The governor said the State Police banged on the door early on Sunday to wake him and his family after an arsonist set fire to the governorβs official residence in Harrisburg.
The facility in western Ohio was licensed to house about 280,000 young hens raised to lay eggs. The destruction came amid egg shortages linked to an avian influenza outbreak.
Officials across the Los Angeles area had plenty of warning that a deadly confluence of wind and drought was coming. A bad fire was likely. Did they do enough to get ready?
President Trump has blamed a lack of water during the Los Angeles fires on California decisions that benefit a small fish. Yet experts say heβs confusing different issues.
The fire at a Bronx apartment building on Jan. 10 was the third to break out in recent years at a property owned by Ved Parkash, who has been sued by tenants over building conditions.
Meteorologists said there was a chance the winds would be as severe as those that fueled the Palisades and Eaton fires, but that different locations would likely be affected.
A former Army pilot. An aging helicopter. Furious winds. The race to put out the Eaton fire tested Los Angeles Countyβs night-flying firefighters like never before.
The Carrs have made their lifeβs work honoring the dreams of their precocious son, who died suddenly at 16. They rescued some mementos and others survived when their Altadena home burned to the ground.
As a disastrous fire continues to burn on the cityβs west side, some are calling Chief Kristin Crowley to account: Why wasnβt the city better prepared?
Health hazards from soot and smoke blown indoors onto furniture and walls can linger for months, researchers say: βWind will get through every crack.β
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