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Epidemic Hazard – State of New Jersey, Watchung [BJ's Wholesale Club] : a person confirmed to have measles may have exposed those at the store

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June 15, 2013

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15.06.2013 Epidemic Hazard USA State of New Jersey, Watchung [BJ's Wholesale Club] Damage level Details

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Epidemic Hazard in USA on Saturday, 15 June, 2013 at 10:16 (10:16 AM) UTC.

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A public health alert has been issued for anyone who visited the BJ’s Wholesale Club in Watchung, N.J., between 1:30 and 4 p.m. on June 3. State health officials say a person confirmed to have measles may have exposed those at the store to the highly contagious illness. The state is urging anyone who visited the BJ’s at the time to contact a health provider to discuss potential exposure and risk of measles. Measles is spread through the air when an infected person talks, coughs or sneezes. People can also get sick when they come in contact with mucus or saliva from an infected person. Symptoms include a rash, high fever, cough, runny nose and watery eyes. Those exposed at the BJ’s may develop symptoms as late as June 24.
Biohazard name: Measles
Biohazard level: 2/4 Medium
Biohazard desc.: Bacteria and viruses that cause only mild disease to humans, or are difficult to contract via aerosol in a lab setting, such as hepatitis A, B, and C, influenza A, Lyme disease, salmonella, mumps, measles, scrapie, dengue fever, and HIV. “Routine diagnostic work with clinical specimens can be done safely at Biosafety Level 2, using Biosafety Level 2 practices and procedures. Research work (including co-cultivation, virus replication studies, or manipulations involving concentrated virus) can be done in a BSL-2 (P2) facility, using BSL-3 practices and procedures. Virus production activities, including virus concentrations, require a BSL-3 (P3) facility and use of BSL-3 practices and procedures”, see Recommended Biosafety Levels for Infectious Agents.
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Measles Case Confirmed at Popular NJ Supermarket

State health officials say a person confirmed to have measles may have exposed those at the store to Measles

Friday, Jun 14, 2013  |  Updated 11:19 AM EDT
Measles Case Confirmed at Popular NJ Supermarket

A public health alert has been issued for anyone who visited the BJ’s Wholesale Club in Watchung, N.J., between 1:30 and 4 p.m. on June 3.

State health officials say a person confirmed to have measles may have exposed those at the store to the highly contagious illness.

The state is urging anyone who visited the BJ’s at the time to contact a health provider to discuss potential exposure and risk of measles.

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Extreme Weather – Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, [Seberang Perai region] : More than 100 houses in Seberang Perai (SP) Utara, SP Tengah and SP Selatan were damaged in a thunderstorm

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June 15, 2013

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14.06.2013 Extreme Weather Malaysia Pulau Pinang, [Seberang Perai region] Damage level
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Extreme Weather in Malaysia on Friday, 14 June, 2013 at 10:25 (10:25 AM) UTC.

 

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More than 100 houses in Seberang Perai (SP) Utara, SP Tengah and SP Selatan were damaged in a thunderstorm last night. During the 7.30pm thunderstorm, the roofs of many houses were either flown away or damaged by strong winds. Seberang Jaya state assemblyman Dr Afif Bahardin said in his area alone, 68 houses suffered damages due to the thunderstorm. Among areas affected were Taman Tun Hussein, Taman Siakap, Taman Tenggiri and Permatang Rawa, he said. “I have advised those whose houses were damaged to lodge a police report to ease the process of providing assistance,” he told reporters, here, today. Seberang Perai Selatan police chief Supt Shafien Mamat when contacted by Bernama said police have received two reports so far. He added that according to reports received, 10 houses in Batu Kawan, Simpang Ampat and Taman Seruling had suffered damages. Other areas affected are Butterworth, Kepala Batas, Bukit Mertajam but no casualties were reported. However, in George Town two people were killed and five others injured when a giant antenna pole came crushing down in MaCalister Road during the thunderstorm, crushing a lorry and seven cars.

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Freak Storm Rips Through Penang

  June 14, 2013

Freak Storm Rips Through Penang

Penang was in chaos yesterday as an hour-long thunderstorm wreaked havoc in several areas here, killing two people and injuring nine.

 

One of the dead was identified as 46-year-old Jahir Hussain Sulaiman, a co-driver of a lorry carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders who was crushed by a falling pole. Jahir is believed to have died of head injuries after his lorry was hit by a 40m section of a pole which ran alongside the 21-storey Menara Umno in Jalan Macalister.

 

In Air Itam, 32-year-old farmer Wong Tze Chow died after being hit by a falling tree on his way home from work.

