[ad_1]
PARADISE (AP).
The fire does not stop. Since its creation in
California,
US
More than 25 people lost their lives and authorities fear an increase in numbers as Sheriff's firefighters and MPs begin to search for survivors in the rubble
The most destructive fire that has been recorded in the state.
On social networks, several users have posted videos on the damage caused by the accident and the images are impressive: bright red, burns of homes, collapse of trees and excess of Smoke becomes a threat to those who try to escape.
The city of Paradise has been razed by the flames. Entire neighborhoods were destroyed, as well as more than 6700 properties, almost all of them housing. The mall was also destroyed by the fire.
Butte County Sheriff, Kory Honea, announced the presence of a fifth search and rescue team. An anthropology team from California State University in Chico was also working on the site, as in some cases, "the only remains found are bones or bone fragments."
For the moment, the victims are not identified. but the government has a list of 110 missing people. The authorities believe that many of the seniors on the list are simply elsewhere without a cell phone or unable to contact their loved ones and encouraged people with missing relatives to send samples to facilitate the identification process. [19659010] Due to the death toll, the fire became the third deadliest of the state. According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, it has already burned 425 square kilometers and cost at least $ 8.1 million.
Gusts of up to 80 km / h are expected tomorrow, complicating lifeguards and increasing the risk of conditions similar to those of Thursday, when the fire started and spread.
First Person
Yesterday, Arik Fultz was feeding horses on his 20-hectare ranch near Malibu. Today, after the wildfires in southern California, there was nothing left of his ranch but charred remains. His family and 52 horses survived, but two houses, two barns, three caravans and decades of accumulated property were lost.
"It does not seem that everything has disappeared," he said.
Source link
