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The wildfires that ravaged parts of Oregon prompted nearly half a million residents of the US state to remain alert to mass evacuations today, and US President Donald Trump announced that he intends to visit California to inspect the damage caused by the largest fires in the state’s history.
The fire destroyed thousands of homes in recent days in Oregon, which became the most recent focus of fires that spread most widely in the summer and spread across the American West, burning large areas close to the size of the state of New Jersey and the death of at least 25.
And in California, tens of thousands of firefighters made strenuous efforts through Saturday morning to put out 28 major fires in the state’s forests, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Most of those fires were contained in some way, except for a fire in Siskiyo County that was out of control.
On Monday, the White House said that US President Donald Trump will meet with local and federal officials in McClellan Park near Sacramento, the capital of California.
Trump has in the past criticized the state for allowing conditions that he believes trigger wildfires.
As for Joe Biden, his Democratic opponent in the US presidential elections and former senator and former vice president, he said in a statement released Saturday that the wildfires
It showed that “no challenge is more important to our future than coming together and overcoming the worsening climate crisis.”
Strong winds that continued for days fanned the flames, becoming one of the largest fires on record in California and Oregon, amid a period of record temperatures.
With at least five people confirmed dead in the fires that swept through Oregon this week, state officials warned of the possibility of “mass deaths” as they searched the charred debris of dozens of people who had been reported missing.
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