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NIFC Information Bot<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NIFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIFC</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/firewx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firewx</span></a><br>NIFC New Or Updated Wildfire Perimeter<br>Incident Name: Rattlesnake Branch<br>Acres: 1922.3 acres<br>Updated: Mar 30, 2025 18:26 UTC<br>Source: IRWIN<br><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/RattlesnakeBranchFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RattlesnakeBranchFire</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCwx</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>LA Times: California<br>Elderly, disabled were left stranded during L.A. fires as evacuation plans broke down (paywall)</p><p>"...What followed was a frantic DIY rescue effort. City and county officials had no such registry, so DCRC and other groups improvised, calling Ubers and Lyfts, even autonomous vehicles, to pick them up. ..</p><p>After reporting from The Times revealed that west Altadena did not get official evacuation alerts until nearly nine hours after the Eaton fire started, L.A. County delays in alerting and evacuating vulnerable residents are now the subject of multiple investigations. They have also raised questions of whether officials could have done more to help those in need.<br>...."</p><p><a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-29/la-me-la-county-emergency-planning-disabled" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/california/story/2</span><span class="invisible">025-03-29/la-me-la-county-emergency-planning-disabled</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/EatonFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatonFire</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/PalisadesFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalisadesFire</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a></p>
NIFC Information Bot<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NIFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIFC</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/firewx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firewx</span></a><br>NIFC New Or Updated Wildfire Perimeter<br>Incident Name: Table Rock<br>Acres: 11468.4 acres<br>Updated: Mar 29, 2025 21:34 UTC<br>Source: IRWIN<br><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/TableRockFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TableRockFire</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/SCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCwx</span></a></p>
NIFC Information Bot<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NIFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIFC</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/firewx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firewx</span></a><br>NIFC New Or Updated Wildfire Perimeter<br>Incident Name: Black Cove<br>Acres: 3500.5 acres<br>Updated: Mar 29, 2025 19:27 UTC<br>Source: IRWIN<br><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/BlackCoveFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackCoveFire</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCwx</span></a></p>
Asheville Charlie<p>SW <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asheville</span></a> <br>Just walked to my car in the parking lot and it is super smokey. Smells like campfire. Heavy Haze and you can tell it's not a good thing to be breathing this...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a></p>
NIFC Information Bot<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NIFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIFC</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/firewx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firewx</span></a><br>NIFC New Or Updated Wildfire Perimeter<br>Incident Name: Fernadez<br>Acres: 418.7 acres<br>Updated: Mar 29, 2025 01:41 UTC<br>Source: IRWIN<br><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/FernadezFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FernadezFire</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/FLwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLwx</span></a></p>
BakersRelay<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCwx</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthCarolina</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/PolkCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolkCounty</span></a><br>2/2</p><p>Laundry &amp; Shower Facilities available for those affected:<br>The Meeting Place / Senior Center<br>75 Carmel Lane, Columbus<br>March 29-30 | 7 AM - 7 PM</p><p>🚧 Holbert Cove Rd. Closed from Who Rd. to Piney Gate Rd.</p><p>No more in-kind donations due to logistics. Please consider monetary donations to local fire departments.</p><p>⚠️ Stay prepared, follow official updates, and put safety first! <br>More info: www.polknc.gov/fireupdates</p>
BakersRelay<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCwx</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthCarolina</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/WildFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildFires</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/PolkCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolkCounty</span></a><br>1/2<br>From Polk County Emergency Mgmt on FB: </p><p>Firefighters are working hard to contain the Black Cove Complex Fire in Polk Co.</p><p>Current Status:<br>Black Cove Fire: 3,410 acres, 23% contained<br>Deep Woods Fire: 3,797 acres, 32% contained<br>Fish Hook Fire: 199 acres, 95% contained</p><p>Evacs &amp; Safety:<br>Some areas remain under mandatory evacuation, while others, like Big Hungry Rd., Spurgeon Cove, &amp; Scarlet’s Mountain Rd., have been downgraded to Level 2 (Be Set).</p>
Jeri Dansky<p>Firefighting is hard enough here in the US. But South Korea, suffering from horrendous fires now, has its own set set of challenges. </p><p>“A combination of an aging society and a reliance on temporary workers meant older people were disproportionately on the frontlines tackling South Korea's devastating wildfires this week.”</p><p>“About 73% of South Korea's 9,472 seasonal wildfire fighters are over 60-years-old, according to the forest service's latest data, often the only people available to work such schedules.</p><p>“The position has no age limit and pays $50 per day, employed during January-May and November-December periods, according to the service's website.”</p><p>And sadly, some of those older firefighters have died, including a 73-year-old pilot who died when his helicopter crashed. </p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/wildfires-aging-society-make-deadly-mix-south-korea-2025-03-28/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/asia-pacific</span><span class="invisible">/wildfires-aging-society-make-deadly-mix-south-korea-2025-03-28/</span></a> or <a href="https://archive.vn/Zj3Ln" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.vn/Zj3Ln</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>h/t <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CelloMomOnCars" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CelloMomOnCars</span></a></span><br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Korea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Korea</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a></p>