 

The 6:45pm thunderstorm resulted in traffic congestion all over the state. Six cars were seen crushed by the giant white pole, which officials said was a lightning conductor. Old trees all over the island were uprooted and fell on vehicles as well as private and public properties.

 

One of the victims, who wished to be identified as Nur, 26, said she was driving to her office in Prai Industrial Zone from here when she heard a loud crack on the left of the road. She said, “It was raining heavily and suddenly a huge tree crashed on the windscreen of my car. I rushed out from the car and I am grateful that I was not injured”.

 

 

 

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Yellow fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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June 14, 2013
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Global Alert and Response (GAR)

14 June 2013 - The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is launching an emergency mass vaccination campaign against yellow fever from 20 June 2013, following laboratory confirmation of six cases in the country on 6 June 2013.

The six laboratory-confirmed cases were reported from 3 health zones: Lubao (4 cases), Kamana (1 case) and Ludimbi-Lukula (1 case). They were identified through the national surveillance programme for yellow fever. The laboratory confirmation was done by the Institute Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal, a WHO regional reference laboratory for yellow fever.

Preliminary outbreak investigation revealed that the index case is a 16-year-old boy from Kisengua village in the Lubao Health Zone who became ill on 1 March 2013. The outbreak investigation team has also identified 51 suspected cases including 19 deaths, in the three health zones. Serum samples have been taken from 13 patients and are being analyzed in the Institute National of Biomedical Research (INRB).

The mass vaccination campaign aims to cover at least 503,426 people in the three affected health zones.

The International Coordinating Group on Yellow Fever Vaccine Provision (YF-ICG11) will provide 559,000 doses of yellow fever vaccine for the mass vaccination campaign run by the Ministry of Health in DRC, with support from the GAVI Alliance, Medicins Sans Frontiers and other partners. WHO is closely supporting the management of the outbreak in monitoring, preventive and control activities in the field, and resource mobilization.

1 The YF-ICG is a partnership that manages the stockpile of yellow fever vaccines for emergency response on the basis of a rotation fund. It is represented by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and WHO, which also serves as the Secretariat. The stockpile is supported by the GAVI Alliance.

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Tornado registered with 90mph winds touches down in McMinnville, Oregon

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June 14, 2013

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Tornado with 90 mph winds sets down near Portland

by KGW and Associated press

Posted on June 13, 2013 at 5:31 PM

Updated today at 6:15 AM

MCMINNVILLE — It was indeed a tornado that damaged several buildings late Thursday afternoon in the community of McMinnville, the National Weather Service has confirmed.

Nobody was hurt, but three commercial buildings, all of them used for storage, were damaged, McMinnville Fire Chief Rich Leipfert said. The porch roof on one nearby home also sustained minor damage, Leipfert said.

A two-person NWS storm survey team dispatched to the scene confirmed the damage was caused by a tornado.

The tornado’s estimated top winds in the most damaged area ranged from 86 to 90 miles per hour, Weather Service meteorologist Treena Hartley said late Thursday night. That puts it in the EF1 storm category.

Elsewhere it was defined by the damage found as an EF0. That class of storm has winds from 65-85 mph, Hartley said.

“I was just across the way and I saw the whole roof roll up off of the building,” Kelly McDonald, managing partner of a nearby development, told the Yamhill Valley News-Register. “I wish I’d had the presence of mind to take a picture. I was just trying to get everyone inside.”

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Nuclear Event – Sweden, Varberg Municipality, [Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant] : A small fire broke out at the Ringhals nuclear power plant in western Sweden on Wednesday morning

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June 13, 2013

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Fire hits Swedish nuke plant near Gothenburg

Fire hits Swedish nuke plant near Gothenburg

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12.06.2013 Nuclear Event Sweden Varberg Municipality, [Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant] Damage level
 
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Nuclear Event in Sweden on Wednesday, 12 June, 2013 at 10:27 (10:27 AM) UTC.

 

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A small fire broke out at the Ringhals nuclear power plant in western Sweden on Wednesday morning, less than a day after the reactor had been restarted. The blaze started shortly after 9am at Ringhals’ Reactor 1 and was extinguished less than an hour later. “The smoke came from oil inside the insulation on one or several of the pipes in the turbine hall,” emergency services spokesman Roger Banck said. However, the reactor continues to operate at half capacity and it remains unclear how long it will continue to do so. “Now we have to disassemble certain parts in order to access where the fire took place and see what the damage is and we don’t know how long that will take,” Ringshals spokesman Gosta Larsen said. Ringhals’ Reactor 1 was restarted on Tuesday after having been shut down the day before due to a broken meter. The reactor had been closed for inspection for the previous five weeks and it was undergoing a test run when the meter malfunction was discovered. Reactor 4, which also remains shuttered for a safety review, is supposed to be restarted on Sunday.

