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Yahoo
36 minutes ago
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Man Who Allegedly Set Sunday's Runyon Canyon Fire Caught & Detained By Hikers
Local residents likely had flashbacks to the much larger Sunset Fire in January, as firefighters yesterday knocked down a brush fire burning in Runyon Canyon. Firefighters were dispatched at 11:47 a.m. Sunday to 3026 Runyon Canyon Road, at Runyon Canyon Park, for a blaze that started with just one palm tree and spread to about a quarter-acre. Luckily, they had the fire out by 12:25 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. According to reports, authorities also had an arson suspect in custody. More from Deadline Los Angeles Faces "Hazardous" Air Quality Amid July 4th Pollution, California's Largest Wildfire Of 2025 PCH Reopening In Malibu For First Time Since Palisades Fire Bungled Attempt To Make Backyard S'mores Likely Caused Wildfires On Long Island, NY Officials Say; Blazes Near The Hamptons Fully Contained Video posted to social media shows what looks to be hikers detaining a man holding a black bag. The woman holding the camera asks him, 'You just started that fire?' He replies, 'I did. You're right.' The video soon cuts to the same setting with at least three fire engines on scene and a helicopter dropping water overhead. The man is then seen being cuffed by police as the crowd applauds his initial captors. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Davanh DiMarco (@dstylemedia) According to the LAFD, approximately 53 firefighters were on the ground in order to fully extinguish all active flames. CBS News Los Angeles confirmed with the LAPD that one person was taken into custody. 'It wasn't yet clear as of Sunday evening what charges, if any, the person would be facing,' the station reported. The Sunset Fire began on January 8 in the area of Solar and Astral drives in the vicinity of Runyon Canyon. It charred about 43 acres, destroyed several homes and prompted evacuations before firefighters gained the upper hand around midnight. City News Service contributed to this report. Best of Deadline Everything We Know About Amazon's 'Verity' Movie So Far 'Street Fighter' Cast: Who's Who In The Live-Action Arcade Film Adaption 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Emmys, Oscars, Grammys & More
Yahoo
an hour ago
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- Yahoo
Residents evacuated from homes as 125 firefighters battle wildfire
Residents have been temporarily evacuated from their homes after a wildfire broke out in East London on Monday evening. Around 125 firefighters and 20 fire engines were used to bring the blaze near Clemence Road, Dagenham under control, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) said. LFB added that the fire had covered approximately eight hectares of grass and shrubland. While fences, sheds and garden furniture were damaged, firefighters successfully prevented the blaze from spreading to homes in the area. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Station commander Matt Hayward said: 'Firefighters worked extremely hard to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby properties. 'The fire had reached some garden fences, sheds and garden furniture. As well as our jets, we used wildfire beaters to beat the flames and stop them from reaching the properties. 'We also thank Barking and Dagenham Council, who had put fire breaks in place, which helped stop the fire from reaching the properties. 'We also had great support from our blue light colleagues, Essex Fire and Rescue Service and the London Ambulance Service Hazardous Area Response Team. 'Firefighters will remain at the scene for the next few hours to continue to dampen down the surrounding area.' One of four wildfire response vehicles currently being trialled by LFB was deployed to the incident. The vehicles, which have off-road capabilities, enabling equipment to be brought closer to fires on open ground and allow firefighters to pump water and drive, making tackling grass fires quicker and safer. More than 75 calls were received from 6.30pm on Monday regarding the incident, with the fire brought under control by 9.46pm.
CTV News
an hour ago
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- CTV News
Manitoba preparing for more wildfire evacuees
Winnipeg Watch CTV's Jon Hendricks has the latest on Manitoba's wildfire situation and how the province is preparing for more potential evacuees.
