A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection to the arson attack on Friday that damaged an office in Burlington, Vermont, belonging to Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bernie-sanders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bernie Sanders</a> (I-VT), according to authorities.
Shant Soghomonian, who is also known as Michael Soghomonian and is previously of Northridge, California, was arrested on Sunday pursuant to a federal criminal complaint, the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the District of Vermont <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-vt/pr/suspect-arrested-arson-burlington-office-senator-sanders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a press release.
The complaint charged Soghomonian with using fire to damage the building at One Church Street in Burlington – a building used in interstate commerce and as a place of activity affecting interstate commerce, the release added.
On Friday morning, Soghomonian entered the building, proceeded to the third floor, where Sanders&#8217;s office is located, and was &#8220;recorded on a security video spraying a liquid near the outer door of the office and then lighting the area with a handheld lighter,&#8221; the release said, citing court documents.
&#8220;A blaze quickly began while Soghomonian departed via a staircase&#8221; and it &#8220;damaged the outside of the office door and surrounding areas, and the building sprinklers discharged on multiple floors,&#8221; the release continued.
&#8220;The Senator’s office was occupied by multiple employees who were not physically injured during the incident,&#8221; the release said. &#8220;It is not known how many other occupants were in the building, but no injuries were reported.&#8221;
The U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the District of Vermont said that Soghomonian faces a maximum penalty of not less than five years and not more than 20 years in prison, as well as a fine of up to $250,000 if convicted.
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An initial appearance before a U.S. magistrate judge had not yet been scheduled, and a counsel for the suspect had not yet been identified, the release noted.
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Seen this man around Burlington, Vermont? Police are asking for assistance in identifying this suspect in connection to a fire at Sen. Bernie Sanders&#39; office. A motive is unclear. <a href="https://t.co/RALcX8TpjQ">pic.twitter.com/RALcX8TpjQ</a>
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Police had previously <a href="https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/Press/arsonseeking-suspect#:~:text=Attached%20Press%20Release%3A-,Download%20arson.pdf,-(997.07%20KB)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> a photo of the suspect that showed him wearing a hat, dark jacket, and long pants to track down the man.
Sanders <a href="https://www.dailynews.com/2024/04/05/senator-bernie-sanders-joins-striking-workers-at-hotel-figueroa-in-downtown-l-a/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">had been</a> in Los Angeles on Friday to join a picket line where hotel workers were on strike to demand improved pay and working conditions.
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Arrest Made In Arson Attack On Bernie Sanders’ Office

Arrest Made In Arson Attack On Bernie Sanders' Office

Arson

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U.S. Senate

Vermont

A massive fire that erupted on Monday in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a> Panhandle has quickly become the second largest fire in state history, engulfing more than 850,000 acres.
The Smokehouse Creek Fire has killed at least one person, destroyed numerous homes, and killed livestock across the vast ranch lands, according to a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/us/texas-wildfires-smokehouse-creek-panhandle.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The New York Times.
Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (DEM) to deploy additional state emergency response resources to support efforts to address the fire.
&#8220;As dangerous wildfires continue to impact the Texas Panhandle, I directed DEM to immediately deploy additional wildfire response resources to ensure the safety of Texans and impacted communities,&#8221; Abbott said. &#8220;Thank you to our federal partners at FEMA for quickly approving Texas&#8217; request for grant assistance as we continue to fight these dangerous wildfires. I encourage Texans in affected areas to heed the guidance of local officials and first responders and to take all necessary precautions to keep your family and loved ones safe. We continue to work alongside TDEM, local officials, and emergency response personnel to provide all available resources to protect our fellow Texans.&#8221;
Abbott&#8217;s office said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) request for the fires, which means the state will be eligible to be reimbursed by the federal government for up to 75% of the costs associated with fighting those fires.
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&#8220;According to the Texas A&amp;M Forest Service, high volume of dry, freeze cured grasses will continue to support fire spread today,&#8221; Abbott added. &#8220;As we approach the weekend, the fire environment will trend warmer and drier, resulting in the potential for additional wildfire activity across the Texas Panhandle this weekend. Portions of South Texas continue to face increased wildfire risk, as well as East Texas, amid active burns. Additionally, the Texas A&amp;M Forest Service raised the Wildland Fire Preparedness Level to Level 3 today due to an increase in current and expected wildfire activity over the next several days.&#8221;
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The Smokehouse Creek fire continues to rage in the Texas Panhandle. The fire has been updated to 850,000 acres and is at 3% containment. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TXwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TXwx</a> <a href="https://t.co/FQCEZr7HMV">pic.twitter.com/FQCEZr7HMV</a>
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Smokehouse Creek Fire In Texas Panhandle

Massive Fire Erupts In Texas; Second Largest In State History

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Natural Disaster

Texas

U.S.

