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Omaha Steve

(99,054 posts)
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 02:35 PM Sep 2020

California firefighter dies battling blaze while rainy weather brings some relief

Source: The Guardian

Firefighter died on Thursday battling El Dorado fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres and is about 66% contained

California officials reported a firefighter has died while battling a blaze near Los Angeles, as a front of humid and rainy weather brought some relief to a region that has suffered a historically devastating fire season.

The firefighter died on Thursday battling the El Dorado fire in the San Bernardino national forest, where officials say a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used during a gender reveal party sparked a fire earlier this month.

Doctors alarmed by surge in hospital visits as toxic smoke engulfs west coast

The name of the firefighter was being withheld until family members are notified. The cause of the death was under investigation.

The El Dorado fire has burned more than 19,000 acres and is about 66% contained. It’s one of 26 major fires raging through the state.

Wildfires have burned more than 3m acres in California this year


Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/18/california-fires-oregon-deaths-rain-humid-weather

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California firefighter dies battling blaze while rainy weather brings some relief (Original Post) Omaha Steve Sep 2020 OP
Charge the gender reveal party organizers with manslaughter. OnlinePoker Sep 2020 #1
A gender reveal party?? Are you F****** kidding me? BComplex Sep 2020 #2
. Dem2theMax Sep 2020 #3

OnlinePoker

(5,702 posts)
1. Charge the gender reveal party organizers with manslaughter.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 02:56 PM
Sep 2020

It's time people get real consequences for their actions.

BComplex

(7,977 posts)
2. A gender reveal party?? Are you F****** kidding me?
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 03:13 PM
Sep 2020

What were these idiots thinking using a pyrotechnic device in an area like the San Bernardino national forest?

Those people are too stupid to have kids.

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