A home is destroyed by the Airport fire in El Cariso Village along Ortega Highway. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
We’re at peak fire season in the West, and this year has been notably busy compared with the previous two seasons, which were tempered by back-to-back wet winters.
According to Cal Fire incident data, roughly 838,575 acres have burned so far this season. That’s more than in 2022 and 2023 combined.
Although fires are part of our forests’ natural ecosystem, human-caused climate change and roughly a century of flawed forest management have greatly increased the risks that wildland fires will explode into the massive infernos we’ve seen happen more frequently in recent years.
A Riverside County Sheriff deputy walks through the area where many vintage and antique cars were destroyed next to a destroyed by the Airport fire off Ortega Highway. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)
Firefighters battle the Airport fire along Ortega Highway in the Santa Ana Mountains. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Fountain Valley firefighters douse a home along El Cariso Road as the Airport fire burns in the Santa Ana Mountains. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Orange County firefighters from Engine 126 battle the Airport fire along Ortega Highway in the Santa Ana Mountains. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
A taco truck in Lake Elsinore serves Mexican food as the Airport fire burns in the Santa Ana Mountains. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Fire crews keep a watchful eye on the Airport fire in the community of Ranch Santa Margarita on Tuesday. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A firefighting helicopter battles the Airport fire near Santiago Peak on Tuesday. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A crew keeps an eye on the Airport fire Tuesday along Meander Lane in Rancho Santa Margarita. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Bridge fire - Angeles National Forest
A firefighter uses hand tools to try and stop the Bridge fire from advancing toward homes in the mountain community of Wrightwood. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
The Bridge fire consumes hillsides on both sides of Highway 2 in Wrightwood. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
A firefighter puts water on a barn after the Bridge fire spread into the community of Wrightwood. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
San Bernardino County firefighters work to contain a spot fire from the Bridge fire burning in Wrightwood on Sept. 11. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
Line fire - San Bernardino County
Firefighters are overcome with smoke while battling a house fire as the Line fire burns in Running Springs. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
The Line fire burns Tuesday evening just south of Running Springs as seen from Highway 330. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Residents flee the Line fire Tuesday in Green Valley Lake, which was under an evacuation order along with other mountain communities in the San Bernardino National Forest. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
As darkness falls Sunday, the Line fire burns on an eastern ridge over Highway 38 near Mountain Home Village in Thurman Flats. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Firefighters from the Mill Creek hotshot crew monitor the Line fire burning over a ridge off Highway 38 on Monday. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
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The Thai Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (TSPCA) is defending Khao Kheow Open Zoo against the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA) accusation of animal abuse against Moo Deng, an internet-famous baby pygmy hippo. In multiple Facebook posts, PETA alleged that the zoo based in Chonburi province has been exploiting the 2-month-old female hippo for entertainment and profit. What PETA is saying: In a Sept. 20 post, PETA Asia published a statement from its senior vice president, Jason Baker, who condemned Moo Deng’s captivity and called on zoos to prioritize conservation efforts that protect animals in nature.
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At least 18 people were killed as flash floods caused devastation in parts of central Bosnia and Herzegovina over October 3 and 4, according to Bosnian media, citing officials.The worst-affected area was Jablanica, a town in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, where at least 16 of the victims were found, reports said. Two other bodies were found in Fojnica, about 20 miles north of Jablanica.The death toll was expected to rise as around 40 people remained missing in the Jablanica area, the Oslobodjenje newspaper reported.Just south of Jablanica, floods triggered a landslide that destroyed a large section of railway and left a 200-meter stretch of train tracks dangling in the air, according to the country’s railway authority, which released these images of the scene. Credit: FBiH Railways via Storyful
Britons may have to brace for a blast of wind and rain next week as the tail end of Hurricane Kirk passes by. The Met Office said it is set to turn unsettled over the weekend, ahead of potentially disruptive weather from midweek brought about by the remnant of the major storm as it sweeps towards north-west Europe. Hurricane Kirk is currently maintaining category 4 strength in the central North Atlantic Ocean.
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