Since Friday, nearly 200,000 people have been forced to evacuate from their homes after the "Kincade" fire raged along the coast north of San Francisco, CNN reports. Not far from there is the city of Santa Rosa, which two years ago was hit hard by forest fires and thousands of homes were destroyed.

Swedish Andrea Tegstam lives in Santa Rosa with her family and follows the fire's development closely.

- Right now we are about 12 kilometers maybe from the fire moving downwards. Only five kilometers away are all evacuated and most of us have no electricity, she says.

Uses gas mask

Andrea Tegstam tells us that the night between Saturday and Sunday was the worst so far. Strong winds caused large amounts of smoke to spread in the air and it was difficult to sleep.

- Everyone bought these gas masks. We basically slept nothing the night between Saturday and Sunday because it was very unpleasant winds and anxiety-provoking because we had been involved in the big fire here two years ago, she says.

Andrea Tegstam says they still have high hopes that the injuries will be less this time compared to two years ago.

- Since everyone is away from their houses, firefighters can quickly be on site with fire hoses and extinguish such small fires that two years ago took out the entire neighborhood, she says.

Evacuated in Los Angeles

During Monday morning, local time, thousands of people in Los Angeles were also ordered to evacuate from their homes, CNN writes. A new fire, called "Getty," broke out in the more affluent area of ​​Sherman Oaks near the Getty Center Art Museum.