"By 9:00 (19:00 Moscow time -
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), fires in the state led to the evacuation of about 16 thousand people," TASS reports from local authorities.
It is noted that the greatest danger is now posed by a fire called Dixie, which unfolded on an area of over 112 thousand hectares.
California Governor Gavin Newsom noted that the state administration has demanded that the government of the country receive additional funds to fight the fire.
Earlier it became known that two employees of the forest guard service were killed while extinguishing a forest fire in southwestern Bulgaria.
It was also reported that seven people were killed in a fire in the Turkish province of Antalya.