Friday 18 June, 2021
Irish Heart Foundation CEO Dr Tim Collins says we need to understand just how dangerous open fires are to our health.
The August Complex Fire became the biggest recorded blaze in Californian history yesterday.
Three people have died in the latest blaze.
The state of California has recorded 11,000 lightning strikes in 72 hours.
Authorities also warned of so-called ember attacks, where winds blow glowing ash ahead of the fire front.
Since September, the fires have killed 28 people and burned more than 2,600 houses.
At least 27 people have now been killed in the months-long crisis.
Searing temperatures are expected to return to the southeast of the country tomorrow.
Hot and dangerous conditions could return late this week.
Blazes have killed at least 17 people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes.
A record-breaking heatwave on the east coast has fanned hundreds of fires.
Sydney has been engulfed in toxic smoke for weeks and occasionally sprinkled with snow-like embers.
Drought, unseasonably hot, dry and windy conditions have fuelled the unprecedented blazes.
A man’s body was discovered in a scorched area of bushland near the New South Wales town of Kempsey.
Trump blamed the California governor for the fires.
Dublin Fire Brigade officers were targeted on Halloween night.
Around 180,000 people are currently under a mandatory evacuation order.
The Health Research Board found there were 101 fires recorded in closed inquest cases between 2014-2016.
The facilities are owned by Aramco.
However, activists have doused hopes that the ban would work.
On Monday, the countries of the G7 pledged €18 million to tackle the Amazon fires.
There is huge concern about the local, national and international impact of the fires.
Aircraft have poured thousands of litres of water on the rainforest.
He also labelled President Bolsonaro’s attacks on NGOs this week as “Orwellian”.
Authorities are looking into whether the fires were started deliberately.
But the reprieve was not universal, with Germany measuring a record high temperature for June.
The Air Corps responded in the afternoon but noted that it did not run a dedicated firefighting service.
Firefighters managed to expand containment to 65% of the 234-square-mile burn zone over the weekend.
The US President said that other countries ‘do it differently’.
Nearly 230 residents of the town were unaccounted for, the sheriff said.
It is expected to increase again.
Dozens are reported missing.
Some 14,000 firefighters, including reinforcements from as far away as Australia and New Zealand, have arrived to combat the firestorm.
The country is trying to avoid a repeat of last year’s deadly wildfires.
Some 38,000 people have been evacuated after the Carr Fire roared into the outskirts of Redding in Shasta County.
An official yesterday announced the death of a firefighter battling the inferno.
Brian O’Callaghan-Westropp married Zoe Holohan last Thursday and they had just gone on their honeymoon.
Irish tourists already there are being urged to monitor local news reports and follow the advice of local authorities.
Bonfires are traditionally lit on the Eleventh Night, the eve of the Twelfth of July, and police are expecting trouble.
