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Lahaina, Maui, Thursday, August 11, 2023 - Blocks of homes have been turned to ash and rubble from Tuesday's wildfire. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without alerts amid Maui fire, report says

As wildfires ripped across Maui, a communications breakdown left authorities and residents in the dark, says a report that lauds firefighters’ bravery .

April 17, 2024
Smoke rise out of the Old Stock Exchange, Boersen, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. One of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings is on fire and its iconic spire has collapsed. The roof of the 17th-century old Stock Exchange, or Boersen, that was once Denmark’s financial center, was engulfed in flames Tuesday. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Fire destroys Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange, which dates to 1600s, collapsing its dragon-tail spire

April 16, 2024
A screenshot taken from KCAL News, Sky Cal shows firefighters on scene after a fire at a Covina apartment complex.

10 injured and 30 displaced in Covina apartment fire

April 7, 2024
CASTAIC, CA - FEBRUARY 27: A recreational vehicle lays at the bottom of a cliff in the Santa Clara River at Valencia Travel Village RV Resort in Castaic, CA on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. The damage was caused by the previous storm. The weather forecast calls for a few more days of rain. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. County faces $12.5 billion in climate costs through 2040, study says

April 4, 2024

Massive fire rips through apartment complex in Lomita

March 30, 2024

Yes, beavers can help stop wildfires. And more places in California are embracing them

March 26, 2024

How large fires are altering the face of California’s Mojave Desert

March 19, 2024

L.A.’s Oaxacan community rallies after wildfire devastates a region of Mexico famed for its mezcal

March 15, 2024

After winter storms, California can expect a late start to the wildfire season

March 8, 2024
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