Original title: California wildfires raging, tens of thousands of residents evacuated
The mountain fire disaster is the most serious in Sonoma County, which is rich in wine in Northern California.
Tens of thousands of residents were evacuated from their homes after several mountain fires occurred in northern and Southern California on the 24th local time, CNN reported.
On October 24 local time, a mountain fire disaster occurred in California.
The mountain fire disaster is the most serious in Sonoma County, which is rich in wine in Northern California. The California Fire Department said that the fire began to burn at 9:27 p.m. local time on the 23rd. As of the evening of the 24th, 64 square kilometers of land and 49 buildings were burned. Nearly 2000 residents of the town were ordered to evacuate by fire officials. At present, only 5% of the fire has been controlled.
The wildfires affecting residents most widely occurred in the Santa Clarita area near Los Angeles in Southern California. Two wildfires in this area spread to the edge of residential areas under the action of strong winds. The director of the Los Angeles Fire Department said the two fires were not under control. Therefore, more than 40000 residents evacuated their homes.
It is reported that as of the morning of the 25th local time, nine major mountain fires were burning in California, burning about 121 square kilometers of land.
Climate scientists continue to warn that this is only the beginning of the mountain fire disaster in California, and the biggest risk is still ahead, the Guardian reported. The temperature in towns near Sonoma County is expected to reach 34 degrees Celsius and the humidity is about 10%. Meanwhile, it is expected that the gale wind speed in Northern California will reach 112-128 km / h from the evening of the 26th to the 27th local time.
According to the BBC, the mountain fire disaster in California in 2018 killed about 100 people. In order to prevent the recurrence of mountain fire disaster, Pacific Watt Power Company of the United States has taken large-scale preventive power outage measures on October 9 this year.