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Sacramento – A rapidly spreading forest fire in northern California has almost completely destroyed the city of Paradise. Thousands of buildings were set on fire, Scott McLean of the California Fire Department said Thursday.
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The whole city must be evacuated: Flammeninferno in the heavenly city of 27,000 inhabitants in northern California.
The wind, which allowed the rapid spread of fire, destroyed paradise. There are 27,000 people in the community. They had to leave the city on Thursday.
The number of residents injured in the fire and the scale of the damage that the authorities were initially unable to estimate. It was too dangerous to enter the area.
The city of Paradise is located about 290 kilometers northeast of San Francisco. According to firefighters, the "campfire" at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains has increased in a few hours to reach an area of more than 70 square kilometers. Deputy Governor Gavin Newsom said the state of emergency for the Butte County District in order to quickly mobilize help.
With summer temperatures and drought, the danger of fires on the US West Coast remains high. Many major fires have occurred this summer, including near the famous Yosemite National Park. Popular with tourists, the Yosemite Valley has been closed to visitors for weeks due to thick smoke.
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