Fires in California: why so many people have disappeared and is it possible to avoid a repetition of the tragedy

Over the past few days, the number of people listed as missing in fires in northern California has risen to more than 1200. Then it dropped to about a thousand. These hesitations caused confusion in the minds of many ...

Fires in California: 1011 missing, DNA collected from their relatives

Rescuers continue to search for the bodies of the victims in the city of Paradise (California), which in a matter of hours completely burned up in a wildfire raging in the state. As of Friday, November 16, the death toll rose to 71, and the number of missing persons exceeded a thousand, amounting to ...

San Francisco is almost invisible due to the smoke from the fires in California. A PHOTO

Devastating wildfires continue to ravage California, but the state's problem is not only fire, but also thick smoke. Due to the smoke from the fires, San Francisco is almost invisible, which is located more than 140 miles (225 km) from the burning site, writes ...

California Fires Weaken by Weather

California weather appears to have sided with the firefighters fighting the deadliest fire in the state. The region has become cooler, the wind has died down, and next week weather forecasters predict rain, writes USA Today. Improved weather conditions have helped contain the spread of fire, which has already ...

California resident shelters 93-year-old veteran who escaped fire

A resident of Oroville, California, is home to a 93-year-old WWII veteran who does not know if his home in Paradise survived the devastating Kempfire fire. Tracy Grant, 43, met Lee Brandidge when she was handing out hamburgers to evacuees from the fire zone ...

Californians claim that fire evacuation notices came late and not everyone

Victims of the Northern California fire believe that belated warnings from state officials and the reluctance of residents who survived previous fires to leave their homes were factors that contributed to the late and chaotic evacuation, which eventually resulted in the fires in ...

Six people arrested for looting in a fire zone in California

Six people were arrested in connection with looting in a California fire zone. Several charges were brought against them, including looting, being in evacuation zones and possession of stolen property, writes ABC 10. Case No. 1 Jason Burns, 48, from Chico ...

A couple from California miraculously survived in a fire, hiding behind a boulder

A couple from Paradise, California, completely destroyed by fire, recover from third-degree burns in the intensive care unit of UC Davis Hospital. They miraculously managed to survive in the raging fire, writes ABC 10. When the fire began to approach Paradise on November 8, Paul and ...

A family of Ukrainians from California fell into a fire trap on the highway. VIDEO

A talented 10-year-old violinist from Ukraine Karolina Protsenko, who lives in California and is known both in the United States and outside the country, together with her mother almost found themselves in a fire trap on the road open for emergency evacuation of residents of dangerous areas of the state ...

The biggest fire in California continues to grow due to heat and strong wind

The largest wildfire in California history continues to grow due to strong winds and hot weather that set in the region on August 16. Firefighters are working to prevent the Mendocino fire from spreading to endangered residential areas, writes the LA Times. Firefighter crews ...

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