California has been hit by the strongest fires in state history.

The authorities note that this year the intensity of fires in the state is much higher than last year.

Carr’s fire intensified and spread to 33 912 hectares. It is caused by heat, unstable winds, dry air and vegetation. California faced a heat wave that she had never seen in modern history records.

12 of thousands of firefighters are engaged in extinguishing them. Thousands of people were evacuated to safe areas, fire destroyed more than a thousand buildings - 800 houses and 300 buildings. According to official data, the Carr forest fire started as a result of a “mechanical vehicle accident.”

“Temperatures have been rising almost all the time,” said University of California climate scientist Daniel Swain.

Previously, scientists did not want to refer to climate change, as an important factor in the deterioration of the situation in California with forest fires. Now they indicate his direct connection.

“Regional temperatures in Western states have increased 2 degrees since the 1970s,” said Jennifer Balch, director of the laboratory at the University of Colorado. “You see the effect of climate change.”

Neil Lareu, an associate professor at the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Nevada, said that unusual heat is now familiar, and this heat “leads to accelerated drying of vegetation.”

Vegetation can have varying degrees of dryness — a wet log in the forest might smolder before igniting, while a dry tree in 43-degree heat might ignite quickly, Swain said. Extremely flammable vegetation can create a particularly intense fire that can grow much faster—leaving less time for firefighters and residents.

Carr’s fire is the most devastating of 17 major active fires in the current hot conditions. The fires in Mendocino County, in the mountains of San Jacinto and near Yosemite National Park, have intensified in the past few days, destroying the dry wilderness.

Unreal aerial view of the vortex driven by super heated air rising #CarrFire pic.twitter.com/FxWuflulpp

- Brian Kahn (@blkahn) July 28, 2018

The authorities said they were hoping to establish control over the Carr fire, as the temperature gradually decreases this week.

Nevertheless, the fire has already managed to carry away the lives of eight people, among whom are children.

70-year-old Melody Bledsoe and her great-grandchildren 4-year-old Emily and 5-year-old James Roberts.

They died on July 26 when a fire engulfed a house in Redding. The fact of death was confirmed by the granddaughter of Bledsoe Amanda Woodley. She said that the woman did her best to save the children. According to the news, the children were waiting for their great-grandfather while he was at the store, when the fire approached their house. As a result, Ed Bledsoe survived, but his wife with great-grandchildren did not.

33-year-old Brian Hughes

“He was just a wonderful person,” Woody Smet, superintendent of Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks, said at a news conference. — He is caring, kind, positive. People were drawn to him."

Hughes died on July 29 when a tree fell on him while working with his fire brigade team. He died before he was taken to the hospital.

“The teams at Sequoia and Kings National Parks are devastated by this terrible news,” Smet said in a statement. — Our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the firefighter. We mourn with you."

Hughes worked for four years in an elite crew of 20 firefighters, based in the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.

81-year-old Don Smith, 81

Don Smith from Pollock Pines was trapped in a fiery trap in Redding. 26 July security officers found his body in the Benson Drive and Rock Creek Road area.

37-year-old Jeremy Stoke

Jeremy Stoke was a Redding Fire Prevention Inspector. His death was confirmed on July 27.

Stoke served as a firefighter for 17 years, 14 with the Redding Fire Department, according to a statement from Gov. Jerry Brown.

He "died while working to ensure that residents of the western part of Redding could escape the fire." He has a wife, 13-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter.

36-year-old Braden Varney

Braden Varney died while trying to protect the Mariposa County community from the July 14 fire.

Varney was driving a bulldozer that limited fire when the car "knocked over on steep terrain," said Rep. Tom McClintock.

Varney was from Mariposa and worked in the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for a decade, according to Governor Jerry Brown. He has a wife, 5-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son.

According to the National Interdepartmental Fire Center USA (NIFC), 89 forest fires in 13 states are raging in the country, most fires occur in the north-west of the country and in Alaska. According to NIFC, the area of ​​forest fires in the USA in 2018 has already reached 16,7 thousands of square kilometers, the number of fires since the beginning of the year has exceeded 36 thousands.

Recall that earlier US President Donald Trump announced an emergency in california in connection with forest fires, the White House said.

State authorities have opened a hotline to search for missing persons and those who cannot communicate with relatives living in Shasta district or its administrative center, the city of Redding. Since the opening of the line on Friday, 12 has received applications, three people have been found. Now nine people are missing.

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