thousands of firefighters working around the clock, tens of thousands of residents have fled their homes – but it could be worse to come: forecasters have for parts of the state of California for Wednesday before winds in hurricane intensity warned.
This could intensify the existing gluten again, and the fire continues to spread. In the counties of Los Angeles and Ventura was to be expected in the case of great dryness, with gusts with a speed of up to 130 kilometers per hour, warned the weather service. Because of the weather, an “extreme fire risk”.
the mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, warned on Tuesday afternoon, residents would have to make “the worst winds of the year” passed. The fire brigade have brought about the so-called Santa Ana winds at key sites, resources and personnel into position to bring fire under control quickly, he said. “We are ready to fight on more than one Front.”
fire threatening celebrity mansions
hundreds of firefighters worked a fire on the outskirts of Los Angeles near the world famous Getty art Museum to contain, temporarily, around 10’000 buildings threatened. Twelve homes had already been destroyed, five damaged. The Bush fire remained, with a surface area of almost three square miles, quite small, the authorities were worried because of the proximity to houses, and the gathering winds. On Tuesday afternoon, the fire was 15 percent under control. The cause of the fire was initially unclear.
The flames threatened also Prominent villas in the adjacent Nobel district of Brentwood. The former actor and future Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Basketball Superstar LeBron James and Director David O. Russell followed the Evacuation orders of the authorities and left their homes. The Getty Museum was not cleared. The building was protected of fire and all the works of art are safe there, said the Museum.
hundreds of thousands of people without power
In the fight against the largest fire, the so-called “Kincade”fire in the wine growing area of Sonoma County North of San Francisco, were among the more than 4,000 firefighters are in use, officials said. Fire trucks and firefighters from twelve US States were rushed to the local emergency forces to help, said Governor Gavin Newsom. The flames raging there for days, and spread so far, according to the authorities on an area of more than 300 square kilometres – roughly equivalent to the area of the Canton of Schaffhausen. The fire is yet to be 15 percent under control, but even there, strong gusts of wind that could fan the flames of the fire again threaten as of Tuesday evening.
Because of the extreme fire danger hazard of electric utilities have switched off in Parts of the state as a precautionary measure, hundreds of thousands of people the power. On Tuesday, around 430 000 households were affected, said the Governor Newsom in front of journalists.
Mix of drought and winds
fires this time of year are in California, nothing Unusual, because the Santa Ana winds blow particularly strong. Add to that the year long drought – a Mix that favors the Spread of flames.
almost a year Ago, on 8. November 2018, was destroyed in the devastating “Camp”-fire of the place Paradise to the North of San Francisco almost completely. 85 people died, tens of thousands were left homeless. It the fire with the most Victims in the history of the Federal state. (chk/sda)
Created: 30.10.2019, 05:10 PM