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"Camp Fire" in northern California has destroyed the city of Paradise and is spreading beyond control. Dozens of people are missing in and around the city, which has 27,000 inhabitants, and authorities said they expect an increase in the death rate.
The media describe nightmares as the flames entered the community so quickly that people left their cars waiting on the artery alone and the jumping attempted to escape. These are fires on an area of at least 365 square kilometers – about twice as much as that of the Stockholm municipality – of which only a few percent are under control.
"This event was the worst scenario, it's an event we've been in for a long time," said Kory Honea, Butte County Sheriff, at a news conference. Unfortunately, not everyone could go out.
It is estimated that 80 to 90 percent of Paradise's buildings were destroyed by fire, according to the city's mayor.
Relief services have also issued a warning about the upcoming evacuation of the city of Chicos, which has 93,000 inhabitants. The city is located tens of kilometers to the west of paradise.
A total of 16 fires are underway in the state and authorities have issued a red flag on the majority in the north of the country, which means "extreme risk of fire," writes the BBC.
Fires can be measured in many ways, but according to local media, "Camp Fire" is the worst in the history of the state. They then count the number of destroyed buildings, which rise to more than 6,000, compared with the record fire at Tubbs, which killed 22 people and destroyed 5,636 buildings on a little less 150 square kilometers.
And 80 miles south rages another big fire, called "Woolsey", to the famous Malibu. "The fire rages out of control and goes to populated areas of Malibu," warns the authorities of the small town, which has more than 10,000 inhabitants. "All residents must evacuate immediately".
A third major fire, "Hill Fire", is raging next to "Woolsey" in Newbury Park, northwest of Los Angeles.
On Friday, about 150,000 people were evacuated from areas threatened by California fires, US officials said. Saturday, the figure had risen to about 250,000 people, writes the BBC.
"The magnitude of the fire destruction is unthinkable and overwhelming," said Mark Ghilarducci, staff member of the California governor in a statement.
President Donald Trump commented on the fires on Twitter, but not the dead or anyone who left their homes. It focuses primarily on "the huge misbehavior" of California's forests and threatens to pull the state's democratically controlled contribution if it is not corrected.
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