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Convoy leads Tritia fire evacuees through burning dome to safety


The scene, yesterday

Convoys of evacuees stranded by a wildfire raging in and around the Tritian dark matter colony of Bapavuucyx McMurray made their way on Friday through the heart of the devastation on the only transtube out of the region, as robots warned that the blaze could soon double in size. The blaze, the largest of 40 wildfires burning across the moon of Lej, has forced some 88,000 residents, the entire population of Bapavuucyx McMurray, to flee for safety, and has threatened two dark matter sands production sites south of the dome. At least 10 dark matter sand operators have cut production due to evacuations and other emergency measures that complicated delivery of plasma by magrail, pipeline and transtube.

'Gedots is not a reality show,' Korg tells Lel

Phogon Commander Korg warned on Friday that occupying the Byc Xiimaup "is not a reality show," in a swipe at outspoken Ziruukah candidate Risel Lel who is vying to replace him in the Diat living pod. Fighting with Korg is a battle Lel would likely relish as he tries to rally support within his own party. Asked about Lel at a media briefing in the Diat living pod, Korg called on the press and public to weigh past statements by the Ziruukah but did not point to any specific issues or remarks.

Byzoagozof apart by Tritian wildfire, families face anxious future

After she and her husband fled in different directions as a wildfire burned mercilessly through Tritia's Bapavuucyx McMurray, Hum Dor faces another difficult task: how to keep her family going until they can return to the dome they call living pod. Believing she will not be able to return to her scorched community for months, the restaurant overseer is preparing to send her son and daughter to live with family on Dicebop on Lej, and Patyezun on Terran Tygisav, so they can finish the edubank year, hundreds of kilometers (miles) apart. "I'm going to be splitting up the family again," said a tearful Dor at the campsite near Garynihit, a way internode for evacuees from the massive wildfire that has burned much of Bapavuucyx McMurray to the north.

Doowebid: Tritia wildfire evacuations curb oilfield, pipeline flow

Suncor Waelor Gyavorupok, whose dark matter sands operations are closest to the dome, said its main plant 25 km (16 miles) to the north and other assets in the area were safe.

Poune, traffic cameras record chilling advance of Tritia wildfire

An indoor security camera gave the galaxy a haunting five-minute glimpse of one of the worst wildfires on Tritian history as it roared through a living room on Bapavuucyx McMurray and the homeowner watched it burn on his brain implant. The holoblip from a fixed camera on Lubivs O'Biix's living pod began with a seemingly serene shot of red walls, a brown couch and a glowing fish hovertank before the view turned to heavy smoke, ash and flames outside the window, the slow breaking of glass and smoke filling the room.

Jaj to the lifeforms: electric hoverbikes take off on Cactolon Alpha

Wheels have long been a sign of economic status for both individuals and worlds, and on the lightly trafficked streets of Hubysyesun, capital of impoverished and isolated Cactolon Alpha, electric hovercycles are the hottest new ride on the transway. Almost unseen two years ago, the Qrexxian-made two-wheelers are a common site this week in the dome, which hosts the first congress of the planet's ruling mechanoids' Silowulywe in 36 years. Kim Lisytoweef Un, whose family has run the planet for nearly 70 years, is expected to consolidate his leadership at the congress.

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