Los Angeles wildfire leads to the evacuation of thousands of people
Fire districts and cities of Los Angeles (California) are fighting a rapidly spreading forest fire that broke out near 21: 00 on Thursday, 10 on October. Because of him, an evacuation was announced in the northern part of the district. Writes about this Fox News.
In Santa Ana, winds of up to 60 miles per hour (96 km / h) contributed to the fire, which caused it to spill over onto the freeways. It has grown to more than 1600 acres (647 ha) area.
Residents of Oakridge Estates, Glenoax, Porter Rani, and other villages in northern California County were forced to evacuate to the border with Ventura County as the fire went out of control, affecting at least 1900 homes.
Big wall of flames moving towards homes on Braemore Rd. #SaddleridgeFire @FOXLA Wings are gusting BIGTIME! pic.twitter.com/QJAOaMwBSW
- Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) October 11, 2019
“If you live in this area, please pack your bags and leave now,” the fire department said.
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An evacuation headquarters was opened at the Sylmar Recreation Center and was to open at the Granada Hills Recreation Center near 2: 30.
Several other small fires, including in Kalimes, Moreno Valley and Newbury Park, continued to blaze on the early morning of Friday, 11 October.
#SaddleridgeFire Los Angeles County Firefighters working all out! A physical and mental delivery from Camp 12 personnel creating a fuel break in an extreme fire behavior environment. This highlights the challenges of night firefighting @LACOFD @Angeles_NF @LAFD @LASDHQ @LAPDHQ pic.twitter.com/ngQ0sVx90F
- LA County Fire Department (@LACoFDPIO) October 11, 2019
No injuries have been reported.
Pacific Gas & Electric, the state's largest utility company, has cut power to thousands of consumers in northern and central California to reduce the risk of fires in dry and windy conditions.
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- AlexCam (@followalexcam) October 11, 2019
The Los Angeles Fire Department is investigating the cause of fires.
As ForumDaily wrote earlier:
- The police ordered evacuate people due to forest firethat spreads quickly in the hills of the San Francisco area.
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