Tuesday 22 September 2015

Wildfires

Wildfires - California, USA - Update

California fire officials said Sunday the wildfire north of San Francisco destroyed another 162 homes, raising the number of homes destroyed to 1,050 and making it the fourth worst wildfire in the state’s history.

The tally brought the total number of homes destroyed in two wildfires burning in Northern California the past two weeks to nearly 1,600, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. Those fires killed five people, and on Sunday authorities announced that a body was found near the source of a new wildfire in Monterey County that destroyed or damaged 10 homes.

Farther north, the two massive wildfires (Valley and Butte wildfires) continue to threaten at least 6 500 more homes.

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