Multiple <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles</a> firefighters were injured on Thursday morning while responding to a fire involving a pressurized cylinder on a semi truck that exploded as they worked to extinguish the flames.
The explosion happened around 7 a.m. local time while fire crews were battling flames from one of the truck&#8217;s two compressed 100-gallon natural gas tanks.
&#8220;The unique aspect of this vehicle is that it&#8217;s not run on diesel or gasoline, but it is actually propelled with CNG, or compressed natural gas,&#8221; said LAFD Capt. Erik Scott. &#8220;The explosion was significant. The ball of flame was as high as these telephone poles, and it actually did explode one of the transformers nearby.&#8221;
Video of the incident showed the powerful explosion shooting up a quick fireball that quickly dissipated likely due to the fuel source being natural gas.
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The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-15/several-firefighters-injured-in-wilmington-explosion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that nine firefighters were taken to UCLA Medical Center with injures from the explosion, including two who were in critical condition.
The semi truck was completely obliterated from the explosion and the status of its driver remains unknown. The explosion happened roughly 13 minutes after the call came in for emergency crews.
Officials said that they were not sure about the circumstances that led to the incident.
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“The surrounding circumstances that led up to this tragic incident are still too new,” Scott said.
Video taken from a helicopter of the aftermath showed debris scattered in all directions.
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MULTIPLE FIREFIGHTERS BURNED IN TRUCK EXPLOSION. Initial reports indicate a commercial truck carrying cylinders was involved in a crash. <a href="https://t.co/3GDoy0uNNJ">pic.twitter.com/3GDoy0uNNJ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/LAFD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LAFD</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/IAFFofficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IAFFofficial</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/IAFC_SHS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IAFC_SHS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/firefighters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#firefighters</a>
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“This is a difficult day in Los Angeles,” Mayor Karen Bass said during a news conference at the hospital where the firefighters were being treated. “I’m here with a simple message to our firefighters in the building behind me and in fire stations across our city watching the news this morning unfold. The four million people of Los Angeles stand with you.”
Dr. Molly Deane, a trauma surgeon at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, said that it was a miracle that some of the firefighters were not &#8220;more severely injured&#8221; from the explosion.

Aerial view of truck explosion where several firefighters were injured, at least two critically, in an explosion involving a truck with pressurized cylinders in Wilmington

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Los Angeles

Two offices belonging to conservative organizations were firebombed in late January, and the FBI has been assisting in finding the perpetrators.
Around 2 a.m. on January 28, at least one person broke into an office building in Golden Valley, Minnesota, and set two fires: One on the third floor and one on the first, John Hinderaker <a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/02/they-firebombed-my-office.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> at the Powerline blog. The third floor fire was set either just outside or right inside the Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC), a <a href="https://www.umlc.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conservative legal organization</a> that has filed lawsuits battling &#8220;diversity, equity, and inclusion&#8221; discrimination and other Left-leaning causes, including a lawsuit against Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison for a law that would restrict free speech concerning election issues.
The first-floor fire was set in the hallway between the Center of the American Experiment’s offices and space leased to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/takechargemn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Take Charge</a>, another conservative organization that fights against progressive race myths.
Hinderaker, president of the Center of the American Experiment and a board member at UMLC, told The Daily Wire that while his organization is regularly “involved with things that tick off liberals,” there “wasn’t anything going on right at that moment of the preceding where you would say, ‘Uh huh. You know, that must be what it is.’”
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Hinderaker said he gave the FBI a list of categories of people who might have set the fires, including eco-terrorists, Antifa types, a public sector union, pro-Hamas terrorists, or “garden variety Libs who are really radical.” He stressed, however, that he does not have anyone in particular he believes committed the crime.
But while Hinderaker doesn’t know who set the fires, he says he&#8217;s positive the perpetrators — he believes at least two people were involved — will be caught. Hinderaker emphasized that, while many on the Right have come to distrust the FBI, the agents he has worked with are “not liberals,” and that he’s “confident that this crime is getting the full attention and resources of the bureau.&#8221;
“Now they&#8217;re gonna get caught,” he told The Daily Wire. &#8220;I&#8217;ll tell you that we&#8217;re gonna find out.&#8221;
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A camera inside the Center of the American Experiment’s offices captured one of the perpetrators put something down outside the door and leave quickly. Hinderaker believes the fire on the third floor had already been set at that time.
The person caught on camera is not recognizable, but there are also cameras on the outside of the office building facing the only road leading in that may have captured a vehicle driving up prior to the fires.
Hinderaker wanted the perpetrators to know that the fire has not stopped the work he and his organizations do. Those targeted by the fires are working remotely but continuing to do what they have always done.
Take Charge, the other group targeted, also said the fires would not impact their work.
“Regardless of the attacks, we’ll continue to educate all Americans on the truth Progressives want to keep hidden from public view,” the organization said in a statement. “We were targeted because we are a conservative black organization and we refuse to trumpet the mantra of systemic racism and march to the beat of the DEI drum.”
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Kendall Qualls, the president and founder of Take Charge, says he founded the organization to push back against false narratives such as white privilege and systemic racism.
&#8220;The racial disparities in our society are not because of systemic racism but because leaders and politicians in black community allowed the fatherless home problem to grow from 80 percent two-parent families to 80 percent fatherless homes in our lifetime,&#8221; Qualls said.
Because of the extensive fire and smoke damage, the entire office building has to be shut down for the foreseeable future, Hinderaker told The Daily Wire. The building also housed multiple small businesses, including, psychologists, chiropractors, and financial advisers. They too, have not been allowed back into the building due to the fire.
In a statement this week, Hinderaker said his organization “would be announcing a reward to any person who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.”

