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Authorities and emergency services continue the search for more than 100 people still missing in the area affected by the gigantic fire that broke out Thursday in northern California (USA) and that another fire in the south of the same locality has already caused 25 deaths
The Forestry Department and Calfire warns that the conditions are are still degraded on Sunday because of strong winds after the brief meteorological ceasefire of on Saturday which allowed the firefighters to progress in the fight against the flames.
The so-called "Campfire" almost completely destroyed the town of Paradise, populated by 26,000 people, about 280 km northeast of San Francisco Bay where Red Alert has been activated for the first time since Thursday. air quality due to smoke from the fire.
In addition to causing the death of at least 23 people, this fire destroyed more than 6,500 buildings, mainly in Paradise, and is already considered the
On the other hand, the 23 dead place it as the third deadliest fire ever recorded by the most populous state of the United States just behind the fire. from Griffith Park in Los Angeles in 1933 (29 dead) and Oakland Hills in 1991 (25 dead).
Volunteers
According to Calfire data, 4050 firefighters perform fire-fighting duties, which have already burned 44 . 100 hectares of forest and the content is confined to 25%.
The dead were completely burned and burned. some cases have recovered isolated bones From the rest of the body, a team of anthropologists and experts in DNA badysis has therefore made it on the spot to facilitate the tasks of D & D # 39; s identification.
The origin of the fire remains unknown and Calfire spokesperson Janet Upton noted that researchers were investigating all possible causes "," including the possibility of fire from a spark of electrical equipment ".
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG & E), the largest public utility of electricity and state gas, informed the regulators that she had detected a "problem" on a high-voltage line near the area where the fire had been declared a few minutes before the first flames.
Parallel to "Camp Fire", another large fire is burning in the south of the state, near Los Angeles, where, according to information confirmed by local police, [deux morts] no one
The Last Fires
The "Woolsey Fire" burned 33,600 hectares in an area including the towns of Malibu, Calabasas and Thousand Oaks (where there was a shooting on Wednesday that left 13 dead) and that the firefighters managed to contain up to 10%.
These two fires, along with the smaller "Hill" that burns in an area very close to "Woolsey", also in the south of the country, forced the expulsion of 300,000 people and took the governor of California, Jerry Brown to formally request President Donald Trump statement of " major disaster ."
If accepted, the declaration would provide fire-affected persons with financial badistance from the federal government for housing, unemployment, justice and psychological treatment.
This Saturday alone, Trump blamed the California authorities for "absolute mismanagement" because of the fires and threatened to cancel any future federal aid.
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