West Coast fire: Firefighters hope to get land due to some fires, others will evacuate more and more


Most of the rain will fall on the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains, exactly where Reg Reagan Department of Forestry Fire Chief Drag Graf will “ask for it,” he says.

Rain is forecast for parts of Oregon and Washington Washington, but little rain is expected in California, where officials warned that hot and dry conditions will increase the risk of fires over the weekend.

The state has witnessed more than 4.4 million acres of burning so far this year, killing eight people and destroying hundreds of homes.

Fresh evacuations were ordered in parts of southern California threatened by the Bobcat Fire, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

That U.S. The West has one of about 59 uncontrolled large fires, according to the National Intelligence Fire Center.

Blaze in three states together A spokesman and NIFC report said that more than 5.5 million acres of land have been burnt. At least 34 people have been killed.

Many are still leaving behind their homes

California authorities have ordered residents to evacuate communities around Juniper Hills on Thursday, following the “rapid” development of the Bobcat fire.
Peter Trono, a resident of Juniper Hills, told CNN. “We found all our valuables, our belongings, papers and the like, pictures together,” he told KCL.
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He said, ‘I hope all my neighbors get out and they are all safe.’ “And I just pray we get back home and if we don’t, it’s just stuff, right?”

The past week has seen similar scenes across the state, as residents are forced out of their homes by violent flames.

California’s Gavin News says climate change is responsible.

The governor said the basic facts cannot be denied. “The trendline is not going in the right direction.”

KL Fire says that since the beginning of the year, about 7,900 wildfires have been seen in California. More than 6,200 constructions across the state have been damaged or Destroyed.

In Riverside County, the fire that started Thursday has already covered 1,200 acres and is contained at 0%. CNN-affiliated KTLA reported that the community near Snow Creek Fire was ordered to evacuate on Thursday afternoon.

New fear looms

In Reg Reagan, Sen. Jeff Merkley said the damage survey looked like “World War II land and thousands of homes destroyed by fire bombs, destroying homes.”

“Many of them are apartment apartment buildings and mobile home parks, manufactured housing parks, so many families who had very modest housing, had the cheapest housing, the housing is gone. We have commercial districts burned to the ground. It’s too much. Is impressive. “

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The land that has been destroyed can now lead to another danger: mudslides.

“The recently burned ground is prone to erosion,” said the National Weather Service in Pendleton, Oregon. Said. “Know when you’re in their relationship.”

Siltation occurs when the burnt soil loses vegetation that stabilizes the soil, grows heavily with rainwater and cannot hold its weight, an ope slope flows down, debris and motion accumulate.

According to CNN-affiliated KATU, emergency officials in Clockmas County said they could carry the avalanche at speeds with little or no warning – faster than you could run.

CNN’s J. Sutton and Rob Shackleford contributed to this report.

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