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An orange-red fog covers parts of San Francisco. The devastating wildfires have spread to all three states on the west coast of the United States. Fear of more deaths grows.
San Francisco and the entire Bay Area are disappearing under a dense cloud caused by devastating wildfires. The sun barely enters either. The San Francisco sky looks orange.
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The sky is dark orange. Thick smoke spreads over rooftops and streets. The sun, which is typically used in San Francisco Bay, California, has little chance of shielding against fog. You don’t want to get a lot of light here on Wednesday, as the pictures show. Local residents describe the atmosphere of the city as “apocalyptic.” Strong winds have carried ash across the country from wildfire areas in Northern California and have darkened the sky in the metropolitan area.
Almost all of his customers have “an apocalypse on their minds,” San Francisco cafe clerk Leah Lozano of the “San Francisco Chronicle” said Wednesday. “It is a metaphor for our current situation.”
Creepy scene: people in Dolores Park in San Francisco look at the city under an orange sky. (September 9, 2020)
Photo: Stephen Lam (Reuters)
In California alone, 14,000 firefighters fought 28 major wildfires on Wednesday. A record area of more than 10,000 square kilometers of land was destroyed in California this year. According to the authority, eight people have died here in recent weeks. Three more bodies were found on Wednesday. The flames are said to have destroyed thousands of houses and displaced many people. The strong winds have lit new fires. (Read also: There has never been so much fire, and the most dangerous time is yet to come
The fires have now spread to the other two west coast states of Oregon and Washington. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown described the fires in her state as “unprecedented” on Wednesday. Around 1,200 square kilometers of area are currently on fire. “We expect huge losses, both in terms of buildings and human lives,” Brown told a news conference. This could be the largest loss of life and property due to wildfires in state history.
Even the painted ladies appear in a drab light: people at an aperitif in Alamo Square Park. (September 9, 2020)
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According to “The Oregonian” newspaper on Wednesday, more than 40 fires broke out in Oregon, leaving thousands of firefighters on duty. High temperatures, drought, and strong winds fueled the fire sources. According to authorities, more than 15,000 residents had to leave their homes due to the so-called Almeda fire near the town of Ashland. Around 600 buildings have already been destroyed by fire and more than 10,000 more are threatened by flames. There have been reports of possible deaths, but their numbers and identity were contradicted.
“It’s apocalyptic, it really is,” Kate Kenney, who had to escape the fire from her home near the McKenzie River in Oregon, told the Washington Post. “This fire destroyed everything and destroyed a lot. Heard that my house is probably fine. But how does it feel when I return to the charred ruins around me? “
Shrouded landmark: the top of the Transamerica Pyramid is barely visible. (September 9, 2020)
Photo: David Paul Morris (Getty Images)
In California, the so-called North Complex Fire had spread rapidly on Wednesday, causing thousands of people to flee. According to the fire department, 2,000 buildings were damaged or completely burned. Fires in Butte County are raging near the village of Paradise, which was almost completely destroyed by the so-called Camp Fire in November 2018. 85 people died at the time, tens of thousands left homeless.
Further south, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Creek Fire, which had been raging since Friday, continued to spread. The wildfire has already destroyed more than 60 homes in an area of more than 675 square kilometers and was zero percent under control as of Wednesday, as the fire department said.
The rapid rate at which fires are currently spreading “is unprecedented in history,” says a climate researcher. Bridge in Oroville, California.
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The sometimes massive wildfires and brush fires in the region are responsible for the orange smoke in the region around San Francisco. The strong winds would have carried the ashes across the country and darkened the sky in many places. The particles scatter blue light and only leave yellow-orange-red light on the surface, explains the San Francisco Air Quality Authority on Twitter.
According to media reports, a one-year-old boy died in Washington state and his parents were rushed to the hospital with severe burns. As ABC station reported, citing the Okanogan district sheriff, the family had left their property by car fleeing the so-called Cold Springs Fire. Family members reported that the three disappeared on Tuesday. The family was found on the banks of the Columbia River Wednesday and left their car, which later burned down. The fire has now destroyed an area of around 660 square kilometers there. Across the state, an area of nearly 2,000 square kilometers is affected.
