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Massive fire in northern California, America has crossed a river, created tornardos inflamed, destroyed structures and forced thousands of
Firefighters fighting forest fires prevented it from doing more damage to the town of Redding on Saturday, but three smaller communities were in danger when the flames closed and the inhabitants left to leave
a hundred during the night at 328 square kilometers and pushed south-west of Redding, to the communities of Ono, Igo and Gas Point. It's now the largest of more than 20 fires burning in California. The winds that helped the firefighters keep the flames in more populated areas propelled it at a frightening speed.
"We are not breaking with time," said Chris Anthony, Cal Fire spokesperson. agency responsible for fighting forest fires. "It keeps getting really hot, really dry and we keep getting those winds … this fire is getting so big and there are so many different parts."
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* The bodies found hugged in calamities as forest fires kill tens of thousands of people near the Greek capital Athens called Carr Fire was lit Monday by a vehicle and exploded Thursday night , jumped the Sacramento River and pushed into Redding, about 402 kilometers north of San Francisco and the largest city in the region with about 92,000 inhabitants. Two firefighters were killed and the last count of 500 destroyed structures was sure to increase. About 37,000 people are under evacuation orders, 5,000 are threatened and the fire is 5%.
NOAH BERGER / AP [19659012] The Carr Fire in California has already destroyed hundreds of buildings, and it continues to rage.
Meanwhile, about 200 kilometers southwest of Redding, two fires caused mandatory evacuations in Mendocino County. The two fires, burning 50 kilometers away, began on Friday and threaten more than 350 buildings. The Mendocino County Sheriff's Office ordered the evacuation of residents of the Ukiah area, north of Highway 175. Residents of the nearby Benmore Valley Valley were advised to leave on Saturday [19659012]. President Donald Trump issued an emergency declaration for California on Saturday, allowing counties affected by forest fires to receive federal assistance. In a statement, the White House said the declaration will open up the availability of equipment and necessary resources from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Huge fires continued to burn outside Yosemite National Park and in the San Jacinto Mountains. Palm Springs. Since Saturday morning, these fires burned nearly 64,700 hectares and destroyed more than 500 structures. The Yosemite Valley remains closed to visitors and will not reopen until Friday.
Nationally, 89 large active fires consumed nearly 376,000 hectares in 14 states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. So far this year, nearly 37,000 wildfires have burned more than 1.7 million hectares.
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People have been ordered to do so. evacuate the areas to which the fire is growing.
The Carr Fire destroyed almost everything in Keswick, a hamlet just west of Redding. One of the lost houses belonged to Shyla and Jason Campbell.
Jason, a firefighter, was six hours away from home and his family, fighting a forest fire near the Yosemite Valley, when Carr's fire arrived with devastating speed. "It's big flames, it goes up the hill, and everyone is outside and we watch it, then it goes down, and everyone says," Oh, that's coming out, "says Shyla, 32." And I'm like, No, it's coming down the mountain and it's going to go up the next ridge.
She was right.
The family spent the night in a hotel, when Jason Campbell returned on Friday, he found that their five-year-old house had disappeared, as well as a motorhome and a boat
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Thousands of people were fleeing amid burning embers, before flames do not descend from wooded hills. "It's hard," said Shyla Campbell on Friday while she was in the town of Shasta Lake. "I just have to know where we're going to stay, we're just trying to stay away from the fire."
Thousands of people rushed to get away from the embers, before the walls Flames do not descend from the wooded hills in their neighborhoods Thursday: at least two fiery tornadoes have shaken the firefighters. Said Scott McLean, spokesman for Cal Fire.
The flames moved so fast that firefighters who were working in conditions similar to those in an oven and in dry-bone conditions had to give up their efforts. fight the fire at some point to help people escape. Two firefighters were killed: Redding fire inspector Jeremy Stoke and a bulldozer operator whose name was not immediately released. He was the second bulldozer operator to die in California in less than two weeks.
The hastily gathering people were describing a chaotic and cluttered escape as sparks flew and fire spread across the vast Sacramento River.
Redding Police Chief Roger Moore was among those who lost their homes.
Greg and Terri Hill evacuated their 18-year-old Redding home on Thursday night with a little more than their meds, photo albums, clothes and guns. back home in a few days.
When they returned on Friday, there was almost nothing left but fine particles of ashes. It was so hot that they could not cross it to see if anything had survived.
"It's quite moving," Terri Hill said. I know it's just stuff, a lot of memories, but we'll make new memories and new things, everyone is safe. "
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The fire increased by about 35% overnight, c 39. is one of 20 fires in California
The hills fled before they were told, knowing that the danger came out and helicopters suddenly began to fly at low altitude.
Liz Williams loaded two children into his car, then found himself stranded by neighbors, trying to flee Lake Redding Estates.
"I've never experienced anything so terrifying in my life She said, "I did not know if the fire would just jump behind a bush and grab and suck me."
Firefighters warned that the fire was likely to burn more deeply in the urban areas before there is any hope of containing it.Here up to now, Carr's fire has changed direction or was arrested before it burned in downtown Redding.
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