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Smoke from Boyle Heights warehouse fire reaches Dodger Stadium

Smoke from the warehouse fire in Los Angeles’s Boyle Heights neighborhood was seen and felt at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, June 21, footage shows. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/ktla?sub_confirmation=1

Neighbors on edge as demolitions expert who blew up his own house by smoking near 700 pounds of fireworks starts a new fire after wandering around his collection of propane tanks [Followup]

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Smoke seen over Dublin 8 last night came from grass fire near Memorial Gardens

The smoke was visible across a wide area, including from Inchicore and Ballyfermot and the Phoenix Park itself.

Can Los Angeles be saved?

Last March, a makeshift drug factory exploded next to Los Angeles resident Juan Galicia's craftsman-style home, built in 1910. The flames spread to his gas line, setting off a fire that destroyed the house and killed his three dogs — he tearfully shows me their picture. Had the accident happened an hour earlier, it would have killed one of his sons, as well. I lived here 18 years and now it's gone, the 55-year-old father, an immigrant from El Salvador, tells me. The empty lot next door, he says, was occupied by homeless squatters who cooked methamphetamine there. People occupy a place and the city does nothing, he says.

Water cannons spray Valencia forests to keep cool

Water cannons sprayed treetops in the Albufera Natural Park south of Valencia, Spain, soaking vegetation as temperatures surged and wildfire risk rose. #valenvia #spain #forestfire #heatwave #watercannon