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Wildfire burns in 3,200 acres of New Jersey forest area
New York Times, Published on 23/04/2025
» PINE BARRENS — A fast-moving wildfire in the Pine Barrens section of southern New Jersey spread to 3,200 acres of the heavily forested area by Tuesday evening, prompting the shutdown of a 17-mile (27.3-kilometre) stretch of one of the state’s busiest highways, authorities said.
California asks insurers to spare wildfire victims ‘the list’
New York Times, Published on 07/02/2025
» LOS ANGELES — California’s top insurance regulator urged insurance carriers Thursday to pay policyholders the full amount of the belongings in their coverage without requiring them to itemise every object lost — an undertaking that has burdened thousands of residents whose homes were destroyed by wildfires last month.
30,000 ordered to evacuate as LA wildfire burns out of control
New York Times, Published on 08/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES — Raging flames driven by a fierce windstorm scorched a rapidly growing area of Southern California on Tuesday, destroying homes, forcing at least 30,000 residents to evacuate and choking the sky with smoke, with officials warning that the worst was yet to come.
26,000 evacuate as US wildfire spreads
New York Times, Published on 04/07/2024
» CALIFORNIA - When a fast-moving wildfire began marching across thousands of acres of Butte County on Tuesday, David Pittman did not panic. He packed up his family, including their 90-pound (40-kilogramme) African sulcata tortoise, and drove to his sister’s house across town in Oroville, California.
Steve Albini, studio master of '90s rock and beyond, dies at 61
New York Times, Published on 09/05/2024
» NEW YORK - Steve Albini, a rock musician and revered studio engineer who played a singular role in the development of the sound of alternative music in the 1980s, '90s and beyond — recording acclaimed albums by Nirvana, PJ Harvey and Pixies, along with hundreds of others — while becoming an outspoken critic of the music industry, died Tuesday at his home in Chicago. He was 61.
Reported missing in Maui topping 1,000
New York Times, Published on 23/08/2023
» Officials overseeing the effort to identify victims of the fire that destroyed the Hawaiian coastal town of Lahaina said Tuesday that 1,000 to 1,100 people remained unaccounted for, and that some of the missing may never be found.