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FBI Investigating Arson At Conservative Think Tank In Minnesota

Arsonists Target Conservative Think Tank In Minnesota, FBI Investigating

Crime

Minnesota

The home of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/miami" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Miami</a> Dolphins star wide receiver Tyreek Hill caught fire Wednesday while Hill was practicing with his team before the final week of the NFL regular season.
Footage showed smoke pouring out of the 9,300-square-foot mansion as firefighters battled the blaze. A Dolphins spokesman said that Hill left practice after the fire broke out and everyone who was in the home at the time was safe, NBC 6 <a href="https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-dolphins-star-tyreek-hills-home-in-southwest-ranches/3196499/">reported</a>.
“Tyreek has been in communication with his family. Everyone is out of the house and safe at this time. He has also left practice to deal with the situation,” the spokesman said.
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NBC 6 also aired footage of four firefighters on the roof of Hill’s home, where they appeared to be cutting a hole in the roof to battle the fire. The star NFL receiver was later seen outside the home hugging his family members. Firefighters successfully put out the fire, and no injuries were reported, according to <a href="https://wsvn.com/news/local/broward/crews-put-out-fire-at-dolphins-receiver-tyreek-hills-mansion-in-southwest-ranches/">WSVN</a>.
Hill bought the Southwest Ranches, Florida, mansion in 2022 for $6.9 million, according to property records, NBC 6 reported. The home has seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a home theater, a full-size basketball court, a pool, and two guest houses.
Hill, who started his career with the Kansas City Chiefs — where he won a Super Bowl — was traded to the Dolphins in 2022. He is currently in the race for NFL MVP, seeking to become the <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10100569-dolphins-tyreek-hill-says-nfl-mvp-a-qb-award-would-be-happier-if-tua-tagovailoa-won" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first wide receiver</a> in NFL history to win the award. He currently <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3116406/tyreek-hill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leads</a> the league in receiving yards with 1,717 and sits in second for receiving touchdowns with 12.
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The Dolphins, who have already clinched a playoff berth with an 11-5 record, host their division rival Buffalo Bills on Sunday night. A win for Miami on Sunday would seal its spot as the number 2 seed in the AFC playoffs as Buffalo is still seeking to guarantee its spot in the postseason.

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NFL Star Receiver’s South Florida Mansion Catches Fire

NFL Star Receiver's South Florida Mansion Catches Fire

Miami Dolphins

Sports

An oil refinery inside <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iran</a> went up in flames over the weekend, triggering several massive explosions.
The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency, or IRNA, said that all 18 reservoirs at the refinery in eastern Iran&#8217;s Birjand special economic zone caught fire.
&#8220;The initial stages of the fire consumed 1.5 million litres of fuel,&#8221; Iranian officials <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/refinery-reservoirs-near-eastern-iranian-city-birjand-catch-fire-irna-2023-12-10/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
The Jerusalem Post <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-777396" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Iranian officials were leaning toward letting the fire burn itself out because it was too dangerous for firefighters to get close enough to attempt to extinguish it.
There was no indication of what caused the fire or whether it was an accident or sabotage. Iran had not yet tried to blame anyone.
While it could have been an accident, it&#8217;s worth noting that the fire — which easily caused millions of dollars in damage — comes as Iranian-backed terrorists in Yemen have attacked Israeli shipping vessels over the past few weeks, causing damage to the ships and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iranian-backed-houthi-terrorists-seize-cargo-ship-in-red-sea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hijacking another</a>.
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The Houthi terrorists vowed over the weekend that they would increase their attacks on ships going to Israel in response to Israel destroying Hamas terrorist forces inside Gaza.
The Houthis &#8220;will prevent navigating all the ships heading to the Zionist entity from any nationality, if the food and medicine keep not accessing the Gaza Strip, and the will become a legitimate target for our armed forces,&#8221; said Houthi terrorist spokesperson Yahya Sare’e. The terrorist said that any ship headed toward Israel or affiliated with Israel would be targeted by the terror group.

