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Damage from wildfires in the western United States continues to grow. On the 12th (local time), California, Oregon and Washington were devastated by a total of 100 large wildfires, with some in Colorado, Idaho, Utah and Montana also affected. To date, the damaged area is 11,125 km2, which represents 19% of Korea’s land area.
The number of deaths from wildfires in the West in the past month has been counted as 28. In Oregon, on the 12th, six people were killed, including a 13-year-old boy hugging a dog in a burned-out car. At least dozens of people have disappeared in Oregon, so more deaths are likely. In this state, a warning has been issued to prepare for evacuation to about 500,000 people, 10% of the residents. Hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their homes, for example, fleeing without dressing properly, are in danger of becoming refugees from a disaster, the Associated Press reported.
In California, wildfires, which rank first, third and fourth in state history, are happening at the same time. California’s total damage area is 26 times that of last year, accounting for 65% of this western wildfire.
Hundreds of thousands of firefighters across the West are fighting to put out wildfires. Firefighters from Mexico, South America, who had a sisterly relationship, arrived in Oregon. Fortunately, since the morning of the 12th, the wind has abated and humidity has risen, so the task of lighting the fire is accelerating, the LA Times reported. However, it is said that it is difficult to search for the missing persons due to the exhaust gases from the mountain village to the city center. In addition, experts believe that the deterioration in air quality will be even worse for the infection and spread of the coronavirus.
In the affected area, conspiracy theories that ‘far-left groups involved in racial discrimination protests set fire’ and ‘local fire departments and police abandon their duty to put out fires and protect residents and take resources away’ They are also being raised on social media. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on the 11th the allegations were false and Facebook said it would remove related posts.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump decided to visit the site of a fire at McLaren Park in Sacramento, California on the 14th. He said it would go through a campaign in western racial states like Arizona and Nevada. The three western states, including California, are traditional Democratic Party gardens, so Trump did not deliberately visit them. The Washington Post and others noted that President Trump has been silent on the damage caused by the wildfires even though he has spilled all kinds of political comments in the last month. Trump said: “The wildfire is due to the lack of management of the Democratic governors in recent years.”
