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Social Media Is for Consuming Disasters, Not Surviving Them
Entities that traditionally communicate with the public in such crises have, for the most part, been doing their best: Local ...
Summit Fire Department opens new state-of-the-art firehouse on Broad Street
A blessing ceremony was held Jan. 13 at the new firehouse, led by Monsignor Robert Meyer from Summit’s St. Teresa of Avila ...
Strategy, meals and laundry: The monumental effort behind LA's firefight
On a recent day fighting the Los Angeles wildfires, a fire crew's radios crackled to life, warning of nearby flames as ...
California wildfires live updates: Winds die down as fires rage across L.A. area
Santa Ana winds have died down across the greater Los Angeles area, helping firefighters to bring almost 40,000 acres of ...
Los Angeles wildfires timeline: How the deadly blazes unfolded
Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of ...
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How Will Fire Investigators Trace the Source of the L.A. Wildfires?
Wildfires like the Los Angeles blazes destroy so much, but they often spare some evidence of the cause of their ignition ...
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5 escape Milwaukee house set on fire, suspect in custody
A 56-year-old was arrested on suspected arson in the Wednesday night fire at North 18th Street and West Keefe Avenue ...
LA fires live updates: Palisades investigators have gathered 150 leads, official says
At least 25 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage ...
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Why are evacuated residents not allowed back into their homes?
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by Southern California’s ongoing fires. A week after the Palisades and Eaton ...
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What to know about the Watch Duty app and how to sign up
Santa Rosa-based Watch Duty wildfire tracking app has about 16 million active users, more than half whom have downloaded the ...
TikTok is under fire for harvesting data – but is it worse than any other social media platform?
With the deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok or be banned in the US drawing ever-closer, there's been a lot of buzz around why the ban is happening. TikTok's collection of user data has been the ...
MCSO says agencies are waiting for more info on 3 found dead after house fire
The Madison County Sheriff’s Office said many agencies are still waiting for information after multiple people were found dead in a Madison County house fire on January 7.