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Oil Refinery Goes Up In Flames Inside Iran

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World

California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom said Monday the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/l-a-freeway-closed-indefinitely-after-massive-fire-compromises-structure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">massive fire</a> that erupted under the I-10 Freeway near downtown Los Angeles last weekend — disrupting commutes for hundreds of thousands of residents — was likely caused by arson.
&#8220;Arson appears to be the likely ignition for this fire,&#8221; Newsom <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/arson-determined-likely-cause-of-10-freeway-fire-in-downtown-la/3267475/#:~:text=Gov.%20Gavin%20Newsom%20announced%20Monday,to%20put%20out%20the%20flames." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, according to NBC. &#8220;That ignition (point and cause) was determined with precision by the fire marshal, Cal Fire, and their teams.&#8221;
Newsom reportedly <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/there-was-malice-intent-governor-newsom-addresses-cause-of-massive-fire-under-i-10-freeway-in-downtown-la/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Cal Fire investigators completed the initial probe and determined &#8220;there was malice intent&#8221; and &#8220;that it was arson and that it was done and set intentionally.&#8221;
&#8220;The determination of who was responsible is an investigation that is ongoing,&#8221; he said.
Authorities have not identified a suspect or suspects connected to the possible cause of the inferno, but the governor noted the fire started below the freeway within the fence line of a storage facility filled with pallets, trailers, and vehicles.
According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the blaze started around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday under Interstate 10 and quickly spread through the storage facility. Authorities said the flames engulfed both sides of 14th Street underneath the portion of the freeway, melted steel guardrails, and damaged a number of firetrucks.
LAFD authorities said 164 firefighters battled the flames through the night to extinguish the fire and defend three nearby commercial buildings from damage.
Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said at a news conference Sunday, &#8220;Wind pushed the heat and the flames under the freeway, and across the street ignited a secondary storage yard.&#8221;
Crowley reportedly said the fire covered about 80,000 square feet and that crews extinguished much of the blaze in less than three hours. No injuries were reported.
David Ortiz, public information officer for LAFD, <a href="https://www.smobserved.com/story/2023/11/13/news/fire-at-homeless-encampment-under-santa-monica-freeway-closes-the-main-east-west-highway-in-los-angeles-county-for-3-months/7919.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> said a large homeless encampment with tents and RVs dwelled underneath the freeway. Many L.A. residents have speculated online that the fire likely started in the homeless encampment.
Mayor Karen Bass reportedly said there was no initial information to suggest a link between the fire and the homeless population in the area but noted that 16 individuals living in the immediate vicinity of the fire had been provided housing.
&#8220;There is no reason to assume the origin of this fire &#8230; is because there were unhoused individuals nearby,&#8221; Bass said.
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Bass said during a news conference on Sunday that the structural damage &#8220;calls for the same urgency and effort&#8221; as the 1994 Northridge earthquake when I-10 sustained extensive damage but reopened in about three months.
&#8220;For those of you that remember the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Caltrans worked around the clock to complete emergency repairs to the freeways,&#8221; said Bass.
Newsom declared a state of emergency after the massive fire erupted beneath the major freeway — closing the thoroughfare&#8217;s now compromised structure indefinitely and impacting hundreds of thousands of commuters.
Local media reported that the portion of the freeway between Alameda Street and Santa Fe Avenue — about a seven-mile stretch of road — will remain closed indefinitely, creating a traffic nightmare for an estimated 300,000 commuters.
According to reports, initial testing results on the structural integrity of the freeway came back better than expected. Officials said roughly 100 support columns were damaged, including roughly 10 that were severely damaged.
Although some officials <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1724468733954146788" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> it&#8217;s still too early to determine when commuters will be safe to drive on the road again, Newsom said on Tuesday they expect the freeway to reopen to traffic in 3-5 weeks while the state works 24 hours a day, seven days a week to repair the damages.

Large Fire Along L.A.’s I-10 Brings Transportation Crisis To Already Traffic Laden L.A.

