Massive fire at California lithium battery facility keeps burning
Authorities lifted evacuation orders for about 1,500 residents in Monterey County while health officials urged residents to keep windows and doors shut and monitor air quality updates.

 Skydog wrote: 
Yeah, Scarlett Johansson is a danger in the kitchen.

 Skydog wrote: 
Yeah, right. I'd be throwing the whole box in and hoping it spreads all over after the cardboard burns away.

Cladding in London high-rise fire also blamed for 2014 Melbourne blaze

Chelsea Faith Dolan, known on my old radio station KCPR and at KALX as Chelsea Faith, aka Cherushii: Still officially listed as missing.

  

 aflanigan wrote: 
I understand that the presidential portrait of Trump is going to be hung at one of his resorts for safety, in case of just such an event.

Question for fire safety experts:

If, in the near future, there was a fire at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., and it was determined that the fire could not be subdued nor easily removed, could they re-calibrate the smoke alarms in the building so that they weren't always going off?

There has been a large collection of wildfires in the NC mountains, one of the largest about 250 west of here and dense smoke drifted here on Friday.  Since then the winds have changed but the fires are now covering about 50,000 acres - no rain predicted anytime soon.

Right in town (live)
Edit: No one living there as far as i know. Just an old warehouse that was once used by Leon's.

 Rod wrote:

 
Aw man, not Big Sur again!

 

Idiots (that never learn) indeed!

 Alexandra wrote: 
While you're at it, look for the idiots with the illegal campfire that started the Soberanes fire in Big Sur that is now beyond 50,000 acres. 😡

F*cking wildfires are ALWAYS sabotaging my much-needed getaways!

 

If the one that is threatening to cancel/postpone my trip next weekend was caused by a human, I will hunt that person down and kill them.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
Scarily beautiful.

 ptooey wrote: 
The winds have calmed and it was much cooler last night, so that's good. Still needs to rain.
 

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
Eeeeeee...

My neighbor's assistant captain for the county dept.  Just got back from 16 days on the Lava Mountain fire.  He is, as you would expect, hoping for a VERY early snowfall.

A high school friend lives up in Hamilton.  She posted a pic on facebook of the fire there from her apartment window.  Truly frightening.

 miamizsun wrote: 
that's pretty cool. I'm going to have to figure out how to do that with my M-I-L's nest cam... She's having some home repairs done; would be neat to do a time-lapse of that.