11 minutes agoGreat flames, California again faces fires
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(6 years ago)California has been hit by a number of power cuts, while on Wednesday the threat of fires in the northern part of which very high temperatures have been recorded. In the southern state of the torrential storm has increased the threat of floods. Thousands were ordered to evacuate as a result of 30 fires, many [...]
Thousands were ordered to evacuate as a result of 30 firebeds, many caused by lightning during storms.
Fires have hit rural and forested areas around San Francisco, in the Sono Valley known for the world-renowned vineyards and wine, as well as in Salinas, near Sacramento, as far as Lake Taho bordering Nevada.
Governor Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday the state of emergency as a result of fires, preparing the grounds for federal grants and sending fire crews from abroad to California.
Will Powers, California's spokesman for the fires, said “throughout the state we are currently stressed out for insufficient human fire sources. Air vehicles are fully engaged throughout the state,” he said.
In the municipality of Napa, known for famous vineyards, 80-year-old Gail Beckett was put in the truck with three dogs and fled to escape the fires that had touched the neighborhood's houses, reports the Francisco Chronicle daily.
Very scary. Shocking, ” she says.
About 2,000 residences have received evacuation orders to the Napa area.
On Tuesday afternoon, the fire was approaching Maya Atlas, who was burned in 2017 by a fire that left six people dead and destroyed 800 dwellings.
Robin Sisemor had gone out to wet the vegetation in front of the mother and neighbor's house. Both are new houses built after the fire of 2017.
“We cannot afford it again,” says her daughter, Bridget Enge.
The Sismores have not yet entered the new house. “Burri suffers from the stress created by the last time. He was so shocked to see the smoke and when we started getting evacuation orders,” says Miss Sisemore.
The battle with fire has been hampered by high temperatures. About 2000 residences were in the dark Tuesday as a result of power supply cuts. Authorities warn of future disruptions as a result of the system's stress from the mass use of air conditioning at these temperatures.
The governor has ordered an investigative process on problems shown on the network.
Fires as well as storms in this period of hurricanes pose an obstacle in the battle with the Coronavirus, said John Swartzberg, an expert on infectious diseases and retired UC Berkeley University professor, who has served as consultant for authorities in the situation.
If you're affected by COVID-19 and exposed to smoke and polluting particles in the air as a result of the fire, the disease becomes even more serious,” says expert for the East Bay Times.
Fires can exacerbate the spread of the coronary, as the situation has made it necessary to bring numerous reaction teams from various points of state.
This is the perfect combination of conditions to be avoided in a pandemic,” says Mr. Swartzberg. / VoA