 

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Epidemic Hazard – Netherlands, Province of Zeeland, Veluwe : At least 30 people from the Dutch Bible belt have so far been diagnosed with measles

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June 13, 2013

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12.06.2013 Epidemic Hazard Netherlands Province of Zeeland, Veluwe Damage level Details

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Epidemic Hazard in Netherlands on Wednesday, 12 June, 2013 at 10:22 (10:22 AM) UTC.

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At least 30 people from the Dutch Bible belt have so far been diagnosed with measles in the first outbreak of the sometimes fatal disease in 13 years. The infections are largely based around strict Protestant schools in a broad sweep across the country from the Veluwe area to Zeeland province, the public health institute RIVM said in a statement. Fundamentalist Protestants in the Netherlands do not believe in having their children vaccinated. The measles vaccine is given to most children in the BMR combination injection at the age of 14 months and again at nine years. The total number of cases may be far higher than 30 because not everyone will have visited their doctor, the RIVM said. Measles is spread by coughing and sneezing. The RIVM said it is monitoring developments closely and expects the spread of the disease to widen among unvaccinated children. Parents can visit their doctor for a catch-up injection, the RIVM said. The last measles outbreak in the Netherlands was between 1999 and 2000 when there were some 3,300 infections and three children died.
Biohazard name: Measles
Biohazard level: 2/4 Medium
Biohazard desc.: Bacteria and viruses that cause only mild disease to humans, or are difficult to contract via aerosol in a lab setting, such as hepatitis A, B, and C, influenza A, Lyme disease, salmonella, mumps, measles, scrapie, dengue fever, and HIV. “Routine diagnostic work with clinical specimens can be done safely at Biosafety Level 2, using Biosafety Level 2 practices and procedures. Research work (including co-cultivation, virus replication studies, or manipulations involving concentrated virus) can be done in a BSL-2 (P2) facility, using BSL-3 practices and procedures. Virus production activities, including virus concentrations, require a BSL-3 (P3) facility and use of BSL-3 practices and procedures”, see Recommended Biosafety Levels for Infectious Agents.
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Biological Hazard – India, State of Odisha, Angul : Anthrax scare has gripped Angul district in Odisha with more than 35 people falling ill with suspected symptoms of the disease

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June 13, 2013

Earth Watch Report  -  Biological Hazards

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Biological Hazard in India on Wednesday, 12 June, 2013 at 03:28 (03:28 AM) UTC.

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Anthrax scare has gripped Angul district in Odisha with more than 35 people falling ill with suspected symptoms of the disease at Suleipal village under Kaniha block. Fifteen persons have been rushed to the SCB Medical College Hospital while the rest are being treated at the local hospital at Kaniha. All the affected persons are from the same village and are displaying symptoms of cutaneous anthrax infections, like severe lesions or wounds on the skin. “They have been admitted to the isolation ward of the hospital and are under the treatment of a special team of doctors. Though anthrax is yet to be confirmed, the symptoms are typical”, emergency medical officer of the SCBMCH, Dr B M Moharana, said. According to sources, the people are suspected to have contracted the infection from dead animals. The villagers are reported to have consumed meat of about three dead goats. While the cause of the death of the animals could not be ascertained, the people who had partaken the meat have begun to fall ill. The suspected outbreak has become a cause of serious concern because Angul district is known to be non-endemic to the disease.
Biohazard name: Anthrax
Biohazard level: 4/4 Hazardous
Biohazard desc.: Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release.
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India: At least 35 people sickened with suspected anthrax in Odisha

Some 35 people in Angul district in Odisha have presented with symptoms consistent with cutaneous anthrax sending fear into the community, according to the New Indian Express today.

Anthrax image/Janice Carr-CDC

Anthrax image/Janice Carr-CDC

All the affected persons are from the same village and are suspected to have consumed meat of about three dead goats. It has not yet been determined if the goats were infected.

Fifteen persons have been rushed to the SCB Medical College Hospital while the rest are being treated at the local hospital at Kaniha.

“They have been admitted to the isolation ward of the hospital and are under the treatment of a special team of doctors. Though anthrax is yet to be confirmed, the symptoms are typical”, emergency medical officer of the SCBMCH, Dr B M Moharana, said.

