Thousands of people are forced to evacuate due to numerous wildfires in California
Kyiv • UNN
Numerous wildfires are raging in Northern California, threatening thousands of homes. The governor has declared a state of emergency in three counties, and more than 3,500 people have been evacuated.
Numerous wildfires are raging in Northern California. Amid high temperatures and winds, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in three counties, and issued an evacuation order. Writes UNN with reference to Agence France-Presse.
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Thousands of homes are threatened by fire in Northern California. Firefighters are currently battling the wildfire, which is considered one of the largest recorded in California. They compared it to the 2018 Paradise Fire, which destroyed 11,000 homes.
According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, more than 1,150 firefighters have been deployed to fight the fire, and more than 3,500 people have been displaced.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in three counties - Plumas, Butte and Tehama.
Accordingly, hundreds of houses and other buildings were also destroyed, although there were no fatalities.
We use every tool at our disposal to protect life and property as our fire and emergency teams work around the clock to fight these challenging fires
Recall
Over the past day, about 200 fires broke out in Ukraine on an area of 120 hectares. The most difficult situation is in Dnipropetrovs'k, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia regions. The SES urges people to be careful with fire.
