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Redding (USA) – Fires are rapidly gaining ground in California, where a partial state of emergency has been declared and thousands have been evacuated, while a suspected arsonist has been arrested.
According to the California State Emergency Service (Cal OES), some 63,000 hectares burned in the 14 fires underway throughout California, and 10,000 firefighters are mobilized to fight them.
The fire named " Carr " north of the city of Redding (northern California), which caused the death of two firefighters on Thursday in separate incidents, has consumed 32,700 hectares since Monday destroyed 500 buildings and damaged 75 others, the Calfire Fire Department said on Saturday. Friday night, the area burned was 20,000 hectares.
It is circumscribed only 5% and, in the night, " progressed in all directions with significant advances ", according to firefighters.
In total, 38,000 people were evacuated to Shasta County because of what was described by California governor Jerry Brown as " Uncontrollable Focus ".
President Donald Trump signed a decree on Saturday ordering the Emergency Management Agency (Fema) to provide support to county authorities.
In Southern California, " more than 1,300 firefighters fight against the fire + Cranston +, which destroyed five houses and resulted in road closures and the evacuation of about 7,000 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% 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 means – affected by power cuts due to the damage caused by the flames over several kilometers of the network of distribution.
Further north, the fire " Ferguson " continued to grow near Yosemite National Park which had to close in part, including the Yosemite Valley which is expected to reopen to the public only on August 3 at the end of day.
According to 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%, as on Friday. A firefighter was killed and seven people injured.
The state emergency service warned that " the fire risk 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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