Anthrax is a pathogen in livestock and wild animals. Some of the more common herbivores are cattle, sheep, goats, horses, camels and deers.

It infects humans primarily through occupational or incidental exposure with infected animals of their skins.

Anthrax is caused by the bacterium, Bacillus anthracis. This spore forming bacteria can survive in the environment for years because of its ability to resist heat, cold, drying, etc. this is usually the infectiousstage of anthrax.

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Nuclear Event – Iran , Province of Bushehr, [Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant] : Iran’s Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant has suffered a malfunction in its main generator

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June 13, 2013

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12.06.2013 Nuclear Event Iran Province of Bushehr, [Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant] Damage level Details

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Nuclear Event in Iran on Wednesday, 12 June, 2013 at 03:25 (03:25 AM) UTC.

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Iran’s Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant has suffered a malfunction in its main generator, the Islamic Republic’s ambassador to Moscow said on Monday. Mahmoud Reza Sadjadi did not specify the nature of the malfunction or make clear whether it has caused the plant’s shutdown, Russia’s state Itar-TASS news agency reported. But he stressed that this fault was not caused by the series of earthquakes that shook Iran in recent weeks. “In close cooperation, our and Russian specialists are undertaking efforts to fix the malfunction,” Sadjadi was quoted as saying. He added that the fault “was linked to the work of the generator” and had occurred some time ago, but provided no other details. Bushehr is Iran’s only nuclear power plant and is located on the Gulf in the southern section of the country. The plant was officially opened in September 2011. Its initial construction was begun by Germany in the 1975 before being dropped because of Iran’s Islamic revolution.

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FILE – In this Oct. 26, 2010, file photo, a worker rides a bike in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. Several countries monitoring Iran’s nuclear program have picked up information that the country’s only power-producing nuclear reactor was damaged by one or more of several recent earthquakes, with long cracks appearing in at least one section of the structure, two diplomats said Tuesday June 4, 2013.

MEHR NEWS AGENCY, MAJID ASGARIPOUR, FILE — AP Photo

Iran: Bushehr nuclear plant has generator problem

Published: June 10, 2013

The Associated Press

MOSCOW — Iran’s Russian-built nuclear power plant has had an electric generator malfunction, an Iranian official said Monday.

The flaw at the Bushehr plant wasn’t caused by recent earthquakes in Iran, Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi, Iran’s ambassador to Russia, was quoted by the ITAR-Tass news agency as saying.

Sajjadi said Russian and Iranian experts are trying to fix the problem, without saying when it occurred or whether it led to the plant’s shutdown.

Russia’s state-controlled Rosatom nuclear agency, which built the plant, had no comment on Sajjadi’s statement.

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Forest / Wild Fire – State of Colorado, [Black Forest] : A wildfire charged through the Black Forest area northeast of Colorado Springs, Colo. igniting several large houses

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June 13, 2013

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EVACUATING CATHEDRAL PINES IN BLACK FOREST FIRE!!!

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Published on Jun 11, 2013

Video of when fire first started and prior to mandatory evacuations in Cathedral Pines.

Black Forest Colorado Fire (Civilian Footage)

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1st Video: Skyline loop in Canon City. (Aerial firefighting??)

2nd Video: Mandatory Evacuation Cathedral Pines

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12.06.2013 Forest / Wild Fire USA State of Colorado, [Black Forest] Damage level Details

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Forest / Wild Fire in USA on Wednesday, 12 June, 2013 at 03:11 (03:11 AM) UTC.

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A wildfire charged through the Black Forest area northeast of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, igniting several large houses as its flames threatened a neighborhood set in dense forest where some home values top $1 million. A thick plume of gray smoke could be seen from Denver, about 65 miles to the north. Video from a helicopter showed flames engulfing several large homes. Homes in the Black Forest area are on sites between 2 to 5 acres each. Cathedral Pines, a neighborhood with several pricey homes with views of Pikes Peak, is among the areas evacuated because of the blaze. CBS Station KCNC Colorado reported that based on Copter 4′s video, it looked like at least 10 homes were burned. Fire managers requested aerial firefighting resources, and the Air Force Academy was among those sending ground resources to help fight the flames.

A U.S. Forest Service official in Golden, Mike Stearly, said an air tanker from Nevada will be coming to battle the blaze but is unsure when it will arrive. He told CBS4: “We are a little disconnected with the immediate information on ground, but we are focusing on the protection of people at this time. Things are hot and heavy here at the coordination center.” There were no immediate reports of injuries in the Black Forest Fire, said Lt. Jeff Kramer of the El Paso County sheriff’s department. He didn’t know how many homes had been evacuated. Kramer said it was too soon to say what caused the blaze. He said residents were being notified to leave by automated phone calls and in some cases in-person visits from sheriff’s deputies. “To protect life is certainly the ultimate priority here,” Kramer said.

