the blazes.
Shadow minister for international development Pat Conroy accused Morrison of trying to “exploit a national tragedy”.
Australia is bracing itself for one of the worst days of the crisis yet today.
Thousands have already fled at-risk coastal areas in Australia, creating traffic gridlock in places.
Wildfires in the past several weeks have killed nine people and razed more than 1,000 homes.
Nine people have been killed and more than 950 homes destroyed in the wildfires.
Of course, here among the bricks and the concrete of inner city terraces we know we are lucky, we are safe.
Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub said fire crews had been thwarted by people flying drones in the area.
Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes.
Several fires have struck the state of California this week.
There were no immediate reports of injury.
The Los Angeles Fire Department said the blaze had expanded over six square miles.
Authorities are looking into whether the fires were started deliberately.
The man was subsequently released without charge.
This burning of land is illegal from 1 March to 31 August, but there’s only been 11 prosecutions in over 10 years.
Donegal Fire Service and gardaí are at the scene.
Firefighters have been battling blazes along the Wicklow-Dublin border since Monday.
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The US President said that other countries ‘do it differently’.
US president Donald Trump is set to visit the tinder-dry state tomorrow.
Victor Burke said that his family’s home is destroyed, along with many other buildings in the area of Malibu he lives.
Nearly 230 residents of the town were unaccounted for, the sheriff said.
It is expected to increase again.
Fires are burning across the western US state of California.
The fires have left 32 people injured.
Some 14,000 firefighters, including reinforcements from as far away as Australia and New Zealand, have arrived to combat the firestorm.
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Of course, many Irish businesses have an online presence and in the run-up to Christmas will rely heavily on support here at home.
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