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PARADIS, CALIFORNIA. -In Paradise could not see any of its residents after most of them had fled the city of California, north of the country, razed by the flames. Abandoned and burned vehicles invaded the main artery Friday, in a frenetic evacuation demonstration from yesterday.
Most buildings are in ruins, entire neighborhoods have been razed and their business district is destroyed. In a single day, this town of 27,000 inhabitants, founded in the nineteenth century at the foot of the Sierra Nevada was largely reduced to ashes by a fire that spread so rapidly that it prevented the intervention of firefighters [19659002OnedayafterbeingborninthesuburbsofParadisethefireburnednearly360km2oflandonFridayanddestroyedmorethan6700buildingsalmostallofthemhomesbecomingthelargestdestroyerinCaliforniasincethattheyhaverecords
Nine people were found dead, some in their cars and others outside their vehicles or their home after a desperate evacuation, considered "the worst possible scenario" by the head of the county police of Butte, Kory Honea. For the moment, the identity of the victims was unknown.
"That's what we've been dreading for a long time," Honea said, adding that there was no time to inform neighbors of door-to-door.
In the south of the state, the authorities estimated that in total, more than 200,000 people would have been forced to leave their homes. Evacuation orders concerned the entire city of Malibu, home to 13,000 people, including many of the city's biggest stars. Hollywood.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, issued an emergency statement Friday authorizing the allocation of federal resources to Butte, Ventura and Los Angeles counties . Part of the population has threatened to suspend payments to the state, saying the management of its forest was "very poor". The head of government said Saturday on Twitter that he "had no reason for these mbadive fires". such and dear in California. "
" Every year, billions of dollars are given, with so many lives lost, all due to poor forest management. " Replace it now or there will be (more) federal payments !" Said Trump.
The fire at Paradise, located about 290 km northeast of San Francisco, continued to burn uncontrollably on Friday.
] In southern California, firefighters were hoping that the quiet calm expected on Saturday would give them the opportunity to block the fires that are moving relentlessly toward the sea.
The winds that guided the flames through the hills are expected. and the dry hills north and west of downtown Los Angeles cease until Sunday, when they would start again with gusts of over 55 km / h (or more), or even more, according to meteorologists.
Two days later, the fires of Hill and Woolsey devoured more than 150 homes and forced the evacuation of more than 250,000 people, according to fire officials.
The firefighters an opportunity to control the perimeter of the fires and relieve their troops on the ground, who have been working for two days without rest, explained the head of the county body of Los Angeles, Daryl Osby.
But with the return of the winds, other houses may disappear, warned Osby. "There will be no relief in this fight against fires," he said.
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