The Black Forest Fire was one of at least three significant wildfires burning in Colorado amid gusty winds and record-breaking hot, dry weather. A fire burning on an estimated 300 acres south of the Royal Gorge Bridge and Arkansas River led to the evacuation of the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park near Canon City, the Bureau of Land Management said. Park spokeswoman Peggy Gair told The Gazette the evacuations affected several hundred people at the park, which closed Tuesday afternoon. Evacuations also were in effect from Parkdale to Soda Point, north of the Royal Gorge, the BLM said.

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Colorado fires burn homes, force thousands to flee

Wildfires have burned 80 to 100 homes in Colorado Springs, and the sheriff said he feared there were fatalities.

BLACK FOREST, Colo. — Wildfires burning across Colorado Wednesday have destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands to evacuate, including 900 inmates from a state prison.

Near Colorado Springs, El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa said Wednesday afternoon that the Black Forest Fire had destroyed 92 homes.

The cause was still unknown.

Maketa said about 2,300 homes, affecting about 6,400 people, were evacuated, and 7,500 acres had burned since the fire began Tuesday.

No injuries or deaths have been reported. Maketa said officials were trying to confirm the whereabouts of one person reported missing Wednesday. Firefighters tried to go where the person was last seen but were turned back twice because it was too hot, he said.

Wildfires also were burning in New Mexico, Oregon and California, where a smokejumper was killed fighting one of dozens of lightning-sparked fires.

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Biological Hazard – State of Oklahoma, Broken Arrow : The City of Broken Arrow has now issued a precautionary boil order effective immediately.

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June 13, 2013

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View of Broken Arrow's water main near Pryor from Osage SkyNews 6. View of Broken Arrow’s water main near Pryor from Osage SkyNews 6.

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Biological Hazard in USA on Wednesday, 12 June, 2013 at 02:55 (02:55 AM) UTC.

 

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The City of Broken Arrow has now issued a precautionary boil order effective immediately. City leaders say the main water line break have contaminated the water. As a precaution, it is advised that the consumers of the this water system bring the water to full, rolling boil for at least one minute before consumption, food preparation, dish washing, tooth brushing, wound care and bathing infants who may ingest bath water. Broken Arrow police say the city hasn’t run out of water as of yet. The City of Broken Arrow is asking neighbors to take the emergency water order issued earlier today seriously. “We have reached a critical time in our water distribution system,” said City Manager Thom Moton. “If our customers do not start conserving water immediately, the City will run out of water, possibly as early as 6 p.m. today.” KRMG has learned that, if the water towers reach critically low levels, customers will experience a period of low water pressure and possibly no water at all. If this point is reached, city officials say a boil order will be issued. “We are asking our customers to use as little water as possible until 6 a.m. tomorrow morning to give our crews time to repair the line and refill and recharge the water towers,” Director of Communications Stephanie Higgins said. Crews hope to have the repair finished later this evening.
Biohazard name: Contamined water
Biohazard level: 0/4 —
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Broken Arrow Issues Precautionary Boil Order After Water Main Break

Posted: Jun 11, 2013 11:46 AM CST Updated: Jun 11, 2013 7:33 PM CST

Ashlei King, News On 6

 

View from Osage SkyNews 6 of Broken Arrow's water intake on Grand River. View from Osage SkyNews 6 of Broken Arrow’s water intake on Grand River.

BROKEN ARROW, Oklahoma –

The city of Broken Arrow has declared a water emergency and issued a precautionary boil order for all customers, because of a break in a main water line into Broken Arrow from Pryor.

 

According to a news release, the city is asking residents to use water for essential purposes only such as cooking and bathing.

 

The City Manager urged residents to take the water emergency seriously Tuesday afternoon.

 

“We have reached a critical time in our water distribution system,” said City Manager Thom Moton. “If our customers do not start conserving water immediately, the City will run out of water, possibly as early as 6 p.m. today.”

 

As of about 7 p.m., the City of Broken Arrow issued a precautionary boil order. Due to the water main break, the water pressure was low enough in the system that the city said it may be at risk of contamination.

The City of Broken Arrow advised consumers to bring any water that comes out of their taps to a full rolling boil for at least one minute before drinking it or using it for food preparation, dish washing, tooth brushing, wound care, or for bathing infants who may ingest bath water.

 

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