Forest fires continue to ravage northern California, Sonoma County, where the authorities on Sunday (October 28th) ordered the evacuation of some 180,000 people.
About 3,000 people were fighting the "Kincade Fire," which damaged or destroyed nearly 400 structures and forced Governor Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency throughout California.
Gavin Newsom said the fire was about 5 percent, compared to a previous estimate of 10 percent. The fires ravaged 20,230 hectares, while gusts of winds up to 145 km / h pushed the flames south, north of Santa Rosa.
Indeterminate origin
The "Kincade Fire", which was declared Wednesday, ravaged more than 200 km2 of viticultural lands and destroyed 79 buildings, without causing any casualties for the moment.
The investigators have not yet determined the cause of the fire, although he said he was near a damaged transmission tower of the PG & E electric company. Forecasts of strong winds on Saturday forced PG & E to cut off power to approximately 940,000 customers in 43 counties to guard against the risk of forest fires. The company said the failures could last two days.
The California governor said firefighters had largely mastered the "Tick Fire" near Santa Clarita, 56 km north of Los Angeles. The fire, which occurred Thursday in the south of the state, ravaged 1,868 hectares and destroyed 22 structures. Most of the 40,000 people who had been evacuated were allowed to return home on Saturday afternoon.
With Reuters