NIFC Information Bot<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NIFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIFC</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/firewx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firewx</span></a><br>NIFC New Or Updated Wildfire Perimeter<br>Incident Name: Table Rock<br>Acres: 9499.9 acres<br>Updated: Mar 28, 2025 18:34 UTC<br>Source: IRWIN<br><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/TableRockFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TableRockFire</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/SCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCwx</span></a></p>
NIFC Information Bot<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NIFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIFC</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/firewx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firewx</span></a><br>NIFC New Or Updated Wildfire Perimeter<br>Incident Name: Deep Woods<br>Acres: 3806.6 acres<br>Updated: Mar 28, 2025 21:32 UTC<br>Source: IRWIN<br><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/DeepWoodsFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepWoodsFire</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCwx</span></a></p>
BakersRelay<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCwx</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthCarolina</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/PolkCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolkCounty</span></a></p><p>From WSPA 7 News: Firefighters make progress on wildfires in Polk Co.</p><p><a href="https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/firefighters-make-progress-on-wildfires-in-polk-co/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wspa.com/news/local-news/firef</span><span class="invisible">ighters-make-progress-on-wildfires-in-polk-co/</span></a></p>
NIFC Information Bot<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NIFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIFC</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/firewx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firewx</span></a><br>NIFC New Or Updated Wildfire Perimeter<br>Incident Name: Deep Woods<br>Acres: 3796.7 acres<br>Updated: Mar 28, 2025 14:26 UTC<br>Source: IRWIN<br><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/DeepWoodsFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepWoodsFire</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCwx</span></a></p>
BakersRelay<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCwx</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthCarolina</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/PolkCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolkCounty</span></a> </p><p>From The News &amp; Observer: Evacuations underway as 3 growing wildfires start consuming buildings, NC county says</p><p>Read more at: <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article302496469.html#storylink=cpy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsobserver.com/news/state/no</span><span class="invisible">rth-carolina/article302496469.html#storylink=cpy</span></a></p>
Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<p>I will say that every single article or news story about <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> needs to include a map, calling out where the fires are, their names, and current sizes.</p><p>Especially in an area like ours right now, where we have a dozen burning in at least 3 states, all impacting us and each other.</p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/NCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCwx</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/SCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCwx</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/GAwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAwx</span></a></p>
MiBaWi - Michael Barthel<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Gyeongsang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gyeongsang</span></a>, <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a><br><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> - 03/28/2025<br>48,000 hehtar<br>118,600 acres</p><p>Deaths: 28<br>Injuries: 37 (8 seriously/critical)<br>Structures destroyed: 2,572<br>Evacuated: 16,739</p><p>Resources:<br>5,580 personnel<br>86 firefighting helicopters<br>569 fire trucks</p>
Greengordon<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> </p><p>Just a minor aspect of <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> we'll have to 'adapt' to, probably by going crazy and dying young.</p><p>"LA Times: Palisades and Eaton firefighters had elevated blood levels of mercury and lead, according to an early study <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-27/palisades-eaton-firefighters-high-levels-of-mercury-and-lead" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/california/story/2</span><span class="invisible">025-03-27/palisades-eaton-firefighters-high-levels-of-mercury-and-lead</span></a> <br><a href="https://spore.social/tags/PalisadesFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalisadesFires</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/EatonFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatonFire</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a>"</p>
BakersRelay<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCwx</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthCarolina</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a> </p><p>From Asheville Citizen Times: Hazard Mapping System: Wildfire and Smoke NOTE: very useful and easy to use. A good one to bookmark. Scroll down the page for full Fire list.</p><p><a href="https://data.citizen-times.com/fires/freedom-farm/1e41abd5-017a-44f0-82cc-83dcfd6429bb/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">data.citizen-times.com/fires/f</span><span class="invisible">reedom-farm/1e41abd5-017a-44f0-82cc-83dcfd6429bb/</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Notable on this image is you can see a *lot* of dead trees (in brown) where this fire is burning, those are trees killed by Hurricane Helene. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/HurricaneHelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneHelene</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCwx</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/SCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCwx</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Table Rock Complex wildfire (North Carolina) via Sentinel-2 satellite on Mar 26 (shortwave infrared, showing heat). <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/TableRockComplexFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TableRockComplexFire</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCwx</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/SCwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCwx</span></a></p>