Is La Jolla ready for a wildfire? A look at evacuation routes and safety measures just in case
Taking preemptive steps to protect your home and plan your exit can reduce danger and help firefighters do their jobs, first ...
Los Angeles Times3d
As western Altadena waited hours for evacuation orders, fire commanders faced utter chaos
As flames exploded from the parched hillsides of Eaton Canyon on Jan. 7, fire agencies faced a crisis far beyond their worst reckoning. In just a few hours, hurricane-force winds would stoke three ...
CNN6d
Passenger plane catches fire in South Korea prompting mass evacuation, three injured
An Airbus plane belonging to South Korean carrier Air Busan caught fire on Tuesday at Gimhae International ... Footage aired by local broadcaster YTN shows evacuation slides deployed on both ...
ABC 10 News5d
UPDATE: Mandatory Border 2 Fire evacuation orders lifted as 100% containment reached
The San Diego County Sheriff's Department, citing improvement in containment, lifted mandatory evacuation orders Thursday for the Otay Mountain communities affected by the fire. #Border2Fire ...
Calif. wildfires highlight complicated chain of evacuation communication
As the deadly LA wildfires and other major emergencies have shown, alerts rely on a complicated chain of communication between first responders, government administrators, third-party companies and ...
Island6d
South Korea plane fire causes mass evacuation
An Airbus plane has caught fire at an airport of South Korea’s city of Busan, forcing the evacuation of all 176 people on board, fire authorities say. They say four people were injured as they were ...
People6d
7 Injured After Passenger Plane Catches Fire on Runway, Prompting Mass Evacuation: Report
Magazine and Reach PLC magazines. Seven people have been injured after a passenger plane caught fire on the runway in South Korea, prompting a mass evacuation. The Air Busan plane caught fire at ...
New York Post6d
Passenger plane catches fire on runway, leaving at least 7 injured during emergency evacuation
Video obtained by the New York Times shows fire crews dumping water on the charred, smoldering fuselage of the Air Busan craft — some of which appears to be completely burned through — at the ...
NBC Los Angeles6d
Video captures rescue of 100-year-old woman during Eaton Fire evacuation
the ECS and MonteCedro team had one goal—the safe evacuation of every resident,” CEO James Rothrock said in a statement. “Working closely with the Sheriff’s Department and Fire Department ...
The Straits Times3d
Los Angeles wildfires fully contained, evacuation orders lifted
Evacuation orders had already been lifted ... displaced thousands of residents and ravaged many neighbourhoods. Cal Fire, the state’s firefighting agency, updated the data for both fires ...
Asheville Citizen-Times5d
Old Fort wildfire now burns 220 acres; new North Creek fire breaks out in McDowell County
The office reduced their estimate from an earlier report that the fire had burned 250 acres. The evacuation order for affected areas was lifted at 8 a.m., Jan. 30, allowing residents to return to ...