Greenville: a large fire that ripped through North California became the third largest in Friday’s history, and seemed ready to grow.
Long-term droughts that scientists are said to be driven by climate change have left the United States of the West – and are susceptible to exploding and very destructive fires.
The Dixie Fire, which this week destroyed the city of Gold Rush Greenville, has burned more than 1,700 square kilometers (650 square miles) because it erupted in mid-July.
Plumas County Sheriff Todd Johns, who helped coordinate the fight against the fire, said the destruction was very devastating.
“I am a lifelong resident from Greenville.
My heart was destroyed by what happened there,” he told a briefing on Thursday.
“To people who have lost their homes and businesses …
their lives now forever change.” What I can say to you is: forgive me.
“The city of Greenville stands charred and in the ruins, with a completely lost wood structure and some rock buildings reduced to debris.
Johns said there was no injury so far from a large flame, but emphasized it was very important that people on the fire heeded the evacuation warnings .
“This fire is not over.
If the fur is near your direction …
you need to prepare.
Wherever the wind blew this fire, that’s where it will happen.
“Regina Rutledge, who escaped from Chester City when the flame was bored, said the experience was” very intense.
“” You can see red out of the hill, blow fire.
This is a monster, it really, “he told AFP.
More than 5,000 personnel fought against the flames, which sent a very large cloud of smoke into the air that was easily visible from space.
The incident manager said Friday, they expected strong winds to fan The fire Pancur Oregon for the past month.
Thousands of square kilometers from Western United States have been burned this year, the worrying results of the planet warm-up that have affected the weather pattern.
At the end of July, the number of hectares burned in California rose more than 250 percent from 2020 – itself The worst year of forest fires in the modern history of the country.
Fire Dixie has raised ingata N which hurts about fire paradise, the deadliest fire in C history recently Alifornia.
The damaged power line triggered the inferno, which swept in the city of North Paradise in 2018, killing 86 people.
Pacific Gas and Electric, California’s largest energy utility company, is considered responsible.
The PG & E equipment was blamed again due to Dixie’s fire, after the tree fell on the power conductor on the day of the fire it began.
The utility announced at the end of July will bury 10,000 miles (16,000 kilometers) of electrical lines in a massive effort to prevent equipment from triggering a more deadly forest fires.
Greenville himself is no stranger to a fire disaster.
The convenience of disaster destroyed most of the city in 1881, and some large inferno had threatened residents in 140-year intervention.