Newsom Says Arson Likely Started Massive Fire Under L.A. Freeway

Newsom Says Arson Likely Started Massive Fire Under L.A. Freeway: Reports

California

Gavin Newsom

Homeless

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California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency over the weekend after a massive fire reportedly erupted at a homeless encampment beneath a major freeway near downtown Los Angeles — closing the thoroughfare&#8217;s now compromised structure indefinitely and impacting hundreds of thousands of commuters.
&#8220;The state is mobilizing resources and taking steps to ensure any necessary repairs are completed as soon as possible to minimize the impact on those traveling in and around Los Angeles,&#8221; Newsom <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/11/11/governor-newsom-proclaims-state-of-emergency-in-los-angeles-county-due-to-i-10-freeway-fire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a news release.
According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the blaze started around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday under Interstate 10 and quickly spread to a storage facility filled with pallets, trailers, and vehicles. Authorities <a href="https://www.lafd.org/news/storage-yard-blaze-downtown-los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the flames engulfed both sides of 14th Street underneath the portion of the freeway, melted steel guardrails, and damaged a number of firetrucks.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> Both directions of the 10 Freeway near Alameda in Downtown Los Angeles are shutdown following a massive pallet fire. <a href="https://twitter.com/LAFD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LAFD</a> on scene. CALTRANS is determining if the structural integrity of the freeway has been compromised. 
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Stay with <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABC7</a> for updates. <a href="https://t.co/mVFSMA82LN">pic.twitter.com/mVFSMA82LN</a>
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&#8220;The real problem is what lies underneath, that&#8217;s the bridge deck — that&#8217;s the primary focus now of our investigation,&#8221; Newsom <a href="https://laist.com/news/transportation/the-10-is-closed-downtown-due-to-huge-pallet-yard-fire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during a press conference. &#8220;We believe a lot of that did burn, how that may have impacted that structure.&#8221;
LAFD authorities said 164 firefighters battled the flames through the night to extinguish the fire and defend three nearby commercial buildings from damage.
Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said at a news conference Sunday <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/12/us/i-10-freeway-fire-closure/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by CNN that &#8220;wind pushed the heat and the flames under the freeway, and across the street ignited a secondary storage yard.&#8221;
Crowley reportedly said the fire covered about 80,000 square feet and that crews extinguished much of the blaze in less than three hours. No injuries were reported.
David Ortiz, public information officer for LAFD, reportedly <a href="https://www.smobserved.com/story/2023/11/13/news/fire-at-homeless-encampment-under-santa-monica-freeway-closes-the-main-east-west-highway-in-los-angeles-county-for-3-months/7919.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> a large homeless encampment with tents and RV&#8217;s dwelled underneath the freeway where the fire started.
A street vendor nearby told NBC he heard &#8220;many explosions&#8221; before and during the freeway inferno.
Although officials say the cause of the fire has not yet been determined, many residents have speculated online that it likely started in the homeless encampment.
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Everyone is trying to ignore the massive homeless encampment under the 10 Freeway before the major “debris fire” that happened this weekend <a href="https://t.co/jQCqfsAvRW">https://t.co/jQCqfsAvRW</a> <a href="https://t.co/VQljzKViqr">pic.twitter.com/VQljzKViqr</a>
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Local media <a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/expect-delays-what-l-a-commuters-need-to-know-after-fire-closes-i-10-downtown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the portion of the freeway between Alameda Street and Santa Fe Avenue — about a seven-mile stretch of road — will remain closed indefinitely, creating a traffic nightmare for an estimated 300,000 commuters.
Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass said during a news conference on Sunday that city officials do not have a timeline for when the freeway could reopen and that the structural damage &#8220;calls for the same urgency and effort&#8221; as the Northridge earthquake of 1994.
&#8220;For those of you that remember the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Caltrans worked around the clock to complete emergency repairs to the freeways,&#8221; said Bass. &#8220;And this structural damage calls for the same level of urgency and effort.&#8221;
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&#8220;Unfortunately, there&#8217;s no reason to think that this is going to be over in a couple of days,&#8221; Bass added. &#8220;We cannot give you an estimate of time right now.&#8221;
Bass also asked employers in downtown Los Angeles to suggest their employees work from home.
It&#8217;s still being determined how long the interstate will remain closed, but some officials estimate it could take up to 12 weeks while the California Department of Transportation (CALTrans) repairs the damaged bridge.
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Last night I toured the damage to the 10 freeway. We will work with absolute urgency to get it back up and running. I’ll be providing an update for Angelenos with state leaders later this morning — stay tuned. <a href="https://t.co/eburVQkMJh">pic.twitter.com/eburVQkMJh</a>
&mdash; Karen Bass (@KarenBassLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/KarenBassLA/status/1723770903094284672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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New York City is moving forward with plans to open a shelter for 2,000 migrants at an airfield in Brooklyn despite concerns that the situation will be a fire hazard.
The city is opening a massive migrant shelter at Floyd Bennett Field in southeast Brooklyn.
However, the FDNY and other city agencies recently inspected the airfield and flagged a number of safety concerns, including that fire hydrants are far away, older, and largely &#8220;not reliable,&#8221; <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/10/29/metro/fire-safety-woes-found-at-planned-floyd-bennett-field-migrants-encampment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a summary report obtained by the New York Post.
“This is a recipe for disaster,” <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/10/29/metro/fire-safety-woes-found-at-planned-floyd-bennett-field-migrants-encampment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> New York City Councilwoman Joann Ariola, a Republican representing Queens.
“Floyd Bennett Field is a potential fire trap,” Ariola said. “If they can’t put out a fire there in a timely manner lives will be lost — families with children.”
The huge migrant shelter is set to involve four congregate sleeping facilities that can house 500 migrant families with children in tents on the airfield, which was converted into a national park. There will be 24-hour security.
The shelter&#8217;s heating and electricity will be provided by 21 diesel generators holding 564 gallons each, with a fuel truck refilling them each morning, although there will be no diesel storage on site.
Another concern is the city allowing e-bikes at the shelter. E-bikes usually run on lithium batteries, which have <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/03/e-bike-battery-fires-this-year-have-killed-more-in-nyc-than-in-2022-fdny/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exploded</a> and caused deadly fires in New York City apartments.
“We are out of room, and it’s not if people will be sleeping on the streets, it’s when. We are at full capacity,” Mayor Eric Adams <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/10/29/metro/fire-safety-woes-found-at-planned-floyd-bennett-field-migrants-encampment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last week.
New York City is attempting to metabolize the tens of thousands of illegal migrants who have streamed into the city over the past year.
Since last year, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/26/migrants-nyc-plane-rides-00123778" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than</a> 130,000 migrants have arrived, many of whom are still being housed on the city’s dime, causing New York City’s homeless shelters to reach their limits and forcing the city to open new facilities.
Recently, the number of arrivals has ticked up even more, with 600 migrants <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/03/eric-adams-migrants-new-york-city-00119747" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arriving</a> in New York every day.
Over the summer, the city even <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-migrant-crisis-approaches-breaking-point-with-disorderly-migrants-shelter-space">resorted</a> to sending flyers to the southern border warning migrants that there is “no guarantee” of shelter if they come to New York and encouraging them to pick a different city.
The city has already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-migrant-crisis-approaches-breaking-point-with-disorderly-migrants-shelter-space" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spent</a> more than $1.2 billion on the migrants and is projected to spend up to $5 billion.
“This issue will destroy New York City,” Adams <a href="https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/09/11/esuh-s11.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last month. “We’re getting 10,000 migrants a month. … Every community in this city is going to be impacted.”
Earlier this month, the city started limiting migrant family shelter stays, requiring families with children to reapply for housing in the city’s shelter system every 60 days. The move is meant to encourage recently arrived migrants to find new housing.
A similar policy is already in place for single adult migrants, who must reapply for shelter housing every 30 days.
The move appears to be working — less than 20% of migrants who received vacate notices have <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/26/migrants-nyc-plane-rides-00123778" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reapplied</a> for shelter.
Meanwhile, Adams is <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/04/nyregion/eric-adams-right-to-shelter-migrant-crisis.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trying</a> to suspend the city’s obligation to provide shelter to anyone who wants it, known as “right to shelter.” City Hall’s attorneys are fighting the issue in Manhattan Supreme Court.
If the “right to shelter” obligation is not suspended, the city must continue to find a place for any migrants who reapply for shelter.
In response to the lack of space, the city has opened more than 200 emergency shelters with <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/10/16/city-hall-says-its-moving-ahead-with-plan-to-make-families-reapply-for-shelter-every-60-days/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plans</a> to open at least one huge “semi-congregate” facility that will house 500 families, which could conflict with state regulations that each household get a separate room.