CBC
an hour ago
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- CBC
Wildfire near Princeton B.C., sees evacuation order downgraded to an alert
Residents of nearly 30 properties near Princeton, B.C., who were forced to evacuate Sunday due to a nearby wildfire, are allowed to return home. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen downgraded its evacuation order near August Lake and the Princeton Golf Club to an alert on Monday. It says that means residents should remain prepared to leave if the situation worsens. The August Lake wildfire is listed as 14 hectares in size and burning out of control by the B.C. Wildfire Service. That update comes after the service warned the Coastal Fire Centre is expected to get its first "outflow pattern" of the season, which could drive more significant fire behaviour. It says the pattern occurs when air flows out from the mountains toward the water, and will develop Monday and continue Tuesday in the region. Warm and dry conditions will persist: B.C. Wildfire Service The service says in a post on its website that winds are expected to moderate, although warm and dry conditions will persist early this week before a return to a typical southwesterly flow on Wednesday. It says the fire centre wants to warn the public about the potential for aggressive fire behaviour and asks anyone who sees a blaze to report it, as early detection is crucial to firefighting efforts. Cliff Chapman, director of wildfire operations for the service, told a news conference Monday that winds generally come off the ocean and push to the east. But, he said, an outflow pattern switches that direction and pulls wind toward the ocean, which can be problematic from a fire behaviour perspective. "Given the conditions that we've seen so far in the Coastal Fire Centre, we don't anticipate that to be dire, just because we have seen some [precipitation] in the system over the course of the last six to eight weeks," he said. Chapman said there are still lots of challenges, but the service is not seeing the potential for extreme fire behaviour. "Saying that, as we saw this weekend with the fires in the Kamloops Fire Centre, there are pockets where we can see that sort of high to extreme fire behaviour occur," he said, adding that resources are spread across the province so crews can attack any new fires quickly. Smoke in southern B.C. The B.C. Wildfire Service is reporting about 70 active fires burning across the province, 10 of which are in the Coastal Fire Centre. It says some areas of the province will see smokier conditions this week as a result of ongoing fires, with heavy amounts concentrated in the Fort Nelson area. "Southern B.C. will also see a smoky haze because of the Similkameen fires and shifting winds," the service's dashboard says.
Forbes
2 hours ago
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- Forbes
Yes, That Fire-Induced Tornado In The Viral Video Is Real
FILE - This July 26, 2018 file image taken from video released by Cal Fire shows a fire tornado over ... More Lake Keswick Estates near Redding, Calif. A new study says a rare fire tornado that raged during the deadly wildfire this summer in Northern California was created by a combination of scorching weather, erratic winds and an ice-topped cloud that towered miles into the atmosphere. The study announce Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in the Geophysical Research Letters journal used satellite and radar data to suggest how a monstrous "firenado" the size of three football fields developed on July 26. (Cal Fire via AP, File) This week stunning footage of a fire-induced tornado in Utah is making its way around social media. Some posts claim the apocalypse. Others are saying that it is some type of AI-generated video. After seeing the footage, it is certainly one of the most impressive videos this meteorologist has seen, but it's definitely real. The vortex observed on July 12 was associated with the Deer Creek Fire burning in southeastern Utah. Footage was shared by the Bureau of Land Management and spread like, well, wildfire. There is no actual technical term called 'firenado," but people and media often use the terminology. The U.S. Forest Service Glossary defined a fire whirl as, 'A Spinning vortex column of ascending hot air and gases rising from a fire and carrying aloft smoke, debris, and flame. Fire whirls range in size from less than one foot to more than 500 feet in diameter.' While larger fire whirls can be as strong as a weak tornado, I think this was something slightly different if we are being consistent with scientific literature. My initial assessment is that it was a 'pyrotornado.' In 2020, I wrote, 'Pyrotornadoes form from pyrocumulonimbus clouds by taking pre-existing spin (vorticity) at the surface and stretching it upward through a combination of strong upward motion (updraft) and intense latent heat release (energy associated with phase changes of water vapor to cloud water).' According to a 2018 study published in Geophysical Research Letters that process might be different than those associated with fire swirls or whirls, which are derived from processed related to the fire. While all of these are often referred to as fire tornadoes or firenadoes, researchers have detected subtle differences in how they are organized. This Saturday, July 8, 2017, photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department shows a ... More large fire whirl developing from erratic winds near Tepesquet Road in a wildfire east of Santa Maria, Calif., in Santa Barbara County, Calif. Wildfires barreled across the baking landscape of the western U.S. and Canada, destroying a smattering of homes, forcing thousands to flee and temporarily trapping children and counselors at a California campground. Southern California crews hope slightly cooler temperatures and diminishing winds will help in the battle Sunday. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP) Pyrotornadoes are also distinct from tornadoes on the Great Plains, which are associated with a rotating cloud system called a supercell. According to the Royal Meteorological Society MetMatters, A pyrocumulonimbus clouds or 'cumulonimbus flammagenitus' are, 'Thunder clouds created by intense heat from the Earth's surface. They are formed similarly to cumulonimbus clouds, but the intense heat that results in the vigorous updraft comes from fire, either large wildfires or volcanic eruptions.' CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 31: A pyrocumulonimbus cloud is generated by the intense Orroral ... More Valley bushfire buring to the south of Canberra. The rising heat from the intense bushfires can create massive, powerful clouds that produce their own weather. January 31, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr declared a State of Emergency on Friday, as the Orroral Valley bushfire continues to burn out of control. Hot and windy weather conditions forecast for the weekend are expected to increase the bushfire threat to homes in the Canberra region. It is the worst bushfire threat for the area since 2003, when four people died and 470 homes were destroyed or damaged. (Photo by)
