The blazes on the island are now the country’s worst in terms of casualties for over a century, while authorities have warned that the effort to find and identify the dead is still in its early stages, as crews with cadaver dogs have covered just 3 per cent of the search area.

    • blanketswithsmallpox
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      341 year ago

      The oppression and tragedy Olympics is probably the most tasteless thing you can fight about on the internet.

      • @feecoomeeq
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        -331 year ago

        Because the media is creating it to be a cataclysm. Who cares…

        • @[email protected]
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          201 year ago

          It’s the deadliest wildfire in US history. It is no less tragic or newsworthy because other disasters have killed more.

    • @[email protected]
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      91 year ago

      Ah there’s the whataboutisms. 🥇Here take your prize for being the most empathic person ever because you thought of something worse, congratulations!

    • @[email protected]
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      81 year ago

      There being bigger tragedies doesn’t lessen others. Especially not to the people involved.

      That earthquake is nothing compared to world war 2 but that doesn’t really mean anything does it.