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IN IMAGES – The fires have killed six people and are rapidly gaining ground in California. The region, placed in a state of partial emergency, had to evacuate thousands of inhabitants. A suspect has been arrested.
Fires are spreading rapidly in California. The death toll is already six, the state of emergency has been declared and thousands have been evacuated. According to the California governor's emergency department, some 63,000 hectares have burned in the 14 state-wide fires in progress, and 10,000 firefighters are mobilized to fight them.
The fire called "Carr", north of the city of Redding, northern California, caused the death of two firefighters on Thursday. It has burned 32,700 hectares since Monday, destroyed 500 buildings and damaged 75 others, said Saturday the Fire Department, Calfire. Friday night, the area burned was 20,000 hectares. The incident is limited to 5% and at night "has advanced in all directions with significant advances," according to firefighters.
A huge column of smoke was spinning at high speed over the fire "Carr", evoking a tornado of fire. A 70-year-old woman, Melodie Bledsoe, and her two great-grandchildren, James Roberts, age 5, and Emily Roberts, age 4, died in the fire when the mobile home they were in was trapped by the flames, announced their family.
In total, 38,000 people were evacuated in Shasta County because of what has been described by California governor Jerry Brown as "uncontrollable" focus. President Donald Trump signed a decree on Saturday ordering the Emergency Management Agency (Fema) to support the county authorities.
In southern California, "More than 1300 firefighters are fighting the" Cranston "fire, which has destroyed five homes and has resulted in road closures and the evacuation of about 7000 people," said the National Forest Service. The fire that has been raging since Wednesday in the San Bernardino National Forest, nearly 150 kilometers southeast of Los Angeles, has reduced to as much as 5,300 hectares and was only 17 per cent 17:00 GMT Saturday. It threatens about 4900 buildings and three firefighters were injured.
A 32-year-old man, Brandon McGlover, was arrested shortly after the start of this fire. 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. 19659021] In this photo taken Wednesday, July 25, 2018, a forest fire burns near the lake in Whiskeytown, California. “/>
Further north, the "Ferguson" fire continued to grow near Yosemite National Park, which had to close in part, notably the Yosemite Valley, which should not be reopened until August 3
According to an update on the situation broadcast 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.
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The state 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 over 93,000 hectares in the territory managed by the National Forest Service.