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White House Press Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/karine-jean-pierre" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Karine Jean-Pierre</a> claimed on Wednesday that President Joe Biden reacted to the fires in Maui in &#8220;record time&#8221; despite facing widespread criticism over his apparent lack of interest tending to the matter while he was on vacation.
&#8220;It seems like the hurricane response so far is robust,&#8221; a reporter said to Jean-Pierre during the press briefing. &#8220;Did you guys realize that the initial Hawaii wildfire response was not that good or is it just easier for people to get help from the White House when the president is not on vacation?&#8221;
Jean-Pierre said she disagreed with the premise of the question, claiming: &#8220;So, if you talk to — if you were to do your reporting and speak to the governor of Hawaii, the senators of Hawaii, the folks on the ground, they would say that the president reacted in record time when it came to dealing with the wildfires, when it came to dealing and making sure that they got everything that they need on the federal level to deal with what was going on on the ground.&#8221;
&#8220;Let’s not forget, there were more than 600 federal employees on the ground already to assist with the wildfires in Maui,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;So, your question is — is wrong — it’s flawed in many, many ways. And I would — I would — I would advise you to go speak to the governor and the local and state officials in — in Hawaii.&#8221;
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KJP to Doocy on whether <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Idalia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Idalia</a> response is better than Hawaii&#39;s wildfires b/c Biden isn&#39;t on vacation: &quot;So, the premise of your question &amp; the way you posed [it], I disagree&#8230;If you talk to&#8230;the governor&#8230;the folks on the ground, they would say&#8230;[he] reacted in record time&quot; <a href="https://t.co/rhvoSsTFv9">pic.twitter.com/rhvoSsTFv9</a>
&mdash; Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1696952573058564507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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White House Claims Biden Reacted To Maui Fires ‘In Record Time’

