The blazes on the island are now the country’s worst in terms of casualties for over a century, while authorities have warned that the effort to find and identify the dead is still in its early stages, as crews with cadaver dogs have covered just 3 per cent of the search area.

  • @[email protected]
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    2211 months ago

    Just want to clarify that I reading this right. They’ve now counted as many as 93 killed, and search crews have only covered 3% of the search area?!

  • Unaware7013
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    2011 months ago

    And that says something, because the paradise fire wasn’t that long ago…

  • @[email protected]
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    411 months ago

    Given they were warned this would happen and did nothing to prevent it, and when it did happen they didn’t competently warn anyone, I hope they take seriously the task of gearing up for this happening again.

    • blanketswithsmallpox
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      3411 months ago

      The oppression and tragedy Olympics is probably the most tasteless thing you can fight about on the internet.

        • @[email protected]
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          2011 months ago

          It’s the deadliest wildfire in US history. It is no less tragic or newsworthy because other disasters have killed more.

    • @[email protected]
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      911 months ago

      Ah there’s the whataboutisms. 🥇Here take your prize for being the most empathic person ever because you thought of something worse, congratulations!

    • @Lmaydev
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      There being bigger tragedies doesn’t lessen others. Especially not to the people involved.

      That earthquake is nothing compared to world war 2 but that doesn’t really mean anything does it.