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Fires killed six people and are rapidly gaining ground in California, where a partial state of emergency has been declared and where thousands people have been evacuated, while a suspected arsonist has been arrested.
According to the California State Emergency Service (Cal OES), some 63,000 hectares have burned in the 14 ongoing fires across the country. California, and 10,000 firefighters are mobilized to fight them.
The fire called "Carr" north of the city of Redding (northern California), which caused the death of two firefighters Thursday, has consumed 32,700 hectares since Monday, destroyed 500 buildings and damaged 75 others, said Saturday the Calfire fire department. Friday evening, the area burned was 20,000 hectares.
It is circumscribed only 5% and, in the night, "has progressed in all directions with significant advances," according to firefighters.
Two young children and their 70-year-old great-grandmother, Melodie Bledsoe, were killed in the "Carr" fire on Saturday, their family told US media on Saturday.
In total, 38,000 people were evacuated Shasta County as a result of what has been described by California Governor Jerry Brown as "uncontrollable" home.
President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a decree ordering the Emergency Management Agency ( Fema) to support the county authorities
In Southern California, "more than 1,300 firefighters are fighting the fire + Cranston +, which destroyed five homes and resulted in road closures and evacuation of about 7,000 people, "said the servic National Forest Inventory.
The fire that has been occurring since Wednesday in the San Bernardino National Forest, about 150 kilometers southeast of Los Angeles, has reduced to nearly 5,300 hectares and was only circumscribed. to 17%, according to a balance sheet at 17:00 GMT Saturday. It threatens about 4,900 buildings and three firefighters were injured.
A 32-year-old man, Brandon McGlover, was arrested shortly after the fire started. He is believed to have fired nine fires in southwestern Riverside County and was charged with arson charges on Friday morning for which he pleaded not guilty.
Governor Brown has declared a state of emergency in this county – which makes it possible to unlock additional resources – affected by power cuts due to the damage caused by the flames over several kilometers of the distribution network. 19659003] Further north, the "Ferguson" fire continued to grow near Yosemite National Park, which had to close in part, notably the Yosemite Valley, which is expected to reopen to the public only on August 3 at the end of the day.
An update on the situation released on Saturday morning, the Inciweb news service reported that the fire that started on July 13 had destroyed 20,000 hectares and remained circumscribed at 29%, like Friday. A firefighter was killed and seven people injured.
The state's emergency department warned that "the risk of fire continues to increase across California". "Make sure your family and friends are ready to evacuate, be on your guard," he tweeted.
According to the National Fire Coordination Center (NIFC), 36 major fires broke out Saturday morning across the United States and had already destroyed more than 93,000 hectares in the territory managed by the National Forest Service.
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