California fires: three dead and thousands evacuated



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Mass fires in California: three dead and thousands evacuated

Photo: California Fires (twitter.com/FrankIsimp)

Large-scale wildfires have occurred in California (USA). As a result, three people have already died, thousands were forced to leave their homes.

The BBC reports.

The bodies were found in Butte County. California Governor Gavin Newsom has introduced a state of emergency in five counties.

Note that the total area of ​​wildfires this year in the US state of California increased to 881.4 thousand hectares. A fire that spreads very quickly can destroy tens of thousands of buildings.

In California, 172,000 people were without power as a precaution to prevent fires on power lines and other equipment.

Photo: California Fires (twitter.com/FrankIsimp)

The two largest fires in state history are raging in the San Francisco Bay Area. In Southern California, fires broke out in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego counties. Authorities have closed eight national parks, as well as camps and camps.

Cause of fires there may be gusts of hurricane winds and high temperatures. Smog from wildfires has reached the largest city in this state of Seattle.

About 14 thousand firefighters try to put out the fire. Temperatures in Los Angeles reached 49.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday, September 6. This is the highest rate ever recorded in the city.

Keep in mind that the fires in California have become the largest in state history.

Hundreds of wildfires were previously reported to have broken out in the US state of California, but a week later the fire more than doubled.



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