ALERT: 3 firefighters injured after a man's house with hundreds of pounds of fireworks explodes in Washington.
Firefighters on Whidbey Island were called to a house fire, and shortly after arriving, the home exploded.
Crews were standing about 20 feet from the house when, according to officials, hundreds of pounds of fireworks exploded.
Two deputy chiefs and one firefighter were injured, with 2 being released and 1 firefighter having to undergo hand surgery.
Central Whidbey Fire and Rescue Chief Jerry Helm said, "We were extremely lucky. You change the timetable on this by a second or two either way, and the outcome would be very different…. Once the explosion happened and we heard and saw what was going on, fireworks were shooting across the road and hitting a couple of rigs. It was pretty obvious once the explosion happened what it was.”
Officials say the man was stashing the fireworks at his house for an upcoming private event and smoked near them, which caused them to ignite.
A woman hiking in Canada nearly became a grizzly’s next meal and the video circulating right now is genuinely one of the most intense wildlife encounters you will ever watch - her dog is with her, a massive grizzly is right there, and somehow she kept her head together long enough for both of them to walk away breathing.
That is not a small thing. Most people talk tough until nature is standing ten feet in front of them and every instinct in your body is screaming to run, and running is exactly the worst thing you can do.
Grizzlies are built to chase, they top out over 700 pounds and can cover ground faster than any human alive. The people who survive these moments are the ones who override pure fear with pure discipline and this woman did exactly that.
If you hike, camp, or spend any real time in the wilderness - bear spray is not optional, it is the difference between a story you tell and one somebody else tells about you.
Could you have kept your cool?
Hats off to her.
WHOA: Bill Maher looks JD Vance dead in the eye and says his “vote is in play” for 2028.
Maher openly admitted to Vance that if socialists take over the Democratic Party, he’s likely voting for him or Rubio.
MAHER: “Like, if this is where the Democratic Party is going, where this Democratic socialist, this obsession with Israel, with the Jew hating, they don’t believe in capitalism, no prisons...”
“If this is where they’re going, my vote is in play.”
VANCE: “Okay, I like to hear that.”
MAHER: “It actually always has been. Every year, I don’t make my decision by who has an R or a D, I actually always came to the conclusion that the Democrat was probably better and voted for them.”
“And Trump can’t run again and he’d be a little too exciting for me anyway.”
“So it’s either going to be you or Rubio.”
Ted Lewd is a dumbass. He probably spent hours laughing to himself thinking that peddling this lie would be funny. Sadly for Ted, there’s no special new drug to cure being a bitch.
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🇨🇭 Switzerland confirms the U.S. and Iran will meet tomorrow at the mountaintop resort of Buergenstock for initial talks on implementing the agreement.
Mediators Pakistan and Qatar will be there too, along with other involved countries.
The Swiss gave no further detail on the schedule.
Iran said no in-person signing of the MOU would happen in Switzerland, following Trump and Pezeshkian putting their names to it.
Source: Al Jazeera / Writer: Julie
The off-the-charts forecast sounding and hodographs modeled by CAMs tomorrow seem to be influenced by an MCV trailing the leading round of morning storms. The modeled ascent surrounding this feature is juicing the low-level CAPE making the soundings even more extreme.
🚨 President Trump just posted on on Iran deal
"Iran has agreed to never have a nuclear weapon, the $300 billion to Iran from the U.S. is FAKE NEWS"
As I was saying....stop listening to fake news!
@Fidelity@pippy_creates → I was so busy and forgot to call and confirm my indication of interest in the
SPCX IPO by the midnight deadline. What do I do now? Just delete my indication of interest?
@NWSQuadCities Max wind gust at my place measured by a Davis weather station was 62 mph at 11:19 a.m. 2 mi south of Frytown, Iowa. I had sent in a storm report. These photos are at my sister's place approximately 1.25 miles south of Frytown.
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