The firefighters and emergency personnel battling the massive blaze in #Cambridge, MA They need our prayers.https://t.co/wF5tbEq367— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) December 3, 2016
Firefighters from a handful of Boston-area departments are battling a raging, 10-alarm fire that is consuming multiple buildings in Cambridge, fire officials said.
The fire, which the Cambridge Fire Department says was first reported about 2 p.m. at the intersection of Berkshire and Vandine streets, cast a huge plume of smoke into the sky that could be seen from vantage points across Boston.
The blaze ignited seven buildings and several cars, prompted the evacuation of a large portion of the neighborhood, and knocked out power to hundreds of residents, fire officials said.
After the 10-alarm fire in Cambridge this weekend, several buildings in the Kendall Square area were left inhabitable and will be knocked down.
Flames burned through 16 buildings on Berkshire Street - including a former church that was converted into condos - and multiple vehicles parked nearby.
"This looks almost like a third-world country after a bombing," Fire Chief Gerald Reardon told reporters Saturday.
He called it "miraculous" that no one was killed in the fire.
Following the damage, firefighters are still reeling. "I hope I never see it again," Cambridge assistant fire chief Gerard E. Mahoney told reporters Monday morning.
Members of the Cambridge Fire Department were at the scene Monday as demolition began on at least two of the Berkshire Street buildings.
GATLINBURG
JESUS STATUE IS ONLY THING LEFT STANDING AT HOME DESTROYED BY WILDFIRES WHILE BURNED DOOMSDAY BIBLE VERSE DISCOVERED IN AFTERMATH CLEANUP
A Jesus Christ statue was the only thing left standing after a Gatlinburg home was reduced to a smoldering pile of ash by the Tennessee wildfires.
The statue was covered in ash and soot but was otherwise miraculously unharmed in the blaze which wiped out hundreds of homes, businesses and acres of woodland.
The Jesus statue was the second religious item which seemed to beat the odds to survive the wildfires.
Yesterday, a Dollywood employee claimed he had found a burned Bible page referring to the fires of doomsday in the aftermath of the Tennessee wildfires.
A Jesus Christ statue was the only thing left standing after a Gatlinburg home was reduced to a smoldering pile of ash by the Tennessee wildfires
Lone Bible page found in Gatlinburg after the fire:
Isaac McCord, 24, says he was helping his coworkers clean up Dollywood, Dolly Parton's theme park, after the devastating wildfires when he came across a scrap of paper lying in puddle.
When he stooped down to see what it was, he says he was stunned to realize it was a page from the Bible.
But he was even surprised when he began reading; the page was a doomsday prophecy from the Book of Joel.
The verses talk about a fire which 'devoured the pastures' and flames which have 'burned up all the trees' as the 'day when destruction comes from the Almighty' draws near.
A Dollywood employee claims he found a burned Bible page discussing the fires of doomsday in the aftermath of the Tennessee wildfires
Isaac McCord, 24, says he was helping his coworkers clean up Dollywood, Dolly Parton's theme park, when he found the burned Bible page
'I turned ghost white and immediately stopped what I was doing,' McCord said. 'Talk about goosebumps.
'I preserved it and I'm going to have it framed.'
The blackened page is Verses 15, 19, 20 and chapter 2 verse 1 from Book of Joel, King James version of the Bible.
McCord, whose says his home and family were not damaged by the fire, says the finding has made him reassess his faith.
I just found this while helping our House and Grounds team clean different areas of Dollywood Theme Park. It was under a bench soaking wet. Talk about goosebumps....
Joel 1:15
The day of the LORD is near, the day when destruction comes from the Almighty. How terrible that day will be!
The day of the LORD is near, the day when destruction comes from the Almighty. How terrible that day will be!
Joel 1:19
To you, LORD, I call, for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.
To you, LORD, I call, for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.
Joel 1:20
Even the beasts of the field pant for you because the water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
Even the beasts of the field pant for you because the water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
And at the bottom barely visible is:
Joel 2:1
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
Isaac McCord, the employee, said that he will never forget the moment and that he plans on framing the page.
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OAKLAND
It started as a Friday night party inside a renovated warehouse -- and it ended in what may be the deadliest structure fire in Oakland’s history.
It started as a Friday night party inside a renovated warehouse -- and it ended in what may be the deadliest structure fire in Oakland’s history.
ISRAEL
Israel On Fire: Where's the Coverage?
A country burns, yet coverage in the mainstream media is nearly non-existent.
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http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/12/buildings_to_be_demolished_fol.html
http://patriotupdate.com/statue-jesus-left-standing-gatlinburg-fires/
http://globalrumblings.blogspot.com/2016/12/oakland-fire-kills-at-least-9-at.html
http://www.walb.com/story/33821669/man-finds-lone-burned-bible-page-after-wildfires
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3992190/Tennessee-wildfires-death-toll-rises-ten-fire-crews-discover-three-victims-rubble-torched-homes-businesses.html?ITO=1490
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