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Over 70 firefighters and 38 fire trucks are on the scene of the ongoing blaze at the Temple Court Apartments, according to Miami Fire Rescue.

A massive three-alarm fire broke out at a Miami apartment building Monday morning and an employee of the building was found shot at the scene, officials said.

The fire at the Temple Court Apartments erupted at around 8:15 a.m. on the third floor and is still ongoing, Miami Fire Rescue said a little after noon.

"On arrival, multiple residents were rescued and evacuated," Miami Fire Rescue said in post on X. Some were rescued from their apartments and others from their balconies.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1944942

Greece is bracing for more intense heat this weekend, with meteorologists warning that temperatures could climb as high as 45C (113F).

People have been advised to stay home, and tourist sites - including Athens' ancient Acropolis - will be shut during the hottest parts of the next two days.

It could turn into Greece's hottest July weekend in 50 years, one of the country's top meteorologists says.

Meanwhile, firefighters are continuing to battle dozens of wildfires.

Emergencies and civil protection officials are warning of a very high risk of new blazes across the country.

Western Attica - just west of Athens - is among the worst-hit areas, along with Laconia in the southern Peloponnese and the island of Rhodes.

Greece's EU partners have provided help, including firefighting planes from France and Italy and more than 200 firefighters from Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria. Neighbouring Turkey is also sending some aircraft to help.

Greece - like a number of other European countries - saw a prolonged spell of extreme heat earlier this month.

The latest heatwave comes at one of the busiest times for the country's tourism industry.

In its latest bulletin, the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS) warns that central and eastern regions of Greece are likely to see temperatures reaching 44C on Saturday.

And it forecasts an even hotter Sunday, with 45C possible in central Greece.

"This weekend risks being the hottest registered in July in the past 50 years," said Panagiotis Giannopoulos, a meteorologist with state broadcaster ERT, quoted by AFP news agency.

"Athens is going to have temperatures above 40C for six to seven days, through to the end of July," he added.

After a slight drop on Monday a new heat surge is expected on Tuesday.

Officials fear this could be the worst heatwave since the summer of 1987, when hundreds of deaths were linked to the extreme weather.

Across Greece, a number of people have already lost their homes to wildfires. In one region, several villages have been consumed by the blazes.

One man told the BBC he did not even have a bed to sleep on anymore, and was now living in a hotel.

Climate change increases the risk of the hot, dry weather that is likely to fuel wildfires. The world has already warmed by about 1.1C since the industrial era began and temperatures will keep rising unless governments around the world make steep cuts to carbon emissions.

Spain and Italy are among the Mediterranean countries which have also experienced intense heat this week, while parts of the US are also seeing records broken.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2038783

A new exoskeleton to support workers in railways maintenance and renewal operations::A back support exoskeleton has been developed at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology—IIT) to improve railway workers' safety and conditions for heavy manual material handling during maintenance ...

We seem to keep seeing videos of US firefighters ventilating before they have fire control and either having a near miss, getting injured or dying.

The overwhelming majority of my department and most in my area are very Right and far right politically. To each their own, I always steer away from political conversations at station. I always found it funny because their politics actively go against their own wages and benefits.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.kensand.net/post/19521

Young firefighter killed as Canada battles wildfires

Devyn Gale, 19, was struck by a falling tree while clearing brush near Revelstoke, British Columbia.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1913383

Archive: https://files.catbox.moe/kop4o5.mp4

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Cargo ship fire in Newark is contained days after 2 firefighters died and 6 were injured, officials say

The New Jersey cargo ship fire that killed two firefighters at Port Newark has been contained to one section of the vessel as firefighters continue to battle the blaze Saturday.