White House Claims Biden Reacted To Maui Fires 'In Record Time'

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Speaking in upstate New York on Wednesday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy took a swipe at the Biden administration’s response to the tragic fire on the island of Maui in which 115 people have been reported dead and an astonishing 1,100 people <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/08/why-is-the-number-of-missing-persons-after-maui-so-high.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">still unaccounted for.</a>
“We&#8217;ve got disasters going off in this country. We saw the devastation that has happened in Maui, the need to go there,” McCarthy <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbPWzcc7zXo&amp;t=180s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> of the fire that destroyed the historic town of Lahaina.
“But I&#8217;m very concerned about the response,” he continued. “We still have hundreds of individuals that are missing. I think there&#8217;s gonna have to be a congressional investigation in response of what happened. How could we lose that many Americans in today&#8217;s age? “
“And the federal response seems very delayed,” he declared. “The president&#8217;s response to have no comment? That&#8217;s unacceptable. So I&#8217;m going to work with committees too to look at investigating what went on so that never happens again as well.”
President Biden, often hailed by the Left as a decent, compassionate person, was at the beach in Delaware last Sunday when he was asked about the enormous tragedy in Maui, where the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in the last 100 years occurred. According to Democrat Hawaii Governor Josh Green, the damage from the fires that utterly ravaged the historic town of Lahaina could amount to $6 billion.
The compassionate response from the president as he was leaving the beach? “No comment.”
By Wednesday, officials were only able to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/maui-wildfire-victims.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identify</a> 27 of the 115 victims.
In 2018, a fire nearly reached Lahaina; Maui’s top emergency management official, Herman Andaya, who resigned last week, later told a special Maui County Council meeting held in the wake of the fires in 2018,“It nearly, nearly reached Lahaina Town. And, had it jumped Lahainaluna Road, it would have been, I mean, it would have been devastating.”
Lahaina resident David Jung asked after the 2018 fire why civil defense sirens were not sounded as the fire headed toward the town. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/maui-officials-warned-lahaina-wildfires-2018-critics-rcna101515" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Interviewed</a> after last week’s fire, he stated, “It was the exact same scenario in 2018. The only difference is that with the fire five years ago, the winds stopped at the very last minute. Call it an act of God or luck or whatever, but they had their second chance. They had five years to figure this out and fix it. Instead, nothing was done.”
“We were given a bunch of lip service, and instead of preventing another fire, the focus of the meeting was ‘Look, we’re gonna give you guys money and reimburse you,’” he continued. “And we were: ‘No, no, no, no, that is not what we want. You can give us all the money in the world; we just do not want this to happen again.’ But everything we told them was completely, 100% ignored.”

