It’s wild how fast these spread in the era of climate change

I was listening to a podcast where the host was interviewing somebody who wrote a book on the 2016 fort McMurray fires, this is similar, but basically the fire throws off so much radiant heat that by the time it gets to a house that house will be like 900 degrees so they don’t just catch fire they literally explode into flames, whole houses burned to the slab in 2-5 minutes; fire breaks are cut but the embers just fly up and over and since everything is so dry it’s like the ground is soaked in gasoline…

https://twitter.com/WxNB_/status/1689360208085073921?s=20

Lahaina - Maui, Hawaii is basically gone. Heartbreaking.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F3HQJl7WgAEhWU7?format=jpg&name=900x900

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F3HQJl6XAAE202L?format=jpg&name=large

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The fires, fanned by strong winds from Hurricane Dora, destroyed businesses in the historic town of Lahaina, and left at least two dozen people injured, officials said at a press conference Wednesday.

Rescuers with the US Coast Guard pulled a dozen people from the ocean water off Lahaina after they had dived in to escape smoke and flames.

Richard Bissen Jr, the county of Maui mayor, announced the deaths during a Wednesday morning news conference.

Six patients were flown from Maui to the island of Oahu on Tuesday night, said Speedy Bailey, the regional director for Hawaii Life Flight, an air ambulance company.

Firefighters were encountering roads blocked by downed trees and power lines as they worked the inland fires, Martin said.

They tend to break out in large grasslands on the dry sides of the islands and are generally much smaller than mainland fires.

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I’m confused - they confirmed 6 deaths, but did not know how or where they occurred…. So are the deaths even related to the fire?

Well that’s terrifying

The pigs should be tried for crimes against humanity.