The weather gives a little respite as wildfires burn in the west in hot weather

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GOLETA, Calif. – Firefighters battling forest fires in the western United States and setting fire to hundreds of homes received help Saturday, even though they were not safe. they badessed the damage caused by the fires. New fires erupted in the middle of a heat wave in Southern California

A fire at the border between California and Oregon that destroyed 40 buildings and made at least one victim since Thursday is remained uncontrollable. In the south, a fire caused by the wind that erupted on Friday evening burned about 20 structures, including houses, and forced evacuations in the community of Goleta, in Santa Barbara County, authorities said

. The calm on Saturday morning replaced the gusts of 50 mph and the advance towards the front of the fire was stopped at about 100 acres or less, said Captain Dave Zaniboni of the service. county fire

. While some houses were brooding, some residents who had not left or managed to return had investigated seemingly random damage: homes destroyed near the house.

Eric Durtschi was standing outside his destroyed house, where a burned car was in the driveway and children's bicycles were scattered.

Durtschi, his wife and six children had left Utah and had moved there a few weeks ago. He said that he had not yet told his two older children that their house was gone. He managed to recover his badly burned old weapons, in the hope of saving them.

Meanwhile, a neighbor on the other side of the street saw his house spared. The man had spent all night watering the houses of other people

About 2,500 people evacuated because of the fire in Santa Barbara County, said Sheriff Bill Brown at the time. a press conference in the afternoon. someone has disappeared. The Santa Barbara County fire chief, Eric Peterson, said that by choosing to heed the warnings and leave, residents were helping firefighters. "There would have been very likely deaths last night if these evacuations had not taken place". The fire was contained 80% Saturday afternoon, according to authorities.

The area is west of the place where Thomas's fire raged last December. This fire destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in the counties of Ventura and Santa Barbara.

East of Los Angeles, in the San Bernardino National Forest, authorities ordered the evacuation of the Forest Falls community. In San Diego County, several fires broke out, including one that burned at least five houses and perhaps a lot more in Alpine, in the foothills not far from San Diego. Governor Jerry Brown said the state of emergency for the county.

In a Red Cross shelter, Ben Stanfill told San Diego's Union-Tribune that he and other members of his family had helped evacuate his mother's home. "We just grab everything you can not replace or re-buy," Stanfill said. "The photos of my grandmother, the cat, the Mickey Mouse Pooh of my sister that she had since her childhood."

The fire contained only 5% Friday night, but the crews had virtually stopped their growth and were concentrating on "

Another fire at Camp Pendleton's marine base caused the evacuation of 750 homes [19659003] New fires occurred while southern California saw many areas exceed 100 degrees (38 degrees). Celsius) Friday and over a dozen recorded record temperatures for the day. According to forecasts by the Meteorological Service, heat will continue to rage in much of the region on Saturday.

In the north, the fire of Siskyou County, on the Oregon border, had virtually drained the tiny communities of Hilt and Hornbrook. "We know we have lost homes and a lot of structures, including cattle and horses," said Ray Haupt, Siskiyou County Council Chair.

The body of a resident was found Friday morning in the burnt ruins of a Hornbrook home, but authorities were struggling to identify the body.

"We do not even have address because of the devastation Siskyou County Sheriff's Lieutenant, Jeremiah LaRue, told the San Francisco Chronicle

that we do not "We are rather optimistic that everyone has come out," said LaRue. "We talked to people who were evacuated, and he did not expect any deaths to happen

. there is no one right now, so that's good. "

Elsewhere in California, a violent fire northwest of Sacramento that began on June 30 destroyed 10 homes and other buildings.

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California was one of several western states where recent forest fires destroyed homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate.

In Utah, the authorities allowed some forced people to flee The fire burned about 75 square miles and destroyed 90 structures, including houses, cabins, hangars and garages, since the 1 st July in the mountains about the fire. 80 m southeast of Salt Lake City

In Colorado, rain helped slow the growth of forest fires that burned dozens of homes. But the threat of a flood has raised the possibility of a flood in the area of ​​a stubborn blaze in the southwest corner of the state.

Authorities issued a flash alert for the 85-square-mile area burned by a fire. 1. They said it was just smoldering, and the rain over the next few days should prevent it from spreading.

The rain helped calm a fire in the heart of the ski country that destroyed three homes, including the home of a volunteer firefighter flames near the seaside resort of Aspen. Governor John Hickenlooper visited the region on Friday.

He also offered relief in the mountains of southern Colorado where a fire destroyed more than 130 homes and forced the evacuation of at least 2,000 properties. The Spring Creek fire has become the third largest in the state's history at 165 square miles.