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‘The Federal Response Seems Very Delayed’: McCarthy Blasts Biden Administration On Maui Fire

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White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt got roasted for defending President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wh-spox-says-biden-has-been-there-since-day-one-for-maui-heres-where-he-actually-was" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maui response</a> – namely because he claimed that critics were only complaining about Biden &#8220;petting a rescue dog.&#8221;
MSNBC host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/morning-joe-blows-off-critics-of-bidens-maui-remarks-shock-opera-nonsense" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Scarborough</a> started the White House down that path on Wednesday morning, citing a Maui newspaper article praising Biden and claiming that complaints about Biden&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-praises-biden-for-signature-empathy-despite-tone-deaf-maui-response" target="_blank" rel="noopener">widely-panned response</a> to the wildfires in Maui amounted to &#8220;garbage&#8221; coming solely from right-wing critics.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates quoted Scarborough&#8217;s response, saying, &#8220;You look at the local newspapers, you look at the local reports, you listen to the local people. These aren&#8217;t Democratic operatives. It was the Maui newspaper. Everybody in these newspapers glowing.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/JoeNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeNBC</a>: The rightwing coverage of <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>&#39;s Maui trip &quot;was all garbage. You look at the local newspapers, you look at the local reports, you listen to the local people. These aren&#39;t Democratic operatives. It was the Maui newspaper. Everybody in these newspapers glowing.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/NBbrsFujP9">pic.twitter.com/NBbrsFujP9</a>
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&#8220;There’s a rightwing media ecosystem that says everyday whatever @POTUS is doing is wrong or runs bad faith interpretations of events. This week they attacked him for petting a rescue dog and not having the godly power to prevent a storm from entering CA. Look at the source,&#8221; LaBolt added.
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There’s a rightwing media ecosystem that says everyday whatever <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> is doing is wrong or runs bad faith interpretations of events. This week they attacked him for petting a rescue dog and not having the godly power to prevent a storm from entering CA. Look at the source. <a href="https://t.co/cxIJZDiJvt">https://t.co/cxIJZDiJvt</a>
&mdash; Ben LaBolt (@WHCommsDir) <a href="https://twitter.com/WHCommsDir/status/1694331110392565772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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But Joe Concha, Fox News contributor and columnist at The Messenger, was quick to point out the inaccuracies in LaBolt&#8217;s assessment.
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&#8220;A &#8216;rightwing media ecosystem&#8217; didn&#8217;t force the president to repeat a proven lie about a fire in his kitchen threatening the lives of his wife, cat and corvette. Children and whole families were incinerated in Maui and Biden broached this BS to show that he can relate? Abhorrent,&#8221; Concha said.
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A &quot;rightwing media ecosystem&quot; didn&#39;t force the president to repeat a proven lie about a fire in his kitchen threatening the lives of his wife, cat and corvette. Children and whole families were incinerated in Maui and Biden broached this BS to show that he can relate? Abhorrent. <a href="https://t.co/zgfkFzHVlQ">https://t.co/zgfkFzHVlQ</a>
&mdash; Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1694403930782875708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;800 people, including children, are still missing and the Biden admin’s biggest concern is Republicans noticing Biden compared almost losing a corvette to over 100 dying in an island inferno,&#8221; @capeandcowell <a href="https://twitter.com/capeandcowell/status/1694414372741796227" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>.
&#8220;I think the real objections were about Biden taking forever to go to Hawaii, then giving a terrible speech about almost losing his Corvette to a fire that was easily extinguished, and then falling asleep during the memorial. Nobody gives a damn about petting the rescue dog,&#8221; @FilmLadd <a href="https://twitter.com/FilmLadd/status/1694337110902194541" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed out</a>, adding, &#8220;One of the ways to manipulate the public is focus on stupid objections to your candidate in order to bury the serious problems with your candidate.&#8221;
NewsBusters Executive Editor Tim Graham added, &#8220;As if &#8216;Morning Joe&#8217; isn&#8217;t part of a media ecosystem that says everyday whatever Trump is doing or runs bad-faith interpretations of events? And please tell us who faulted Biden for not having godly powers. (Or even Ursula the Sea Witch powers.)&#8221;
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As if &#39;Morning Joe&#39; isn&#39;t part of a media ecosystem that says everyday whatever Trump is doing or runs bad-faith interpretations of events? 
And please tell us who faulted Biden for not having godly powers. (Or even Ursula the Sea Witch powers.) <a href="https://t.co/nc2I154UWg">https://t.co/nc2I154UWg</a>
&mdash; Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimJGraham/status/1694404386452079095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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GOP Rapid Response Director Jake Schneider referenced a vacationing Biden&#8217;s response to reporters – who were asking for his thoughts on the climbing death toll in Maui — and simply replied, &#8220;No comment.&#8221;
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&mdash; Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) <a href="https://twitter.com/jacobkschneider/status/1694338097301889438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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‘No Comment’: WH Comms Director Roasted For Bizarre Defense Of Biden’s Maui Response

'No Comment': WH Comms Director Roasted For Bizarre Defense Of Biden's Maui Response

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